Comment on Acclaimed roguelike studio behind Slay the Spire releases new deckbuilder after publicly abandoning Unity over fee debacle

• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s because it’s not a product. It’s an experiment for figuring out what they as a studio might be able to do with something new and untested. This is a trial run of a new engine, and they simply decided to publish the result for others to see.

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• Aabbcc@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I feel like you’re missing the point that sometimes people make stuff for reasons besides maximizing the amount of money they make

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  • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you put something out there, you want to maximize something. Probably attention in this case.

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    • Sharkwellington@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Or…or! They were practicing on an engine they were unfamiliar with by making a low-stakes proof of concept.

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