Quote from: Bluepatchx on December 28, 2016, 02:12:18 AM
You wouldn't be allowed to brand it as "Bots Acclaim" even if you got your team together. It's a copyrighted name and logo. Granted it went under and was bought out by another company, you still wouldn't be allowed to brand it as that.
Also, it requires a bit more than just programmers and a server host. You need a modeler/animator, gfx artist, etc. It's much more complex than most people imagine. If you don't have someone who knows what they're doing, you end up with a very messed up game with broken functionality (take a look at the Dark Meto Gun as an example)
And as I said in my previous post; you need to make this game into something more than what it currently is. You need to look into other engines, dev software, etc. (which costs a lot.) As it stands, the nostalgia of this game won't give you the income required to run it permanently. Also, an investor is only good for starting it up - no investor will place money into something that doesn't give back.
In other words, if you want something that will survive on it's own and become self sufficient, you will be making a game from scratch. And even with dedicated supporters, it will take a good year or two. Otherwise you're throwing money down a bottomless hole and it becomes a lengthy and very painful venture.
I've managed a lot of projects which have created a lot of bridges of connections, so none of this will be of concern, nor issue.
Also, I know that bots acclaim is copyrighted, It was just that people know "Bots" as "Bots Acclaim".
If I have a lot more free time after closing out of a few business deals, I'll invest quite a bit into creating a proper game that won't die after a couple of year(s).
Depending on how you market and "sell" a game to people, it may last a life time, but I digress.
The main topic is that the game Allie invested her time in, is dying.
Edit: What I just noticed is that when someone creates a "Is this game dead" thread, the whole forums gets a lot more active, and then it dies once again.
