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tinybuildgames
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tinybuildgames is the company blog at tinybuild.com, writing about games and business. Since 2015, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “How G2A sold $450k worth of TinyBuild game keys”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a post on G2A, a game key reseller, alleging it sold game keys bought with stolen credit cards so developers faced chargebacks. Commenters cite it as evidence against G2A.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
tinyBuild is the game label behind games like Hello Neighbor, Potion Craft, Despot's Game, and many more
Most-linked posts?
- How G2A sold $450k worth of TinyBuild game keys5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2016-06-21
- Punch Club has been pirated over 1M times2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-03-21
What Hacker News says?
> Regarding stolen accounts A good number of these sites sell accounts, not keys. You buy an access to an account that you log in to, with the key enabled on it. Again, best case it’s a region swapped key between 5 people and g2a get paid and the devs get nothing. Worst case it’s a stolen credit card purchasing a single key. > I would think that the credit card owner would dispute the charge and steam would deactiva…
Comment linking /single-post/2017/04/28/g2a-sold-450k-worth-of-our-game-keys
on “Steam Machine”Submitted Punch Club has been pirated over 1M times as a story · 91 points
HN discussionI can't recommend using G2A on any level. While there may be some reputable "grey market" sellers that take advantage of pricing in different regions etc, g2a seem to be far shadier [0]. (specifically the keys are being bought with stolen credit cards, and the original seller gets hit with chargebacks) [0] - http://tinybuild.com/g2a-sold-450k-worth-of-our-game-keys
Comment linking /g2a-sold-450k-worth-of-our-game-keys
on “Dark Patterns are designed to confuse and enroll”Submitted How G2A sold $450k worth of TinyBuild game keys as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI'm also interested in which apps klik99 recommends. Here are the apps I've whitelisted on my 3 year old's iPad. I don't like having video on there because I found passive video consumption dominates all other activities. I've found with a hand-picked set of apps, she naturally self-limits her screen time. - Metamorphabet. An alphabet toy with high production values. https://metamorphabet.com/ - Endless Alphabet. Di…
Comment linking /dividebysheep
on “More nurturing reading environment may stimulate brain development in children”Submitted G2A sold $450k worth of our game keys as a story · 3 points
HN discussionMore references on their business tactics, going back years: https://www.engadget.com/2019-07-17-g2a-key-gift-game-develo... https://www.tinybuild.com/single-post/2017/04/28/G2A-sold-45... https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4yn8r2/g2a_is_activ... https://www.reddit.com/r/forsen/comments/48ub1d/athene_gamin...
Comment linking /single-post/2017/04/28/G2A-sold-450k-worth-of-our-game-keys
on “G2A pays Factorio developer $40k over illegally obtained game keys”Submitted Why the Original No Time to Explain Sucked as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> As of windows 7, the license is quite literally tied to the hardware. Dates back to at least XP with Windows. The string that was checked in XP was very simple and later versions were digital certificates. Windows 10 OEM (started with 8 iirc) use per machine fingerprinting and have individual keys. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Locked_Pre-installation System builder licences are fairly cheap but the EULA fo…
Comment linking /g2a-sold-450k-worth-of-our-game-keys
on “Putting my VB6 Windows Apps in the Windows 10 Store”Submitted G2A sold $450k worth of our game keys as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Punch Club has been pirated over 1M times as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted TinyBuild's IPO 2 years later. Why and how we listed, and how it's going so far as a story · 1 points
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