Gamasutra Article

Post by **Balthagor** » Sep 05 2006

David and George went to the Toronto Indpendent Games Conference this past weeked and it would seem we got some notice at Gamasutra. They were asked many questions about the gaming industry and have been very open and honest about our experiences in developing Supreme Ruler 2010. If you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes here, it's well worth a read.

(And yes, Cerzy should be Geczy, they can't get his name right

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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=10741

tkobo · Post by **tkobo** » Sep 05 2006

Itâ€™s to this end that Battlegoat are now intending to control their own marketing and deal directly with distributors for future projects.

IF i get the gist of this article correctly :
Good to hear your telling "publishers" about that long walk they should take on that short pier.

Like ive said once before "Isnt it good to be exactly right where you should be ? "

IF i didnt follow the gist correctly:
Ummm, why havent you told "publishers" to take that above mentioned walk yet ?

The game industry would be sooooo much more successful without the far too often leech like creatures known as "publishers".

red · Post by **red** » Sep 05 2006

SR2010 was in development for five years, its market is a niche within a niche, and publishing was plagued with problems--how are you still in business? I'm glad you are, don't get me wrong, but to me it seems like the economics of it all should've knocked you off the map long ago.

tkobo · Post by **tkobo** » Sep 05 2006

Well, i could be way off here, but i kinda thought they were living off of some major cash they got for the sale of their computer store.

Legend · Post by **Legend** » Sep 06 2006

Being self-funded does help as investors probably don't like wait around for too long to see their ROE (return on investment) .

With that said - spread the word. Sales will be used for future development... making the next title even better.

Send people to this page http://www.battlegoat.com/buy.php

Thanks

BigStone · Post by **BigStone** » Sep 06 2006

Wooow.. looks great...

tkobo · Post by **tkobo** » Sep 06 2006

I agree, the new site looks great.

Is that gonna replace the old one ?

Legend · Post by **Legend** » Sep 06 2006

tkobo wrote:I agree, the new site looks great.

Is that gonna replace the old one ?

With a bit more work, yes it will replace the old site. So, all sites : supremeruler2010.com, battlegoat.com etc will have one main look with subsections for games. Call it a unified marketing approach.

Did you see our new Blog system? David has posted our first blog there.

Legend · Post by **Legend** » Sep 07 2006

New pages moved over -
http://www.battlegoat.com/info.php

From this section we have a variety of old SR2010 information moved over...
of special interest from this page to many people is probably the military notebook. -
http://www.battlegoat.com/equipment_list.php - new images have been added.

The FAQ page -
http://www.battlegoat.com/faq.php - has a handy little javascript
- allowing the answers that don't interest you to be hidden - it the page remembers your choices.

BTW has anyone read David's Blog - on our new Blog page?
http://www.supremeruler.com/blogs/

More updates to the website to come soon.

BigStone · Post by **BigStone** » Sep 07 2006

Legend wrote: BTW has anyone read David's Blog - on our new Blog page?

Yup... and its nice to read something else that also is included for making a game.
Lucky you Goats did survived your first publisher

dust off · Post by **dust off** » Sep 07 2006

The biggest thing we do from here is continue to evolve the Supreme Ruler gaming experience and make the best games we possibly can - the ultimate in strategy wargaming!

That's promising. Fingers crossed for a more strategic focused modern world sim. I guess that you've already decided the direction...

Any chance of some hints?