Earlier quoted context omitted.
The whole idea of caring about "canon" is fundamentally bollocks anyway when it comes to stories
Reference?
Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf Fortress
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Re: Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf Fortress
#192Glad to see this, because they have worked long and hard on this game. For the optimistic, divide ~$4m (post-tax) by team of 2 for ~20 years (they started work in 2002). They've made some money in the meantime obviously, but seeing the final profit doesn't accurately capture the overall investment. Just in case you were thinking of quitting your day job to become an overnight millionaire making indie games.
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#193Earlier quoted context omitted.
They were also making 14-15K per month before that (it's mentioned in the post), so they were already extraordinarily successful as far as 2-person indie gamedev teams go.
From what?
Re: Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf Fortress
#194Earlier quoted context omitted.
The graph would be consistent with the part you quoted if the median earners were paying 33.5% tax: 41535 - (41535 * 0.335) is roughly the 27598 figure it shows for 2020. The figure only shows state and federal income tax, which adds up to 13% tax; I don't know enough about the US to now if there are other taxes which would add up to 33.5%.
The graph includes state, federal, and payroll tax. They're stacked above the income after tax. They do not add up to $41,535.
And I agree that neither income tax nor income + payroll tax adds up to the 33.5%. I don't know if there are more taxes which need to be considered. 13% total tax seems low.
Re: Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf Fortress
#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
They said median net income, i.e. post-tax.
Which is also super wrong because median income for full time employees is $54,000
Re: Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf Fortress
#196Earlier quoted context omitted.
They were also making 14-15K per month before that (it's mentioned in the post), so they were already extraordinarily successful as far as 2-person indie gamedev teams go.
Yeah but they were not making that much the whole time. If you look back some years they were just scraping by.
Re: Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf Fortress
#197Please incorporate ChatGPT into this game! Imagine the storylines!
I disagree vehemently and violently with this suggestion. Dwarf Fortress's charm results from human-crafted procedures interacting in unexpected and fascinating ways. If ChatGPT (or other AI bullshit generators) were used instead, it would change the experience entirely.
Re: Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf Fortress
#198Re: Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf Fortress
#199Please incorporate ChatGPT into this game! Imagine the storylines!
...and NFT item store with prices in dwarfcoins?