[Coco] Fahrfall game package prototype...

[Christopher R. Hawks]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:33:38 -0400
"John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 04:05:29PM -0400, Bill Loguidice wrote:
> > Kickstarter is a general interest site and not well suited to niche
> > stuff like this. You also have to remember that Kickstarter takes
> > its fees, plus there are taxes, etc., so you'll have to generously
> > overestimate what you need to hit your target number, and obviously
> > it's an all-or-nothing proposition. None of those things and more
> > leads me to believe Kickstarter is a viable option for something
> > like this.
> 
> The fees and taxes are worth considering.  But any above-board
> funding source will run into that, more or less.  The all-or-nothing
> part doesn't concern me much, as my go/no-go target is fairly low.
> If there are only a handful of people interested, then it isn't worth
> my time anyway.
> 
> > Basically you're making the
> > assumption that there are CoCo fans out there you can't reach on
> > this mailing list, Facebook, or AtariAge that you somehow can reach
> > on Kickstarter.
> 
> Well, not really.  As was pointed-out, it doesn't make much sense to
> rely on Kickstarter by itself for publicity anyway.
> 
> My thinking is that Kickstarter provides some organizational
> discipline to the process.  Also, a limited time window for an
> initial run may discourage fence-sitting in a way that "anyone want
> one?" may not. Plus, going through the process of setting-up the
> Kickstarter campaign at least puts a focal point on the "what is
> this?" part of the project and provides a central URL for the
> marketing without me having to build the site myself.
> 
> Is there anyone that hates Kickstarter on principle?  Would anyone
> not want a cartridge if it was offered through Kickstarter?
> 
> John

	Just tell me how much and where to send it. (And I still owe you
for a Videotex cartridge.)


Christopher R. Hawks
HAWKSoft
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