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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

More importantly: don't make games that rely on runaway success.

If your game is fun even if only a dozen people buy it, great! If it requires ten thousand global players right out the gate, and will cease to function once that number drops, you are fucked, by design.