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Iminlikewithyou present their new developers platform

15 points by danw 18y ago

tdupree 18y ago
This was done really well. It kind of reminds me of the presentation done with the PS3 game Little Big Planet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uToBarLr_U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uToBarLr_U Charles timing was a bit better than the Sony presentation.
AlexeyMK 18y ago
Anyone know how the API compares to Kongregate's?
unalone 18y ago
I love stuff like this. People presenting cool new things but keeping fun about it: we need humor at times like these. (And most other times too, for that matter.)
acgourley 18y ago
Why did he (and the audience) think the profanity was so funny, were they serving drinks? Also, he shouldn't sound so surprised when explaining how hard multiplayer network code is - it certainly makes it sound like they are in over their heads as programmers. Very slick presentation video though, and I'll be checking out the site.
- fallentimes 18y ago
  I think drinking + charisma. There was at least one person who didn't think it was funny: http://is.gd/4dMK http://is.gd/4dMK (vw link)
- robfitz 18y ago
  everybody pre-games those things anyway
apsurd 18y ago
Hey that sounds really good, open source gaming platform! Even though I don't play games much, sounds like a lot of people will like it...but.... How are they going to make money??? o.0
- peregrine 18y ago
  Who wouldn't want to make money for their great games? Online "casual" web-based games have been extremely hard to monetize, historically. The standard route has been to monetize with a preloader advertisement. Unfortunately, these advertisements have extremely low click-through, and ultimately, do not generate much revenue unless multiple millions of people are playing your game everyday. We think game developers should make money based around things people actually want. Items. People love your games. People would love to buy upgrades to your games. We will make it possible for people to buy items that you create for your games - and you make the money. http://developers.iminlikewithyou.com/articles/view/advantages http://developers.iminlikewithyou.com/articles/view/advantag... SO it is sketchy and maybe untested but its interesting.
  - apsurd 18y ago
    Thanks for that!

15 points by danw 18y ago

This was done really well. It kind of reminds me of the presentation done with the PS3 game Little Big Planet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uToBarLr_U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uToBarLr_U Charles timing was a bit better than the Sony presentation.

AlexeyMK 18y ago

Anyone know how the API compares to Kongregate's?

unalone 18y ago

I love stuff like this. People presenting cool new things but keeping fun about it: we need humor at times like these. (And most other times too, for that matter.)

acgourley 18y ago

Why did he (and the audience) think the profanity was so funny, were they serving drinks? Also, he shouldn't sound so surprised when explaining how hard multiplayer network code is - it certainly makes it sound like they are in over their heads as programmers. Very slick presentation video though, and I'll be checking out the site.

fallentimes 18y ago
I think drinking + charisma. There was at least one person who didn't think it was funny: http://is.gd/4dMK http://is.gd/4dMK (vw link)
robfitz 18y ago
everybody pre-games those things anyway

apsurd 18y ago

Hey that sounds really good, open source gaming platform! Even though I don't play games much, sounds like a lot of people will like it...but.... How are they going to make money??? o.0

peregrine 18y ago
Who wouldn't want to make money for their great games? Online "casual" web-based games have been extremely hard to monetize, historically. The standard route has been to monetize with a preloader advertisement. Unfortunately, these advertisements have extremely low click-through, and ultimately, do not generate much revenue unless multiple millions of people are playing your game everyday. We think game developers should make money based around things people actually want. Items. People love your games. People would love to buy upgrades to your games. We will make it possible for people to buy items that you create for your games - and you make the money. http://developers.iminlikewithyou.com/articles/view/advantages http://developers.iminlikewithyou.com/articles/view/advantag... SO it is sketchy and maybe untested but its interesting.
- apsurd 18y ago
  Thanks for that!