The $100 Game: The AI App That Pays You to Make Games
A Squid Game knockoff typed into a prompt box hit 3.5 million plays in four weeks on Astrocade, an app that pays makers $100 when it picks their game and then pays on plays. What that feed pays, what it said about a $10 million creator fund and what can take the money away.
Featuring: Astrocade, Roblox, Rec Room, Sequoia, David Cahn, Lovable, Bolt, Unity
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Chapters:
(00:00) Crab Game and its seven trials
(00:47) The $100 rule and the feed
(01:23) From paying for engines to getting paid
(02:05) Crab Game against the payout bar
(02:34) Copies, Squid Game and changing pay
(03:16) Rec Room and why feeds pay makers
(04:09) Where to start
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