What should I charge for a 65k word visual novel?
Limited production values. No voice acting.
@jaycie Most quality indie games tend to run $9.99 unless there's full voice acting, in which case the price goes up to $14.99 or $19.99.
@kumamushi Don't know if Anthrotari would rank as a "quality" game but I could be underestimating myself.
@jaycie I generally define quality as "any game with significant passion put into it with creators that interact with the audience to improve the game over time". There's plenty of story-based games with nice looking assets, but the plot is otherwise lifeless.
@kumamushi Sounds like a good interpretation to me!
@jaycie without knowing anything about visual novels or their pricing, $20 seems reasonable
just saw someone today shocked at seeing writers charge as low as $5/1k words for *commissions* and i agree with them, i think a lot of creatives undersell themselves.
@flussence Strong agreement on both counts. Price too low out of the gate and you leave yourself with no room for sales.
@jaycie No clue where you're releasing, but $9.99 is usually decent, and Valve has a suggested pricing category for it.
@ChlorideCull I'll have to check that out. Thanks.
obvious joke / unhelpful
@jaycie 6.21
re: obvious joke / unhelpful
@k On the one hand: Kae.
On the other hand: That *could* make for a funny pre-release price.
Asking because I'm going to put episode one of said queer furry visual novel on early access sale before the end of the month.