#Help? CD $$ Expectations
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Ok you guys on this forum have all been great in helping me out and giving me a
few laughs and deep thoughts in the past. So again I ask your for your help.
After working with and even creating short animations for CD-Rom titles, I
decided that it was time to write my own. I came up with an awsome idea and
using my trusty 3D Studio and Animator Pro, made the graphics and animation,
did a little programing and put the program together. (620MB of Animation and
Graphics on my hardrive.) I showed it to a local distributor and he is nuts
over it and wants to ditribute it. Now the hard part and my question. What is
something like this worth? How many copies of could we potentially sell? Is
there a standard going price out there for a multi-media program complete with
animation and music?
Help????
Things are moving fast, and I need to have an idea if what this guy is offering
is good, or should I cut bait and take my project to another publisher?
Thanks in advance.
Andrew McClary Graphic Alchemy Productions
Tricky questions, Andrew. I'm afraid that I can't relly help you, but I _would_
get a good lawyer who is experienced with this sort of thing for some sound
advice. You probably have a referral service close by.
-Alan Iglesias
Andrew,
I think I've contributed to at least 3 (or more) cd-rom collections, selling
anywhere from $5-$50. These included Danger Hot Stuff! (1 and 2), Walkthroughs
and Flybys (a Waite Group book and cd-rom). I didn't get paid for any of this
stuff, so if you are getting some kind of royalties then you are certainly
ahead of the game <g>. Royalties on books are about 7%, I believe, so maybe
that's a good guideline.
Unlike Danger Hot Stuff and the other CD-Roms like it, my program is a complete
multi-media work with research and a direction. Danger Hot Stuff was a great
display of different animated works, but after you have seen it a few times it
looses its appeal because there isn't any interaction with the viewer except
for them to watch and in some cases listen. For the most part it was like a
lot of the other discs out there, a collection of tallented shareware. The
advantage in that case, was that they get your name out there, for what was
probably a project that was done for another client or just for kicks. As
multi-media developers, or authors and artist, what is the value of a complete
peice, not unlike an enitire intereactive movie? Something thats entire
exsistance is for being sold to an CD-Rom owners. How much should we give up,
and how much should we make so that the projects are worth doing?
Andrew
You might want to talk to the folks at Trylobyte (they put out a shareware
hi-res flic player available on this forum.
They are the authors of a CD-ROM title, The Seventh Guest, which sounds like a
similar concept to yours, and is distributed (published?) by Virgin. I'm not
sure of their adress, but if you look for their flic player, or the CD at a
local store, I'm sure you'll be able to get in touch with them.
John Tissavary (La Luna cie)
Basically my program is similiar in quality to what I have seen of Seventh Sign
but it is more along the lines of an educational/reference work. I will give
them a try.
>>…what I have seen of Seventh Sign …
Seventh Guest.
Trilobyte's CIS address is "Trilobyte 72330,3276" (Graeme Devine).
Dave
Seventh Sign is that Demi Moore Movie not that Trilobyte Movie.
— Seventh Guest.
Dave
Seventh "something". They all mean about the same at 12:00 midnight when I
wrote that one. Two many hours in the studio with phosphor glowing in my face.
Seventh Guest is a remarkable CD. I hope I will get a chance to sit down and
go through it soon.
Andrew