The State of Things: 2022 vs 2023 Income, KOOK Demo Denied

Just another indie dev update about KOOK in FPS fest, income numbers, etc.
KOOK: store.steampowered.com/app/23...
Goop Loop: store.steampowered.com/app/14...
Digital Paint: Paintball 2: digitalpaint.org/

[@foxhollowgames]

These are tough decisions, but we're rooting for you! Keep going!

[@jitspoe]

At least I didn't have to make this one!

[@TimBynum01]

a 2fer in 1 week, nice! always pulling for you, and i know you're going to crush it in the end. you're such a decent (sorry, had to) guy and love what you're doing!!

[@jitspoe]

Aww, shucks!

[@VyvyanTheGreat]

ENGAGEMENT

[@jitspoe]

Are we engaged, now? 😳

[@VIBrunazo]

Thanks for doing these, are very insightful.
But what about RUclips revenue?

[@jitspoe]

I've got another video about it, but I can't monetize on RUclips because I had an adsense account banned over a decade ago for an unexplained reason. :(

[@VIBrunazo]

Also, since most of your income comes from streaming and donations instead of games sales. Wouldn't it make more business sense to make your games free (maybe open source?) to increase visibility and popularity to drive even more revenue towards the part of your business that is more profitable?

[@jitspoe]

That wouldn't be viable at the moment. I do have some free games, but they've always cost more than I've gotten out of them. Hoping once I complete a larger game I can bring in enough cash to keep doing the indie thing!

[@avasarahc5]

Second!

[@PhilGorley]

POMO! (shakes fist)

[@jitspoe]

!OMOP

[@DonHonerbrink]

First!

[@adam-b-dev]

Fifth!