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I don't understand that, why spend so much time making something only to never release it?



You state you will never release it avoid take down, and then when it’s done you “accidentally” get “hacked” and let the Streisand effect handle the rest. It’s either that or developing a remake in complete secrecy and drop it on the internet as a fait accompli.

For examples of what happens if you don’t employ underhanded tactics, take a look at AM2R or the Chrono Trigger remake.


(speaking hypothetically, of course)


Of course.


...in Minecraft.


That I can understand


The product that he is releasing are the videos of him remaking the game.


The YouTuber is a video game developer who sells a premium tool and courses for other video game developers.

The videos are an excellent form of content marketing.


To be fair, those courses are pretty new. I watched along since the beginning and I think he added the course advertisement a few months ago


For fun? To learn? Having an engaged audience of over 1/4M also helps.


Seems like a fun and clever way to market his game development course


He even pay for the 3D graphics! Essentially he is making ad money, boost his subscribers counts and he is marketing his product sold on the Unity Store.


Releasing the videos scratches the itch enough.


Zen




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