DarkSpartan wrote:
*ahem* Are you looking for anything more that 50-100 words? If so, you're going to want to consult for rates. I know most pros (or even the semi-pro folks) won't take less than seven to nine cents a word. For a Ren'Py game in which I'm making things up from start to finish and don't keep rights, I wouldn't take less than $0.15 a word. Half an hour in a multi-path VN, and you're looking at closer to 3000 words.
So let's break it down.
Original work, with only 'Fantasy' and 'Male protag' given. Minimum rate (since I'd be doing all the work), $0.15/wd. 3000 wd, $450.
Baseline code (script formatting with choices=programming instrcutions), $5/minute expected (2paths, 30 minutes each, figure they share a little bit, so 50 mins total), $250
We'll start with that.
That's assuming I get a credit in the end, and walk away. $700 minimum.
You at least give me a vague outline of what you want, and a couple of characters, I'll cut the word rate in half.
Either way, $4.50 will *not* cut it. May not look like it, but writing, and writing well is a lot of work.
Pardon me... I was off by a factor of ten. Not 3,000 words but 30,000 words (100 or so wpm reading across multiple paths) Even if I was going to be nice and go to say $0.05/wd, we're still looking at nearly @$2k, or a lot more than is on offer.
Also: Did I hear correctly? You not only got a taker, but paid her Canadian? There's a nasty fee for changing small amounts from one currency to the next.
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