y2guru Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 (edited) Edited January 16, 2023 by y2guru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundangdon Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Not a bad idea, but why not make it donationware? Or, make a premium version like LaunchBox does, which would give users an option to pay for a more complete/enhanced version 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) To me, that seems almost normal given the amount of work; and yet we do not talk about it but the after-sales service must be enormous! For my part on 26 patrons I sometimes have trouble managing individual requests and yet I am almost full-time on the frontend so on a whole community... I think the solution would be to try to find a compromise to offer a free version with some of the new features so continue the free updates to encourage the community to create and in addition to offer a more complete version for the followers those who want to go further it would be the best of both worlds! It's tricky because people are so used to having everything for free these days, but great power involves... Uh sorry (lol) quality work deserves a contribution, a helping hand; It motivates and takes on a whole new dimension! In any case you already have a contributor.... note for myself: think about making a contribution for viking again:p Edited January 18, 2023 by PaDeMoNiuM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 As I personally don't use BigBox, I would say "yes" if it can do Launchbox themes also. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostArc79 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 (edited) Donationware is the way to go. Giving access to all the tools for everyone in the community allows members to be able to create new themes without being held back with features that help with workflow. New themes possibly brings in new members (and could help keep existing users). New and creative themes helps keep everything fresh (on top of the other features that keep getting released of course). Edited January 21, 2023 by dvanx010 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Patrick Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 If people can pay 75 for BigBox and 60 for emumovies (oof) Then surely they can throw you a few bucks. Or maybe not. That's already a lot. I feel like 10-20 bucks isn't bad but a free trial would be needed to let people try it. Donationware feels smoother on the communities end but you may end up getting less funds overall. But probably more themes will get created. It's a tough one. Either way your work is professional stuff that has a lot of value. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dan Patrick said: If people can pay 75 for BigBox and 60 for emumovies (oof) Then surely they can throw you a few bucks. Or maybe not. That's already a lot. I feel like 10-20 bucks isn't bad but a free trial would be needed to let people try it. Donationware feels smoother on the communities end but you may end up getting less funds overall. But probably more themes will get created. It's a tough one. Either way your work is professional stuff that has a lot of value. Totally agree, (Damn I just tilted on the price: it has increased a lot! o_o I stayed on the 50 usd) I think we shouldn't curb the community creation, that's really what make the salt of the community and the showcase .. The most complicated thing is not to leave anyone behind on the edge of the road and to find the right balance between the functionalities which will be available for all and those which will be reserved for the contributor (and the new because casually it is also necessary to seduce potential new contributors) This is where it risks being more complicated for Dave I think in terms of choice! For my part, content resellers and parallel markets quickly helped me to choose! (lol) but on that side I don't think dave has too much to worry about... (finally / I just read an article on AI.. skynet is not far 😛 it's going fast ) Edited January 24, 2023 by PaDeMoNiuM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blattacker Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 There's a bit of software I use in my daily life (completely unrelated to all of this) that's called World Machine, it's a terrain generation software. I bring this up because it is (as far as I'm aware) also only developed by one person, so I feel like it's a good point of comparison. For World Machine, there are a few different tier options for purchasing the software. There's the "Community" tier which is free, the "Indie" tier which is kind of a midpoint for the prosumer, and then the "Professional" tier, which is significantly more expensive. The important thing to note is that there is no real difference in core functionality between the three versions, the main limitation on the tiers lower than Pro is output resolution. Free version has a low maximum output resolution, mid-tier has what I would call a "high enough" maximum output resolution, and the pro version does not have a maximum output resolution. I feel like this could be a good framework to go off of. I'm not sure limiting the possible output resolutions for a theme would be possible or advisable, but perhaps it could be something as simple as limiting the number of views available in a theme for different price levels. To me, that strikes a really nice balance between incentivizing people to purchase the software to build more complete themes while also not being cost prohibitive to people who maybe aren't fully invested in the process (yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIE Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Arhh shit😪 what did I miss.. is it true support is ending?.. I wouldn’t mind supporting further development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anothrworld Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 I’ve been using the CTC for the best couple weeks and am blown away by what this thing can do. Considering the amount of time that goes into developing something like this I would be happy to pay for further development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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