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[thenewkgb]

It seems I took Irrlicht a little more seriously. It has been enjoyable so have used it more. I did notice yesterday that the sourceforge site had connection issues. It made me wonder about server costs or even the work to improve Irrlicht that might go unnoticed. Some people may make money from selling their game... But if you're doing it for some other reason, what's the chances of offering some pennies? I bet I'm told sourceforge is a site in itself and actually costs you main devs nothing. Worry over.

I did pay a couple of dollars for Armory (Blender3D engine) every time a new version was out, but was later told the dev quit. The money wasn't going anywhere. With Unity I paid for assets and such. I used Maya Creative a little bit which wasn't cheap. Of course if I like Irrlicht engine I'd like it around for a while. Don't expect lots of money as I'm a little short. Tell me you are all very modest and humble devs!

[CuteAlien]

Yeah, SF often has problems. But we're not just there because of costs but because it's kinda independent of single developer controlling it. So when people quit the next guys can just continue. So this forum for example has been up already for over 20 years.

When the forum has troubles - either reload a few times or just wait a few hours until it's working again. And when things go really wrong then I usually ask Yoran to help out. And he managed to keep the site up for at least a decade or so by now.

I don't directly make money with Irrlicht, but I use it in my freelance jobs most days. So for now I'm fine.

[thenewkgb]

Fine is such a beautiful word. It brightens me up and scared me half to death.

I won't post another thread about this, but looking at the Win32 example... Technically a Win32 app can be uploaded to the Microsoft Store and the game be released for free (or sold). I did read Microsoft kept up the Win32 support and even today (maybe with an .msi installer) it is possible to upload that way.

If your freelance work can start to rocket into space, it'll go from fine to awesome. We all want to be recognised somehow. I'd like a successful game myself (after beating down on games so much and so hard). It's a pleasure to code games even though there are "serious" softwares out there).

[CuteAlien]

Fine is such a beautiful word. It brightens me up and scared me half to death.

Waltari got the song for you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxwCOOCR5GU ;-)

[thenewkgb]

Sometimes I ramble. I will try to be clearer in messages in future.

I'll look around to find an online tipping site somewhere. If I private message you a passcode, I think a little thank you may help things. I like giving for hard work.

[CuteAlien]

Thanks, but seriously, no need. I totally selfishly work on Irrlicht because I actually use the engine myself.