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MCR THIS SUNDAY ✨

hey y’all guess what

dankwraith spills industry tea on the midnight TL

@zorotl game dev is cheap cheap cheap in terms of art. that's why movie publishers like annapurna are swerving hard into game publishing

when i think about "indie" publishers like devolver i can't even name the devs they publish. all the work you do just goes to building their brand recognition instead of yours

up at 12 AM talking about stranger danger and noncustodial parent kidnappings with my partner 💖

what's the incentive to go to bat for you? they don't even pick projects they actually believe in, it's not even their own money, they have investors. they're just throwing shit at the wall until something gives them a 100x ROI and if you're not that, tough shit, and if you are, they'll take all the cultural clout for your creative work anyway

99% of game publishing is a complete scam honestly. especially if you've already done most of the creative work up front these morons offer absolutely zero value. they claim to help with marketing or connections but they'll drop you like a bag of dog shit if the project isn't successful a month after release anyway

years ago we got offered a contract for samurai gunn 2 that was like "we'll give you a mil up front, but we take 100% of the profit until investment is recouped and afterward it becomes a 70-30 split in our favor. we also will control the IP for 10 years. also if we don't like how development is going we can cancel and you owe us all the money back" like bruh why would i not just fund the game myself with terms like that, you are literally assuming no risk and getting 100% of the reward for no work lol

theres a stinkbug on the ceiling over the stairs and guppy is screaming at it

@zorotl @Em yeah that's the end of part one, insane choice so many productions make to only stage that part, like that's not a good ending! no closure or anything

@Em @zorotl the other play I know with an angel in a prominent role also has a character cum uncontrollably but that one was a cishet woman

@Em @zorotl aw in the play the appearance of the angel makes him cum so fuckin hard lmao, they cut it

@georgespolitzer @zorotl 🙄

@Em @zorotl oh here come the sjws