Monetization

Story Synth is in the process of adding new monetization functionality.

Currently you can add a web monetization wallet so that users of Coil (opens new window) will send a (tiny) stream of micropayments to you, as they play.

Another option is to sell your game elsewhere and provide users with a password using the password custom option (opens new window).

Getting a Wallet

To set up this feature, first you need to get a wallet, to receive the payments. The current options are GateHub (opens new window) and Uphold (opens new window) and more options will hopefully arrive soon.

If you'd prefer to have the web monitization payments go to a social benefit organization instead of your personal wallet, you can use one of their payment pointers from this list: non-profit payment pointers (opens new window)

Setting up Web Monetization for your game

The option 'wallet' sets your wallet address and the addional option 'revShare' sets the percentage that gets shared with Story Synth. If you leave out 'revShare' it will default to 20% shared with Story Synth. In the example below, 0.2 is translated as 20%.

First Column	Extension Name	Example Customization
option	wallet	$ilp.uphold.com/WMbkRBiZFgbx
option	revShare	0.2

Monetization Options

If you have thoughts on what monetization features you want to see, I'd love to hear them!

By default, adding a wallet does not change any functionality for users – if they aren't paying, they can still play the full game. If you want to gate some of your game behind monetization, you can add the following options:

• monetizationStyle: if at least one player in a session has a monetization stream, then a custom style appears for everyone (the style in the third column)
• monetizationMessage: a pop-up is displayed unless at least one player has an active monetization stream (the content of the pop-up is defined in the third column)
• monetizationPaywall: at least one player in a session must have an active web monetization stream in order to launch or play the game (the paywall message is defined in the third column)

Note about using these options: as least one player in a game session is using web monetization then all players get the benefits for the duration of the session.

First Column	Extension Name	Example Customization
option	monetizationStyle	<style>.full-page-background { background: rgb(255,255,255);}</style>
option	monetizationMessage	You can support me by enabling <a href="https://webmonetization.org/">web monetization</a>
option	monetizationPaywall	To play this game, at least one player needs to have <a href="https://webmonetization.org/">web monetization</a> enabled