[i’ve written this several times. It’s something I could explain face to face in minutes, with you all asking questions in person; however, I can only communicate to you all in one direction via text].
As much as I'd like to think AOP have changed their minds, I don't think they have. (I’d love to be proven wrong on this). AOP still believe that they should be paid twice. First they should be paid to let the game be released. Secondly they should be given a large cut of all games sold.
Now I know that not even EA would think that a game is released by a developer paying them money, but unfortunately we are dealing with a company that does NOT make games. AOP have got it in their heads that the game is worth millions of dollars, so asking for $1,000,000 upfront is not ‘asking too much’.
So I see we have the following options:
1. Raise $1,000,000 to give AOP
2. Try and lower AOP expectations
3. Change the game name
Option 1 – That’s a huge amount of money and AOP are likely to just want more.
Option 2 – This could result in several potential scenarios:
A. AOP lets Chuck release CC2
B. AOP decide it’s not worth their time, as they can make more money doing other things
C. AOP release CC2 but they decide to make a cheap clone that’s not made by Chuck
Result B has been AOP stance for the last 20 years.
Options 3 – Create a new game that has all the features of CC2 and call it Chuck’s Challenge.
Personally I can’t begin to explain how tiring, frustration, stressful & upsetting it has been dealing with AOP. (And I only tried it for a year) Now I hope this explains why we choose Option 3. We wanted to be able to build something, without having to be beholden to some one who A. does not care as much as we do about the game B. wanted to put a gun to our heads.
Having said that I believe Option 2 is worth trying once in a while, but I don’t think we should get our hope up. The business proposal is simple. AOP don’t have to pay any costs and AOP get a share of the money made from game sells.
Thanks
Barn
As much as I'd like to think AOP have changed their minds, I don't think they have. (I’d love to be proven wrong on this). AOP still believe that they should be paid twice. First they should be paid to let the game be released. Secondly they should be given a large cut of all games sold.
Now I know that not even EA would think that a game is released by a developer paying them money, but unfortunately we are dealing with a company that does NOT make games. AOP have got it in their heads that the game is worth millions of dollars, so asking for $1,000,000 upfront is not ‘asking too much’.
So I see we have the following options:
1. Raise $1,000,000 to give AOP
2. Try and lower AOP expectations
3. Change the game name
Option 1 – That’s a huge amount of money and AOP are likely to just want more.
Option 2 – This could result in several potential scenarios:
A. AOP lets Chuck release CC2
B. AOP decide it’s not worth their time, as they can make more money doing other things
C. AOP release CC2 but they decide to make a cheap clone that’s not made by Chuck
Result B has been AOP stance for the last 20 years.
Options 3 – Create a new game that has all the features of CC2 and call it Chuck’s Challenge.
Personally I can’t begin to explain how tiring, frustration, stressful & upsetting it has been dealing with AOP. (And I only tried it for a year) Now I hope this explains why we choose Option 3. We wanted to be able to build something, without having to be beholden to some one who A. does not care as much as we do about the game B. wanted to put a gun to our heads.
Having said that I believe Option 2 is worth trying once in a while, but I don’t think we should get our hope up. The business proposal is simple. AOP don’t have to pay any costs and AOP get a share of the money made from game sells.
Thanks
Barn