[juanuys]

> 5.) Creating video games is extremely labour-intensive, which is why there are so few Free and Open Source ones

If you mean free as in "gratis", then there are loads of free games available online.

E.g. https://itch.io/games/free (468,224 results)

...and that's just one site. There are free games on Steam, and free games on aggregator sites like Kongregate and its ilk.

If you mean free as in "libre", then sure, there are fewer games. But, frankly, most game code bases I've seen is a complete mess. Might as well just start your own from scratch ;-)

[seba_dos1]

> E.g. https://itch.io/games/free (468,224 results)

...and how many of them are a simple prototype-grade stuff made over a weekend or so at something like a game jam?

Not trying to throw a shade - I've personally contributed to elevating that number myself :)

(also, bunch of them aren't really gratis, but only have some gratis component - itch.io doesn't distinguish these cases when filtering)