xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@Moon You should include twtxt and Bastyon.

@beardalaxy @graf @alex
>Like I said, it might be better to just let the creators handle that sort of thing at least at first. RPGMaker.net is a good example of that, they don't have any way of commercializing a game directly but let you link to somewhere that does.

I think GameJolt used to be like an engine-agnostic YoYoGames or RPGMaker.net, but in recent years, they allowed commercial games on their platform, so they are more like itch.io these days.

>Could also always go back to like, the shareware days where a demo is hosted and if you send mail with payment they'll send you the game or something xD that would legit be pretty funny. I mean, fuckin Mullvad lets you do that so why not an indie dev? xD

There are newer games for older computers/operating systems that do that just for nostalgia purposes, though I think they are payed through things like PayPal.

>But yeah, I'd be down with a NG spiritual successor. NG itself is already pretty damn good and always has been tbh

I never used it much tbh. It seemed like all the flash game creators on there eventually got their own websites, so I was on those sites more. (kind of weird that the exact opposite is happening today with everyone posting on Big Tech platforms, but I guess people eventually realized that they can monetize their games by self-hosting and putting banner-ads) I also played more of the "professional-quality" flash games like the ones on AddictingGames, MiniClip, and XGEN. Most of those games were developed by actual companies, though they are probably considered indie by today's standards.

>there are rules and things they don't allow of course but it's still a really good place to show off your creativity in a place that's not so corporate.

Didn't they bend the knee to BLM? I remember everyone bitching about how they brought back Tankman just for a BLM virtue signalling video. I think they also had an influx of Tumblr users back when Tumblr banned porn, so the culture might have changed.

@beardalaxy @graf I was also thinking something like itch.io. I had an idea of creating an indie game marketplace for a while, but my lack of knowledge with online payment processing and the difficulty of hosting a service with large files prevents me from implementing it. I could use something like WebTorrent to save server space, but that would mean that people can easily just share the magnet URIs and download whatever they want on the site for free (assuming the know the correct URI).

Now that I think about it. I think @alex was thinking about creating a NewGrounds spiritual successor. Not necessarily a marketplace like itch.io, but I think he could incorporate some of your ideas (likes mods or commercial games) into it.

@beardalaxy @graf Okay, maybe I could whip something simple up. I can't promise any paywalled content because I'm not familiar with any payment processor or crypto APIs.

I haven't messed with backend dev in a while though. I'm just afraid that whatever I create won't be scalable.

@beardalaxy @graf I probably could, but I don't think PHP (the only server-side language I'm proficient in) would be a good language for this.

Ubisoft releases a Skull and Bones video game on the 47th day of the year.

Remember that Skull and Bones was the secret society that Bushes were a part of, and is located in Yale University. George H.W Bush was the 43rd vice president, George W Bush was 43rd president, and Jeb Bush was the 43rd governor of Florida.

https://gematriaeffect.news/skull-bones-video-games-february-16-2024-release-date/

#LearnGematria

@Pawlicker @djsumdog @NEETzsche @thegreatape I would have a little more respect for him (and climate activists in general) if he brought up how the government murdered Stanley Meyer to protect the oil companies.