The long story and questions...

mmoWoWmkr · 2007-04-12T22:03:38

Well, ofcourse, everyone wants to make an MMORPG. But i have a few questions. But to make this thread make sense, i have to tell a story about my cousin. My cousin is only 13 years old, but he knows that when he is older, he wants to make an MMORPG. I mean he is SERIOUS! He already knows extremely well, C++, C#, and Python. He has created tons of items, maps, monsters, weapons and more for his game, being that he is an artist. But he knows that it will cost alot of money and alot of people. He knows that he is not rich, and ig he ends up making an MMORPG when he is older, he will have to take out funds and re pay them. I simply had to write his plans because i think that they will work. His plan is to first off make a sort of test game. He is going to borrow a bit of money, and higher a small crew to make a single-player game that is going to be based on his mmorpg. Once finished, he will ofcourse, put the game on market. If alot of people buy it, he will take that money and pay back the bank. Now if alot of people buy the first game, he will assume that people like it, and thus destroying the possiblity of borrowing even more money to make an mmorpg that no one buys. So anyway, he is going to borrow even more money, and now hire way more people. He is going to make his mmorpg with a monthly fee, and is going to sell it, and advertise it, cleary stating that is a better versoin of his single player game. Due to the price of games and montjly fees, he will be able to keep a steady pace at paying back the bank, and other fees. My questions for you are: ---So he is 13 and he has literally created tons of props for his game. Items, monsters, races, buildings, weapons, maps ,ect. So starting that young and keeping these props through out his life, do you think because of early age and all the props that he will know it is a good game, and not mess up by spending tons of money and then find it wasn't worth it? ---Do you think his plan is good, and better than just right away spending loads on an mmorpg first? ---Do you think starting this early will have an impact on his carreer?

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Started by mmoWoWmkr April 11, 2007 05:49 PM

9 comments, last by Tom Sloper 17 years, 7 months ago

Tom Sloper

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April 12, 2007 10:03 PM

Quote: Original post by Obscure
He will need years of proven industry experience (a project lead job at a game developer and lots of successful projects) before an investor will look at him.

Yup. Read FAQ 29. http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson29.htm

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