Limitations

Spawn

Creativity

Innovation enclosed in 13 kilobytes of JavaScript

The Future of MicroPayments 2020

Andrzej Mazur@end3rEnclave 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

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Funded Better

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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