Comments on: Do You Make False Savings? http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/ I bake games. Indie style. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: GameProducer.Net » You Get What You Pay For http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-110733 GameProducer.Net » You Get What You Pay For Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:41:30 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/#comment-110733 [...] trying to save some hundreds of dollars (which can sound sensible for indies), I actually was doing false savings. If I would have raised the animation budget right from the beginning, I could have spent the time [...] [...] trying to save some hundreds of dollars (which can sound sensible for indies), I actually was doing false savings. If I would have raised the animation budget right from the beginning, I could have spent the time [...]

]]> By: Jake Birkett http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-101431 Jake Birkett Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:48:18 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/#comment-101431 I'm on the the last month of my current game now :-) I’m on the the last month of my current game now :-)

]]> By: Juuso - Game Producer http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-101410 Juuso - Game Producer Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:17:55 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/#comment-101410 Blueskied, by $100 I was actually thinking placeholder art package (for some reason that got to my mind first). Could have been clearer. "work one week more" I meant doing "contract work"... or working at "hamburger store" or whatever to earn some money. papamook: Heh :) Jake: that's so true. Sometimes it might be question of "principle" though that might get us moving ;) dkah: that is a very good statement. Naturally if you just want to have fun working on the game, then it's perfectly fine to do like that. Good point. Blueskied, by $100 I was actually thinking placeholder art package (for some reason that got to my mind first). Could have been clearer. “work one week more” I meant doing “contract work”… or working at “hamburger store” or whatever to earn some money.

papamook: Heh :)

Jake: that’s so true. Sometimes it might be question of “principle” though that might get us moving ;)

dkah: that is a very good statement. Naturally if you just want to have fun working on the game, then it’s perfectly fine to do like that. Good point.

]]> By: dkah http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-101367 dkah Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:30:14 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/#comment-101367 You forget that most hobbyists, even if they are not clear on this consciously, do not have the goal to ship a game, but to make one. These teams seldom finish, because finishing is no fun, making is fun. Everybody in the industry knows, the last month(s) before a master are the hardest. The 20% nobody signed into. Where only bugs are fixed, nothing new made, ideas chocked for the good of the product, panic rises and it is no fun at all. Hobby teams often do not buy things, because they want to make them. Learn how to do them. That is the fun. It is the case with many hobbies. Making is important not finishing. That is the difference between professionals, even part-time ones, they want to finish and hobbyists, they want the ride. You forget that most hobbyists, even if they are not clear on this consciously, do not have the goal to ship a game, but to make one. These teams seldom finish, because finishing is no fun, making is fun. Everybody in the industry knows, the last month(s) before a master are the hardest. The 20% nobody signed into. Where only bugs are fixed, nothing new made, ideas chocked for the good of the product, panic rises and it is no fun at all.
Hobby teams often do not buy things, because they want to make them. Learn how to do them. That is the fun. It is the case with many hobbies. Making is important not finishing. That is the difference between professionals, even part-time ones, they want to finish and hobbyists, they want the ride.

]]> By: Jake Birkett http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-101094 Jake Birkett Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:39:51 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/#comment-101094 Here's an example, switching bank or credit card or energy provider or insurance. Sometimes the saving really isn't very much yet the admin required to do it is very time consuming and boring. Sometimes you are better of just working those hours instead and pocketing the extra cash, esp. if you are on a good hourly rate. e.g. you switch bank and make an extra £10 per year on Interest, yet that switch took you 2 hours and you get paid £30 per hour. Here’s an example, switching bank or credit card or energy provider or insurance. Sometimes the saving really isn’t very much yet the admin required to do it is very time consuming and boring. Sometimes you are better of just working those hours instead and pocketing the extra cash, esp. if you are on a good hourly rate. e.g. you switch bank and make an extra £10 per year on Interest, yet that switch took you 2 hours and you get paid £30 per hour.

]]> By: papamook http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-101081 papamook Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:48:52 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/#comment-101081 i had a false-saving situation yesterday at the servo buying a snickers for a dollar, they offered me 2 for $1.50, obviously a saving there but I only wanted one snickers and yet i almost spent 50% more than I needed to i had a false-saving situation yesterday at the servo buying a snickers for a dollar, they offered me 2 for $1.50, obviously a saving there but I only wanted one snickers and yet i almost spent 50% more than I needed to

]]> By: Blueskied http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-100802 Blueskied Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:55:46 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/#comment-100802 Heh heh, for $100 you can get a sprite depicting a hamburger. Heh heh, for $100 you can get a sprite depicting a hamburger.

]]> By: Toni Mäkinen http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-100774 Toni Mäkinen Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:25:40 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/#comment-100774 That's just one meal in McD for me =) That’s just one meal in McD for me =)

]]> By: Blueskied http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-100724 Blueskied Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/07/11/do-you-make-false-savings/#comment-100724 For $100 you don't get much art. You need to spend thousands of dollars for the graphics of a game, which i am planning to do for my upcoming game. What do you mean with 'work one week more' ? For $100 you don’t get much art. You need to spend thousands of dollars for the graphics of a game, which i am planning to do for my upcoming game.
What do you mean with ‘work one week more’ ?

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