Limitations
Spawn
Creativity
Innovation enclosed in 13 kilobytes of JavaScript
Andrzej Mazur • @end3r • Enclave Games The Future of MicroPayments 2020, online, November 5th 2020
June 2019: W3C Games workshop
Indie perspective on Web games
2011 vs 2019
Two main issues:
Discoverability
Monetization
Coil
Web Monetization API
Front-end/JavaScript => gamedev
Web Monetization API
to the rescue?
Extra content
Levels, points, coins, weapons, bonuses, etc...
No advertisements
No privacy issues
No spying on users
No selling data
Full control
"Classic" publisher
Web Monetization
Implementation:
Complicated, changing code
1 line of HTML + 2 lines of JS
Income:
Waiting months for reports
Instant, streamed in real time
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creativity grow?
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Limitations
Spawn
Creativity
Innovation enclosed in 13 kilobytes of JavaScript
Andrzej Mazur • @end3r • Enclave Games The Future of MicroPayments 2020, online, November 5th 2020