Is low poly really worth the cost every developer I have gone through just goes to 50k which some of them are NEW devs who aren’t well known in the community such as i’ll list the prices they told me 15k-50k, but then some how I look at some other known devs who built for a group that has 200k-500k member group they charged way less and they did low poly builds.
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Maybe the more known developers charge less because they can get the work done much faster because of past experience of doing the same genre of building many times possibly.
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Although I can’t understand the question that good, I can say that the pricing shouldn’t be based off the person’s popularity. There sure are some people that charge for quite big money while their builds not being as high quality, but I suggest that you just… don’t hire them?
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… You can hire the people who have good or better quality and not hire the people who charge more? I don’t understand what you’re saying here, I apologise.
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From my not-even-a-month-of-modelling experience, I can say that low poly is really, easy, and I do mean really. It doesn’t take much effort to say, make a rock. The literal thing you have to do is get the default blender cube, go to edit mode, then just put the vertices in random places. And bam, you got a rock in under a minute. Now there is also a low poly tree tutorial that takes one minute. So, I don’t really recommend low poly commissions, just learn it yourself. Blender is also pretty easy to learn once you get the basics of it, which took a bit less than a week to learn.
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Well some people dont really know the defintion of low poly some people just think bad builds are low poly, or builds which arent realstic
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It depends what you’re asking for. If you’re looking for 1 dev to complete maps/lobby etc 50k is a reasonable price.
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Almost everything you said is true but me of having around a year or so of 3d modeling experience do disagree with the really easy part. Sure it can be easy learning the basics of Blender. However, making something look good can take more than just a minute sure you can make a low poly rock in a minute but it won’t look as good as for example a 10 minute made rock. Lots of low poly builder can spend a minute or so modeling simple things. However, some low poly builders can go up to working for hours upon hours modeling simple things. You cannot really put a price on time or art. Good low poly builders take a lot of their time working on maps or assets. @Natalie_Clabo is one of the low poly builders who put hours on modeling she has a YouTube channel and shows proof and backs up the point that you can’t put price on time. Most of the time when a low poly builder asks for a lot of robux to model something it could be it may take him/her a lot of time to model it and put effort into it. Or they could be trying to scam you but that is a low chance of that happening but just because it’s low doesn’t mean it can’t happen. But the point is it’s not so easy modeling and making it look good I mean I sometimes have to restart 3 – 6 times and sometimes more. Low poly is worth it depending on how you look at it.
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Is low poly really worth it? It depends on a style you want to achieve from the game, the mood. Ask yourself: Do I need a low poly or no? Is it reasonable to create it/pay for it? In fact, low poly is easy and prices in this post
are not reasonable. Imagine paying for a low poly build 50k. That is ridiculous. You can make low poly by yourself without spending that much money or you can pay a developer, that offers a reasonable price, that you can afford. I have no idea why do developers put expensive prices on low poly. (50k)
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What I mean is that their builds aren’t that good I just see it as that and others have too and it’s with others too it’s just dumb to charge more for bad builds.
In my opinion any price is reasonable depending on how big, how much time, and how much effort the developer puts into it. And it should be the person who made the model to give the price since they were the ones who worked on it. And of course if they are asking for to much and you think it’s not fair you can always negotiate with them or get a new modeler
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Sorry, to clarify: are you saying that low-poly itself is bad?
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The time they gave me would take 2-3 weeks to make a v2 of a Homestore, but as you can see that’s reasonable time and they had crappy builds that cost 25k.
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What I asked for was a v3 of a Homestore with the map I know it would cost a decent amount near 10k because the dev told me that then he changes the price to 25k for no reason when it was a small build.
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No i’m not saying it’s bad I am saying that some people charge it for ridiculous charges such as 25k-50k for a small map and build which takes 2-3 weeks yes then he said to me it’s 10k then went to 25k for no reason, but I never said it was bad.
To clarify: you charge developers for their time, if not for the quality of the outcome. Newer developers would charge more because it takes more time for them to create huge projects. Because experienced developers need not spend as much time to create a low-poly build, they will charge less.
If you are complaining about an incident or a quarrel, I’m afraid this isn’t the place.
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I brought up my problem, but the time it takes I understand that, but it wasn’t a huge project, but I go around the dev forum looking at the low poly builds some people just overcharge it, but they don’t know if someone will actually pay for their builds which could be bad.
When it comes to developer rates. that is the choice of the developer. They will offer it to you and if you find it unfair or you are unable to pay, you do have the choice of backing out, but not after the developer has begun the project.
However, if the developer chooses to suddenly change the agreed price, you have the choice of either paying them given their reasoning, or you can back out if the change is unreasonable. It’s all about fair business practices.
If you still need a project done, I suggest you go to the Recruitment section of the devforum and recruit a builder there.
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Low poly isn’t really that hard… you can learn how to do the basics really fast. Paying a developer 25k to make a home store seems ridiculous since have of them don’t make any money.
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Low poly is a really easy style and concept, however, it takes a lot of creativity and thinking to build an entire building. It also takes a lot of builders time, so prices don’t depend on popularity. Prices depend on how long it takes the individual to complete a build and how much they believe they’re worth. If your budget isn’t set for the developer who is charging 15k-50k, try to look for another one and there are plenty to look for. Unfortunately, prices will vary among all developers, especially if you’re looking for a well-built build!
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