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although @MossRC has already written extensively on the topic of , i love this little article by one of the former employees of Ambrosia Software - makers of Escape Velocity

it chronicles the ins and outs of first selling "nagware" and then "crippleware" when times got tougher for the company

tidbits.com/2002/03/11/the-pla

inspired by the article, one of the goofy things i decided to do for the mac-like wildfire simulation game i'm working on is selling it as....... shareware!

... which of course requires a naggy splash screen, running in its own os 😆
here's a little test i did to see what it would play/look like

Sep 27, 2023, 17:19 · · · Web · 3 · 9