Marojoram

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Link to Post Back to Top Post by Marojoram on Hi,



After reading the news on the main page I am quite thoroughly disappointed in what has come to pass. I feel quite cheated and in some senses swindled as part of the "1%" which supported this project and paid the $6 on the Play Store.



Effectively I paid for a "promise" of being able to run Starcraft. A promise which considering the meager rate any developments occurred seems unlikely of being fulfilled. It would be fair to say most were enticed by the prospect of running Blizzard games and other Win32 hits than a middling Sierra title.



As a coder, you, Dan, appear to be extremely talented and the need to have a sustainable livelihood trumps anything else and it is good your abilities have given you gainful opportunity. Simply the fact I could run Starcraft (albeit with bugs) on my phone was a marvel and in my memory, harkened back to days when I first used DOS based emulators like NESticle, Genecyst, and Snes97. The possibilities you presented capture the imagination as it was something not seen before.



To know this project is effectively abandoned due to pirated copies and it being non-sustainable are all well and good, however, I also contend you never released a complete product and this is my gripe. People like myself and the so-called "1%" paid for nothing more than tantalization. Others would have likely hedged their bets because a product that could actually run Starcraft and boast that proudly was yet to be seen. Given the phrasing in the Play Store it seemed like people who paid were doing so to support the development, an act of faith, because you had yet to distribute something which is beyond a "proof of concept" but there was a promise of this coming.



I don't dispute your need to earn a living, or your annoyance with bootleggers, or the amazing technical strides you made with Winulator already but as someone who put cash down, meager as it is, to support what you were doing and now being told to pretty much not expect it leaves a sour taste.



Rant over.

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Member Back to Top Post by ccarson81 on Dan,



I'm glad the job has come your way. While I am too disappointed that you will be pulled away from dev. of Winulator, I can sympathize by the amount of time you've invested in this project with so little return.

I man has to make a living and I'm glad your talents are still being put to use.



We will make due with the project where you left it until you are ready to return. Please don’t stay away forever.



Sincerely,

Part of the 1%.



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Link to Post Back to Top Post by 1percent on Yer me 2 i paid for the full app and there have been no updates for months! It would make sense to release the apps source code or at least give other coders an opportunity to port some games over.



Also you should consider people would be more interested in buying the app if it supported other good games such as aoe, civ3 etc. Many would flock to buy a working port of civ 3 or aoe. Ceaser sucks tbh lol.

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Member Back to Top Post by kracken34 on I also paid the full price in order to support the project. But I have full respect for all the guys who installed "just" the beta, because Winulator IS a beta.



I don't think it's fair to tell them this via official blog: "considering that 99% of the installed instances of Winulator were pirated"



Users of the officially downloadable beta pirated something???



Or did I misunderstand this quote?

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Member Back to Top Post by goodoldgrim on I am one of the 99% that "pirated" (as in - used the beta) Winulator and the only thing that has so far stopped me from paying is the save bug in SC that makes it practically unplayable.



If I could semi-reliably play single player SC using Winulator, I would gladly pay for it, but as it stands, it looks like I made the right choice by not paying ahead on good faith.



I understand that a job that You need for living trumps everything, but don't act all hurt by not getting enough payment for Your work, when You have not actually delivered a usable product (Ceasar might be a nice proof of concept, but Starcraft is obviously the one people care about).

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Member Back to Top Post by mabelrode on



1. First...ma Endlish is not so good, i dont know i unterstand that Thread right... but...



What can i say....



pirated Winulator is realy F****.... sorry for that



I will Pay next Week. Why? Cäsar III + Starcraft runs nice with Logitech BT Mouse.

You Stop your Projekt? I will Pay for THX to run Starcraft on my Note II. Better as my PC oO... what will i say? thanx thanx thanx

*a whisper wish - need a Fullscreen Option xD*



Please dont give up. More People knwon your Projekt, more Pay^^



Lizens Check or what ever?



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Hey...1. First...ma Endlish is not so good, i dont know i unterstand that Thread right... but...What can i say....pirated Winulator is realy F****....sorry for thatI will Pay next Week. Why? Cäsar III + Starcraft runs nice with Logitech BT Mouse.You Stop your Projekt? I will Pay for THX to run Starcraft on my Note II. Better as my PC oO... what will i say? thanx thanx thanx*a whisper wish - need a Fullscreen Option xD*Please dont give up. More People knwon your Projekt, more Pay^^Lizens Check or what ever?Feel Free....

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Member Back to Top Post by neopolak on cockie said:

he didn't say he stopped, only that it's been slowed down. he didn't say he stopped, only that it's been slowed down.

this is not slow down, this is a real app drop and don't touch

if at least we have something to "convert files"

keeping asking "adapt this, adapt that" will not solve the problem

putting ads is not so difficult, a life time licence registration or something

i really feel raped/stolen after buying this app from the first days

even this forum seems dead, like his app this is not slow down, this is a real app drop and don't touchif at least we have something to "convert files"keeping asking "adapt this, adapt that" will not solve the problemputting ads is not so difficult, a life time licence registration or somethingi really feel raped/stolen after buying this app from the first dayseven this forum seems dead, like his app

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Member Back to Top Post by g2geo94 on This is depressing.



I downloaded this back in July, understanding that development would be slow. Here we are in September with no apparent progress. No "hey, I'm still working on it!" or even a "got this done!' update since April, the rant.



If anything, if you've abandoned this project, remove it from the Play Store and upload a source code for another to take over--someone who actually wants and has the time to develop this program further. I can guarantee that if you don't, somebody's going to come by and deconstruct (reverse-engineer) this project to make their own anyways. It's happened many times in the past and it will happen again.

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Member Back to Top Post by Dan Aloni on Hey guys, I did not halt development or drop the app.



Actually, I published a bug fix two days ago (for the beta version, and the same fix will reach the paid version in a few hours).



I do not intend to remove the app from the play market or open source it because of the chance that I would return to work on it full time in the future, and also because many people still find the product useful in its current state.