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What is better option Free or with Donation?

A topic by gamebalance created Jun 10, 2019 Views: 3,079 Replies: 7

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Hi,

We have a game and it's basically free. But we left donation option. But when I shared it with some people they were confused and told me the game is not free. Then I explained them that it is optional and can be skipped.

Can someone share thoughts on this? If our game is supposed to be free then we better to turn off the donation option?

Also if the game is set free, without donation option, will it appear in the search the same as when it has donation enabled?

No Time To PlayModerator4 years ago

Many people are confused by that dialog and never notice they can get the game for free. So if you don't care that much about donations, maybe it's best to disable payments entirely. Your game will still appear in searches just fine.

gamebalance4 years ago

Thanks for letting me know!

Evolutionary Games4 years ago

You can also just put the instructions on your game page:

When the box pop-ups - just click:

No thanks, just take me to the download

That way people can still donate if they want to, but they also know that they can bypass that.

We always put that in when posting in a non-English language so people know what to click to get to the download.

SRWeaver4 years ago

Generally I tend to list my work as free, although eventually I'm considering a pay what you want thing. It just depends on how long the project is.

gamebalance4 years ago

I think also how it was promoted to public before release. If there was a promo before the release, which collected a public who are ready to donate. Our game had no such promotion.

loukj4 years ago

it's nice to donate to people they need to make a living somehow....

gamebalance4 years ago

Yeah. It kinda works when there is like a fan base. Maybe with time we will find the way to have this option working.