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Comment by psc007

2 days ago

For-profit company running warfront or openfront?

All the developing of openfront is done for free by contributors, unless something changed the last week or so

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diggan  2 days ago

> For-profit company running warfront or openfront?

Talking about OpenFront. Seems to be run by a "OpenFront LLC", supposedly based in "SACRAMENTO, CA 95816" according to their privacy policy. Playwire (A "revenue amplification company") is also involved somehow into the operations, as you get redirected there when you hit "Advertise with us" link, I'm guessing they might be the publisher or something?

As for the actual people working on the codebase, it seems like there are two main authors which based on the activity seem to be full-time employees working on the project, or at least contractor-based.

  • openfront  2 days ago

    I'm the creator of OpenFront. I created an LLC mostly for tax purposes, but I maintain 100% ownership. No publishing company involved.

    Playwire is ad company I'm partnering with. I recently quit my job to work on this full time, so need to figure out some form of monetization.

    • diggan  2 days ago

      Thanks a bunch of clarifying all the details! Maybe worth putting the info in some FAQ or somewhere on the website as well, always good to have somewhere for when people go looking :)

      Thanks a bunch for OpenFront as well, it's a really fun game I've spent lots of hours with already, although it's really hard :P Excited to see how the trains will be worked in, but it's also really enjoyable as it is so again, thanks for working on it!