Making a Shareware game.

[limeTree]

I was wondering if selling a game made with ags program is possible anywhere in the world or..?
And,i also wonder if it is aceptable for a big group of people to unite in maing games with ags and sell them.

[Gamer_V]

It's very much possible. From the editor-FAQ

Q. What's the deal with the license? What does it mean in plain English?

A. Adventure Game Studio is pretty much freeware. That means you may use it freely for non-commerical games, and you don't have to send me anything in return. There is one requirement - if you want to SELL a game you make, for profit, then you must contact me beforehand as there are some licensing issues which you may need to be aware of. When you finish your game, please do post it on the Announcements Forum and the Games Database so that everyone can give it a go.

However, I'd start at the start and actually try and find your way around the editor before you go all tripple A. Don't know how much you've done yet with creating games but people expect high quality of priced products.

[limeTree]

Ok,thanks.
Wasnt planning anything now but on college in 6 months.Im gona study programming and
such so i just wondered if a few of us got together with different skills can we
do something good,have fun and meaby earn a few bucks

[GarageGothic]

Keep in mind to use .ogg files instead of .mp3s for sound while developing the game, this seems to be the main licensing concern. The final game should be compiled with an mp3-less version of the runtime, but you can wait to get this until the game is done as you will most likely want to use the latest version throughout development.

[m0ds]

Shareware! LOL! Yeahhhh! Someone mentioned SHAREWARE! I'm gonna have to have a shareware party now


Chris Jones meets his match


Anyone on crack probably remembers this


Name 3 things that possesed you to buy the full game?
See, even you can only name one.


The Koch brothers were on crack.
But who cares, shareware existed back then.

If you're as assed as I suddenly was, post a picture of your favouritre shareware memories

[sergiocornaga]

Jill of the Jungle, YEEAAH

[Wonkyth]

Go the RPG!



Go ANOTHER RPG!!!

[Babar]

Castle!

I remember that game! I really liked it, enough so that I wanted to get the complete thing, but was never able to (until I found it on the net somewhere).

For me:
Monster Bash!



and...
Halloween Harry!

[Akatosh]

This one.

Best 24$ I never spent.

[arj0n]

The Koch brothers were on crack.
But who cares, shareware existed back then.

If you're as assed as I suddenly was, post a picture of your favouritre shareware memories

What's the name of this one??

[GarageGothic]

Escape from Delirium

[arj0n]

What about the Commander Keen saga (1990-1991):

Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars :               Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes


Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die                        Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle


Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine      Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate my Baby Sitter


Commander Keen 7: Keen Dreams

[arj0n]

pickle wars:



Vinyl Goddess From Mars:






(and don't forget halloween harry,hocus pocus,crystal caves,raptor,Realms of Chaos&duke nukem 1)

[arj0n]

Escape from Delirium

Never seen that one before, i'll look it up.
Thanx!

[Layabout]

Vinyl Goddess From Mars:






(and don't forget halloween harry,hocus pocus,crystal caves,raptor,Realms of Chaos&duke nukem 1)

What the hell? This game looks really sexploitatious. How did I not hear about it when I was a teenager? :p

[DoorKnobHandle]

Haha, I did. It's not a bad game either. I also liked Jill in the Jungle a lot, that one you could play with two-players where on guy is responsible for the movement and the other one for the shooting.

[arj0n]

What the hell? This game looks really sexploitatious. How did I not hear about it when I was a teenager? :p

Good old times...

Becouse you missed that one, here's a cover:


B.t.w.:
Did you know that Epic MegaGames was to publish the game as a sequel to Jill of the Jungle.
But Epic was not happy with the quality of the game :o, and published Jazz Jackrabbit instead.
The story was then changed and published by Union Logic as an original game.

Cover Jill of the Jungle:


Don't tell me you missed this one also in your good old teen days

[monkey0506]

Wolfenstein, Keen, Pickle Wars, Vinyl Goddess...not to mention:

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure


Hell-to-the-yeah!

I'm sure there must've been more but I can't think of them. This was mentioned, but here's a screeny:

Hocus Pocus


Edit: Oooh! How about...

Kiloblaster


Cannon Fodder


Treasure Cove


Treasure Mountain


Paganitzu


There's one more I can't seem to recall the title of which is bugging the crap out of me. The title starts with an X. Sidescroller shooter game. Enemies range from robots to bees to ogres to the boss which is a giant floating head....ugh.

Edit Mark II:

Haha! Found it!

Xargon

[Wonkyth]

Ahhh, yes! How could I forget Hocus Pocus, Keen and PickleWars!

[Scavenger]

You guys, always dredging up memories. I never thought ANYONE remembered Pickle Wars!

But then, there's always:

God of Thunder

It was just so endearing!

Amulets & Armor

Which I think had massive potential. I want to make a game like this.

I mean, wow. And remember, if you're making a shareware game, make the first episode go all out, but with promises of new tech, new graphics, and a deeper, more epic storyline in the other two episodes! (Shareware almost always comes either in a demo, or as a trilogy x3)