Re: Future of Silvern Castle

[finkjsc@yahoo.com]

In article <MPG.14a4bfda8646daba98968b@News.CIS.DFN.DE>,
  <jblue@ninjaforce.com> wrote:
> In article <91b331$5ok$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, finkjsc@yahoo.com says...
> > If you download something for free, especially a limited (i.e. dead)
> > market like the Apple II, and you can't at least send an email with
a
> > word of thanks you are part of the problem.
>
> You're right, but to my experience usually people don't do that.
>

I understand this, but other than the few who actually paid the
original shareware fee before I made it freeware, I have only heard
from a handfull of the 100-150+ users who downloaded it from various
sources.  I can't gauge the success of my efforts on less than a dozen.

> > If the only incentive I have is because I want to
> > release stuff without ever knowing if anyone cares, I'll probably
never
> > release another Silvern Castle update, or any other Apple II title
for
> > a long time. I mean, what's the point?
>
> Like I said, if you do the stuff for yourself as well. A good way to
get
> feedback is to make your own website as see how people visit it and
> download the game. Then, you have at least some feedback even if
nobody
> cares to send an email. Don't let me be misunderstood: I don't think
that
> the Apple II folks are bad or so, it is just natural. Also, the
question
> that rests is how many people exactly play your game. To be honest, I
had
> a look at it, too, but since I don't like Wizardry either, I did not
look
> any further. Would you expect me to send you an email?
>

No, I understand that RPG is not everyone's cup of tea.  But I want to
reach those who did download it because they like this sort of game.  I
want to gauge user opinion since the ultimate feedback-paid shareware
fees-does not work.

> > This forum is filled with laments about the poor state of the Apple
> > II, and if users can't at least appreciate the works of other users,
> > then you are deepening the hole of what remains of the Apple II
market.
>
> Yes, it is funny: even when you do stuff for nothing, you still have
to
> advertise it.
>

Very true, but unlike retailers, my stuff is free, so I need feedback
to continue further updates.

>  -- Jesse Blue / Ninjaforce
>
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>

Jeff


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