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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7809855" data-attributes="member: 18182">Thanks for speaking for me. But you are wrong.A game can target a small community independent of it's price tag. Many inexpensive PDF-only games enjoy small communities. I'm assuming the player community for Invisible Sun with it's hefty price tag is also relatively small. A game does not have to attract a large community to be successful. What makes a game successful? That depends on the goals of those who wrote and produced it.If I am an independent RPG writer who just wants my game out there, and I keep my expenses low, I can easily make back my investment if the fan base for my new game is only in the hundreds. I won't get rich off my work, but if that isn't my goal in the first place, that's okay. My fans are happy, I'm happy.If I am running a small RPG company that has a lot of name recognition within the larger RPG community (but we're still small), and I want to push the artistry and quality of games farther than anyone has yet, I don't need a mass-market product. I need something that a small community of folks would be willing to pay a lot of money for.There are tons of very successful small-press indie games out there with small player communities. Invisible Sun has enjoyed two very successful Kickstarters, but still has a small community of players. And somehow, games for all genres, styles, and price-points thrive and grow the hobby without "stifling the young" (I am very much rolling my eyes right now). And there are, of course, games that ARE aimed at a larger audience doing quite well too. There is plenty of room for all in this growing and more diverse gaming community today.</blockquote>

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