When you're an lone
#indiedev
launching a new game and nobody seems interested, every new follow helps boost morale - except when all your latest followers turn out to be bots.
@CodeRed_dev
Death threats & bad reviews? I'm almost jealous of the level of user engagement there... For that to happen somebody would actually have to buy my game.
Drawing inspiration from childhood, in Blender, I made Klaus's sentry bots a mashup of Vincent + Maximilian from 1979 space disaster movie The Black Hole.
#gamedev
Build v.0.2.1 is up. Sentry bots can now be destroyed with single headshot + you can blast Klaus's spiders before they escape their stasis pods.
#indiegame
#VR
@c64cosmin
Two and half years of solo game dev, mostly late nights & weekends when I should've been relaxing or spending time with friends & family. But close to Beta now, releasing early access in June.
@NathieVR
So much potential to explore other worlds, create mind-blowing out-of-body experiences... But no, let's use VR to buy shoes that you can't even try on.
Find this room and you can shut down Klaus's bunker security systems (including all robot sentries). Sixty seconds of blue calm before the machines wake up again!
@CollaborationG7
A lot of my dreams involve scrubbing toilets. The year I worked as a hospital cleaner obviously haunts me still - my current game even features a blocked toilet and a bog-brush๐
@Phantom_TheGame
@TrappedChest1
I make games for a living. But I don't make a living from my own games. I work a day job for a bigger company that has investors, a marketing dept, a HR dept, an office...
My own games have zero funding and almost zero audience. I make them in my attic, at night.
@delaigrodela
@protopop
@UnrealEngine
Got fourteen years on you, young un๐ . Look after yourself. Spend time away from the screen, sunshine, long walks in nature, cycle, swim.
@CollaborationG7
After 2 years development to reach beta I expect only a handful of people to play my game within a month of launch. Letting go those dreams of giving up the day job.
@CollaborationG7
What reviews?๐ Most of the YouTuber's I've contacted have ignored my messages. My previous game was trashed by reviewers - though user ratings on the PlayStation store are 4/5 stars with over 50% users giving it 5. Not holding out any hope for reviews tbh.
PSST - want to playtest the full UTOPIA MUST FALL demo before it goes live on Steam?
Go here:
๐คซPassword: CEASEFIRE ๐คซ
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DM us with feedback and bug reports! ๐
@pixeljamgames
@AlanNoon
I think I got the shooting bit. I haven't tried all the research upgrades, usually go for faster bullets, more nukes, better defences.
@JustinT26511610
๐ The big blast door? Yeah, that can be a help or a hindrance - if you close it on route to the reactor expect a bunch of bots waiting on the other side when you return! ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค
@GamewithDave
My first console. Hated sports games and most were two player - as an only child I held two controllers simultaneously to play both sides... Left always lost.
Thanks mum & dad, you meant well.
@eurogamer
In my youth 'physical' games consisted of climbing trees and kicking a ball about with your mates. Then computers came along and made me into the wimp I am today.