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I made a basketball management simulation video game: http://basketball-gm.com/ http://basketball-gm.com/ My original motivation was for fun and learning, but

I made a basketball management simulation video game: http://basketball-gm.com/ http://basketball-gm.com/ My original motivation was for fun and learning, but now I have several hundred people playing every day (average 1 hr each) and it's making $600/month in ads. Problem is, I don't know how to take it to the next level. I think my main issues are no marketing knowledge and a complete lack of connections in the video game and sports industries. I think this could be much bigger if I could somehow overcome those deficits. Longer version of this post: http://basketball-gm.com/pitch http://basketball-gm.com/pitch Email me if you're interested in what I'm doing: jdscheff@gmail.com

moron4hire 13y ago
How hard would it be to reskin the game as soccer/rugby/American football/hockey/etc. management? Expand your potential customer pool.
- streptomycin 13y ago
  That's a good question! It'd be easy to do a hacky port to another sport, but a quality port would be much harder. There is a lot of detail involved in the simulation engine, the AI, and the UI. To put in the time to make a good simulation game requires some significant motivation. For me, the basketball version is fun to work on because I'm a huge basketball fan. Other sports wouldn't be nearly as fun for me. If I thought that making versions for other sports was the path to riches, I might be motivated enough to try it. But if the basketball version can't grow beyond its current popularity, then the other sports probably won't be hugely profitable either. That being said, I am working with someone to make a baseball version, but it's too early to say if anything worthwhile will come from that effort.
samstave 13y ago
"Running a basketball team requires you to make touch decisions. Do you mean TOUGH decisions?
- streptomycin 13y ago
  Yes I did, thank you! Damn, that text has been there for months...
- notduncansmith 13y ago
  I actually really like the phrase "touch decision", as an alternative to "snap decision".

moron4hire 13y ago

How hard would it be to reskin the game as soccer/rugby/American football/hockey/etc. management? Expand your potential customer pool.

streptomycin 13y ago
That's a good question! It'd be easy to do a hacky port to another sport, but a quality port would be much harder. There is a lot of detail involved in the simulation engine, the AI, and the UI. To put in the time to make a good simulation game requires some significant motivation. For me, the basketball version is fun to work on because I'm a huge basketball fan. Other sports wouldn't be nearly as fun for me. If I thought that making versions for other sports was the path to riches, I might be motivated enough to try it. But if the basketball version can't grow beyond its current popularity, then the other sports probably won't be hugely profitable either. That being said, I am working with someone to make a baseball version, but it's too early to say if anything worthwhile will come from that effort.

samstave 13y ago

"Running a basketball team requires you to make touch decisions. Do you mean TOUGH decisions?

streptomycin 13y ago
Yes I did, thank you! Damn, that text has been there for months...
notduncansmith 13y ago
I actually really like the phrase "touch decision", as an alternative to "snap decision".