Online Poll Results from May
May's question was, "What do you
think of Jama
3D?" There were 63 people who participated. Here
are the results.
People who say,
"It sounds great! I plan to buy it.":
54
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People who say,
"It sounds like a cool program, but
I don't think I'll spend my money on it.":
7
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People who say,
"It's not that great.":
1
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People who say,
"It looks terrible.":
1
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I also resceved a letter from Mike K on this topic.
Here's his letter:
I do not plan on buying
Jama3D for the following reasons:
- I don't know how
to use Javascript and quite frankly, I don't care
to learn. (A few snippets on webpages can be
copied from anywhere!)
- I do not want to
spend more money on 3D modeling programs or other
software which may be necessary to add objects to
the games made in Jama.
- MMF was initially
crawling with bugs... why does anyone think Jama
will be any different? (Sure Clickteam has great
support, but do you really want to spend money on
something full of bugs "again?"
Sorry, but not me.)
- In a couple of
years, some other company (or possibly Clickteam
if they get ambitious) will devise another
product which will be even easier for people to
make 3D games. Look... it's happened before
with other products!
- The hottest
selling computers (at the moment) are the cheapos
which sell for under $600 (like E-machines of
Korea) and are not the top of the line 3D gaming
systems. People would rather pay a couple
hundred for Sony Playstation to play games than a
couple thousand for a computer which could be
used for so much more.
Of course, if I ever magically learn Javascript overnight,
stumble across a Freeware 3D modeler, find out that all
bugs in Jama have been fixed and that people are
splurging on the hottest gaming computers around... then
maybe I'll have to rethink this all through.
Mike K
I got another letter responding
to what Mike had to say. Here it is:
Mike, here's a few things to
think about:
1. Isn't most software buggy on the first version?
2. Think about it, if you ever want to make a 3D game
would you rather learn JavaScript, or C++?
3. I know of some good 3D modellers that are either free
or cost $20 - $30
4. Lots of people play computer games, and most people
have good computers to, the only reason most of us have N64
is because those are made by profesionals, a good looking,
good playing 3D computer game would do just as well i'm
sure.
Anonymous Graham
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