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[-] Piers@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

Because if you want professional game developers to exist then you have to be welcoming to them when they are just aspiring game developers. Kids who play lots of games and want to have a fiddle around with tools for making games are much more likely to do so if there is a way to access them that they are familiar with and already associate with gaming.

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

While this is true, I feel a loss for the familiarity of going to a website, downloading an executable, and running it without worry. I still do that with most of my software. In fact, that's how I got steam.

[-] Piers@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think anyone is arguing that because there is an option to install via Steam that people should stop downloading directly from Godot's website though. Both of those things can exist beside one another.

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Sure. Like I said originally, it's there for discoverability and popularity.

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