Would buy 3d models if available
by Martin Schultz · 12/01/2006 (6:25 am) · 21 comments
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When I look in the content pack store on this site and in the image-of-the-day section, I see a lot of nice content packs & models being sold here and that convices me that here is really a bunch of talented 3d artists floating around. All that stuff looks really amazing, but...
... why don't you make more art to sell it here?
You already have future customers! For example my actual game I'm developing: Kind of dogfighting space ships on various planets. If any artist would offer space ships / drop ships / mother ships - I'd buy them! I haven't seen any around here. Are space ships so boring? Yes, you might mention www.3DRT.com. Might be ok for some cases, but not Torque ready nothing. 30 US$ for a nice space ship or two? Ready for TGE and TGEA? A handful of different base textures already included? I would pay for it because I can't do it myself.
More boring space ships? Yeeeesssss! I would love to have a choice of different kind of ships or buy them all! But today - so far what I've seen and found - nothing is available so I can't send my money to anyone.
Trees? Lots of trees! I need trees! Yes, there is one (!) content pack available offering 4 (!) different trees if I read the description right. Is that all? I want more trees! I would pay for it (*hint* *hint* -> future customer! ;-)
Interior DIFs? Yes, those too! More of them! I need a landing pad, industry buildings and that kind of stuff. Why is there no Torque-ready content available?
Pre-made Atlas terrains too? Yes! Personally I find it eats up a lot of time creating nice looking terrains for TGEA / Atlas. Would I buy a pack of 10 terrains with heightmaps, textures and all this stuff for 10-20 US$? Yes. It would save my time (which is my biggest constraint!) and allow me to focus on the game itself rather on art so much.
What about sounds? Everyone needs sounds for games. I already bought some packs from the store and from outside of this community, but it is hard to find the right stuff. Engine/laser/missile/explosion sounds? I would buy them.
And particle effects? Yes! We all need them! Think of the time it takes to make some good looking particle effects in Torque. Would someone make 50 nice looking particle effects of different kinds, put them into demo levels for TGE/TGEA I'm pretty sure there would be a market. I would buy them.
What about other 3d models? Sure! It's hard to prototype a game and convince someone how cool a game would play without content. So, in my opinion, only if there's a choice to buy from, you could show others in which direction you want to go and win them for your team. I could think of airplanes, boats, ships, trucks, space stations, buildings, streets, bridges, hover vehicles, sci-fi stuff... virtually everything. Make it Torque-ready and show your stuff.
Next question: Why is all the available third-party content so scattered to hundreds of different sites? Couldn't we make one portal to gather all those content packs/art? At least a link list where to find something?
Anyway - I think there's a lot of very talented artists around here. Maybe not all content packs need to be polished so perfectly like the Brave-Tree ones. Come on artists, show what you have available and offer the stuff to the public! You already have customers!
rant mode off
I need to add that this is no offense or alike. I just can't believe that there are so few content packs available here compared to the amount of good artists floating around. And not all developers are developing MMORG's... :-)
When I look in the content pack store on this site and in the image-of-the-day section, I see a lot of nice content packs & models being sold here and that convices me that here is really a bunch of talented 3d artists floating around. All that stuff looks really amazing, but...
... why don't you make more art to sell it here?
You already have future customers! For example my actual game I'm developing: Kind of dogfighting space ships on various planets. If any artist would offer space ships / drop ships / mother ships - I'd buy them! I haven't seen any around here. Are space ships so boring? Yes, you might mention www.3DRT.com. Might be ok for some cases, but not Torque ready nothing. 30 US$ for a nice space ship or two? Ready for TGE and TGEA? A handful of different base textures already included? I would pay for it because I can't do it myself.
More boring space ships? Yeeeesssss! I would love to have a choice of different kind of ships or buy them all! But today - so far what I've seen and found - nothing is available so I can't send my money to anyone.
Trees? Lots of trees! I need trees! Yes, there is one (!) content pack available offering 4 (!) different trees if I read the description right. Is that all? I want more trees! I would pay for it (*hint* *hint* -> future customer! ;-)
Interior DIFs? Yes, those too! More of them! I need a landing pad, industry buildings and that kind of stuff. Why is there no Torque-ready content available?
Pre-made Atlas terrains too? Yes! Personally I find it eats up a lot of time creating nice looking terrains for TGEA / Atlas. Would I buy a pack of 10 terrains with heightmaps, textures and all this stuff for 10-20 US$? Yes. It would save my time (which is my biggest constraint!) and allow me to focus on the game itself rather on art so much.
What about sounds? Everyone needs sounds for games. I already bought some packs from the store and from outside of this community, but it is hard to find the right stuff. Engine/laser/missile/explosion sounds? I would buy them.
And particle effects? Yes! We all need them! Think of the time it takes to make some good looking particle effects in Torque. Would someone make 50 nice looking particle effects of different kinds, put them into demo levels for TGE/TGEA I'm pretty sure there would be a market. I would buy them.
What about other 3d models? Sure! It's hard to prototype a game and convince someone how cool a game would play without content. So, in my opinion, only if there's a choice to buy from, you could show others in which direction you want to go and win them for your team. I could think of airplanes, boats, ships, trucks, space stations, buildings, streets, bridges, hover vehicles, sci-fi stuff... virtually everything. Make it Torque-ready and show your stuff.
Next question: Why is all the available third-party content so scattered to hundreds of different sites? Couldn't we make one portal to gather all those content packs/art? At least a link list where to find something?
Anyway - I think there's a lot of very talented artists around here. Maybe not all content packs need to be polished so perfectly like the Brave-Tree ones. Come on artists, show what you have available and offer the stuff to the public! You already have customers!
rant mode off
I need to add that this is no offense or alike. I just can't believe that there are so few content packs available here compared to the amount of good artists floating around. And not all developers are developing MMORG's... :-)
Torque 3D Owner Keith
If you need any other assistance, just let me know (use the contact button at the Ozark Games site, as I only come here once every couple of days). Thanks again, Martin.:)
-Keith Caldwell
www.ozarkgames.com