ok, seems there is still some confusion...here's some facts
- it has NOT YET BEEN DECIDED whether it will be released as commercial, shareware or freeware....
- i am not going to make this call until much further down the track...at least until i have a playable demo.
- i am not in this for the money. The whole reason for this project is to have a great game that i enjoy playing, and hopefully the community enjoys as much as i do. If it does make any money then that will be channelled back into the project either directly or indirectly e.g. me spending more time on it - who knows..if i did get enough money from it i could work on it full-time and leave my day job...
- the final product will be quite large in size...if i do make it downloadable it will be quite a large download i.e. at least circa a GB...this would mean dialup/low-bandwidth users would have trouble getting it...this is a concern, cos i would hate to alienate heaps of people in countries where broadband is not the norm - i'd like everyone to have access to play it...this is something i will be giving a lot of consideration to - so to answer the question about 'will it be released in South Africa?' , the answer is "i really hope so".....if i have anythign to do with it it will be released in the main cricket playing countries at least...obvioulsy the internet makes this kind of distribution possible, but size does matter
- the final release is not final at all, cos i will continue to develop it and fix and add things - so it should always be evolving and improving...and i'm sure the community will add stuff as well, assuming it turns out as well as i would like...
- any emails should be directed to:
[email protected]
- i am not going to release full details of the batting system yet. But I will say this: that i will be using a system that allows for you to choose the power/speed of the shot and how far you wish it to go, as well as whether you want it to be lofted or not - what this means is you will be able to block with varying power, do a ground stroke with varying power and do a lofted shot with varying power e.g a lofted shot of high power would be like a six-hit...whereas a lofted shot of lower power would be more of a chip over the infield - so Propmanoz, yes, your concerns are all covered...i want to test it thoroughly though to make sure it does work and is not too difficult or cumbersome...it needs to feel smooth and natural...but not too easy either...so yes, it is a tightrope...
- i'm trying to focus my time to working on the game, so i'm trying to avoid MSN as much as possible
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- it has a tendancy to use a lot of time...so please dont think i am not around or avoiding anyone, i'm just trying to focus my more effectively...
* I want to get the power bar system and lofted shots working before I do the next video, so please be patient and ye shall be rewarded....
cheers,
LM