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Upload the source on Github, don't link it again to Steam.

joegibbs 2y ago
Why should I do that apart from some commenter demanding that I do so? If I put in thousands of hours of work and a few thousand dollars into a project, why should I get zero compensation for that and not even be allowed to indirectly benefit?
- mrkramer 2y ago
  You said >Github release if you don't have Steam: https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release What Github release? You again redirects us to Steam? The description you've put in Github description could've been shared on Steam. You only used Hacker News to self-promote, that's why you shared. Nothing particularly wrong with that but your post came as you meant to open source the game on Github. And like other person said Barotrauma open sourced its game and still sold over 1 million copies....it's all about licensing, nobody will steal your work.
  - joegibbs 2y ago
    The release is right here: https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release/releases/tag/1.0 https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release/relea..., on the right hand side of the linked page. I said release because it's a release and not the source. I used Github because I have a Github account, and the alternative is either paying for bandwidth yourself or putting it on something like Mediafire that people don't like.
    - mrkramer 2y ago
      I genuinely thought Github release means release of source code, because when I see Github I see open source. My bad. You can also release the demo on itch.io and Game Jolt for extra exposure.
xupybd 2y ago
This comes across as very rude. I'm not sure if you intended that so I thought you should know. When someone spends years of their life working on something they get to decide how they release it to the world. They even get to not release it if they want.
- mrkramer 2y ago
  I thought he wanted to share the source code with us. Idk why use Github for demo files when you can use Itch.io, Game Jolt, Steam etc. Since this is software engineering forum people would usually share the source code to show off or to teach others game programming. It's all about open source software licensing, nobody will and can take away his work.

Why should I do that apart from some commenter demanding that I do so? If I put in thousands of hours of work and a few thousand dollars into a project, why should I get zero compensation for that and not even be allowed to indirectly benefit?

mrkramer 2y ago
You said >Github release if you don't have Steam: https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release What Github release? You again redirects us to Steam? The description you've put in Github description could've been shared on Steam. You only used Hacker News to self-promote, that's why you shared. Nothing particularly wrong with that but your post came as you meant to open source the game on Github. And like other person said Barotrauma open sourced its game and still sold over 1 million copies....it's all about licensing, nobody will steal your work.
- joegibbs 2y ago
  The release is right here: https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release/releases/tag/1.0 https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release/relea..., on the right hand side of the linked page. I said release because it's a release and not the source. I used Github because I have a Github account, and the alternative is either paying for bandwidth yourself or putting it on something like Mediafire that people don't like.
  - mrkramer 2y ago
    I genuinely thought Github release means release of source code, because when I see Github I see open source. My bad. You can also release the demo on itch.io and Game Jolt for extra exposure.

xupybd 2y ago

This comes across as very rude. I'm not sure if you intended that so I thought you should know. When someone spends years of their life working on something they get to decide how they release it to the world. They even get to not release it if they want.

mrkramer 2y ago
I thought he wanted to share the source code with us. Idk why use Github for demo files when you can use Itch.io, Game Jolt, Steam etc. Since this is software engineering forum people would usually share the source code to show off or to teach others game programming. It's all about open source software licensing, nobody will and can take away his work.