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A Roblox farming game made by a teenager [...] had 8.9 million players online [Roblox claims they are not bots] at the same time—Steam peaked at 11.5 million across all games on the same day (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Yup. For most kids, it can be exploitative because of the restrictions around withdrawing funds, the super vast majority of the audience is under age, many games have gacha models (gambling). I did get to make & work on games relevant to my kids, so that was very cool.

On the whole, I’m glad I’ve left that area of the industry for now. I’d prefer not to go back (only did about a year / 12 in my career). There are great companies in that space trying, but it’s not easy.

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