thread: 2007-03-21 : lumpley games in 2006
On 2007-03-22, Vincent wrote:
I stopped keeping track! A couple thousand copies of the game, and it must be around 40¢ per word by now.
Here's why I think that the per-word pay is a good measure: That's 40¢ a word after printing, web hosting, cons (including travel and food), and buying all the Legos and roleplaying games I want. The time to develop and write the game, vs. the time to develop and write fiction - maybe the game took longer than a novella would have, but probably not. Even if it did, how many writers my age can sell a novella to a publisher for 40¢ a word? (Answer: approximately none.)
To look at it another way, I probably spend ... 100 hours a year supporting Dogs in the Vineyard, outside of cons. Read my Forge forum, you'll see - about 2 hours a week. Cons are already paid for, so that means that in 2006 Dogs in the Vineyard paid me close to $50 per hour.
Like I say, a happy geek!
