Details
Size limit
All the official rules for the Desktop/Mobile/Server categories apply, including #3. The meta tag is mandatory to be included in the Web Monetization category and is counted within the size limit. Fortunately, it's only a couple of characters, so shouldn't take too much out of the total size limit.
Registration
You need to register a new Coil account and create your own unique digital wallet to participate in this category and ultimately to get paid. You can chose from Uphold, GateHub, and Stronghold.
Submitting to Web Monetization versus other categories
You can pick and chose any (or all) of the now four categories: Desktop, Mobile, Server, Web Monetization. You can also submit your game to the WebXR and Web Monetization categories. Remember that the WebXR category is treated separately from the classic Desktop/Mobile/Server ones.
The 100+20 rule
To fully utilize the platform and offer unique experience to the paying subscribers, the best way is to add extra content to your entry for them. All participants and experts will have the chance to become one. It can be as simple as adding more points to the final score, or more advanced like bonus items, levels, or game types.
Detecting a subscriber
To detect if the player is a subscriber you can check the document.monetization
object and query its state: if(document.monetization && document.monetization.state === 'started') { /* hello subscriber */ }
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Remember that this may take some time to start, so if you need the information on page load as soon as it's available you can use the event instead: document.monetization.addEventListener('monetizationstart',function(){ /* hello */ });
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See the Docs for more details.
Playing web monetized games
From the player point of view, to be recognized as the subscriber and see the extra content you have to have a Firefox ⁄ Chrome ⁄ Brave ⁄ Edge extension or use the Puma Browser, which have Web Monetization API enabled by default.
Games on the Coil website
There's a vibrant community gathered around Coil already, so all the games that will be shared there will have the chance to be played and paid accordingly to the number of plays by all their subscribers.
Nintendo Switch
This gaming console is sponsored by the Grant for the Web program. Given the specificity of shipping hardware worldwide, and issues it may cause given various customs services around the world, this prize is not guaranteed. We will do our best to ship you the prize, but you might have to pay extra taxes or other costs of importing such device to your country.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this category feel free to contact us via e-mail: contact@js13kgames.com.
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