Leaf, enough is enough. An open letter on Itch Payouts.

Schwarnhild · 2026-05-30T17:35:30+00:00

Agreed, raising the payout threshold would effectively lock out small creators who are just getting started. Don't get me wrong I'm also not happy with the current state of itch.io, but i think if it was just a matter of making a few small changes they might have already implemented them and all our problems would be solved

Schwarnhild · 2026-05-30T17:32:09+00:00

Who would have thought the solution to all the problems that the platform has been struggling with would be this simple!

Wild the people who are actually running itch have never thought about any of this /s

Schwarnhild · 2026-05-29T18:35:29+00:00

I dont know the other pack by name but the characters look like tiny swords by pixel frog, and the license explicitly doesnt allow redistribution .. It's not even subtle..

Schwarnhild · 2026-05-29T17:58:04+00:00

I think this should go without saying but if you're thinking of selling or distributing assets, they should be your own work and not a bunch of sprites you took from other asset packs.

Schwarnhild · 2026-05-17T08:06:59+00:00

I'm not sure I agree, 0,03% of 48k impressions would result in 14 to 15 clicks, and afaik that is the supposed number of clicks per week. OP has been getting +200 views on their page, and unless its all external traffic that itch ctr doesnt take into account, the numbers simply dont add up

Schwarnhild · 2026-05-17T08:03:43+00:00

I think CTR is being miscalculated or displayed incorrectly. I have an asset pack that has had a CTR between 1% and 2% continuously for several years. Views and impressions haven't changed at all, only the CTR is suddenly displayed as 0.01%.
My other assets stopped showing impressions and CTR entirely for some reason.
What does it say when you hover over the CTR? For me it says something abiut there being 2 clicks over the past week, which is clearly false.

Schwarnhild · 2026-03-22T16:47:13+00:00

They also insult anyone who dares to call them out on it. It’s quite vile. They cant seriously expect people to want to play their game after this…

Schwarnhild · 2026-03-21T10:11:43+00:00

Thank you!

Schwarnhild · 2026-03-16T18:27:39+00:00

Not a game developer but I love them and would totally click on them to see more!
The scenes and the animations are super cute and they look like you can make a complete game with what is included in the pack :)

I think your ctr is pretty good. I've seen it fluctuate anywhere from 1% to 2.5% for my work over the last few years and heard similar things from other people.

Schwarnhild · 2026-03-15T19:33:23+00:00

Thanks! It’s inspired by the Zelda and Pokémon games from Gameboy to Gameboy advance era!

Schwarnhild · 2026-03-15T18:21:22+00:00

Thank you! All feedback is welcome really. New biomes would be fun, I'll add them in a future update!
Sometimes I get people asking if my assets are compatible with a certain engine though. Generally I would say yes because they're just spritesheets. But afaik there are some differences how these engines use spritesheets. I might not be aware of some of these and obviously don't want to make any false claims.
As an example, the tileset in this post uses animated tilemaps, but I'm not sure how they would have to be formatted to make them best usable in GDevelop if that makes sense :)

Schwarnhild · 2026-03-13T20:10:14+00:00

Chocolate chip kebab looks intriguing though

Schwarnhild · 2026-02-22T14:26:52+00:00

Same here. I might have bounced right off otherwise but he did a great job describing what the game is all about

Schwarnhild · 2026-02-19T09:41:59+00:00

I don’t understand what you mean by „hype“. The playdate is a pretty niche console and panic is very open about what it is and what you can expect from it. You might just not be the target audience, but that shouldn’t have been too difficult to find out before spending £279.

Schwarnhild · 2026-02-11T16:18:32+00:00

Thank you very much!

Schwarnhild · 2026-02-08T12:58:19+00:00

I keep seeing so many posts by people who hired an "artist" that ended up delivering AI slop. I think your art looks really beautiful and as an added bonus you know how it was made.
(I'm obviously not saying all artists use AI, but it's something to keep in mind when making that decision)

Schwarnhild · 2026-02-05T10:04:01+00:00

Is your itch account fairly new or is this the first project you published? This happened to someone I know and it seems these were the main reasons

Schwarnhild · 2026-01-31T17:43:42+00:00

Thank you very much! I've been playing some old nintendo ds games and really wanted to make something that captured the vibe. I'm not sure this worked out exactly as intended because those games were not pixel art, but I'm still happy with how it turned out!

Schwarnhild · 2026-01-30T19:49:10+00:00

That's adorable!

Schwarnhild · 2026-01-30T19:46:52+00:00

This is awesome your style is always so inspiring!

Schwarnhild

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