Sorry to discourage you Cliffsky, but germans are still in stone-age in some ways. For example Shareware has no chance (0%) to be mentioned in game magazines. It has a VERY bad reputation - no idea why (especially games, utilities a bit better).

Well, ask good ol' Jester. I am just negotiating with a german (international) publisher that actually pays an advance (large) (you hear me Alex? ). When I have the contract and its ok, I am gonna ask him what I get for referring.

Beside that I know about a magazine publisher. You could expect $1500 for the fullversion on all three magazines. If someone is interested he can email me at contact@nbsd.de. Note though that I would take $500 of this for referring. Actually you would sign with me a publishing agreement for magazines in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (until 1st January 2003). This offer is for everyone with a decent game.
(Btw this are non-game magazines, that's why Shareware has a chance. ).

[edited by - jester101 on July 18, 2002 12:11:10 PM]

What Jester101 says is right in a way.

Don''t expect your game to be covered in an article longer than
a quarter of a page. I think that some magazines sometimes
publish shareware on their cover CD''s, though.

I know that getting in to print magazines in tough (even in english ones!) I was more curious about websites, and to find out if there really are (as i presume) that many Germans who speak english and will play an english game, or MUST it be translated?
thanks

http://www.positech.co.uk

I''ve never seen a shareware game on a game magazine CD in Germany.

Translation is a must on some (most?) download sites (few there are anyway and nothing like CNet). I don''t have figures about how many would NOT buy an english version. It would be wise to offer something else than creditcards - as they are a lot less common in Germany than in USA. I suggest using ShareIt. Although they cost more, they offer (if I remember right) some alternative paying methods. AmazonShops could be a solution too. Of course if you are as lazy as me, you don''t care and only accept creditcards.

Vaporisator:

yeah, how could I forget gamestar!???!!!!
Yes, they''re definately the best
(hahaha "raumschiff gamestar" )

I have no idea why I forgot to mention them.

Maybe joker is dead, I didn''t buy any game magazines
for a long time... I''m not up to date



cliffski:

I sent you a mail.

Well, I think it''s not necessary to translate a game to make it
just playable to most german gamers. But especially if you
have some comedy and other cool stuff that heavily uses
idioms, "the cool thing" about it may not be received as good
as it would if it had been translated, I suppose.

One hint:

No localization (i.e. shipping the english version) is always
better than a bad localization. If you don''t have the
resources to do a proper translation, don''t bother doing it.

quote: Original post by Origin
No localization (i.e. shipping the english version) is always
better than a bad localization.

Someone set up us the bomb?



Ron Frazier
Kronos Software
www.kronos-software.com
Miko & Molly - Coming July 2002

Hi!

PC Games has shareware games on the cd/dvd.

McMc

Hi!

PC Games has shareware games on the cd/dvd.

McMc

PC Games? Really? You don''t mean the freeware stuff their readers made, do you?