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Re:The Amazon 'Personal Games' Policy by dontTellBezos on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:13PM (#27785978)
Does Google even make games? This policy only applies to developers under the games division. Non-games developers have significantly more freedom.
Re:The Amazon 'Personal Games' Policy by indymike on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:19PM (#27786049)
Jumping T Rex can answer this. Also, probably one of the most popular titles in existence.
Re:The Amazon 'Personal Games' Policy by throwawayiarc on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:30PM (#27786188)
Yes; Google's IARC Official Policy has a section on guidance for gaming personal projects, which boils down to "don't spam us about low-tech games, but high-tech stuff is very much on the plate". According to rumors, historically it was also used to curb on googlers working on private android games when android was young.
Re:The Amazon 'Personal Games' Policy by paxys on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:25PM (#27786135)
They used to (for Stadia), but recently laid off their entire game development studio before they could release a single game.
Re:The Amazon 'Personal Games' Policy by Guidii on Friday July 09, 2021 @02:15PM (#27786721)
Nianticlabs.com used to be part of Google. And stadia is still a thing, even if the games studio isn't.