Hmm... and really simple reply for the first message:

I believe that Run''n Jump games will have good future as long as:
1) They have advance from other game styles or they are REALLY traditional
2) Well... I won''t buy any traditional Jump''n Run game, because the price is too big for the amount of fun time that I''m going to have, so I believe that Shareware Jump''n Runs will have better time than commercial ones.
3) If gameplay is top notch, there should be no problem

I don''t know about the jump ''n'' runs, but 2D games definately have a future. As was already mentioned, they are used for many online-only games. Plus, most independent developers who make games for fun rather than for profit only develop 2D and many people still play these games. On the professional side, take a look at RTS''s. Sure, now they have really good graphics (take a look at Tiberian Sun), but they''re not really 3-D. For the RTS genre anyway, 2D will stay for a while. Besides, there''s also those isometric games which have become pretty popular lately (although in many cases it is done w/ fixed-camera angle 3-D, but that''s almost the same as 2D). Basically, if you can make a fun and challenging games (with good graphics, of course) people will play it.

If you code it, they will come.

Commander M
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