I'd prefer that you do not accept any altcoins, that would be a dislike for many. Although that would be great (accepting Bitcoin as a means of payment). So, when and how can we get more information and/or access to beta?
Agreed. A possible way of doing this honestly would be for you to take a loan in USD and offer shares through an escrow until a deal has been signed with the publishing company and you can make all details public. That should provide you some security for your loan, and give you the Bitcoin exposure you seem to be wanting. You just don't have the reputation to do it any other way.
Where are the game screenshots? Surely you must have had some sort of videos and images to receive a response from a publisher. Who are the players involved? I'm assuming you have a developer, artist, designer, writer, and others working on this project. Are they trying to remain anonymous? Why?
You mention a beta. Are you willing to give a reputable member here access to your beta so that they can confirm a working engine prior to you taking investment?
Hi OgNasty,
Your idea sounds perfect, We would be happy to use some form of third-party to hold funds of investment and keep details until beta is released with proof of what was offered (Your town/character name for example) Really, It is not about the funds for us but more about the exposure in the community and giving something back, like the perks I listed yesterday.
We do, we actually have a closed alpha version that has been used by the publishing company. We are a small company but have quite a few members, 7 Developers in fact. there are 3 Writers and 2 theory designers (myself being one), There are a few more also, about 22 people involved with the company and some regular freelancers
We have a few very experienced members, 3 members of our team have come from another very famous MMORPG which is currently active. Most members of the team have relevant game industry experience. We have a few newbies as well.
Giving a reputable member access can happen when we go to beta (coming weeks, shouldn't be long now) If you would like to offer yourself I am sure we could give you access. I can PM you details soon if you are interested. I would need to speak to my team lead first though.
Yes, Sorry, I forgot to mention this in the opening post.
We will be selling the game on the official game website, We will accept a number of widely used currencies, one of them being Bitcoin. We also plan to allow Bitcoin purchases for add-ons from the in game shop. Extra character slots, skill packs, special armor / costumes etc
I'd prefer that you do not accept any altcoins, that would be a dislike for many. Although that would be great (accepting Bitcoin as a means of payment). So, when and how can we get more information and/or access to beta?
Sorry, I had to Google what an altcoin was
Just Bitcoin.
We should shortly (We are hoping next week) be approached by the publisher again with an offer. We have had a few offers from different publisher but there is one in particular we are trying to work with, due to their name. We feel there is no-one better to go with right now. It very much depends on them though. You really wouldn't realise how picky they are about things and how they influence game design.
We will post more information on this in the next fortnight to month. As I said, we are just looking for a rough idea of how many people would be interested right now to see what sort of packages we could offer.
Feel free to ask any more questions.