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[RageAgainstVoid]

How much money would you need to fund a ToB standalone?

I have a lot, but don't get your hopes up, most of it is tied up in this restaurant right now.

Hopefully I can sell it for a sweet profit and do what I really want to do with my life.

I'm still for having ToB development housed in your restaurant, instead of hosing it for ToB. All-you-can-eat, a roof above and a bunch of fine lads around; Waitress: yes Sir, anything else?--Cass: Nah, I'm fine, I'll pay in updates, and here I'll tip you off by talking about my game at candle light dinner; Waitress: Oooh, thank you very much, Sir!

[Cassiel]

The last thing the world needs right now is another standalone AoS, even if the existing ones suck. How about an FPS-RPG:

• You're the last survivor of a nuclear war between Atlantis and Mohenjo-daro.
• You were raised in the modern world thanks to the meddling of the Montauk Project.
• Nicola Tesla is alive and well and running Montauk at 155 years young.
• Turns out, it's Montauk's shenanigans in the present that led to a nuclear holocaust 6,000 years in the past.
• Funny thing about time travel: the past is always present. So when Montauk's experiments open a door for Atlantis to come knocking on...

Imagine the set pieces:

• Montauk under attack by Atlantis.
• Assault on Trinity to steal "the gadget."
• Assault on the Philadelphia Experiment to steal cloaking or teleportation technology.
• Atlantis and Mohenjo-daro themselves.

Etc. Basically just take all the coolest myths, places, conspiracy theories and weave them together.

[RageAgainstVoid]

That has the sound of a restaurant being sold.

[Dragon_Blade]

I'm on now, I had to remake my account so I don't have anybody on my friends list. I just made it the same as it was before, Not_DragonBlade

[Deacon (AYC)]

I'd fund that Cass. Any day.

[harveymudd]

450 k initial investment in restaurant.
if i sell i'd want to get 600k
max out credit cards and fund a studio for 400k? Maybe. Always need over 100k to survive.

Who knows? Only the future.

[Cassiel]

Jesus man. If I had that kind of dough I'd just retire to a beach somewhere.

[harveymudd]

can't retire, it's all hard assets basically, very little is liquid.

If I sold the place then yes, the money would be mine, but right now its basically a 60,000 dollar piece of paper (ABC license), a bunch of permits (also paper), wood, granite, kitchen equipment, etc.

Many times I wake up and wish I could just wave a wand and turn these material objects into actual money in the bank ;/

Basically what I'm trying to say is this, if you have the cash, retire, and don't open a business. It's just so fucking risky. However, a small indy game studio running a single game with an optimal micro transaction formula would make me pretty happy.

[Cassiel]

I'll be your Executive Transvestite Assistant.