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Entry #8
So I have 2 hard-worked games that I consider pretty good as do the people that have had a sneaky peek and play. I've had the odd offer here and there from sponsors but things are just going tits-up!
The first game got $1,200 up-front, then +$1,000 for the first million views and +$2,000 for the second million views. I wasn't sure at first but I eventually accepted. After over a month of communications with the sponsor waiting for them to send over their preloader and other stuff I finally had it in perfect shape and ready to go... at which point they told me I had to delete my website's logo from the intro! I then told them no and put the game back on sponsorship.
It's been a good month or so and the offers are yet to top $100 so I asked the website from before if the deal was still open... no reply.
The second game is the third from a series and if easily my best game made yet. The site that sponsored the first 2 is not interested, however 2 extremely large websites (possibly 2 of the largest) have shown interest... but only made bids upto $600 which isn't even close to what I want. I had a HUGE bid for the game but the sponsor changed their mind.
Basically, sponsors are willies! They need to stop changing their bloody minds! IF YOU MAKE AN OFFER TO A DEVELOPER, HONOUR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also try taking less than 2 weeks to reply to mails! Apart from Armorgames and Legitgames, every sponsor I have spoken too takes weeks to reply! I get you're busy but a lot of the time all you need to type is a single word!
From sponsors taking forever to get on with it or changing their minds I have been royally raped on my car insurance and cannot drive, I have been unable to pay multiple other important things and am now sat in a dark room with a blanket around me extremely bloody hungry! us developers don't just try and get our games sponsored for shits 'n' giggles, some of us need the fucking money!
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