Quote: "The only reason they make money from that crock of sheet is because it mentions the bible. Let's be honest, it has nothing to do with lack of violence and blood, if I wanted to avoid those things I'd certainly steer my child away from the bible lol.
I think these guys are doing more harm than good to what they're trying to sell, then again if I knew christianity involved firing horses into space on the back of rockets and rhinos disco dancing with god, maybe I would have been more interested in religion."
I have to agree that the only reason this sold was because it mentioned the bible. There isn't a whole lot of bible games out there, meaning it's a relatively untapped market without much competition. Which also means that there is no 'race' to make a better Christian game. Hence why we see crap like this.
I know a lot about the Christian market because I'm developing a game right now that has it's roots in the topic. I'm all for secular games and enjoy as much as the next lad who plays them, but I see an opportunity to knock the socks off this rather dull market and am hoping to make a game that has the 'best of both worlds'. Even I, being a Christian, am sick of tired of the crap games like this one. To be honest, it really is doing more harm than good and it's rather annoying... I take that back, really fricking annoying. It's pretty bad when even the target audience of a game, Christians, pukes after playing.
That's where my game comes in. I've been studying video game story lines for 3 years now and have been incorporating elements that are fairly secular and time honored in game design history into my game. The story is actually turning out to be really cool, like that of any secular RPG out there right now; meaning violence and all that other stuff. I've asked a few of my non-Christian friends to review my stuff and a few of them liked it so much they jumped on board and are helping me finish designing this game; that's been the biggest shock so far
. At least this tells me I'm on the right track to hitting the nail on the head as far as a secular christian game goes.
A few of you might still might be sketchy on this 'cool christian game idea' which is fine, I don't blame you the least lol. Not after crap games like above come out. But honestly, this game's christian theme is layered so well into the story that if I were to reveal the plot to you, you wouldn't know it until I got down the specifics and character development.
I'm not going to lie, this game is only just starting to have enough elements done to start the coding... and this is after 3 years. But this should tell you how dedicated I am to making sure this game strikes the perfect balance.
I'd love to talk more about it, but I'm sure a few of you are already choking at your tongues at the thought of it
, so thanks for reading. Don't expect to see any WIP's of the game in the future, especially not until I finish up design document and get it copyrighted. Even then, I've logged so many hours dedicating my life to this thing that I don't think I could do it!
It's a huge endeavor, one that will take me many more years. But it helps I'm going to college for this stuff though, I've really been learning a lot about computer animation and game development. It's very exciting
"If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants" -Isaac Newton
-Computer Animation Programming Major @ Baker.edu-
