>If nothing else, start making your own titles? even if some Fairy Cousin would pay all the bills while I'm making my title, the fruit is not worth it. They wouldn't behave that way if that was viable. Mic's next step is to buy Steam so that they could just clear the shelf of the competition. Sure, you can sell your stuff on whatever darknet alternative will arise, but it won't make you a living. Most of the indie games that have been released of late haven't even covered the entrance fee, you think some hardcore niche marketplace on crypto will be more profitable?
EVEN IF you become a new McMillan or Kojima, they can just train an AI on your work and roll out a more mass-friendly better-funded alternative. Or just kick you out like Mechner.
I still make builds in my spare time, but I'm done having my livelihood depend on a hobby. Because that's what it is, a hobby. It was fun as a teen, but it was never was a adequate income for a grown man. I'm ashamed it took that long to realize it.
Your post is full of negativity bias and crab mentality.
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even if some Fairy Cousin would pay all the bills while I'm making my title, the fruit is not worth it.
They wouldn't behave that way if that was viable. Mic's next step is to buy Steam so that they could just clear the shelf of the competition. Sure, you can sell your stuff on whatever darknet alternative will arise, but it won't make you a living. Most of the indie games that have been released of late haven't even covered the entrance fee, you think some hardcore niche marketplace on crypto will be more profitable?
EVEN IF you become a new McMillan or Kojima, they can just train an AI on your work and roll out a more mass-friendly better-funded alternative. Or just kick you out like Mechner.
I still make builds in my spare time, but I'm done having my livelihood depend on a hobby. Because that's what it is, a hobby. It was fun as a teen, but it was never was a adequate income for a grown man. I'm ashamed it took that long to realize it.
Your post is full of negativity bias and crab mentality.
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