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shaknayesterday at 9:46 AM1 replyview on HN

And so many exceptions to that.

One example?

Stardew Valley. Runs on everything, not just "viable" OSs, made by a single person, and easily competes with an entire genre of gaming to pay the author.


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charcircuityesterday at 10:05 AM

The upper bound of building a business on top of Stardew Valley appears to be https://www.patreon.com/pathoschild which makes under $400 per month after Patreon's cut. That's not enough to work as a single person full time let alone hiring a team.

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