▲ 233 ▼ It's not just Steam: New game pages created per day on Itch.io have doubled in the last two months, with AI slop the likely culprit (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 1 week ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (5 children) GameCube games were less than that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (4 children) As an indie dev let me just say wed rather not limit our game to GameCube graphics. No offense to that special era and esthetic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago (3 children) Still can do 3d it means. There are people doing pixel art so it shows there are people that want to do older game graphics but Yooka and Laylee had an N64 mode. There's the following game https://store.steampowered.com/app/2365810/Pseudoregalia/ And then you have Minecraft + all those games like it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) You are still asking us to signicantly downscale our design goals to accommodate itch. We are releasing our game free on steam anyway. So its not like we are hurting our community by choosing steam. But yes tonnes of games fit within itch platform and that's awesome. Just not all game designs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) I wasn't asking you to change anything. Just saying that 2gb doesn't exclude 3d. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago No for sure. But itch asks us to limit ourselves. Others here saying hey lots of reasons to stick with itch and to every comment I agree 100%. But we made a decision for a vision and itch's model limited us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (4 children) As an indie dev let me just say wed rather not limit our game to GameCube graphics. No offense to that special era and esthetic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago (3 children) Still can do 3d it means. There are people doing pixel art so it shows there are people that want to do older game graphics but Yooka and Laylee had an N64 mode. There's the following game https://store.steampowered.com/app/2365810/Pseudoregalia/ And then you have Minecraft + all those games like it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) You are still asking us to signicantly downscale our design goals to accommodate itch. We are releasing our game free on steam anyway. So its not like we are hurting our community by choosing steam. But yes tonnes of games fit within itch platform and that's awesome. Just not all game designs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) I wasn't asking you to change anything. Just saying that 2gb doesn't exclude 3d. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago No for sure. But itch asks us to limit ourselves. Others here saying hey lots of reasons to stick with itch and to every comment I agree 100%. But we made a decision for a vision and itch's model limited us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago (3 children) Still can do 3d it means. There are people doing pixel art so it shows there are people that want to do older game graphics but Yooka and Laylee had an N64 mode. There's the following game https://store.steampowered.com/app/2365810/Pseudoregalia/ And then you have Minecraft + all those games like it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) You are still asking us to signicantly downscale our design goals to accommodate itch. We are releasing our game free on steam anyway. So its not like we are hurting our community by choosing steam. But yes tonnes of games fit within itch platform and that's awesome. Just not all game designs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) I wasn't asking you to change anything. Just saying that 2gb doesn't exclude 3d. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago No for sure. But itch asks us to limit ourselves. Others here saying hey lots of reasons to stick with itch and to every comment I agree 100%. But we made a decision for a vision and itch's model limited us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) You are still asking us to signicantly downscale our design goals to accommodate itch. We are releasing our game free on steam anyway. So its not like we are hurting our community by choosing steam. But yes tonnes of games fit within itch platform and that's awesome. Just not all game designs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) I wasn't asking you to change anything. Just saying that 2gb doesn't exclude 3d. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago No for sure. But itch asks us to limit ourselves. Others here saying hey lots of reasons to stick with itch and to every comment I agree 100%. But we made a decision for a vision and itch's model limited us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) I wasn't asking you to change anything. Just saying that 2gb doesn't exclude 3d. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago No for sure. But itch asks us to limit ourselves. Others here saying hey lots of reasons to stick with itch and to every comment I agree 100%. But we made a decision for a vision and itch's model limited us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago No for sure. But itch asks us to limit ourselves. Others here saying hey lots of reasons to stick with itch and to every comment I agree 100%. But we made a decision for a vision and itch's model limited us. permalink fedilink source parent