I'm starting to realize that I'm less willing to go on search tangents or watch essays from creators I don't already *know* because mid-tier content I usually would at least peek at has a decent chance of just being a facsimile of content now.
I mean... ESPECIALLY the composer *cough cough*
If you have any questions or comments about silksong for their forums... uhh... good luck with that
I could have made a game called SilkSchlong! I've missed the perfect opportunity!
Rebounder is announced! Wishlist it on steam, or play the shareware version right now: reboundergame.com/shareware
Oops! I got my graphics update in right before they locked out submissions for the ratings period!
I wrote up a postmortem for Grapple Snacks, so now I get to apologize for being a guy who posts a screenshot of a text document because I wrote too much for a reasonable thread! 👅🍪
Not a full game experience, but I did do a game jam last week so if you want a silly physics-y grappling hook psuedo-puzzler check out Grapple Snacks and give me some feedback! stegersaurus.itch.io/grapple-snacks
The folks who get strict definitions stuck in their head are just banging their heads against the wall. I used to watch a single person who would go to every Steam game with the Roguelike tag and make a thread complaining about how each game was not fitting the Berlin Interpretation of Roguelikes
Indies over the past year have loved making Balatro-likes, Roguelikes connected to various gambling and parlour game systems, but with the upcoming release of Silksong indies are going to have to change their next "dream project" direction
So I propose a new genre:
Balatro-vanias
Joining a team as the "ideas person" and constantly demanding my other team members implement my terrible jokes
(I actually enjoy being a programmer and implementing my own terrible jokes, but if you tell me to design levels I will curl up into a ball)
The thing really throwing me is the vague hand waving at “PR issues”.
gameindustry dot biz showing up with the manufactured consent, hah
googling "can grapefruit suppress covid"
I'm not at Gamescom but if you're showing something quirky and indie, or find out about something quirky and indie at the event I'd love to hear about it! I need the weird!
Here's the trailer for Denshattack! to get the ball rolling www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1hN...
I have to wonder how many posts in that subreddit are llm generated posts that also get llm generated replies that they then generate a reply to the reply, because the most important thing is engagement even if no one is a real person to engage with
“Gambling but you can cheat” is a compelling hook that casinos should adopt
but have you considered these dark patterns make my brain go "brrrrrrrrzzzt"
This is a link to Valve's current statement about PayPal availability in certain countries. Funnily enough AUD (australian dollars) are still an accessible currency, but this is all probably a mess of various regional rules intersecting w/ Steam content help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view...
me celebrating it being overcast and rainy instead of just hot and burning without any kind of respite
That said, I also was always a small projects dev. I think a lot of people will dive headlong into long projects, stick with them for years, and never have a chance to experiment and find that, out of like 6 prototypes, only 1 actually is market viable.
So I love working on tiny projects but I seem to have lost connection with my ability to finish. I REALLY did like when I was able to release a game every month or so in XBLIG days, but then my standards went weird after MYF. Now I seem to have trouble with staying w/ a project past the "fun" parts
I'm a machine that turns game ideas into unfinished prototypes.
The water from the sink dumps into the reservoir for the toilet for the next flush. I had them one of the first times I went to San Francisco at an "eco hotel"
Okay but do they have those sinks that run when you flush the toilet so you have to clean your hands before the toilet refills
And make something you're interested in making! Blindly following a trend without passion for what you're making is a easy path to either not finishing a project, or not understanding a target audience. Enjoy the process of creation, because otherwise why not just get a generic 9-5 anyway!
If you’re a developer following me looking for marketing advice, I don’t have any guaranteed path to success. It’s been a long time since I had a hit. But think about how you stand out and why early in your development process. It’s so common to end up with great games that don’t find an audience
I do underrepresented steam games both because I like seeing and sharing more obscure titles, but also because I think it keeps me grounded on how high a bar you need to hit to have financial success as a game developer today.
A collage of recent Steam Games with less than 50 reviews as of writing. These games include Rhythm Storm, Super 10 Pin, Black Pieces Move First, Y2Roll, Resonant Blade, and A Bottled Up Island
Let's go through what's come out recently and have a new ✨Underrepresented Steam Games✨. These are Steam games recently released with less than 50 reviews that deserve some attention.
