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It's not like he's getting paid for making Doom levels, though, so I'm not sure how this addresses technological unemployment.

clarry 10y ago
I'm thinking of taking a year or two to make my own FPS with an aesthetic & gameplay similar to the 90s classics. But I'm concerned that even though there's a huge number of people who played and liked these games, they would also consider these games a product of their time and that it would be quite difficult to sell such a game.
- ludamad 10y ago
  Making a reasonable wage with a game is a lot of stress and luck. What if you approached it differently? A reasonable engineer could take a 50% pay cut and still have a living wage. Why not take a personal year now and then?
  - clarry 10y ago
    It's tough, I'm not an engineer.
- CM30 10y ago
  To be fair, I suspect you would get at least a few people willing to pay for such a game, especially if it looked at least decent on Steam or in a Kickstarter campaign. People wanted a new Banjo-Kazooie, we're getting A Hat in Time and Yooka-Laylee (among about 20 others). People wanted a new Mega Man, so there are games like Mighty No 9, Recore and Azure Striker Gunvolt. If there's a style of play that's died down a bit in recent years, it's pretty likely there's an audience. So yeah, it's probably not hopeless. There likely is at least some semblance of an audience for an old school style FPS game with less cutscenes, maze like levels and a more arcade like feel to it all.
- jimcsharp 10y ago
  Devil Daggers came out this year. People seem to really love that game. I think you'll find more of a crowd than you think with most aesthetics. I would try to keep up with the gameplay trends though. Did anybody ever like using PgUp/PgDn to move their camera?
TeMPOraL 10y ago
If anything, I'd see this as an example of why basic income is a good idea and people won't be spending their time just drinking their asses off.
- wintermute42 10y ago
  Is this really any better?
  - __s 10y ago
    Yes
  - NTripleOne 10y ago
    An artist on basic income spends 300 hours working on his latest painting, is his time just as worthless as the man sat at home drinking?

clarry 10y ago

I'm thinking of taking a year or two to make my own FPS with an aesthetic & gameplay similar to the 90s classics. But I'm concerned that even though there's a huge number of people who played and liked these games, they would also consider these games a product of their time and that it would be quite difficult to sell such a game.

ludamad 10y ago
Making a reasonable wage with a game is a lot of stress and luck. What if you approached it differently? A reasonable engineer could take a 50% pay cut and still have a living wage. Why not take a personal year now and then?
- clarry 10y ago
  It's tough, I'm not an engineer.
CM30 10y ago
To be fair, I suspect you would get at least a few people willing to pay for such a game, especially if it looked at least decent on Steam or in a Kickstarter campaign. People wanted a new Banjo-Kazooie, we're getting A Hat in Time and Yooka-Laylee (among about 20 others). People wanted a new Mega Man, so there are games like Mighty No 9, Recore and Azure Striker Gunvolt. If there's a style of play that's died down a bit in recent years, it's pretty likely there's an audience. So yeah, it's probably not hopeless. There likely is at least some semblance of an audience for an old school style FPS game with less cutscenes, maze like levels and a more arcade like feel to it all.
jimcsharp 10y ago
Devil Daggers came out this year. People seem to really love that game. I think you'll find more of a crowd than you think with most aesthetics. I would try to keep up with the gameplay trends though. Did anybody ever like using PgUp/PgDn to move their camera?

TeMPOraL 10y ago

If anything, I'd see this as an example of why basic income is a good idea and people won't be spending their time just drinking their asses off.

wintermute42 10y ago
Is this really any better?
- __s 10y ago
  Yes
- NTripleOne 10y ago
  An artist on basic income spends 300 hours working on his latest painting, is his time just as worthless as the man sat at home drinking?