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While fairly offtopic, this reminded me of Game Dev Tycoon ( http://www.greenheartgames.com/app/game-dev-tycoon/ http://www.greenheartgames.com/app/game-dev-tyc

by gedrap 12y ago

While fairly offtopic, this reminded me of Game Dev Tycoon ( http://www.greenheartgames.com/app/game-dev-tycoon/ http://www.greenheartgames.com/app/game-dev-tycoon/ ) which seems to be written using HTML5 + JS + Chromium. I like this game, and I equally like the way they got traction. They released a restricted version on The Pirate Bay, although the description of the torrent was as if it was a full game. Not very usual, but nothing new either. But a well written blog post about it (http://www.greenheartgames.com/2013/04/29/what-happens-when-pirates-play-a-game-development-simulator-and-then-go-bankrupt-because-of-piracy/ http://www.greenheartgames.com/2013/04/29/what-happens-when-...) got them homepage of HN and loads of other press coverage, which helped to take off. Well done.

mratzloff 12y ago
It also helps when you base the game on one that's already very popular, Game Dev Story[1]. [1] http://itunes.apple.com/app/id396085661 http://itunes.apple.com/app/id396085661
tiquorsj 12y ago
Importantly, the posted version would let you play the game until your software (in the game) was ready to sell and then it would put up a shamer message about how you couldn't make money because everyone was pirating your game.