[casual_games] BangOutGames

[Austin Haas]

Apologies for replying to myself, but I'd like to submit Kongregate's offer for comparison:
http://www.kongregate.com/pages/premium

They will fund your game from between $20-100K, for one year of exclusive rights. I think anyone would agree that 1 year of exclusivity is a helluva lot better for the developer than 3, but what's more important to me is that they are funding you an amount of money based on the scope of the game that you are pitching, not this seemingly arbitrary $1000/wk. 

-austin

-- 
Austin Haas
Pet Tomato, Inc.
http://pettomato.com

On Wed Oct 03 08:27 , Austin Haas wrote:

> 

> The FAQ mentions royalties, but doesn't give any indication how much they might be.

> 

> My personal opinion is that it sounds like an incredibly bad deal. We are a very small and lean developer and there is no way we could survive on these terms. I mean, $52K for a game that is supposed to take 12 weeks to develop??? 

> 

> I've tried to determine a scenario where this might make sense for someone, but I can't. Even if there is some multi-talented savant, straight out of college, who can do the entire game by himself, he would necessarily have enough talent to do far better than this deal.

> 

> -austin

> 

> -- 

> Austin Haas

> Pet Tomato, Inc.

> http://pettomato.com

> 

> On Wed Oct 03 11:42 , Gorm Lai wrote:

> > Hi all,

> > 

> >  

> > 

> > First I would like to announce, that after, for various reasons, having been

> > mostly a lurker on this list, I have now co-founded a new casual/indie game

> > studio called 3 Lives Left and left my comfortable seat in the AAA world.

> > 

> >  

> > 

> > I was thinking, what do you think about http://www.bangoutgames.com/?

> > 

> >  

> > 

> > It only seems like a good idea for extremely small developers (at least if

> > you got the living expenses of a Copenhagener..). 

> > 

> > How successful are their sales channels? If we make a good game, should we

> > expect anything beyond the weekly $1000?

> > 

> > The catch is that providing the weekly $1000 for up to 12 weeks, they get

> > the distribution right for your game for the next 3 years.

> > 

> >  

> > 

> > Cheers and thanks,

> > 

> > Gorm

> > 

> >  

> > 

> 

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