I''m sorry to say that we''d be almost certain to reject a 3D Pong game unless it was absolutely spectucular because this type of game has already been done. How would you make such a game stand out from the crowd? Why would people buy it instead of the competition? Also, the basic concept of 3D Pong sounds rather dull -- Pong itself isn''t a particularly exciting game today anymore, since its novelty has long since worn off. In fact, we''ve already rejected several 3D Pong clones this year because none of them offered enough gameplay value -- after 15 minutes you''re bored with them. Also your screen shot isn''t likely to make the game stand out enough.

My guess is that you''ve created a game without a market. I simply don''t think there is a large enough population of potential customers that would be eager to own such a game, especially since there are plenty of freeware Pong clones already available. I could be wrong of course, but I wouldn''t be inclined to take a gamble on such a game. Instead, I''d bet on something new and unique -- something that really stands out from the crowd.

Check this link on download.com. It''s a search on the word "pong," sorted by download count. The top games in this category do get a lot of downloads, which is a good sign, but there''s a lot of competition, including a freeware game called "3D Pong." Note that most of the leading games in that list are freeware. We''d need a game with the potential to hit the top 20 on this list, and it would have to be significantly better than the other Pong clones in order to convince people to pay for it (since there are already many freeware alternatives). If you can create something much better than the competition here, you''ve got a shot at some decent sales.

Hope this helps....

Steve Pavlina
Dexterity Software
www.dexterity.com

Still finishing a Pong game is better than finishing no game. So I advise you to finish the Pong game. You could release it as freeware and use it to drive some traffic to your site. Or you could sell it to a shareware publisher for a few dollars so they can release it as freeware or bonus for their customers or whatever.

Take care,
Niels

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Niels Bauer Software Design
Creators of Smugglers 2, TV Manager and Coffee-break: Star Trader
Website: http://www.nbsd.de

[edited by - Jester101 on June 10, 2002 3:09:53 PM]

[edited by - Jester101 on June 11, 2002 2:16:05 AM]

Hmmm, generally I would say if you can do it much better than what has gone before then finish it !... if not, then move onto something else otherwise you would pretty much be wasting your time really if you want to get it published in some shape or form and make some money out of it.

My 2cents anyway.

Adrian Cummings (Proprietor)
Mutation Software
www.mutationsoftware.com
www.dweebs.info

I agree with Jester101. Finishing projects is more important to the beginning developer. Flitting from one incompleted project to another is a bad habit to get into.

DavidRM
Samu Games