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Most of the 120K was his salary, so just breaking even is a significant accomplishment.
by briancooley 18y ago
Most of the 120K was his salary, so just breaking even is a significant accomplishment.
- trickjarrett 18y agoI think I am confused. Did he work on the game for one year, and thus the game is judged based on paying back one year's salary? He says his other games have done better and worse, not having looked at the game catalog his company offers, it seems to me that this game has probably more than covered the part of his salary he spent working on it. Am I confused?
- pwk 18y agoThink of it this way: the game cost his company 120K to build, and his company has pretty much made that back, so his company has broken even(1). While developing the game he paid himself a decent salary, so he personally has done well (and that's the part that actually matters). (1) Leaving out the time value of money, etc
- chris11 18y agoI agree with you. He's been doing this since 1994, so I'd hope he is able to pay himself a livable wage. But that 120k includes business expenses, and partial salaries for two other full time employees. He says he has been unusually successful, and I believe him. I just thought that there was more money in indie games. So I was expecting his company to be making money on this game. I would be interested in finding out how long his games continue to sell a decent number of copies. He did say that he expected this game to be quite profitable, so maybe he is expecting to make another 100k in the next few years.