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[-] Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 246 points 1 year ago

Indie solo video game dev here.

I am okay with gamers "requisitioning" games if they truly can't afford it. While it is my livelihood, it's also my attempt at art and I want people to enjoy it. I even plan on releasing a safe cracked copy for the next game.

If you pirate a game, there are ways to help support us starving devs if you like the game.

  1. Spread the word far and wide that you like the game. A little effort on your part can save us marketing budget and trigger new sales.

  2. In the future if you have the financial ability, buy a legit key on sale. Even at 75%+ discount it helps.

But please don't cost us additional money. It costs time and money to process chargebacks triggered by the key resellers selling keys procurred with stolen credit cards.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago

Unless you plan on implementing any other stronger DRM than the steam provided one. I wouldn't bother releasing a safe version.

It's brutally simple to crack steam drm on your own. You just need the clean files from cs.rin.ru/forum or something.

Unsafe cracks will be published elsewhere anyways if your game is popular enough.

I suggest you just don't add any DRM at all.

[-] NecessaryWeevil@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

Running files you downloaded from a Russian website, what could possibly go wrong

[-] lud@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

cs.rin.ru is very well regarded in the piracy community and quite a few cracks originate there. You can also learn how to crack yourself on that site.

[-] emberwit@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

how to crack yourself

now you got my attention

[-] NecessaryWeevil@feddit.nl -5 points 1 year ago

“Very well regarded in the piracy community” isn’t a phrase I thought I’d see today 🤣

[-] biddy@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

Why not, after you clicked on a post in a piracy community?

[-] lud@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Well, it's not like people that know what they are doing, download from any random site they come across. There are sites that are well regarded and many that are not (like piratebay)

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