Official Flowerworks (WiiWare) thread, plus more...

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dampowell said:
Why doesn't said starbits explode into mass amounts of blood and gore? On a more serious note... I'll support your flowerworks if you can give us some more insight onto the wiiware game approval process the developer application/licensing process and overall some of your game development processes... All at once is not necessary... It would just be some helpful information... Oh and can we see some vidoes/ screenshots in the original thread.

Thank you.

I'll get around to adding some screens/videos to this thread later (have to run to work in a min).

Here is the trailer - screens at: http://www.vgchartz.com/photos/album.php?album=2729

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re: dev process - Nintendo have strict contracts with all devs preventing them from releasing any confidential information (which covers just about everything alas). If you google it, you'll find a bunch of information out in the open. If you have specific questions, I *may* be able to answer them.

In short - step#1 is being approved by Nintendo as a WiiWare developer. Once this happens, you'll need to get your game idea approved with them. The rest is pretty smooth sailing really - the initial approval is the challenge.

Overall, we found the whole process to work really well - and it also gives you an insight into how a larger publisher operates (and the sort of things they have to do).