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ZeroFives · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqjk06qq0nldjywatwgfvtcgtp3yfj3s54pxq8a0pcgjhnhg60z4tqlk0lv9 Those budgets are misleading. As the Devs likely went without any kind of pay at all. ...
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@nprofile1q... 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 or less the same, from the interviews i watched. 3 ppl working on a game will not cost millions...

Which is why i think it's unfair to put these games in the same competition as those who are given millions by corpos. It fucks their advertising and competition.
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ZeroFives · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqjk06qq0nldjywatwgfvtcgtp3yfj3s54pxq8a0pcgjhnhg60z4tqlk0lv9 It's not counting the Labor cost those 3 devs put into it. A game dev gets over 100k a year for their job. 3 Devs in one year would be over 300k in Labor alone. They choose to donate tha...