For the next two days, you can unlock 13 amazing adult games for free as part of GOG's Freedom To Buy campaign. Included in the lineup is House Party, a game I star in!

I am incredibly honored to stand alongside GOG, Eek Games, and so many other bold, creative voices in adult gaming fighting for free expression.

Participate in this campaign, boost this post, and help push back against the threat MasterCard and Visa pose to our civil liberties.

Credit card content cops can't control culture. Not now, not ever.

https://freedomtobuy.games

#FreedomToBuy#GOG#CollectiveShout#HouseParty#EekGames#MasterCard#Visa#AdultGames#GameDev#Gaming#IndieDev#IndieGames#Itchio#Steam#VideoGames#VideoGaming

For the next two days, you can unlock 13 amazing adult games for free as part of GOG's Freedom To Buy campaign. Included in the lineup is House Party, a game I star in!

I am incredibly honored to stand alongside GOG, Eek Games, and so many other bold, creative voices in adult gaming fighting for free expression.

Participate in this campaign, boost this post, and help push back against the threat MasterCard and Visa pose to our civil liberties.

Credit card content cops can't control culture. Not now, not ever.

https://freedomtobuy.games

#FreedomToBuy#GOG#CollectiveShout#HouseParty#EekGames#MasterCard#Visa#AdultGames#GameDev#Gaming#IndieDev#IndieGames#Itchio#Steam#VideoGames#VideoGaming

We're making progress! The German Games Industry Association has finally issued a statement, taking a stance for artistic freedom:

https://www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/german-games-association-game-md-felix-falk-expression-and-diversity-must-not-be-targeted-f75c49d9b40477591eb1c8e9d84c4872

"[It] is fundamental to games as a cultural medium. Any restrictions imposed by payment service providers or gaming platforms must not exceed the legal limits. [...] creative forms of expression or certain themes in games, such as diversity, must not be targeted by individual interests or campaigns from particularly vocal groups, as is currently being observed on Steam or itch.io."

#Gaming#Steam#ItchIo#PaymentProcessors#AdultGames#LGBTQIA

We're making progress! The German Games Industry Association has finally issued a statement, taking a stance for artistic freedom:

https://www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/german-games-association-game-md-felix-falk-expression-and-diversity-must-not-be-targeted-f75c49d9b40477591eb1c8e9d84c4872

"[It] is fundamental to games as a cultural medium. Any restrictions imposed by payment service providers or gaming platforms must not exceed the legal limits. [...] creative forms of expression or certain themes in games, such as diversity, must not be targeted by individual interests or campaigns from particularly vocal groups, as is currently being observed on Steam or itch.io."

#Gaming#Steam#ItchIo#PaymentProcessors#AdultGames#LGBTQIA

ICYMI and it applies to you as an nsfw/queer/adult itchio creator:

I did a quick video about which platforms are currently Hostile, Wary and Safe for us:

https://youtu.be/cnDp_bejFQU?si=TrL1Zi36wO8EkN9Q

#itchio

The way payment processors are able to control which art can be monetized and which can not is not only questionable but I think that we need regulation for that - not only in terms of money laundering but that they need to process payments for non illegal goods and services and can not determine by themselves what they are willing to process and what not.

Latest victims: itch.io and Steam
https://www.rascal.news/itch-io-delists-bans-games-under-pressure-from-payment-processors-and-an-australian-anti-porn-group/

#itchio #steam #censorship #visa #mastercard #paypal

ICYMI and it applies to you as an nsfw/queer/adult itchio creator:

I did a quick video about which platforms are currently Hostile, Wary and Safe for us:

https://youtu.be/cnDp_bejFQU?si=TrL1Zi36wO8EkN9Q

#itchio

had to fucking update this list again https://uwu-nya.boo/posts/blog/nsfw-artists-survival-guide/ #itchio

| I placed only stuff on the list that I tested myself, reason why some are missing like kickstarter

Plea for action from Australians copied from Bsky:

If any fellow Aussies think its inappropriate for a registered Australian charity (Collective Shout) to bully an indie website (Itch) into reviewing all NSWF (+ random other) content, and to pretend 'lobbying' is 'charity', here's where you can report misuse of their charity status: https://www.acnc.gov.au/

You're looking for the Raise a concern menu. The option is Raise a concern about a charity.

According to the screenshot, the ABN is 30162159097. As I'm not an Australian, I haven't gone through the process myself.

source: https://bsky.app/profile/eliseswritings.bsky.social/post/3lursey6mqc26

#Austraila#ItchIo#Itch#CollectiveShout

Here is information about the group behind petitioning payment processors to force #steam and #itchio to block "NSFW" games

https://archive.ph/x5cGQ
https://archive.ph/USxe6

Why are they archived? Because #vice took down the articles, despite the info being public info. Ana Valens (and others) quit over it https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hknazlbtwv5thavb7uw52xjz/post/3lufjdqmhxs2v

The single right wing group doing this is very proud that they've done this!

#indieGames#indieDev

Has your game been delisted? If so, submit it to loop-io.dev to let people access it! It won't solve the issues of payments being frozen, but it's a start.

https://loop-io.dev