Is there a way to make money from indie downloadable games? [closed]

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Published on 2010-07-21T20:45:42Z Indexed on 2014/06/04 21:46 UTC
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It appears that there are ways to make money with flash games through portal and aggregator sites and embedded ads.

But I do my programming in C and C++. I've started a prototype which relies on a few existing C++ SDK's. The game would have to be downloadable. Is this just a labor of love, or are there any ways to make money from this type of game? Does anyone pay for shareware anymore? What other options are there?

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