RentaCoder or eLance, to get a Flash game built?
 

I want to get a Flash game built. Should I go through RentaCoder or eLance? Or someplace else?

Scriptlance is another option

Elance has the best ones. Trust me

Good luck with those sites. You might have luck finding someone on the Flashkit boards.

My flash guy is awesome, but I'm not sure he's done any games in the past.

Good question.

You need someone who can do more than flash banners for this.

If you hire from this board then you have the power to "correct" things if
something goes wrong.

Email me your specs and I will give you a quote, no obligations of course.

contact : tube at econfirmpro dot com

im looking for an iSketch clone
for under $400

I went to iSketch.net but flash 11 is required so I didn't install it to see all it
does.

But from what I can already see that it does :
$400 for that is a joke.

Don't be fooled by the shitty graphics. The programming of this is not easy.

If I can copy the componets from some library then yeah, maybe $400 is worth it.
I doubt that can happen. (if you know otherwise, then let me know)

In order for the other players to guess the word, you need a script written that is
separate from the flash portion of the site.

The flash is loaded on each surfers PC and then must "talk" to the server to
see what is being drawn and give an answer.

Unless you can find a script for sell to do this, you are way over your head at $400.
As a custom job this is not going to fly for $400.

If $400 is your final budget then you need to search for a pre-loaded solution that is
selling to many people so you can get the price break.

thanks, yeah Im not going to spend $5,000 for a fun game for my users.
If there is a pre-made game out there them I can buy that instead. I just dont know where to find it.

I surprised by the high price. I figure there must be some starving programmers in india or something who would love to do a project like this.

Yep, pre-made game is the way to go on this one.

If this was your only project and you were counting on it then going custom would
be the way. If it's just some game to add some extra entertainment to your present
site then custom is only for big budget.

There is a chance that there is some simple plug-in interface where by the programmer
only needed the flash object to "talk" to the server and that would bring the cost down.
I'm just not aware of such a plug-in.

As far as a cheap person from 3rd world :
If they can do this type of programming then they probably are
smart enough to work for normal wages. I mean, they are not totaly stupid.

Why work for another coat of mud on your mud hut when you can charge a regular wage and buy
a mansion? Eventually they all figure this out.

careful! i've been scammed by these freelancers before.

How can they scam you if the company holds the money until the work is done? I'd like to know so I can avoid it.
thanks

I can do the full thing for $1k

thats over my budget unfortunately.

This is why I am not doing flash games - I mean it is incredible what people are expecting for little money.

Anyway, for 400$ there are 80% chances that you will spend the money and you will get at best a shitty game (most probably you will not get anything at all).

Egomancer

try flashkit.com

thats why im looking for a premade game too.

and im just looking for a word guessing game. this isnt a game that required graphics or anything. its just guess the word.
its a shitty economy out there and if someone can whip this out in a day or 2 thats not bad money these days.

Ok,

Hit me and maybe I will do that game for you :).

Egomancer