Yeah man, this intro comes from a place of genuine disheartenment because gamers were genuinely going mad on Reddit about the fact that finally this patent has expired but then it turns out nobody wanted to build any of them.
But yeah honestly the friction level for building games now with all the tooling available, they're so low, I've been meaning to get in there for ages.
> 2015.
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> Gamers worldwide hold their breath. Bandai Namco’s patent on minigames in loading screens expires after 20 years of tyranny.
Wow, I actually had no idea, I knew they have a patent. Turns out they _had_. Awesome, great excuse to build something hehe.
Yeah man, this intro comes from a place of genuine disheartenment because gamers were genuinely going mad on Reddit about the fact that finally this patent has expired but then it turns out nobody wanted to build any of them.
But yeah honestly the friction level for building games now with all the tooling available, they're so low, I've been meaning to get in there for ages.