And speaking of Derek Yu…
…I have to say that I’m fiendishly pleased that he’s decided to make his new game, Aquaria, shareware rather than freeware. As someone who hopes to one day make a living off of my own independently developed games, there is no greater bane to my unholy existence than really good, completely free games like Within a Deep Forest, Cave Story, and Yu’s Eternal Daughter.
Yes, I know that it makes me some sort of horrible capitalo-fascist for wanting to someday support my family by making videogames rather than living in poverty while I benevolently donate years of work to the good of society, wanting nothing in return, but that’s just the way it is.
March 15th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
It’s fine that you want to make money off your games, and if they’re worth the money, that’s great! But do you have to keep whining about it every time someone decides that they don’t want to charge for their game? I’ve bought a few indy games myself, so I’m sure that the presence of free games isn’t going to dampen your sales too much - again, as long as people think they’re worth the money.