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Yup, I definitely remember you! You were one of our more active members.
@Latte they don't need to hire pixel artists, there are kids/teenagers willing to make stuff for free, it isn't a rare skill. Plus there's custom uploads. But hiring a couple programmers isn't that expensive. It would only cost maybe $50,000 a year each, and the amount of work they could get done is insane. It would cost less too if they outsourced it.
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Coders, under the right management, could take Graal to a new level; definitely not denying that. But really, $50,000-$80,000 a year is probably what Unixmad makes off of Graal alone, considering there aren't any advertising deals or pop-up ads, outside of the one airline sponsership Graal got (which didn't result in paid workers either). But! Coders could easily be paid for if Unixmad wanted to get investors to pay for them. Still, Graal has been around for more than a decade and Graal's business model hasn't matured at all.
Also, I wouldn't underestimate the power of professional art. While Classic's recent work has actually been very professional-looking, Classic as a whole lacks good marketing. There is a lot more art that Classic needs than just stuff that volunteers can do.
The problem isn't as simple as just getting a team that can fix the game and save the day. It's getting investors and growing the business model of Graal itself, neither of which seem to be happening any time soon.