3XTR3M3 Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Im 15 :D am going to start learning php and i allready have a Mccodes v2 .. I have a budget Of ?100 for starting up a game LIke domain hosting etc and Stuff I was wondering would this be enough to start me off with a decent game and a money making game I wont be doing this until i have masterred a bit of php Etc the basics and stuff e.g security problems bugs so i just want your opinion would this be enuff to you to start your own game and stuff . Thanks Quote
Danny696 Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Re: My plan money making game Wouldnt we all love to have one from the basic McCraps :mrgreen: Quote
Rainbow Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Re: My plan Well when I started out in website developing I just gave it a go and had $250 to my name to invest. However prior to that I had read alot about websites and how to get your money back from the investment. The best return on an investment from a flip by percentage was actually the one I started out with - I got a 500% profit after two years with the website. I used the money to continue building my portfolio. Since the simple laws of investment is that the more money you input the bigger is the output. The size and the potential of the game market is tremendous - wether or not PHP is a dead end language is not relevant but you cannot deny many people still play these type of games. In your case simply allowing a site to grow organically can result in significant profits, if you are prepared to wait and be dedicated - thus the budget you have would result in a healthy percentage profit. You failed to specify in what currency your budget was calculated in. I mean with $100 dollars you should be able get a decent sized host and a domain... and then just wait for the website to grow naturally. Ofcourse you will need to get users through sweat and hard work but if you really want a succesful website then you must be prepared to do so. Hope everything does work out. Although personally I would advise you to look into other investment opportunities not just an MC Code game - since here the market is limited. Wouldnt we all love to have one from the basic McCraps I find it hilarious how you can make a judgement yet yourself you havent done anything special regarding programming. I personally like MC Codes because it simply provides you with a good framework to build something upon... I mean it does lack originality and it is not coded to such a great standard however it is ignorant to say that when you are part of a predominantly an MC Community. Quote
Nickson Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Re: My plan If you have $100 that should be more as enough to start with a small basic host, however a successful game will not run long on that, so you might need to be careful with that. Having a v2 doesn't mean much, a real game will need a lot of investments before it will work, just milking won't work. You're bound to go wrong if that's all what you think. What I do advise you is to install a localhost (wampserver, xampp, ...) on your computer, and work the mcc lite version. Install the game, edit it to your own needs, test it out yourself and when you feel happy, continue. Once you are at this point you can order a host, upload your game and focus more on getting members and working on the feedback as the actual game is already developed! Saves you troubles, and maybe time on later stages. In mean time you are not wasting money and getting used to the game source code. Quote
3XTR3M3 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Posted July 18, 2009 Re: My plan Thanks for all the advice Its much apreciated my budget is in GBP so ?100 .. And this local host thing how do i get it and Stuff ? Quote
Rainbow Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Re: My plan http://www.wampserver.com/en/ What I do advise you is to install a localhost (wampserver, xampp, ...) on your computer, and work the mcc lite version. Install the game, edit it to your own needs, test it out yourself and when you feel happy. Once you are at this point you can order a host, upload your game and focus more on getting members and working on the feedback as the actual game is already developed! Saves you money, and maybe time on later stages. In mean time you are not wasting money and getting used to the game source code. +1 :-) Quote
3XTR3M3 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Posted July 18, 2009 Re: My plan so really this is like having your own website buts its only for you and ur not paying for it and you dont even have to be online to acess it and stuff SOunds Great:) Quote
Nickson Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Re: My plan Sortof yes, it's a program you install on your computer and as long your pc is turned on (no internet connection is required) you can access all your sites and edit them to your own needs. Once you have installed it, you start it up and apache php and mysql will be loaded automatically and you can get to work. However, keep in mind that is meant to be a local web server and not one that provides you a web host! It can be done, but that requires more.. Quote
wolfe Posted July 19, 2009 Posted July 19, 2009 Re: My plan V2 License costs 300 by itself... There is a lot of good advice in the posts above... good luck with your venture. Quote
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