Red Squirrel needs donations! Ideas in game...

lancefer · Post by **lancefer** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:29 pm

First and foremost, is it possible to make an actual Paypal donation box coded into the game? Something like the Luna Orb, where you can click on it and enter your email and amount to donate, which then brings up the confirmation webpage. It would be a constant reminder that the shard costs money to run. At the very least possibly signs in the game that you can click on to bring up the donation/paypal page.

I bring this up because I dont have anything to donate, especially at tax season, with running a business and building a home. But try to get all my customers interested in playing "this" shard in hopes that they may be able to donate...I think donating just needs to be advertised a little more to ensure the shard can keep up and running.

Comments?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:48 pm

I got my tax return deposted which helped get my bank account back to where it was before I got the server lease. (fun part of being student, I won't be getting this next year

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But yes, financially this shard is in the hole by a good 100 or so bucks per month which adds up quick. In total 180$ is taken from my visa each month to pay for the shard and webhosting (seperate service). The adsense ads help pay off the hosting completely and a small part of the server's fee. Depends on traffic at http://www.iceteks.com traffic which is my main site though it's been sorta dead lately.

There is a function for a gm to open a web page so my guess is I can at least make an item that pops that same dialog box and opens your browser to a page on this site such as the donation page or a generic donation box. I'll definately look into that and put it around the game. I can just call it a donation chest or something and when you double click it brings you to a page.

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lancefer · Post by **lancefer** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:50 pm

That would be wonderful!

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E.Machine · Post by **E.Machine** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:17 pm

squirrel... I can probably host your website for you for free....

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:10 am

nah website is non issue, my hosting is only 20 bucks a month, thats covered by google adsense. We're talking 200+ page views per month here so it does not get any better for that price.

The AoV server is what costs the most, at around 180 per month or so.

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