Re: FLASH: Pricing Guide (+ Licensing)

[Laura Mollett]

> Canadian web content shop licensed a basic flash game for $5,000 per month,

> for a six month period. The trick was that they used the client's logo in

> the game as a focal point. The game was very popular and the license was

> renewed. The creators took a gamble that the license would be renewed,

> because the development time probably (I'm guessing here from personal

> experience) exceeded the initial revenue generated by the license. They also

> benefitted by holding onto the rights to the game, because they could resell

> the game to other clients by "swapping" in a different logo.


Now wait just a second... this is a "basic" game but $30,000.00 doesn't

cover the development time? This doesn't tell me much of anything about

pricing without knowing what kind of game it is. Branden said it took him 6

hours to make the crossword puzzle. It probably took approximately 40

manhours to make the mahjong solitaire game and some of that was learning

time. The only kind of flash games I can imagine taking more development

time than $30,000 would cover would be like the mr. snoozer one, or the

smokey and the bandit games, or arcane or the island one we just saw. Can

you give us a better clue what kind of game this is? or just tell us even...


Laura


flasher is generously supported by...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 Get the last 100 messages from the flasher list NOW

    http://www.chinwag.com/flasher/last100.shtml


 Flash books http://www.chinwag.com/flasher/books.shtml

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email

helpchinwag [dot] com