[casual_games] .NET and Silverlight

[Dave Rohrl]

Hi Gorm!

Broadly speaking, extra downloads are a big barrier to success in the casual
game world.  Player don't much like to download and install things,
especially things they aren't directly requesting.  If you talk to the
Puzzle Pirates folks, I believe they'll tell you that requiring the JRE
download was a barrier for many users.

Dave Rohrl
Independent casual game producer/designer


On 5/31/07, Gorm Lai <gorm at lai.as> wrote:

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>  Hi,

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> Two questions, which are a bit related.

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> The first is, how difficult is it get .NET based games accepted on online

> portals? I mean, even the new Silverlight does not support DX (to my

> knowledge) and many people might not have the newest .NET framework

> installed, which would be an extra download…

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> However for the developer .NET based languages offer a lot in terms of

> productivity.

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> Also, how quickly do you think Silverlight will spread and how popular

> will it be for webbased games?

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> Cheers,

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> Gorm

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