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Aren’t there enough FOSS gamw engines out in the wild to keep indie authors and small companies working without concern for this kind of crap?

Contributing with a cash amount to have work done on any engine would be cheaper and more useful for all parts involved than having to deal with these vampires.

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wahming@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
There is a viable open source competitor, godot. The issue is that for many developers who have invested years into their current project, moving engines midway is a ton of effort that might break them financially.

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- drbluefall@toast.ooo ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Viable, yes, but I don’t think Godot currently matches up to Unity in terms of capability. I do think this will very much get an impetus going for people & studios to invest into Godot’s development, though.
  
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lauha@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
There is at least godot

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- sodiumbromley@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  And some pretty well known recent indie games have been made in Godot, like Cassette Beasts.
  
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  - captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Cruelty Squad was made in Godot. Don’t know if that’s an endorsement or not as the game is deliberately hideous, but…yeah.
    
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  - lauha@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    They have pretty extensive showcase of games made in Godot on their website.
    
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