The Dungeon Rampage code was rescued from a child's laptop thanks to a group effort spearheaded by Greek teenager Angelos Mako.
Full title: He was devastated when his favorite Facebook game shut down, but at 10 years old, what could he do? 8 years later, he’s got the rights, the original code, and is about to relaunch Dungeon Rampage on Steam
Farmville came out in '09, there hadn’t really been decades of enshittification of gaming at that point. Their extensive use of invasive player metrics was also groundbreaking and basically the inspiration for everyone going forward, reaching well beyond the gaming spaces.
there hadn’t really been decades of enshittification of gaming at that point
I would argue that is exactly what companies like Softkey and PopCap were doing well before 2009.
Microsoft wanted to start tracking logins and program launches well before Windows 8 but were prevented from including things like the .Net Passport in Windows XP due to an injunction in 1998.
Even crap like BonziBuddy was getting slapped on the wrist for collecting information on people under 13 in 2004.
FarmVille was just one of the first to get away with it.
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Farmville came out in '09, there hadn’t really been decades of enshittification of gaming at that point. Their extensive use of invasive player metrics was also groundbreaking and basically the inspiration for everyone going forward, reaching well beyond the gaming spaces.
I would argue that is exactly what companies like Softkey and PopCap were doing well before 2009.
Microsoft wanted to start tracking logins and program launches well before Windows 8 but were prevented from including things like the .Net Passport in Windows XP due to an injunction in 1998.
Even crap like BonziBuddy was getting slapped on the wrist for collecting information on people under 13 in 2004.
FarmVille was just one of the first to get away with it.