Liquid Trees! Slam it down fast!
a1studmuffin
joined 2 years ago
It wouldn't surprise me if this decision was more about external conditions than internal ones. They've got the money to burn, and are likely forecasting an insane number of sales, so timing it to ensure a more favourable global economy seems believable to me.
Holy shit, TIL Mexico has a legally prescribed 6-day work week! That's brutal.
Honestly, by now for nearly every app that does something useful on Google Play, there's a completely free equivalent on Fdroid without all of the data collection. advertising and IAPs.
He's a sharp one, the ol' Donny!
Especially since so many phones won't make it 72 hours without a charge, even if sitting unused.
I backed the Kickstarter, and oh wow did I get my money's worth! I genuinely wasn't expecting them to finish, and that's fine - I was there for the support and the ride, however it turned out.
It's been so long since I originally backed the project that I'm not really that interested in playing it any more, but I'm happy for them that they got it over the line... well, most of it.
Like many Kickstarters they promised a lot without realising just how difficult or expensive it would be. There's still a lot of deliverables ahead for them, but they've been pretty open about running out of money and operating on pure good will at this point, and I can't say I blame them with over a decade of their lives poured into it.
I hope it does well for them!
But is the overall market growing? What I'd love to know is if less people are playing non-MTX games now than before, or if we're just getting more people staying to play games and they happen to be drawn to MTX games, ie. a broader target market, in the same way we saw mobile gaming explode with people who never played games before.
It's really not limited to the game industry. A project of any kind with 10 people vs 100/1000 people is going to be a very different experience. It's just human nature - there's more planning and communication required, and more personality types involved.
Doesn't that defeat the purpose of switching, if Google still get to harvest all your data?
It's especially dumb considering the new wireless standard uses magnets to make sure the phone is aligned to the charger. At that point, why not just make it a physical magnetic connector on the back of the phone and avoid wireless altogether.
Reminds me of: https://youtu.be/4R4uTrA1vQ8