Good question! Google login is just for developers who want
to submit their game — it's the quickest way to verify you're
a real creator. Players who just want to browse and discover
games don't need to log in at all, zero account required.
Also worth mentioning — we haven't launched yet! We're
collecting early dev signups now before we go live. That's
why spots are limited and free forever for early access devs.
> Google login is just for developers who want
> to submit their game — it's the quickest way to verify you're
> a real creator.
I'm not a Google SSO expert. Which metadata field, exactly, in my Google account says I am a "real creator"? Do "fake creators" just not have Google accounts? I am just a humble smooth-brained software development maid, please impart your wisdom on me.
> It's more secure than rolling your own auth
If you think that the two options are "use a third-party SSO" or "roll your own", you should not be running a website.
> it means we're not storing passwords
If you think having your own account system requires "storing passwords", you should not be running a website.
> We're pre-launch and focused on building the product, not reinventing authentication.
You're not supposed to "reinvent" authentication, you're just supposed to set up basic username + password auth with one of the many libraries that exist for every web framework. If you cannot handle that, you should not be running a website. It is deeply worrying that you think this is a complicated task.
(Also, if you do not understand how a basic login system works, I do *not* want my Google account anywhere *near* your slopware.)
