Currently the custom map counter is at 5999 custom maps.
Soon, it will reach 6000!
I myself am developing and testing a map right now.
As of now the counter is 6002 custom maps!
Was a time the community would have made a celebratory map for each milestone....
I'm sure virgil will make a special one for 10k :)
I'll probably include the date of the release of the maps released at the 6000-map mark in an artifact on my next map.
I'll be submitting mine for some time... hope I stick around long enough to see us reach 10k!
Do you think 10k will happen? I imagine once CW3 comes out, CW1 will likely take a great fall in newly created maps.
Not sure of that, CW3 will make all the games spike in popularity, so I think even more CW1 maps might be created. But we will have to wait quite some time for 10k probably.
Yeah, there are still a few mapmakers for CW1 going, like Bacura.
Still, at this rate it may be a while before we hit even 7000 maps.
I've now been playing CW1 for over an hour a day for about 18 months now. I see no indication of getting bored yet and have every hope that people will continue to be inspired to make new maps for quite some time to come. CW1 is a classic and people will continue to discover and rediscover it.
I can't believe I only paid US$ 4.95 for this game ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Anonymeus on August 06, 2013, 04:26:55 PM
I can't believe I only paid US$ 5 for this game ;D ;D ;D
Feel free to send Virgil the other $494.99! :)
Quote from: Grauniad on August 06, 2013, 04:32:11 PM
Quote from: Anonymeus on August 06, 2013, 04:26:55 PM
I can't believe I only paid US$ 5 for this game ;D ;D ;D
Feel free to send Virgil the other $494.99! :)
plus tax :)
If you had set up a micropayment system one could subscribe to. Under which for each custom map played a small donation was made to VW and (based on a rating scheme) a fraction to the custom mapmaker as well... (or just to VW for chronom maps....)
I'll be buying CW3 alright - not to play it, but because I want to thank VW for CW1...
Quote from: Anonymeus on August 07, 2013, 12:46:07 PM
I'll be buying CW3 alright - not to play it, but because I want to thank VW for CW1...
You should buy two then. One to pay for CW1 and one to pay for CW3. :P It's really awesome.
Quote from: Anonymeus on August 07, 2013, 12:46:07 PM
If you had set up a micropayment system one could subscribe to. Under which for each custom map played a small donation was made to VW and (based on a rating scheme) a fraction to the custom mapmaker as well... (or just to VW for chronom maps....)
I'll be buying CW3 alright - not to play it, but because I want to thank VW for CW1...
VW? volkswagen?
on a side note, we mostly refer to virgilw with V instead of VW
Setting up such a micropayment system would require every mapmaker to have an account. But if every registered copy of CW3 had a virtual balance (not allowing anyone to buy coins)... Still turns out bad, don't play any custom maps if you want to keep your coins.
or perhaps try a CWFAAS* model....?
[*Creeper World Fix As A Service]
All of those ideas would make many people not like CW as much...
They've talked a little about that sort of thing in the blizzard arcade. Since it's all a hobby to me, I'd just keep my stuff free. Not that any of my stuff would be worth paying for xP
Dudes - my suggestions are mainly tongue in cheek...
to sum up:
- I really love CW1 - particularly the custom/commmunity maps
- I think V underpriced CW1 (certainly in the add-on deal with CW2)
- If there was an effortless way for me to reward V and mapmakers for the replayability of CW1 on a pay-as-you-play basis, I'd certainly sign up
- Yes, I agree: (unless it's a stupid Zinga facebook game) any aggressive pay-per-play or pay-for-stoopid-premium-deal will scare off more players than genuinely compensate the makers/community for making cool things
- people who make cool things (eg V, cool mapmakers) should be encouraged _and_ rewarded.
- No, I am not going to make a voluntary $495 donation (I've volunteered to mod CW1 maps if that counts for anything...) - you set the terms, you live by them.
- CW3 is prolly really cool (I'll probably start playing in 2015)
A.
It'll take a while before CW3 comes out at this rate...
No offense to V though, it's a really good game and I can understand how long it takes to make a really good game.