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Acrossoft is an innovative video game project. To help us create a game better suited to the players' community, we would like to know your habits regarding video games and your opinion about our project.

1. How old are you?
12 or younger
between 13 and 16
between 17 and 20
between 21 and 28
29 or older

2. Are you a:
man?
woman?

3. Which of the following hardware do you use to play video games?
PC
Mac
PlayStation 2
GameCube
X-Box
GameBoy Advance
Nintendo DS

4. Do you have broadband internet access at home?
yes
no

5. Which sort of games do you prefer?
First Person Shooter (Doom, Half-Life...)
"Japanese" RPG (Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Zelda...)
"standard" RPG (Baldur's Gate, Morrowind, Fallout...)
hack'n slash (Diablo, Sacred...)
sports (Need for Speed, Fifa...)
adventure (Myst, Monkey Island...)
platform (Super Mario, Rayman...)
real time strategy (Warcraft, Starcraft...)
shoot'em all (R-Type, Radiant Sylvergun...)
tactical RPG (Advance Wars, Final Fantasy Tactics...)
"economic" simulation (Sim City, The Sims...)
MMORPG (World of Warcraft, Everquest...)

6. Grade the importance of each of the following aspects of a game.

-				+
					gameplay
					graphics
					scenario
					interest of the universe
					sound & music
					lifespan

7. When you like a game, how much time do you spend playing it each week?
less than 2 hours
between 2 and 5 hours
between 5 and 10 hours
between 10 and 15 hours
more than 15 hours

8. What universes do you like?
fantasy
futuristic
contemporary
historic
cyberpunk
other:

9. What would you like to be adapted to video games? You can give the name of a book, a film, a TV series, a music band, etc.




10. Would you be willing to legally download a game instead of buying it in a traditional store if you could get it cheaper this way?
no
yes

11. [optional] If you sometimes get games illegally, why is this?
I don’t want to answer
this never happens
to be able to try a game before buying it
video games are too expensive
other reason:


The main originality of our game will be its conception as a set of episodes, as those found in TV series. The scenario will be written specifically to take advantage of this format: more dynamic and more detailed than in a classic game. The episodes will be released regularly, and players will subscribe to the game or download them.

12. What do you like in this concept?
the construction of the scenario as in a TV series, with surprises and suspense
the lively discussions with friends, trying to imagine what'll come next in the series
being able to play a game regularly without spending all my time before it
the opportunity to pay for the entire game only if I like it
other:

13. Would you be open to the idea of buying an episodic game?
sure
maybe
I don’t know
probably not
definitively not

If you answered definitively not to the previous question, your answers to questions 14 to 17 will not be taken into account.

14. How much would you give to buy a monthly episode, lasting about 10 hours?
$/€ 3
$/€ 5
$/€ 8
$/€ 10
$/€ 15

15. Would you be willing to take out a subscription to avoid missing episodes?
no
yes, if I can download the episodes
yes, if I receive the episodes in the mail, like magazines

16. How often would you like the episodes to be released?
every week
every other week
every month
every other month

17. During how long should episodes of a particular series be released for the concept to interest you?
for 6 months
for 1 year
for 2 years

18. We are interested in your opinion! Do not hesitate to submit your remarks to us.

Acrossoft is a group of 6 students at University of Grenoble's Engineering School ENSIMAG (www.ensimag.fr). We are fans of video games, and we would like to create a video games development studio when we graduate. That's why we are conducting this survey on the viability of our project of an episodic video game.