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Plus switching from the subscription model to a one-time fee for commercial PC-only license. Nice.

I enjoyed this part of the announcement:

We have seen other platforms making awkward moves with their pricing and terms, so we thought, what if we did the opposite

I wonder who they could possibly be referencing ๐Ÿค”

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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is so great for people like me who will never ever make any games worth selling ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

@saffron That's the spirit ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well that was unexpected! I'm glad to see them go back to a one-time fee, that previous switch was basically the final nail in the coffin that cemented my migration to Godot at the time

[โ€“] TeaHands 2 points 1 year ago

Encouraging to see that lessons can still be learned, at least!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny, I was looking at the gamemaker pricing earlier this week and thinking about how it was absurd to be a subscription

[โ€“] TeaHands 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps losing you was the final straw that convinced them to change

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh no I hadn't used it before