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Post by kennn on May 29, 2019 19:26:01 GMT -6
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Post by tbird on May 29, 2019 21:10:11 GMT -6
I would agree with you there, there are so many open source or plain free or dirt cheap options out there, but some people have a unnatural skill where as the saying goes could sell someone dirt for the price of silver....
Although, there are many ways to make money from a language such as tutoring, paid scripts, paid priority feature additions....if the language was popular enough these might fly, but then you venture into 'The Game Creators' zone, a company I have little respect for due to their business practices but thats another topic...
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Post by n00b on May 29, 2019 21:43:02 GMT -6
I mostly agree as well. But RCBasic has helped me out financially in that it impressed my current employer enough to offer me a job even though I only have a high school diploma. If you want to develop software that can make money you would be better off developing business software. Most large corporations would rather pay for software then use the free alternatives because they have this idea that if something is free it must be inferior to the paid option.
Unless its a video game or production software, most home users don't really pay for software at all these days. That is why many businesses are moving to the SAAS (Software-As-A-Service) model.
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Post by tbird on May 29, 2019 21:54:23 GMT -6
Well thats because RCBasic is awesome and indirectly helping is just as important I suppose.
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Post by kennn on May 30, 2019 2:12:18 GMT -6
Although, there are many ways to make money from a language such as tutoring, paid scripts, paid priority feature additions....if the language was popular enough these might fly, If the user base of Cerberus-X is big enough, the author of Cerberus-X may make a lot of money. Rapid development is a merit of Cerberus-X. However, I really think that Cerberus-X's syntax is not user-friendly or beginner-friendly. Therefore, making a lot of money is nearly equal to an impossible mission. |
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Post by kennn on May 30, 2019 2:19:32 GMT -6
I mostly agree as well. But RCBasic has helped me out financially in that it impressed my current employer enough to offer me a job even though I only have a high school diploma. RCBasic is a complex, reliable and advanced software but you only own a high school diploma? You are a true genius! |
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Post by n00b on May 30, 2019 9:58:56 GMT -6
Thanks but I am still learning just like everyone else.
I hope the Cerberus-X project is successful. He seems to have a decent size user base so he could possibly make it profitable but I don't think it is going to financially sustainable. Only time will tell.
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Post by kennn on May 30, 2019 16:17:43 GMT -6
n00b said:
Some more opinions...
Requirements of a big user base of a game language in general:
1. Beginner-friendly syntax.
2. Active development(add new features to the language software regularly and have a roapmap)
3. Plenty of documentation (manual, tutorials and examples)
4. A persuasive official website. The site needs to be visually appealing, polished and professional.
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