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An indie asking for $250,000 is 'a drop in the bucket' says Tunic's publisher, but indies are in a 'survival' era because companies think that 'isn't profitable enough' to fund
7+ hour, 50+ min ago (349+ words) Finji CEO Rebekah Saltsman says that indie games are just trying to survive in an era where publishers don't want to invest in a game that was "only ever going to make $500,000." Indie games survived the theoretical "indiepocalypse" of 10 years…...
Ex-Square Enix suit says war on AI is already lost: 'Gen Z loves AI slop"
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (221+ words) "The upcoming generation of gamers are Bane in Dark Knight Rises saying 'You merely adopted the slop, I was born in it.'" Dismayed by the profusion of AI-generated slop in videogames? No, you aren't. Or if you are, then you…...
This 'cyber-vibe' social media is 'how the internet was supposed to be"
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (324+ words) I think they've nailed it, to be honest. I'm sold. Once the novelty of the theming has worn off, as it surely will, you might wonder what there is to actually do in cyberspace.online. The first thing to note…...
Fallout Shelter, Pentiment, and other Unity games have been delisted on Steam thanks to Unity's security vulnerability
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (593+ words) Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show…...
Developer of NSFW games says Valve won't let them add adult content in updates, now it has to be DLC
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (224+ words) Their game is called Tales of Legendary Lust: Aphrodisia, if you were curious. In the world of adult games, piecemeal development is the norm. Games like Summertime Saga frequently add new characters and storylines in response to community demand, and…...
'Legality is not the defining factor': Anti-porn group that pressured Steam and Itch.io adult game delistings says it goes after games it doesn't like 'even when they are not illegal"
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (263+ words) "Media that glorifies sexual violence against women harms all women, regardless of whether a few women participate in its creation or consumption." Ever since it claimed victory when payment processors compelled Steam to delist a number of adult games from…...
Free adult NSFW content returns to itch.io, as one of the platform's major payment processors expresses hope to 'support adult content in the future"
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (263+ words) The small indie platform is slowly rebuilding what it needed to abruptly dismantle. In a note to developers, Itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran has confirmed that free adult content will be re-indexed on the platform, alongside a new content warning…...
Itch.io is 'actively reaching out to other payment processors' after pressure from credit card companies to curtail NSFW content, and that compared to Valve, it has 'limited ability to push back"
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (804+ words) Clearing up the confusion. Itch.io appears to be scrambling for cover after credit card payment processors began pressuring it to remove or moderate its NSFW content, a move claimed to be at the behest of anti-porn groups like Collective…...
Game developers association decries 'financial censorship' amidst payment processor crackdown on NSFW games, calls for 'greater transparency and fairness in how adult games are moderated"
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (458+ words) The IGDA says the problem isn't the rules themselves, but their "vague" enforcement. The International Game Developers Association, a non-profit industry group that aims to "support and empower game developers around the world in achieving fulfilling and sustainable careers," has…...
Itch.io releases list of the adult content you can't put on its store anymore after anti-NSFW crackdown, including stuff that's not illegal but just icky
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (518+ words) I'm not sure it's any processor's business to stop people buying this. Online game store Itch.io plunged a swathe of devs into uncertainty last week when, in the wake of pressure from its payment processors, it frantically deindexed all…...