Team WaterMelon jetzt auch mit offiziellem Nexgam Thread!

Heute ist bei mir eine Mail von WM im Postfach eingetrudelt, ziemlich geil und ich will es euch nicht vorenthalten

Dear Epelein,

In less than 12 hours we'll be announcing our fantastic, super exciting and extra shiny new project: The Factory.

What is this factory you ask? Is it illicit? Are we manufacturing something made out of people? Yes! But more honestly, no! The Factory is our unique fundraising and collaboration system that will allow fans of our games to decide exactly what we should make and contribute openly to the project while it’s in development.

Remember those Gems you got when you first signed up on our new website? Those Gems will be the fuel that runs the whole machine. Basically, you can purchase and earn gems through the Magical Game Factory website. Those Gems can, in turn, be invested into any number of projects we have in development or are proposing. If you become an “investor” in a particular project you’ll be consulted on the game’s development, have your feedback heard and incorporated into the design and get investor exclusive offers. The more you’ve invested in the project, the more your opinion is weighed and the louder your voice is.

But there's more to the factory than just investing Gems and providing your opinion. If you invest enough Gems in a project, they'll get converted into a pre-order of the game you're helping to build. Didn't invest enough Gems to grant you a pre-order? No problem! Invested Gems will convert into an investor's discount when you order your game. And the benefits don't end here: Similar to the pre-orders fund that drove the development of Pier Solar, investing in a project will guarantee you not just a copy of the game, but also a special investor version. Think of the Posterity Edition of Pier Solar, only cooler!

One thing we learned during Pier Solar’s development was that the community that we’ve developed is an irreplaceable part of Watermelon. You guys were instrumental in finishing that game and making it a great RPG. We want to involve you guys even more in development and make sure that all the great old-school games that you want to play will get made at the level of quality you expect. These are your games, and you’ll be able to tell us exactly what you want to see and play. Want a shoot ‘em up with RPG elements? Let us know, and invest! Want an oldschool brawler where all player characters are mutated lobsters with attitude? We are at your back and will answer your call. Want a controversial dating sim where users can do all manner of naughty things with cans of whip cream? We’ll do it!

Grudgingly… but we’ll do it.

So that’s that. Head on over to the Magical Game Factory website and have a look around. Get involved and get ready. Pier Solar was just the beginning!

Thank you for all your past and future support,

Your friends at Watermelon

WATERMELON TEAM

Eigendlich halte ich es nicht gut wenn ein Team seine Fahne komplett nach dem Wind hängt aber in diesem Fall ist das etwas anderes.
Hier handelt es sich um Retrospiele und nicht um Balancing, Mulitplayer Maps oder Game-Addons. Was ich ziemlich genial finde, das ganze ist nicht nur irgendeine Nerd-Romantik sondern auch (für mich zumindest) richtig spannend. Ich wüsste selber nichtmal sicher was ich mir von WM genau wünsche, ein Jump & Run ein Jump & Shot oder ein Adventure das alles ein bisschen miteinander verbindet?!

Ich werde da warscheinlich einfach mal drüber schlafen, meinen Support haben sie jedenfalls ziemlich sicher. Das war vor der E-Mail wegen Pier Solar ja schon so, und nach diesem Aufruf gibt es für mich als Megadrive Fan garkeine wenn und aber! Das Jahr 2012 geht so porno weiter wie 2011 aufgehört hat. Ich kann das ganze irgendwie kaum glauben. 2012 gibt es ein talentiertes Megadrive Entwicklerteam das sich an verschiedene Genre ranwagt und quasi die Community entscheiden lässt was als nächstes auf dem Radar ist. Sowas hat es vorher so noch nie gegeben, zumindest nicht das ich wüsste. Mir fällt es ein bisschen schwer die richtigen Worte dafür zu finden, der Nexgam-smily-klassiker ist hier richtig!




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Ja klar, ich werde iRl schon auch ma Epe/Eppe/Epelein genannt (und ich höre sogar automatisch darauf) solange du mich nicht Ingrid oder Beate nennst, ist alles Roger, Roger.

Ich bin mir nicht sicher wie ernst die das bei WM selber nehmen, ansonsten ist es doch praktisch Spenden mit Feedback zu verbinden und das ganze gleich mit Preorder-Bundles, da brauchen sich nichma die pessimisten darüber beschweren.
Am Anfang wusste ich garnicht das WM auch für andere Plattformen programmieren würde aber ich bin froh das

Thanks to you the game factory is running at full steam.

It was a close race, but the first poll is now finished. The winner is: Mega Drive/Genesis. If your favorite platform didn't win the poll, don't cry just yet: the primary platform is where we focus our development but there will be ports to other platforms as well. More announcements are coming soon.

Now it's time to move on to the next questions that will define the game genre and style.

Man kann nurnoch 2 Tage voten.
Sieht wohl aus als würde Beat'em Up gewinnen, ich hoffe nur das ein Sidescroller gemeint ist und kein Vs!

Dear Epelein,

The excitement keeps growing around Project Y. The poll is having a fierce battle and the MEGA POWER bar start to reach serious levels.

The "game genre" polls will end 3rd of March (1st second of first hour of 3rd of March, GMT), and as of yet, we have no definitive winner. It looks like platformer or beat 'em up will win, but nothing is clear or decided yet.
When the poll is over, we will move on to next one.

Also! For whoever who didn't join yet the Project Y! The minimum investment is 50 GEMS! Check your profile! You may have enough GEMS to join the fun!

Also ending 3rd of March is the competition. If you want a chance to get some GEMS and perhaps a signed Pier Solar OST, place your guess of its number of tracks in a comment to the previous blog post.

Until the poll ends... Have a great time!

WATERMELON TEAM