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    Not to side-track this topic but homebrew 2600 games isn't a money maker esplonky. You might try making PC games for publishers that actively support budding game developers. Some of them even have their own game making tools too . . .

     

    That is a very honest and very true statement. Just on equipment alone, not factoring in the cost to make the cartridges, I've spent over $350, thats the EPROM Programmer, the EPROM Eraser, Soldering Iron (Which I'm about to upgrade to another model), solder, soldering iron tips (I'm burning through these like crazy but I think thats because its a cheap iron), donor cartridges, shipping boxes, packing material, tape, cleaning supplies, labels, etc. Even for me getting into this project there has been way more cost than I anticipated however like I said in previous post, I'm not doing this for a profit, I'm doing it for the community.

     

    Originally I wasn't even going to do a CIB of Candy Catcher, it was going to be the Text Label and that was it, however I got a huge surge of interest for a boxed version, and Brian O. made an awesome box. I asked everyone that had pre-ordered my game which they would rather have, the text label or the new designed label and box from Brian O. I quickly discovered that most people wanted both, so that is what I've been doing. I wasn't planning on doing this much work and at times its been a little bit overwhelming but I've been learning and the community really seems to appreciate it as well. I went into this hoping to sell maybe 10 copies max and recover 50% of my cost, and still be down the other 50%. Whenever I get more parts in, I'm working on these carts at night after my kids go to bed, its time consuming but then again I love doing it!

     

    Not trying to discourage you from doing this, its a wonderful feeling to have so many people play something you programmed, but its not a golden ticket either . . . . and trust me no thinks your a bad person, we could all use more money, but I will say this.

     

    Design and program a game with love/compassion for the game and it will be better than a game that is designed and programmed with the intention of profit.

     

    -Disjaukifa

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    Received mine today! Nice work, Grant, the labels look great!! I will be trying this out when I get home from work tonight. :)

     

    I'm glad it got there so quickly! Let me know what you think! I hope you enjoy the game!

     

    I was playing this last night for a few hours on my Wii 2600 emu, and it rocks! It's really fun!

    Great Work once again! Can't wait to frame it, and hang it with my other rare carts! Thanks again!

     

    I'm honored you want to put my game with your other rare games! I'm glad to hear you've had so much fun with my game!

     

    My cart arrived today.

    Cart and label look great. Looking forward to boxed set.

    This is a fun little game.

     

    I'm looking forward to the boxed set as well :cool:! I'm glad you've enjoyed Candy Catcher!

     

    Got my cart today too! I'll have to try it out when I get home from work.

     

    I'm glad to hear it got to you quickly! Let me know what your think of CC thexder!

     

    My wife told me that the game arrived today. I'll try it out once I get home. Keep you posted.

     

    Thanks!

    B

     

    Nice!

     

    Got mine today too. Thanks!

     

    No problem!

     

     

    UPDATE

     

    Hey Guys,

     

    I got the rest of my parts for the text label version of the game in today and have been working all night on burning EPROMs and soldering parts together. The remaining copies of the Limited Text Label version will be built tomorrow and shipped out Wednesday morning!

     

    Thanks

    Disjaukifa

  9. Posted

    oh i see. I'm looking for a way to sell my game cheaply and make some money on it.

     

    I'm doing this for the community and not for a profit. The shear fact that so many people have be messaging and letting me know how much fun they have had with my game has been my motivation to do this. Also it has been a wonderful learning experience as well! Yeah I'm making some money, but not much. Also this has been very time consuming at the same time however I've enjoyed ever moment of it!

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    Candy Catcher isn't listed in the AA store, he must be using the website to announce and order games. I read somewhere that CPUWIZ made the carts for him to sell.

     

    CPUWIZ supplied the parts for the cartridges, I'm programming the EPROMs myself and assembling all the PCBs myself as well.

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    I'm impressed . . . and honored that you decided to kind of base it on the game I'm working on at the moment! Could you go more in-depth on how you disabled certain features in bB because I'm kind of under a space crunch at the moment and getting all the room I can get would be nice :D

     

    Never-mind I found out how to do it here Default Includes

     

    Going to be doing that now!!!

     

    hey, how did you get your game to be sold on the AtariAge store and are you making money off of it?

     

    Its not being sold in the AA store (To the best of my knowledge . . .), I'm selling it in the Marketplace myself. I'm making the cartridges myself and doing all the work myself. Honestly I'm pretty much breaking even, I'm making a little amount of money but not nearly as much as you would think, the cost for all the equipment, parts, labels, solder, boxes, shipping boxes, postage, and supplies eats almost all of the cost up!

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    Hey Guys,

     

    I got the rest of the first batch of parts assembled and I'm working on printing shipping labels now. The first 24 games will all be shipped Monday! Also I have been sending each of PMs, or I'm in the process of PMs asking for payment for the version of the game you have selected. I need to order more parts for the cartridges, labels, and I have a huge bill coming up for the boxes as well!

     

    If you have any questions at all please don't hesitate to ask and I will get back with you as soon as possible!

     

    Thanks!

    Disjaukifa

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