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I think this one asks you to pay for it after a bit. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Just felt bad about getting a little bit in, and then being hit

by ixwt 1y ago

I think this one asks you to pay for it after a bit. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Just felt bad about getting a little bit in, and then being hit with a decent pay wall.

reddare 1y ago
Thank you for the warning. I found a pricing dialog after clicking “buy a license”, it said that six months of full access to the game costs $35.
- JoshTriplett 1y ago
  Personally, I would happily pay for vim-adventures, but never monthly. It provides one-time value, it should have one-time cost. I'd much rather pay a one-time cost and get a downloadable local copy.
jrm4 1y ago
Right, I mean, author has the right to do this -- but it still seems like a gloriously stupid thing to try to get someone to pay for in this way; like what market is this? Like, I'd bet "Pay $10 if you like it" / ReaperWare would earn this person literally an order of magnitude more money.
- omidmash 1y ago
  Yep. I was trying to buy some licenses for my school, and they only offerend subscriptions in which I am not interested. A shame! Such a great game.
- Dilettante_ 1y ago
  >ReaperWare What does this mean? All I found on the Google was a company that produces sim racing gear.
  - hug 1y ago
    Presumable the pricing model for Reaper? https://www.reaper.fm/purchase.php https://www.reaper.fm/purchase.php
    - jrm4 1y ago
      haha you got it Wait, I'm the first to say that? That should be a thing.
nomilk 1y ago
I paid for it, was worth it for me. Reason: I did vimtutor 4 times and was learning but found it super painful/boring, but really wanted to learn vim keybindings. Vim adventures made learning keybindings and muscle memory just tolerable that I could do 1h in the evening even after a long/busy/tedious day. I probably would have persisted learning vim keybindings without it, but it definitely made doing so less painful.
- merelysounds 1y ago
  A free alternative for learning just hjkl, nethack supports this way of moving[1]. Remember to keep your index finger on ‘j’ (don’t shift your hand to ‘h’), to build the muscle memory. [1]: https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Direction https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Direction
palata 1y ago
I paid once, but it's valid only for 6 months. I would reuse it once in a while for fun, but I won't pay again and again.

by ixwt 1y ago

I think this one asks you to pay for it after a bit. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Just felt bad about getting a little bit in, and then being hit with a decent pay wall.

reddare 1y ago

Thank you for the warning. I found a pricing dialog after clicking “buy a license”, it said that six months of full access to the game costs $35.

JoshTriplett 1y ago
Personally, I would happily pay for vim-adventures, but never monthly. It provides one-time value, it should have one-time cost. I'd much rather pay a one-time cost and get a downloadable local copy.

jrm4 1y ago

Right, I mean, author has the right to do this -- but it still seems like a gloriously stupid thing to try to get someone to pay for in this way; like what market is this? Like, I'd bet "Pay $10 if you like it" / ReaperWare would earn this person literally an order of magnitude more money.

omidmash 1y ago
Yep. I was trying to buy some licenses for my school, and they only offerend subscriptions in which I am not interested. A shame! Such a great game.
Dilettante_ 1y ago
>ReaperWare What does this mean? All I found on the Google was a company that produces sim racing gear.
- hug 1y ago
  Presumable the pricing model for Reaper? https://www.reaper.fm/purchase.php https://www.reaper.fm/purchase.php
  - jrm4 1y ago
    haha you got it Wait, I'm the first to say that? That should be a thing.

nomilk 1y ago

I paid for it, was worth it for me. Reason: I did vimtutor 4 times and was learning but found it super painful/boring, but really wanted to learn vim keybindings. Vim adventures made learning keybindings and muscle memory just tolerable that I could do 1h in the evening even after a long/busy/tedious day. I probably would have persisted learning vim keybindings without it, but it definitely made doing so less painful.

merelysounds 1y ago
A free alternative for learning just hjkl, nethack supports this way of moving[1]. Remember to keep your index finger on ‘j’ (don’t shift your hand to ‘h’), to build the muscle memory. [1]: https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Direction https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Direction

palata 1y ago

I paid once, but it's valid only for 6 months. I would reuse it once in a while for fun, but I won't pay again and again.