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1. cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 13:36:08 JST cool_boy_mew
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   • mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 13:41:19 JST mangeurdenuage

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     @coolboymew What did they mean by "non-predatory" ?
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   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 13:41:47 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @mangeurdenuage Wanted to put shitloads of microtransaction instead of it being a 2$ game
   • Why (Bloomed & Unhanced) (why@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 13:44:21 JST Why (Bloomed & Unhanced)

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     @coolboymew hilariously, VS is deliberately designed like a slot machine for max addictiveness, just like predatory mobile games do. big difference is no mtx and low price tag lmao
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   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 13:44:29 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • Why (Bloomed & Unhanced)
     @why pretty much
   • ledocool (ledocool431@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 14:26:47 JST ledocool

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     • Why (Bloomed & Unhanced)
     Sadly, it's exactly those type of games that don't catch me for long. Otherwise I would've spent more time.
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   • :meru_B: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Saturday, 07-Jan-2023 00:36:21 JST :meru_B: b e a r d

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     @coolboymew maybe they didn't look very hard. they were probably looking for a dev studio or a producer of mobile games, rather than an individual. i know for a fact there are plenty of solo devs who will just port a game over to mobile as a job, and/or take a percentage of the sales.

     it is always better to do it yourself if you can, though.

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   • Greyshley (dhfir@sweet.succubi.services)'s status on Saturday, 07-Jan-2023 03:44:05 JST Greyshley

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     @coolboymew *gets aurora store running*
     okay this is cool.
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   • mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 07-Jan-2023 04:47:42 JST mangeurdenuage

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     @coolboymew That's what I thought, they wanted to male a gambling game instead of just fun.
   • EconomicHitman (economic_hitman@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 07-Jan-2023 04:47:42 JST EconomicHitman

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     • mangeurdenuage
     no, I think the company didn't want to do that but all the devs they interviewed did. Which is disturbing. I'm a mobile dev, I'm against all that shit. Made sure I found a company that didn't work that way.
     
     From the article
     > At the same time, Poncle provided no insight into how it defines "non-predatory" monetization, how many developers it actually spoke to, or what sort of terms it offered for taking on the job of porting Vampire Survivors and charging $0 for it.
     
     > "This is why we ended up with a free-for-real approach, where monetization is minimal and is designed to never interrupt your game, always be optional and in your control through a couple of 'watch ads' buttons, and doesn't have any of that real money sinks that mobile cashgrabs are usually designed around.
     @mangeurdenuage @coolboymew
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