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Kayin
11-17-2010, 06:07 PM
Let's imagine, if we will, that I am a game designer and I have a game in the works that I believe will work better than it has so far if it were split into chapters. Episodes, as you will. It would be a fun few hours per episode, with the ability to save your progress and take it forward. It's no big production, a 16-bit JRPG clone that's heavy on story and exposition but has a pretty complex underpinning for the combat system.

If I wanted to make something available like that, with episodes in something akin to six-month releases, what would you consider fair to pay? Any justifications as to why that price?

x88x
11-17-2010, 10:11 PM
Well, the only episodic games I've ever bought are the HL2 episodes, so maybe not the best comparison... I would say probably ~$5/hr.

farlo
11-18-2010, 12:11 PM
really depends on the playtime you get. id say if its under 2 hours maybe 5$, over 2 hours maybe 10$