It is very exciting to me when developers of shareware games still have websites

Wrote about some shareware game developers that still have websites

EDIT: I have added a list at the end of recommendations by other folks

https://virtualmoose.org/2023/09/18/shareware-game-developer-websites/

@MossRC Thank you! I forgot about Goodsol and love that they're just kinda doing their own thing and it seems to be working

@MichaelKlamerus Here's one of my favorite holdouts - http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/ - Sean O'Connor made a rather addicting Empire clone called "Mother of All Battles" for Windows 3.0 that is still getting some updates and being sold today! Plus a lot of other small games I haven't tried... :)

@greg Thank you! I'll have to check it out

@MichaelKlamerus This is really interesting to see! One I discovered recently is the website for Bluemoon, the developers of SkyRoads (and previously, Kosmonaut). The site doesn't look like it's been updated since about 2000, but it is still online.

http://www.bluemoon.ee/bluemoon/index.html

@pulsar I didn't know they still had a site. I love SkyRoads!

@MichaelKlamerus I was just thinking about Hamumu today (https://hamumu.com) who just released their flagship Dr. Lunatic Supreme on Steam for its 20th anniversary.

@AndyHat woah, like literally just released it. I'll have to check it out. Thank you!

@MichaelKlamerus And of course, one shouldn't forget Spiderweb Software (http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/index.html) who have been updating and remastering Avernum, Geneforge and Avadon for decades.

@MichaelKlamerus Here’s one I came across recently, Storm Impact, the developer of MacSki and other Mac games. They even provide a download in an emulator-friendly format https://www.robotroom.com/StormImpact.html

@robotspacer thank you! These look really cool. I'll have to try them out. Same with the games by the world builder devs

@MichaelKlamerus Oh right, I knew I had more but blanked on them until immediately after posting, of course.

Louise Hope, a World Builder dev, including versions you can play in your browser https://www.lucysworlds.com
Ray Dunakin, another World Builder dev, including a modern Mac remake of one game http://www.semitech.com/marc/ray.html

@MichaelKlamerus A couple that I discovered during various shareware streams:
http://crazybytes.at/
http://junkgames.de/

@lunarloony thanks!

@MichaelKlamerus Found another one - a female shareware developer, no less, and who appears to still be making jigsaw games and things. Very cool! http://www.lenagames.com/index.htm

@MichaelKlamerus Technically, Soleau Software is still online, but they've replaced their index.html and taken down some of the old pages - you can still view soleau.com/newgame.html, but the links to their DOS and Windows games are defunct now. :(

This also reminded me that Soleau had a '93 DOS game called Wordle...

@dabbling_duck yeah I thought about it and didn't for that reason, but maybe I should add it anyway. I played so many of their games