Comments on: Reasons Why Minecraft Is (One of?) The Most Successful Indie Game On The Planet http://www.gameproducer.net/2010/10/24/reasons-why-minecraft-is-one-of-the-most-successful-indie-game-on-the-planet/ I bake games. Indie style. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dogzer http://www.gameproducer.net/2010/10/24/reasons-why-minecraft-is-one-of-the-most-successful-indie-game-on-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-143419 dogzer Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:07:57 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5373#comment-143419 That's the difference between the real world and the internet. In the real world, kids sell lemonade for 10 cents, sells a few drinks and take home very little money. In the internet. If a kid were to sell virtual lemonade, and if it becomes popular, it'd sell about a few million virtual drinks, and become a millionaire. The key is make something that people want to buy for certain price. If you can make something people would pay a few dollars for, and people likes it enough to tell others about it, then that's it, you're rich. That's the power of the internet. And as hermit says, what really catches people fancy, is things people can share on one hand. And in the other hand is sense of progress. Games that makes you feel like you are constantly progressing. That’s the difference between the real world and the
internet. In the real world, kids sell lemonade for 10 cents, sells
a few drinks and take home very little money. In the internet. If a
kid were to sell virtual lemonade, and if it becomes popular, it’d
sell about a few million virtual drinks, and become a millionaire.
The key is make something that people want to buy for certain
price. If you can make something people would pay a few dollars
for, and people likes it enough to tell others about it, then
that’s it, you’re rich. That’s the power of the internet. And as
hermit says, what really catches people fancy, is things people can
share on one hand. And in the other hand is sense of progress.
Games that makes you feel like you are constantly
progressing.

]]> By: hermitC http://www.gameproducer.net/2010/10/24/reasons-why-minecraft-is-one-of-the-most-successful-indie-game-on-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-142570 hermitC Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:27:00 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5373#comment-142570 These days the combination of creation + sharing seems to be the holy grail of game design. Understandable, it's so different to the common "destroy everything" theme so many games provide. It's much the same way game production works. Maybe that's the reason for spending all my time on game dev. It's a game itself where you create something and share it with others. Well, sharing becomes selling. Hopefully :) These days the combination of creation + sharing seems to be the holy grail of game design. Understandable, it’s so different to the common “destroy everything” theme so many games provide.

It’s much the same way game production works. Maybe that’s the reason for spending all my time on game dev. It’s a game itself where you create something and share it with others. Well, sharing becomes selling. Hopefully :)

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