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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by isaiahg on Friday December 18, 2015 @04:52AM (#10757611)
Yeah I definitely agree. I actually had a website up once but I had to let it go because I couldn't afford the domain and server costs. Currently living off of government assistance so it's rare to have more than a few dollars extra.

I also tried to contact some publishers for a bigger version but I've never received a reply. It is how it is. I'm hoping the game is good enough to travel through word of mouth :)

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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by atomwaffel on Friday December 18, 2015 @05:58AM (#10757838)
It's that time of the year where I'm feeling altruistic, so I just registered boxbytelyte.com for one year. Just let me know where you want it to point, and then I'll transfer the ownership to you in a year's time (or sooner if you like).

Also, have you thought about open-sourcing the game? That would definitely relieve people's qualms about downloading an anonymous binary blob.

Edit: Forgot that there are no direct messages on HN. You can reach me at [email protected]

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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by isaiahg on Friday December 18, 2015 @07:23PM (#10761968)
I'm sorry that it took me a while to reply. The response has been so overwhelming that I honestly don't know how to react.

I wish I could show gratitude better through text. Thank you so much for that. I'm fixing up some important bugs at the moment but I'll send you an email as soon as I can.

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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by edc117 on Friday December 18, 2015 @10:14AM (#10758834)
Good on you, this is a great gesture. Hope they take you up on it.
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by wellsjohnston on Friday December 18, 2015 @10:34PM (#10762496)
you're awesome!
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by campoy on Friday December 18, 2015 @05:35AM (#10757757)
I'm happy to give you credits to host it on Google Cloud Platform :-) Shoot me an email [email protected]
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by akx on Friday December 18, 2015 @04:53AM (#10757620)
You could use itch.io or Github pages.
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by isaiahg on Friday December 18, 2015 @04:57AM (#10757630)
Oh wow I've never heard of itch.io! I wonder if they allow games in beta.
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by _nedR on Friday December 18, 2015 @05:26AM (#10757727)
Have you considered publishing on Steam? Its a good avenue to monetise as well.
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by nacs on Friday December 18, 2015 @10:36AM (#10758960)
It's actually pretty hard to get on Steam without a publisher. Without a publisher, you have to go through the Greenlight process which requires a ton of people voting "Yes I'll buy it if available" for your game.
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by evolve2k on Saturday December 19, 2015 @05:13AM (#10763191)
Surely with the audience here on HN you could get some upvotes across there. Worth a try.
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by nacs on Friday December 18, 2015 @10:35AM (#10758957)
Yes they allow games in beta.
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by jjoe on Friday December 18, 2015 @09:15AM (#10758506)
I run a web hosting business and have servers to spare. Email me and I'll get you one for as long as you need it (see profile for email address).
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by iamtew on Friday December 18, 2015 @05:45AM (#10757794)
If hosting costs are a problem why not just make use of the wiki you have on BitBucket?

It's already there but empty: https://bitbucket.org/ZayWolfe/boxbyte-lyte/wiki/Home

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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by mauvm on Friday December 18, 2015 @07:46AM (#10758140)
Why not use Github Pages?
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Re:Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game by Jhsto on Friday December 18, 2015 @05:09AM (#10757663)
Amazon S3 static sites are not that expensive either, but as far as I know you would be needing a credit or debit card.
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