Thank you very much, Djensen and A&A.org, and FMG too, for hosting this donation drive for TripleA.
Make sure to post below so that Djensen can give you a Tag.
I have held off on any kind of donation drive for TripleA because I wanted to have something to show for all the effort. People have been expecting, ever since the first 1940 game was released, that we would support it. Now, that day has finally come, and I feel myself and the other devs can feel proud to have made it happen.
The donation will be primarily done by PayPal, but if you do not have PayPal let me know and we can accept other ways like a check or direct deposit, etc.
These funds will go towards the following: * Time spent already on developing the Engine
- - TripleA is no longer just about A&A. I have spent hundreds of hours making TripleA a general game engine that allows far more customized maps.
- - TripleA now plays all three 1940 maps.
* Future work and development on the Engine
- - Continue to improve support for 1940 maps until they are perfect.
- - Support future A&A maps.
- - Continue to make TripleA able to support any kind of game we want to play.
- - Get TripleA to play Risk! and other boardgames.
* Time spent on Promoting and Advertising of TripleA
- - We are now on
Desura and also on CNET among many other websites.
- - I will apply for us to be on Steam and/or Origin.
- - I maintain all these website accounts and keep their copies updated.
To give some idea of the amount of work that has happened since TripleA 1.2.5.4 was released 2 years ago, consider the following: * I have for more than 2 years maintained the
TripleA Maps repository of all known maps and games, as well as art and all other material related to TripleA. This repository allows people to easily download any map they want.
* Having joined the development team in 2009, I was the main developer and only developer for about a year while ComradeKev and Sean quit after 1.2.5.5. In total I have been developing TripleA's engine for about 2 years.
* Since 1.2.5.4 was released, there have been over 800 code commits to the engine. Approximately half of all changes in the changelog have occurred after 1.2.5.4 was released.
* For the past year, I have spent, on average, around
20-30 hours per week, sometimes more, working on the TripleA engine (and that is just me, we have 2-3 other devs too). In addition, I have created many of the maps in the download list.
How to Donate:To donate, just click on the link below to
donate via PayPal.
http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=44492Any person who donates will get a special "gear" symbol by their name in Sourceforge, IF they have
registered a SourceForge account before donating. You do not have to register first, you can donate anonymously (most people donate anonymously).
If you do not have
PayPal, please let me know by posting here or by emailing me, and we can discuss other ways to donate. My email is: VEQRYN {at} Hotmail [dot] com
Many thanks,
Veqryn
(lead developer)
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