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itch.io (stylized in all lowercase) is a website for users to host, sell and download indie video games, indie role-playing games, game assets, comics, zines and music. Launched in March 2013 by Leaf Corcoran, the service hosts over 1,000,000 products as of November 2024 [update] .
GamersGate AB (formerly Gamer's Gate) is a Sweden-based online video game store offering electronic strategy guides [3] and games for Windows, macOS, and Linux via direct download. [4] It is a competitor to online video game services such as Steam , GOG.com , and Direct2Drive .
Desura was a digital distribution platform for the Microsoft Windows, Linux and OS X platforms. The service distributed games and related media online, with a primary focus on small independent game developers rather than larger companies.
Early access, also known as alpha access, alpha founding, paid alpha, or game preview, is a funding model in the video game industry by which consumers can purchase and play a game in the various pre-release development cycles, such as pre-alpha, alpha, and/or beta, while the developer is able to use those funds to continue further development on the game.
Homebrew, when applied to video games, refers to software produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable. The official documentation is often only available to licensed developers, and these systems may use storage formats that make distribution difficult, such as ROM cartridges or encrypted CD-ROMs.
The game was released as freeware on itch.io on February 2, 2021. [122] The entire source code repository (source code and art assets) for the Ouya version was released under the GPL-3.0-only license on GitHub on February 4, 2021 to support the efforts for the preservation of Ouya games. [123] Supernova: 1987 2009 Text adventure: GPL-2.0-or-later
Multi-platform games are now often found on Steam, GOG.com and itch.io. Open source video games have also proved modestly popular on the Mac. [ 36 ] Due to the free software nature of the system, development of such titles mostly begins on Linux; afterwards, major games are typically ported to Mac and Microsoft Windows [ 37 ] thanks to using ...
12ft.io is a website that allows users to selectively browse any site with JavaScript disabled. It also allows some online paywalls to be bypassed. It is currently owned by its creator Thomas Millar.