>>14949
That's actually what I did for smithysdungeon.net the original site, but after years of work I never got a single donation, nor did any one even shoot me an email. Keeping the site open simply wasn't viable.

It was only browsing the Guro Games section of this site some time ago that I learned that people had even heard of my games, liked then even. So I was just going to find a place to upload them and go back to making crappy charts from my cubical. Anyone who followed my posts from back then knows what a beast of a challenge that was, plus every one was asking for new content. So I built a new site, but I couldn't do it like before.

So yes, this time it's not free, because that model didn't work, for me and many others. I'd love to have the site open and free but it's just not practical.

That said I do prefer people be able to try before they buy. I have one Game and one Animation open to everyone and I switch them out every month.

It's certainly not perfect, but this time there's enough money to keep the site open and keep the content coming.

But again, I'm hardly married to the current model so if you or any one else has I better way I'm all ears.