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[BLOBERT]

BROS I AM NO BRIAN SURGEON BUT I GET VOGEL

BROS HE HAS GOT HIS AUDIENCEAND DOES HIS SHIT DECENT BUT ITS GOING OUT OF STYLE HES GOT A NICHE THAT BY VIRTUE OF AN INCREAING MARKET IS BECOMING A SMALLER SHARE OF THE WHOLE AND BRODAWG REALIZES THIS

 

[Baron]

Absolutely. But it's interesting the methodical business focus Vogel takes to remain profitable in a market I would have described as 'arid'. And that's an admirable achievement.

I want to turn a mod project into a small indie release, but I'm refusing to compromise on RPG features. It started as a mod that my friends and I would want to play and dammit, that's what I still want. Reading Vogel's posts are extremely encouraging that, given some savvy decisions and re-use of resources, I could not only recoup money invested (using open source tech where available), but actually obtain long term profitability, or turn it into something more than a hobby.

Regarding Blobert's point about diminishing market share, it raises further questions. Is the expected market shrinkage an unavoidable reality of the modern wikiedpia-educated YouTubin' gaming market or just that Vogel's graphics are past their retirement, ie. will using industry standard tool like Unity3 mean you can reset the market size every decade? Is the overall growth of worldwide gaming expanding enough to counter any loss of market as players gravitate towards streamlined RPG dipshittity? And do these emerging foreign growth markets share enough language and culture for the product to appeal to them? (We couldn't sell the Chinese 'Fosters' beer (don't blame 'em)... why would they buy our RPG?)