Unhealthy interest in sales figures

[Cadmus]

The game is fucking ugly,deal with it.
You want a good looking game made by amateurs?


Pity the game kinda sucked ass,still good-ish for a playthrough..

Yeah, Inquisitor was horribly shitty but these visuals will never get old, same like the IE games or Fallouts.
I imagine it would have been easier to market AoD if it looked like this.

 

[Vault Dweller]

You want a good looking game made by amateurs?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemax_(video_game_developer)

 

[Cadmus]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemax_(video_game_developer)

Cinemax are incredibly shit and should really be considered amateurs but I suppose you are right in the proper sense of the word they are not.

The Inquisitor team:
Johan Justoň – scénář, režie a duchovní vedení
Michal Pavlíček – programování
Vít Kovalčík – programování
Vojtěch Pecka – grafika
Martin Vocet – grafika
Jan Koníček – grafika
Marek Strnad – animace
Jan Velát – návrh herních pravidel
Ondřej Doležal – návrh herních pravidel
Erik Codl – umělecký návrh, grafika
Martin Linda – hudba
Matěj Syxra – zvuk
Michael 'Touchwood' Klánský – zvuk
Lukáš Macura – produkce
Marek Nepožitek – produkce
Michal Pecka – best boy

3 graphics and 1 dedicated animations guy, oh well.

 

[dragonul09]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemax_(video_game_developer)

The game was started by a team of amateurs then got ''some'' support from Cinemax, that's why it got so many delays..

 

[likaq]

Inquisitor
good looking game

 

[dragonul09]

Did you even played the game wankstain?

Are you telling me that this is not a good looking game?

Do you have eyes ?

 

[likaq]

Looks better than let's say Serpent / Vogel games / bg 1 but still meh.
Giving Inquisitor as a example of good looking game made by amateurs instead of let's say Stasis is:

 

[PocketMine]

Cinemax are incredibly shit and should really be considered amateurs but I suppose you are right in the proper sense of the word they are not.

The Inquisitor team:
Johan Justoň – scénář, režie a duchovní vedení
Michal Pavlíček – programování
Vít Kovalčík – programování
Vojtěch Pecka – grafika
Martin Vocet – grafika
Jan Koníček – grafika
Marek Strnad – animace
Jan Velát – návrh herních pravidel
Ondřej Doležal – návrh herních pravidel
Erik Codl – umělecký návrh, grafika
Martin Linda – hudba
Matěj Syxra – zvuk
Michael 'Touchwood' Klánský – zvuk
Lukáš Macura – produkce
Marek Nepožitek – produkce
Michal Pecka – best boy

3 graphics and 1 dedicated animations guy, oh well.

Actualy 4 graphics you missed Erik Codl – Art design, graphics

 

[Cadmus]

Actualy 4 graphics you missed Erik Codl – Art design, graphics

Yes, I saw it later.
I didn't think that it would require so many people to produce the graphics of this quality so I guess I should give AoD even more of a break for that. Not that I really care, but for a game being pretty on top of all the other good things is only a positive.

 

[HobGoblin42]

Yes, I saw it later.
I didn't think that it would require so many people to produce the graphics of this quality..

Have you even played it? I mean, like Baldur's Gate, Inquistor has plenty of characters, assets and pre-rendered backgrounds. More than 10 artists worked full-time at Baldur's Gate back then, so those 3-4 guys who made the Inquistor graphics were exceptionally efficient in my book.

 

[Cadmus]

Have you even played it? I mean, like Baldur's Gate, Inquistor has plenty of characters, assets and pre-rendered backgrounds. More than 10 artists worked full-time at Baldur's Gate back then, so those 3-4 guys who made the Inquistor graphics were exceptionally efficient in my book.

I played about 3 hours only because the game is really bad, but I admit I had no idea how many people something like this takes to produce.

 

[Perkel]

by amateurs instead of let's say Stasis is:

Stasis dude is simply walking god.
It is unfair to compare people to him.

 

[Lurker King]

Well, imagine that VD discount the game at 60%, but 90% of the new buyers ask for refund.

Well, Oscar just said that "around 4% of the copies were refunded in the last month". I take it back.

 

[SniperHF]

I'm generally for the refund policy, but it's really too bad Steam doesn't have a more prominent spot for demos. The link is way down the store page and doesn't have any graphics. For a game with a demo as extensive as AoD's, a refund shouldn't be possible.

 

[Perkel]

I'm generally for the refund policy, but it's really too bad Steam doesn't have a more prominent spot for demos. The link is way down the store page and doesn't have any graphics. For a game with a demo as extensive as AoD's, a refund shouldn't be possible.

yeah i didn't know AoD even had demo from game store page.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

I came to this thread to enquire about sales but found a discussion occurring as to the quality of the graphics.

Carry on.

 

[Morality Games]

Are EA afraid to charge 60 bucks for their latest call of idiot because they know it's got shit gameplay?

Call of Duty is an Ubisoft franchise.

Spoiler

 

[t]

I came to this thread to enquire about sales but found a discussion occurring as to the quality of the graphics.

Carry on.

KONDUKTORZE MAMY PROBLEM

 

[DarkUnderlord]

We're running a 4-ad campaign in PC Gamer now. Just to test the waters.

I can't find it in the thread, but what was the outcome of this? And your other advertising in general.

 

[Vault Dweller]

I can't find it in the thread, but what was the outcome of this? And your other advertising in general.

The instant (impulse buy) effect was so-so (keep in mind that the game was still in early access). The long term effect (someone checked the site, maybe tried the demo, bought the game a month later or on the next sale or decided to wait until the game is done, which is more likely) is nearly impossible to measure. If you're interested in the stats for this particular ad*, 102,735 impressions, 1,825 clicks, which comes to 1.78%. In comparison, when we run the "visibility rounds" on Steam, we get 0.60-1.14%. The difference is that on Steam the impulse buy ratio is very high and any exposure results in a sales spike, which creates a strong impression that it's the exposure on Steam that matters.

* 3 other ads, same site:

1) 101,412 impressions, 2,660 clicks
2) 308,980, 526 clicks
3) 361,071, 1,381 clicks

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Now that you've completed the game and released it, have you done - or do you plan to do - any advertising? Or are you limiting it to Steam?

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Advertising the game after its release.

"We need to increase sales to meet the costs of increased advertising."

 

[Vault Dweller]

Now that you've completed the game and released it, have you done - or do you plan to do - any advertising? Or are you limiting it to Steam?

Haven't done, not planning at the moment. In general, we do rely on Steam because it works better than all alternatives combined. If we had a mainstream-friendly game, advertising would have made more sense. I'm not sure it works well with 'niche within a niche' games.

 

[Aterdux Entertainment]

We tried some advertising too but the conversion doesn't justify the costs - we only got back 50% in sales on what we spent on advertising.

The best was indeed Steam featuring during the release - we got 22m impressions which resulted in over 100k of clicks. Steam got us some extra visibility which really helped a lot.

 

[J_C]

Vault Dweller Would you shed some light on how accurate the Steamspy numbers are on game sales. Currently for AoD it is: 25,275 ± 3,506. I don't want you to tell the exact number, but I was wondering if the Steam owner's number is really between 22-28.000?