Teatro Grottesco by Thomas Ligotti. It has a style that reminds me of lovecraft, nice horror stories.

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About Kavs suggestions:

   2. Done!
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Uploading the updated version to FGL!

Hi kavs.

1. Will look into it.
2. Couldn't hurt, well' do it!
4. This is a very good idea, thanks.
5. This is a weird issue, the time is actually ordered in milliseconds, that's what we send to mochi but sometimes it shows the milliseconds and sometimes it doesn't.

Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, we're thinking on putting just a global score instead of a score for every level. Thanks for the input Moi. How much do you think we should ask for this game on FGL (using the buy it now feature).

[buy it now price]

Hi, I made a game with some friends and put it up on FGL for bidding, the game received coverage on indiegames.com/blog and the teaser trailer has been seen for over 3K people with little marketing effort. The thing is that we haven't received any bids yet, just some people interested on sitelocked versions but so far not one bid and I already sent a message to a huge list of sponsors by email.
So I was thinking on putting a "buy it now price" for the game but I have no Idea how much to ask for. Here is the link of the game on FGL:
http://www.flashgamelicense.com/view_game.php?from=dev&game_id=13542

I would really appreciate any input. Thanks.

I would have put some effort on announcing the game previously via indie web pages, web releases, etc, but previous to the release of the game and put some email registration or similar to let the players know when the game is finished, in order to have some big initial pool of players. Just my two cents.

Making money with flash games is getting harder, and sponsors pay very little money, we have a game up too on FGL (http://www.flashgamelicense.com/view_game.php?from=dev&game_id=13542). I emailed a lot of sponsors after a few weeks with little views. The mails produced more views but sadly not a single offer, just to people interested on a sitelocked version but no more.

Oh, I see, I just played your game and while I can see decent amount of effort put in visual appearance, it doesn't seem to stand out enough.

First, it's borderline average/above-average.

I say this because puzzles don't feel rewarding. I can just stare at the screen and press keys randomly until I get to the end. My mind doesn't register that as a reward. It's just random accomplishment that bears no meaning to me.

But it has no selling point. If it was medieval, it would be a lot easier to sell it to Armor Games despite not being above-average. Or if it was defense game or Halloween game. etc etc

That said, you may be able to sell it, especially if not many sponsors played it yet. But I wouldn't bet on it.

Guess this was a bit tangential, but oh well.

Yes, a puzzle game is harder to sell too. Maybe it was a mistake in our behalf starting our career with a puzzle, but what can you do?, you have to learn from your mistakes and move on, our next game is going to be an arcade, hope it sells and hope the hamster game sells for something.
Thanks for the feedback Miroslav , very much appreciated.

Sponsors are very spoiled nowadays.

I think the sponsors are getting a lot more value that they should for the money they put, the market seems to have prostituted quite a bit so sponsor expect a really nice product for a mere 1K or so.

Making money with flash games is getting harder, and sponsors pay very little money, we have a game up too on FGL (http://www.flashgamelicense.com/view_game.php?from=dev&game_id=13542). I emailed a lot of sponsors after a few weeks with little views. The mails produced more views but sadly not a single offer, just to people interested on a sitelocked version but no more. It's frustrating for me because I had low expectations but not this low.
Your game looks really polished, an offer for 300 must feel like a slap on the face.

My trailer for Chainsaw Man VS. The Communists (my first game to have an installer and trailer) will be 20-30 seconds for the big one, 7-10 seconds for the teaser.

The trailer it's done



33 seconds turned out to be the time.

PURE AWESOMENESS.

Thanks inhuman, nice comment on youtube. Tell me when your trailer is done I wanna check it out 

Thank you Blackace and weasello, that trailer of 4fourths looks good!.
And KM, I always change the channel on commercials, it works great, but seriously I only watch tv occasionally because I like to watch my favourite shows on High def rather than in standar definition (My country has been slow on the adoption of HD).

Thanks supershigi, we changed the graphics a lot on the final stages, it's good to hear that you like them, it means that the work paid off.
Thanks Yajo, the search for an sponsor seems slow but I hope that it goes well.

I've been testing FGL, posted a puzzle game, left it on developers feedback for two weeks. Changed it according to the feedback. It got a 7 and in week and a half it has been played by six sponsors but all in the first 4 days. We made a trailer got some coverage on indiegames.com but that hasn't generated any new views from sponsors.
I will contact some sponsors directly but I'll wait until the game it's at least 3 weeks on bidding on FGL (Waiting sucks).

Also I think that the money on flash games it's not on the sponsorships sadly, the contract work it's where the money might be. We are working on a game smaller than the one we posted on FGL for an investigation group of my university and even though the pay it's low due to the budget of the group I think the money will exceed what we might get from FGL (I really hope I'm wrong).
The sponsorship money seems a little on the low side, sure you can survive for little money but it's not fair to get so little money for your hard work (maybe I'm just an idealist).

I think it's okay for a teaser trailer, I'll do another of the gameplay later but I feel it's pointless now because the game doesn't have an sponsorship yet so people interested in the game will have forgotten about it by the time it's released.

PS: And it could be a while, week and a half and just 6 sponsors played it and all in the first 5 days. No bids yet.

The trailer it's done



33 seconds turned out to be the time.

We got some coverage on the internetz!  
http://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2010/09/roll-hamster-roll-to-release/
http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2010/09/trailer_roll_hamster_roll_illu.html

Hello everyone

We finished our first game and wanted to share a short trailer with all of you:



The game is a puzzle platformer with innovative gameplay, 30 levels and a lot of fun.
The game is 100% finished but looking for sponsorship, but anyways we wanted to let you have a look.

The samurai Jack one looks amazing, really really pretty.

Thank you so much neoshaman, I'll read those post diligently