Hello everyone!
I heard that someone posted here aboutour game so I thought I'd drop by to see what's going on!
First of all, thanks alot for the nice words and the support. We are happy to see that you are all enjoying our game and it was worth it.
I'll try to answer some questions.
Motocross Challenge is technically a homebrew game because we created it wihtout any budget at all and while learning how to work with the GBA. We created this in our appartments workin' on it whenever we had the time. At first, we never thought any publishers would even consider taking a look at our game but we worked hard and we almost did it.
Speaking of which, we could port the game on to the DS but it would take several hours. Our situation has changed a lot since we started the project and now most of us have bigger jobs leading to a lot of working hours. Most of the team now works for big game companies so going back to independant is not an easy choice. We felt like it was tme to move on to another project and it would be more interesting if people played it for free. It is also why we are not self-publishing the game. At leats not for now.
When we started to talk and deal with publishers, the GBA sales had just began to go bad. There was still a market. But by the time we finaly got a contract signed, the slaes we're lower. We asked our publisher to put out the game before christmas, around november actually, but it told us that we'd better wait until Q2. And here we are today!
Thanks alot for your support and good words. I can't say it enough. We worked really hard to create this game and knowing that people enjoy it makes it all worth while. We're a very small team (3 members plus our web guy) so every support we get helps!
If you have any questions, don't be shy!
I'll come back later to answer everyone.
Take care all!
Guert,
DHG Games