The results are in!

Well, the survey's pretty much over. We've not had any more entries for quite a while, so we're making an executive decision to call it here, and use the results as they are. So, without any further ado, let's look at the results themselves!

1) In a typical week, how long do you spend playing video games?
The distribution of answers here put the 50:50 split at around 15 hours a week- or in other words, about half of the people who answered played more than 15 hours a week, and about half played less than that. I'll be bearing this in mind with regards to intended playtimes later on in the process (I'll talk about that at a later date).

2) What devices do you regularly game on? (Check all that apply)
The results of this question essentially speak for themselves. In third place, with approximately one third positive response was Android Mobile Device, in second, with around two fifths positive response, was the Xbox 360 (Something that's unlikely to be feasible to cater for, given technical requirements), but with an overwhelming majority, with only 2 negative responses, is PC. There is essentially no doubt of the platform from the responses here (Although there may well be some bias in the statistics due to the relatively small sample size)

3) What genres of video game do you enjoy?
The answers on this one surprised me. Action, Shooter, Sandbox, and Strategy (both realtime and turn-based) all came up equal in second place, however, RPG turned out on top by a small margin. This presents a bit of a quandary, for reasons I'll elaborate on in a later post. For now, suffice it to say that in spite of the response, I'm unlikely to do a full on RPG, although the game may end up having RPG elements, a popular concept in the market at the moment (See ANY RELEASE OF 2012).

4) What settings do you prefer in video games?
Two primary winners on this one, and not the ones I was expecting- though in retrospect, I probably should have seen it coming. High Fantasy and Futuristic Space Age came out on top, with honorable mention going to Historic, Steampunk, and Real World (Modern Times). Surprisingly, Magipunk, in spite of being a blend of Fantasy in general with steampunk, came out very low rated, as did all of the zombies options (less surprisingly, as the setting is a tad overdone at this point).

5) Do you generally play Indie or Triple A video games?
This was a poorly phrased question, and I'm not entirely sure what I hoped to achieve with it. I got almost unanimous answers of Both Equally. So yeah.

6) Do you generally enjoy single player or multiplayer games?
Another bad question here, getting a pretty much even distribution of Single Player, Multiplayer, Hybrid and Don't Care. So I didn't really learn anything useful from this. Ho hum.

7) How much are you generally willing to pay for an Indie video game?
Pretty good bell curve on this question (with the exception of a spike at "Yarr, Harr, Fiddle Dee Dee", an answer I fully expected to get a lot of support), centered around £5 to £7  (that's $8 to $11, for reference). So if the game is going to be sold as a single payment, that looks to be where to put it, pricewise. Or possibly even lower.

8) Do you purchase the Humble Bundles?
The majority answer here was Yes, which I'm taking to mean that people do generally purchase and play indie video games. This is good news, if nothing else.

9) Do you participate in Steam Greenlight?
The majority here said no, with second place being "Steam Greenwhat?", which tells me that steam greenlight might not be the best of ideas for trying to get the concept out there. So more research is needed in that respect.


So! With the results in, it's time to knuckle down and get some concepts out. I'm currently sitting on a High-Fantasy Action-Strategy, a pair of High Fantasy RPGs, a Steampunk/Spaceage RTS and a Space Age Shooter at the moment. Right now, the priority is getting these concepts sorted out, onto paper (or onto the blog) and getting them looked over to see if people would play them. Simple as that.