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@jogamedev You should apply the taxes after all the cuts. Because taxes are on revenue. Steam has to pay taxes on what they earn separately.

Here's an example of how much money a game dev actually pockets after earning $100,000 of Gross Revenue on Steam: - ~18% (returns, chargebacks, taxes) = $82,000 - 30% (Steam's platform cut) = $57,400 - 0% (if you self-publish) - 15.3% (U.S. Self Employment Tax) = $48,617 - $4,377 (Federal income tax) = $44,270 - ~$0-$3,800 (State income tax) = ~$40,400 So you could pocket about $40,000, but don't be discouraged. $100k gross sounds like a lot but it's only 5,000 copies sold at $20. This is attainable, but it's also why it's important to keep your development timeline short. x.com/jogamedev/stat… Disclaimer: This is a rough simplified example for a US solo dev self-publishing as a sole proprietor with minimal other expenses. Actual results vary a lot by your location, business structure, deductions, filing status, etc. This is not tax or financial advice — talk to a CPA.

@BroDABz @thomasmahler I would argue it is way more than a demo. 😀

@thomasmahler Why do people freak out about early access games? Like seriously… yall are playing a demo and hyping it like it’s the best thing ever

Let’s go!!! ❤️❤️❤️

@akenatoth @Artosis I think it is for all the competitive classic games they listed: SC, SC2, WC3 and HOTS.

@Artosis Wait, HS or SC? Either way, nice and congrats!

So ridiculously excited to be back at the return of Blizzcon this year !!!

@realgazanova @theapplehub A Macbook will run MacOS, that's for sure.

@theapplehub The question is can it run native Mac programs

Apple's upcoming low-cost MacBook will reportedly feature these eight limitations 🚨 Source: Weibo leaker

@VytautasSap @theapplehub 100% agreed.

@theapplehub No one looking to buy this will care about these missing features. Anyone commenting how bad this is, was never going to buy one anyway.

@Kaelaris @BlizzHeroes Honestly this could be a great move by Blizzard. Hots has a lot of untapped potential.

So what are these @BlizzHeroes 3.0 BlizzCon rumours I keep hearing about? 👀 One can dream.

@Tyron18_ So how is this working? You got the money initially, now you have to pay it back and you also have to cover the part that twitch got and that part gets you in a deficit?

If you can't afford to gift subs please stop doing it because if you refund the only one that gets fucked is the streamer, not twitch. I wish they would at least tell us who the fuck is doing this cus im better off banning them so at least it wont happen again

@Math_files Actually not a wrong answer. The question itself was not precise enough. As a teacher you should give full points to that answer.

@thomasmahler @majornelson @asha_shar @Xbox Finally someone understanding angles and hence the correct naming scheme for Xbox versions. 🙃😉

@majornelson @asha_shar @Xbox I knew you'd come back with Xbox 720! 🤣

Thanks to @asha_shar for the great meeting on campus.

@thats_serge As the key thumbnail for your game the artist version definitely catches more attention. And that probably was the goal. The first one is still cute though.

this is why you hire professional artists. im super happy with the result!

@maddy_paddy I love this. What a great picture.

Me in 2000 who fell in love with Zelda, which inspired me to become a game dev ✨˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ #Zelda40th #LegendOfZelda

@DarennKeller Love the game.

@thomasmahler There is still Battlefield 6 and a lot of Call of Duty games printing money.

We very rarely see these kinda success stories from AAA studios anymore... I can't even remember when the last time was that a AAA game came out and smashed every record. Instead, all the true hits in recent years that were insanely profitable seem to have all been coming from Indie and AA studios. I let you make of that what you will 👍

@TivadarDanka Well said.

There's beauty in seeing how the golden ratio hides in Fibonacci or how gradient descent mimics the physics of a ball rolling. Mathematics isn't just a tool for building models but the language of the world. If we treat it as a chore we miss the best part of being an engineer.

@SkunkDev @JonasTyroller The arrow makes it better and more appealing. It's still way too sterile for me. But that's just my first impression.

@JonasTyroller Looks a lot better already! It would probably help a bit to brighten the text to make it more readable and add some sort of swipe element like an arrow

Second attempt. Does this look fun / appealing to you?

@JonasTyroller Sorry, does not look fun or appealing to me. Looks like a sterile company logo to me. Just judging the logo here.

@SC2Historian When they produced WoW. Suddenly everything at Blizzard was centred around this one cash cow and every other game became sort of meaningless/not worth investing as they did not make the same kind of money. At least it feels that way.

Too bad what they’ve become. Used to be something special. What year would we say the old Blizzard died?

@SC2Historian Welcome to Germany!

Germany invests in the correct sort of ICE

@LarAtLarian Wise words!

I don’t like people shitting on things others have created. Putting something out into the world makes you vulnerable, and that alone deserves respect, even if you dislike the creation. It’s easy to destroy things, it’s a lot harder to build them. The best critics understand this. Even when they’re being critical, they do their best not to be hurtful.

@Protosito_SC2 @Liquid_MaNa The no mention thing is a little bit strange. Maybe it just has to do with the showcases they prepared, which do not include SC.

@The3Wizard @Liquid_MaNa Anyway it feels so weird. They have this "WarHammer" of StarCraft almost launching very soon. They are supposed to be doing a StarCraft game (shooter or whatever). And they go with no mentions in the 35th celebrarion video or any social media. WTF for real.

Boy I'd love to see what's next for my favorite game I've spent 27 years playing! Blizzard: