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by diggan 880 days ago
Make the game available on the Switch store for like $5. 450/5 ~= 100, so after 100 purchases you've made back the money.

Sure, you'd have to spend extra time to polish stuff, and that would probably not be super easy, but afterwards you have a fully published game the daughter and all her friends could install.
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hitpointdrew 880 days ago
This might not be feasible. If you are making a game for yourself and your kid, you might not be using assets (art, sound, etc.) that you could distribute/sell in your game.

I made a game for my daughters 3rd birthday, recorded some Blipi and Coco Melon songs off youtube that I put in the game. I would not have the right to sell the game without securing rights to the songs (unless I want a lawsuit on my hands).

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diggan 880 days ago
How would you distribute that over the Switch in the first place to the daughter and/or friends if you don't have the licenses to the assets you're using?
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hitpointdrew 872 days ago
>How would you distribute that over the Switch

I wouldn't, I don't. The game is a PC game.

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