The monetary expenses associated with the game development process.
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Why is it so hard to develop a MMO? [closed]
I want to develop a MMO like World of Warcraft, but some basic research says that is going to take months (if not years) and cost a lot of money. I'd like to know why.
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What is the cost of distributing through steam?
We are in Pre-alpha stage of a game development project and haven´t yet got reply from Valve about how it works to distribute through Steam. We need this information to do a business model with all ...
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Where does the money to make a video game come from?
So 360/ps3 video games takes a few months to a few years to make I assume. If so where does the money to pay employees and costs of everything needed to make the game come from during those few ...
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How much to pay for artwork in an indie game?
I am an indie developer and I need some detailed artwork. How much is reasonable to pay an artist for say 20 character designs? I know it depends on the artist's skills, etc, but I am wondering what ...
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How much does it cost to produce a major video game?
I asked this same question here, but was closed and told to ask it on this site instead.
How much would it cost to develop a video game. I mean like a major PS3/360 video game. I know there really is ...
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Can You Make an iPhone game for Free?
A friend and I want to try making an iPhone game, but we don't really have a budget to speak of. From what I've found, I need the iOS SDK, and that costs money. Is there really no way to make an ...
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How difficult and expensive would be to obtain 3D models for my game?
So, basically I'm looking for a way to get some 3D models and animations for my game.
I know this is kind of vague, but I don't need a precise answer, the details would be like this:
The 3D models ...
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Cost of game development and maintenance of an MMORPG
I am doing a project and I have a few questions about game development/maintenance costs.
For a MMORPG like Second Life, how much does it cost to develop and maintain? Maintain as in servers' ...
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Cost to licence characters or ships for a game
I am producing a game pitch document for a university game design class, and I am looking for examples of licencing cost for using characters or ships from other IP holders in a game. For example:
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Price for Unity on Android and iPhone?
I was looking at the Unity site, and I was a bit confused with the pricing. It says it's free, but for iOS/iOS Pro or Android/Android Pro. I need to shell out $400 minimum each. So if I want to ...
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What are some typical server/vps/colo hosting costs for deployed MMOs?
From my estimates the MMO I'm designing can support 500000 concurrently connected non-idle users (and still be able to you know, do stuff) for about $1700/month in total hosting costs (includes ...
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Costs for developing an Iphone physics game?
I recently made a game demo inspired by a wooden board game where you drop the ball trying to make a score, is fully playable so take a look (Works best on firefox):
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Server hosting and costs [closed]
I'm developing a game that will require renting a server. The server will be used to host scores, clans, friends(on/off), match making, lobby, and chat. The game/match will be hosted by each player ...
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What is the cost of custom made 2D game sprites? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How much to pay for artwork in an indie game?
I am looking for sprites similar in style to those of Final fantasy Tactics, but with a much higher resolution that will ...
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2answers
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How much would it cost to hire a musician [closed]
I've been building a game in RPG Maker XP, the music i use are either from the RTP::Standard that comes shipped with it, edits of the RTP after i convert the MIDI to a different format or from ...
