Money for AGS.

[Kinoko]

I'm the same as voh in that I've donated to Yahtzee for his special addition (though only for 5 Days, didn't realise there was a 7 Days SE!).

To be honest, that's the only way I can see myself giving money. I wouldn't pay for a game (I just wouldn't pay for an amateur game, I'm too used to them being free online) and I wouldn't pay after playing a demo, to play the rest.

What Yahtzee did is perfect for me. I played his game, I LOVED it, and later I gave him a few bucks for some extra features to relive the game I loved and see some of the author's comments. I considered it a donation, but a donation I was getting something for. Noone was telling me I had to give money to play the game, which was great. The game itself was free and the game being so -good- is why I felt he deserved the money. But like I said, it wasn't a dnation, it was for a little something extra.

I really like that system.

[Czar]

Tho' a mittens house would be cool. In every continent. West, east, north and south.

Suuure! We'll spend the £100 we earn on the game on mittens mansions. Then we will spread them all around the globe! I like the idea, but it need some serious planning

Well, the donations shouldn't be based only on the Cd with games and bonus material, but people could really donate to the building of the house(mansion/shack - whatever has four walls and a roof -<insert witty remarks here>). I believe there could be something as a non-profit but still profit organisation inside of AGS. Maybe it will be more clear in a few years, but why not start planning now?
The internet is a crazy thing, and what if this community lasts at least 10 years?
Let's say there are like 20 oldies who have the means to contribute up to 5$ per week. Then you have people who can donate about 5$ per month. Let's say 100 of them can. There are about 600 users with over 50 posts. Let's say half of them donates 1$ per month.
That is 400$ from the oldies a month, 500$ from various folks, 300$ from non-frequent posters per month.
Now, there also goes the age+job factor.
In this plan (which could maybe work for a month or two, and then it could fade slowly), the Mittens cottage fund could raise up to 1200$ per month. With a sum of 14400$ per year, put it in 10 years, a sum of 140.000$ is POSSIBLE. It could be more it could be less, depending on the motivation presented for making the project.

That was just me doing some calculations, but wouldn't it be sweet to have a real gathering place for special occasions?
We can plan. Who of you old forum people had ever tought back in the day that a thing like mittens, or a thing like 3000 users could be possible in the near future?
Maybe i'm wrong, maybe this whole thing will go under in less then a year, but until then i think there are more community bonding options for everyone.

[lo_res_man]

I really like this idea, neone remember when you could buy a bunch of shareware on a cd? this would be a lot like that. HEY I have a IDEA! what if, we make a "Year of MAGS" cd? and include  a copy AGS, and a bunch of the best tutorials and freeware development programs on it (paint programs and such). we would include documentation explaning why each MAGS is the way it is. include some bonus materials maybe, sketches and charactor studies and such. what do yah think?

[RickJ]

It seems to me that something like Lulu.com wouold be an obvious choice.   If I understand correctly there are no minimum quanities or setup costs.  They charge about $5 for CD and about $7 for DVD.  One only need to create the collection, cover art, and upload the files.  Set the price at at the per dick cost and viola!  No profit, no harm, no foul.   

[Hollister Man]

Set the price at at the per dick cost

Price per dick?     I'm sure you meant disk

I would gladly finish and contribute a demo of my project, with my partner's permission.  I don't know about the pricing schedule you've got there, but I honestly think that, much like when Chris april-fooled everyone about making AGS shareware, most of those on the forums who are capable would like to contribute.  I know I would do it, if only to save on time downloading on a dial-up connection.

[Nikolas]

Czar: About the house/mansion/whatever: You know I have seen advertisements for houses in Bulgaria or some other ex Eastern block country with ridiculous prices. I'm being honest. Was watching TV, a show called "Living Abroad" (or "A place at the sun"), and they had found a 4 bed house, in the middle of a forest, for 15,000 euros. This is easily feasible, if you can find a way to arrange, who stays when...

[Czar]

You have cheap houses here in Croatia too. Some of them are maybe more "rustical" and need a bit of adapting, but it is a cool place for over the summer and stuff.
Really a thing to discuss.

[Nikolas]

Yes, I mean with the 140,000 you mentioned, we can have a whole village!!!!

[Czar]

Or at least an AGS touring Hippie van.
No. Wait!
Two AGS Touring hippie vans.
Oh yeah...

btw we need groupies (and of course, we need groupars for the ladies ( we'll put them in the other van alongside that guy Mark Lovegrove and the Crazy Bunch))

I apologise for the mistake.

[passer-by]

Was watching TV, a show called "Living Abroad" (or "A place at the sun"), and they had found a 4 bed house, in the middle of a forest, for 15,000 euros.

Now, look, I like playing adventure games, I like making them, but I don't like being a NPC  in a horror/mystery adventure game, ok??

[Czar]

He he cp.

I just want to make a small digression. What do you people think, should it be an NPC or a NPC.
If we're talking acronyms i definetly say "an".
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