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Ymir · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqsedvud824teaux7j4ckuw7uggah2yfkek7x5uwnl2sw7jga9awms90n3dx Depends on the complexity of the game. Darkwood's budget was 60k with a team of 3. Dar...
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@nprofile1q... Those budgets are misleading. As the Devs likely went without any kind of pay at all. Meaning, possibly, millions of dollars in man hours not being accounted for in those prices. Or being paid after the fact with the money coming in from the games. Meaning that they just didn't count their dept in those figures.

Those two games, Helldivers 2 and expedition 33, also likely took more than just a few million to develop.

The Development of triple A games is counted in the 100s of Millions.
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Ymir · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqsedvud824teaux7j4ckuw7uggah2yfkek7x5uwnl2sw7jga9awms90n3dx Here's a vid of a guy that kept track of everything. In total his game took 100k to make. In short, he went 30k in dept. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB5lanPUQ1o Darkwood was more o...