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author=unity
author=slash
kentona is the kind of person who would actually post a retirement topic on april fool's day
That's why I think it's real ;_; That and he has been much less active recently

Yea, for sure. He's been talking about it for a while... I'm gonna miss the troll statuses. We will have to continue to troll statuses to honor his memory.

Retirement

kentona is the kind of person who would actually post a retirement topic on april fool's day

you cruel bastard

THE REVOLUTION IS CRUSHING IT. Awww yeaaaah~

I CAN'T TELL IF YOU'RE DOUBLE POSTING OR NOT

THE REVOLUTION IS CRUSHING IT. Awww yeaaaah~

hi i'm kentona and i'm here to announce that i've finished work on Aether Pulse, it'll be out next week

edit: wow whoops

edit 2: also being kentona i have the power to edit my makerscore at will so

Final Fantasy XV

Cersei Lannister and Jesse Pinkman confirmed for Final Fantasy XV, woo!


EDIT: Ya'll should know better than to fret because a battle system is hyped as "one-button".

Beta Testers Needed. Game May Include Weirdness

I'm down to test, if you need more help! I owe ya one, anyway~

BTW, do you have non-dev testers as well? It's nice to get a wide variety of views, if you can :D

Never finish any games. Just don't.

Okay! Packing it in, everyone. I had a good run!

Finished again~ Thanks again to everyone who popped in to watch, even if it was for just a moment or two! <3

author=Sooz
Maybe a dogspider.


AWWW it still manages to be super cute ;__;

"On Let's Plays" - Dev expresses plight over how LP's have impacted his game's sales

author=Feldschlacht IV
Yes, I've had games where I went 'eh, I'm not going to spend money on it, but I'll watch it', but I've never gone 'well, I was going to buy this game, but I'd rather watch it.'


For sure, I've done this before. A few years ago I heard about Catherine, so I was looking for a cheap used copy, but tbh I was mostly interested in the character interactions. Then I realized it would just be easier to watch an LP, so I found one that skipped the block-puzzle bits and just showed the cutscenes and bar scenes.

So like, not exactly "I was going to buy this new game but instead of spending $60 I just watched it online!" But, I was ready to spend some money for a copy and didn't bother afterwards.

"On Let's Plays" - Dev expresses plight over how LP's have impacted his game's sales

For sure! I definitely agree with that. And I honestly believe that, in the vast majority of cases (especially for more traditional games) Let's Plays increase sales of games rather than decrease sales.

But I can see the issue still. That Dragon, Cancer is a pretty widely-talked about game! But, due to its design, an LP means the vast majority of the game can be experienced (arguably in a less fulfilling way) without actually buying it. So, what do we do? Should we just accept that making games like that may never be profitable for the developer - only for the player?

I'm lucky enough that the kinds of games I make don't have this problem, but I've seen good indie VNs and strange experimental games like That Dragon, Cancer and I'd love to see more! The kind of solutions I imagine are things like... Better tools for connecting to devs, encouraging and building tipping/donations within the game community, and more collaboration between devs and LPs.