Earning money for our Vdrift game.

[thelusiv]

At this point the project is in no great need of money. We get hosting from SourceForge and the Clemson Linux User Group, so that's taken care of.

It wouldn't hurt any of the VDrift developers to get a little payment for their work (I sure wouldn't mind!) However a paid endorsement type deal would make the advertiser now interested in the development and distribution of the game. While that's great, that puts more stress on the developers, which makes development a lot less fun.

The best part of developing an open source game is being able to go in whatever direction you like, have no deadlines, etc. That gives the developers freedom to experiment with different methods and structures of development. It's all part of the fun for us, and to start trying to use it to make lots of money might take that away, especially at this early stage in development.



Actually on the same topic, I have been thinking about setting up a donation page for VDrift developers. It would be nice to provide a way for people who enjoy the game to show their gratitude monetarily. Each dev could have a link to their chosen donation system, be it PayPal or whatever.

That kind of system would make VDrift devs responsible for encouraging donations, if they so choose, by doing good work and letting people know about it. If this encourages developers, as I think it will, to code well, make good packages, write good documentation, and support users, it could actually improve the quality of the game.