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NO-ONE IS GOING TO BUY YOUR VIDEOGAME (illomens.itch.io)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by 9to5@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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As someone who considers to start gamedev (purely as a hobby to finally create the single 1 good game) I thought some folks on here would like this.

Afaik the manifesto went kinda viral ?

Run Manifesto to read the Manifesto

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I SOLD A COPY OF MY VIDEOGAME, WHAT DO I DO

Remain calm. The most important thing right now is not to panic.

There are a few immediate solutions you can try. First, you can use the money to buy a copy of someone else’s videogame, especially a game that no-one is going to buy (which is most of them). This transfers the problem to someone else.

If this does not work, an alternative solution is to spend the money on something extremely stupid, or something that will enable you to make worse games. For example, buying yourself a bubble tea and walking in the park will give you less time to work on your game, making your next game potentially even less likely to be bought.

If you find yourself unable to stop selling copies of your game, please do not worry. This simply means this manifesto has stopped applying to you. I recommend watching videos from GDC about player retention or team management.

[–] Piltdowntown@hexbear.net 1 points 5 hours ago

There's a profound elitism about being unpopular and unknown that permeates this and the author's other stuff and it really starts peeking out at the end there.