Getting gameEditor out there!

[DrWelch]

Now that game editors open source, we should try to get more people aware of it. I think a good way to do this would be to send an article about it to Make Magazine ( @ http://www.makezine.com). Submitting a one-page article about an open-source 2d game creation software would easily get into Make, because its all about DIY tech (hey, the main audience is college graduates 30-54, I'm sure some of them program in C/C++)

[makslane]

Great tip, Thanks!

[BlarghNRawr]

advertize it in that computer mag with the free cd with it... the really old one (not sure if that was mak that did that or not) thats how i found game editor originally! never would be here otherwise^^

[j2graves]

perhaps the ge members could tell about it on the other forums we go to?

[jimmynewguy]

http://www.engineseeker.com/?=OVER gives you web promotion as well

[DST]

The best way to bring new users to ge is to released FINISHED GAMES!

Nothing will peak anyone's interest more than playing a game they like, and finding out they can make games like it themselves!

[jimmynewguy]

lol i would do that, but i can't buy GE i don't have a credit card to order it.....

[MrScience101]

Get a pre-paid visa card at walmart or any other hundreds of stores like it. It works just like a credit card. Markslane needs all the money support he can get. Most of us are just leeches using the free version of the program which is just not right. I have purchased two versions of it so far.

[DST]

Most of us are just leeches using the free version of the program which is just not right.

That's not a bad thing at all. Anyone who contributes to the forum, anyone who posts games that help get more people interested in GE, is helping. It's good that they get to test out the software, and learn to use it, before they make an investment (and many users are younger and have a harder time coming up with the money for it).

The money to be made is in the commercial license, you have to buy GE before you make money off your game, right?

[jimmynewguy]

ya but no one will want to buy my stuff, so i wont be making money ill just spend money on something i want

[DST]

ya but no one will want to buy my stuff

Why do you say that?

[jimmynewguy]

ive never completed a game and they never turn out right

[DST]

yes but each time you get better at it

[jimmynewguy]

ya i guess, i really need an idea though....

[DST]

The idea is the easy part...lol...

What do YOU like? What do YOU feel like playing right now?

Make the game that you want most in the world!