Thank you for your thoughts! I'll consider setting up a patreon or ko-fi depending on the votes. As for my tools, I agree that it may seem a bit difficult to get it working without some prior knowledge. That was also why I created the google colab template, as it would do everything automatically with just a few button clicks. If the community option wins by enough I'll consider finishing up the planned GUI to make things easier.I don't know how many votes you'll get but I want to argument a bit on how both possibilities may work out. Firstly, I think you can set up a patreon (if you want) and do as many ports as you are able to do with the money you make. It doesn't have to be patreon but I believe it's the platform most people know. If you have a preferred way of receiving donos then by all means do as you wish. What I want to say is that some people are more comfortable with paying a bit over a period of time than commissioning for every title they want ported.
Secondly, using the available tools and making our own ports sounds good but I believe there's not that many people with the necessary knowledge about systems and technology (or with the willpower to learn it) so ports won't be coming out as frequent as when you did them. I may be entirely wrong tho. All in all this just means that less ports will be made, but I'm sure there'll be people out there willing to give it a try.
I voted for the community option because I was interested in the process previously (when I approached porting Succulence I found it really hard to deal with the fact that it is a ACE game. It got me into game dev again so... xd) and the more people who understand the tech the better. Maybe one of the few who gets interested can produce ports close to how frequent you did.
P.S.: Thank you so much for the service you provided and I wish you the best for future endeavours.
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That's a good question! So apart from ko-fi the bitcoin address will still be open for anonymous donations or requests. As for other forms or payment, amazon gift cards will probably be a possible option as long as they work in the US.Hi. It's sad to hear that there are problems like that.
So --- in the case of "charging money for each port", how would it work in more detail?
I would like to remain somewhat anonymous in the way I would pay.
Are paysafe cards an option?
Are amazon gift cards an option?
Are these cards "region locked" to some extend? (I am in central europe.)
(So basically I want the closed thing to paying in cash.)
Does this mean you're willing to take over?
Yessir.Does this mean you're willing to take over?
Perfect, whats your github username. I'll add you as a collaborator for the painless porter cli. I've also submitted a request to the mods to transfer ownership of this thread to you.Yessir.
I'm a software engineer myself, and Unix is my life.
If I can help spread the word for Unix and the C programming language (unrelated but yes) by redistributing porn games on Linux, then so be it.
Can you add me too, I really would like to make Linux porn games more accessiblePerfect, whats your github username. I'll add you as a collaborator for the painless porter cli. I've also submitted a request to the mods to transfer ownership of this thread to you.
I don't actually use github, especially after microsoft bought them.Perfect, whats your github username. I'll add you as a collaborator for the painless porter cli. I've also submitted a request to the mods to transfer ownership of this thread to you.
It'll probably take me a couple of days to learn how MV/MZ works and how these repacks are actually made.Alright, both of you have been invited. Sleet will probably get ownership of the threads here on f95 though because he agreed before the deadline.