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Dev tools · August 24, 2017

Megacool

Simple SDK to record and share gameplay as a GIF

Megacool launched on August 24, 2017 with 167 votes, #191 of 3,214 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

What it does

The Megacool SDK provides GIF capturing and sharing. Users simply capture and share engaging moments from your gameplay with their friends, including a link back to the game.

Megacool is shutting down, here's what you need to know.

One thing no one tells you about startups (or told me, anyway) is that it can be much easier to start one than to shut one down. A truly failed idea that never got off the ground, sure, shut it down, no one is going to bat an eye. Huge success? Hopefully you're not going to have to shut it down, enjoy the ride. But then there's the rest of the field, that to some extent worked out, is in use, people like it, but not the runaway success you were hoping for. Probably not bleeding you dry, as then it would end fairly naturally, but if it makes a little bit of money and can sort of limp on, what do you do? For Megacool, we have reached the end. The idea generally works, sharing is more engaging…from megacool.medal.tv

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