Readit Newsfelipepepe commented on CRPG Book Released crpgbook.wordpress.com/20... · Posted by u/felipepepe
As other comments have pointed out, the book ends at 2014. D:OS2 is a milestone that came after that. Give it a decade and it can be in volume two of this history tome :)
Actually the book ends at 2015, and D:OS2 is mentioned on the D:OS1 review.
How can this be a serious list without dcss?
Check page 350 ;)
Cool book. I would be interested in knowing what software was used to make it.
InDesign :)
> This is the question I’m asked the most: “Will there be a physical edition?”. I would love to have one, but it’s something very complicated to produce – especially for a 528-page color book! Most on-demand printing services won’t do something this big, and even if I cut the book down to CreateSpace’s 480-page limit, it would be a VERY expensive book, costing over $60!
I think the author is severely underestimating just how much people will pay for a physical book on this kind of topic. I really hope that they find a way to get this printed. $60 isn't even nearing what many people interested in this kind of topic would consider "very expensive."
But it would be $60 for a softcover CreateSpace version chopped down to 480 pages. Not exactly a premium product. :/
felipepepe commented on The History of Computer RPGs crpgbook.wordpress.com/20... · Posted by u/podiki
Could I mention the legendary artist Mark Ferrari for your consideration?
http://markferrari.com/art/digital-concepts/
(I know there are hundreds of others, I'm hoping people might reply and compile a favourites list for you ^_^)
I actually already talked with Toni Bratincevic to get an idea of how such job would work. He's my #1 choice. :)
felipepepe commented on The History of Computer RPGs crpgbook.wordpress.com/20... · Posted by u/podiki
+1 to $60 being totally reasonable (cheap even) price for 450 page book in color. I (and thousands of people) regularly pay $50-70 for pen and paper RPG books with less page count. And I've paid much, much more than that for niche art books.
Thanks, but it's a last resort. That wouldn't even require a crowdfunding campaign, I just upload the files and that's it.
Since I've spent over 4 years now on this, why not dream higher? I think it's worthy to try to make something cooler, of higher quality and cheaper for everyone.
The book doesn't even have a cover yet, so I might hire an amazing artist as stretch goal or something like that. :)
felipepepe commented on The History of Computer RPGs crpgbook.wordpress.com/20... · Posted by u/podiki
Unfortunate that it starts with the PC era, rather than starting from the earliest computer RPGs. Avatar and Oubliette (and their predecessors and cousins) on PLATO were the foundation on which the Wizardry empire was built; from what I can recall there were even successful lawsuits. A critical part of RPG history.
The book is still being written. There will an introductory article on the PLATO RPGs, as well as on the first MUDs and MMORPGs.
felipepepe commented on The History of Computer RPGs crpgbook.wordpress.com/20... · Posted by u/podiki
Planned to also be later crowdfunded into a physical release, sold at cost price.
There's a very good chance I would buy a copy. I already have several physical copies of the books Jeremy Parish put out (pdfs: https://gumroad.com/gamespite, physical books: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&fie...). Felipe, since I saw you're commenting here, Parish may be a good person to talk to (https://twitter.com/gamespite) for advice on the physical publishing. This is also the sort of project he would be interested in.
Thanks for the tip. The problem is that Parish publish his books through Amazon's CreateSpace, which is powerful but extremely expensive... printing the CRPG Book in color through it would cost more than $60 per unit. :/
I would love to do something like the Bitmap Books ( https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/collections/all ), which have great quality and a decent price, all funded via Kickstarter.