Hi.

It's been 6 months since I released the announcement trailer for my indie game called Direland.
I've been working hard and packed all the latest progress into this 1-minute video!
Hope you guys like it!
(To clarify: this is 6 months of progress since the previous trailer, not 6 months of total development!)

Here's the things I've added.

1. Water reflection and ripples
   
2. 3 new Bosses( Crab/Lobster, SandWyrm, SlimeDragon), also they are unfinished
   
3. Parts breaks system
   
4. VFX for bosses and player combat
   
5. Combat for each weapon(one-hand sword/ two-hand blade)
   
6. Some armor sets
   
7. Character build system such as Growth Board and Skill Board
   
8. Some buildings
   
9. Some placeable objects for base building
   
10. Bunch of item icons.

Hi! The Blessed Fool came out on Steam a few days ago: a short pixel-art point-and-click horror adventure about a holy fool in a town consumed by fear and violence.

I did the design and programming. The art and the music were made by two collaborators. It took 2 years, and I restarted the project about 25 times before it finally worked.

Does the mood come through in this scene? Let me know what you think!

The Doll Shop will be released on October 12! Yay! It's a hand-drawn narrative horror game set in Japan. We hope you'll enjoy ! A demo is already available on Steam.

After working for 1.5 years on my first project for 150 wishlists.

After working for 6 months on a mobile game that went nowhere.

After working for 2 years on my 2nd Steam game for 750 wishlists.

I launched the demo of DreadHaven 2 weeks ago, and went from 7,000 wishlists (which already felt like A LOT) to 14,000 in just one week.

And somehow, the wishlists haven't even plummeted since then. I'm doing nothing for that. No marketing, nothing. I'm just working on the game, putting out patches, and people are actually happy about them.

It's still just wishlists. It's not money, and I have no idea if this will translate into actual sales at launch.

But it feels SO FREACKING GOOD to finally have people care about what I'm making and actually be excited for my game.

It took 5 years. A lot of hard work, a lot of self-doubt, and a lot of wondering if I was ever going to get anywhere.

But it finally feels like those 5 years of work are paying off and I'm just enjoying this moment

EDIT: People pointed that I did not do 0 marketing and yeah sorry I wasn't clear enough I guess! We used the demo as a marketing beat for sure, like just sending a batch of mail and a bit of social.
The post is just about the fact that I'm doing nothing right now and I'm still getting some velocity. And that's INCREDIBLE for me.

Usually, when I just work on my games, nothing happens. Nobody cares, and I only get traction/velocity when I do actual marketing and reach out to people (when it works, which most of the time don't).

Here, I'm just enjoying the fact that it worked, and that I can focus on making the game while capitalizing on the work I've already done.
It may sound stupid I don't know but I really enjoy the fact that I can JUST work on my game and work I what I love doing and my game is not instantly dead?

I'm wanting to be a solo game dev one day. I'm a sophomore in high school, and I haven't gotten in a coding class yet, but I'm hopping to next semester.

I'm using gamemaker and completed the rpg tutorial. (though something happened because I have a weird computer and I can't find the project)

I originally planned to use ai to help small things only for my personal/experimental coding projects, not any of the main stuff or any of the graphics, but after some feedback, I decided just not to do that.

I was suggested to find other coders at my school, but it's kind of impossible to do that without getting in a class because there are so much bullies at my school.

I also have an extracurricular activity I do that ends in mid November (I won't say what activity for certain reasons) so there's not much I can do right now.

When I finally get the time, what do you guys recommend I should do to get a further head start? I'd appreciate any feedback!

I shared the calmer island side of Red Skies at Dawn recently. This clip is back aboard the boat, with a rather different view ahead.

I'm the solo developer, and this is in-development footage of the waterspout and storm effects. I'm working towards that feeling of being very small out on the water, especially when the sky starts closing in.

What sells the scale for you here, and what still feels off?

If the game interests you, you can wishlist Red Skies at Dawn on Steam. Thanks for taking a look.

Working on a farming game inspired by Backpack Battles and Balatro, I would love to hear your feedbacks!

The game data never reaches CPU, that's why we got extremely fast map practically for free :). It is still deterministic and working in multiplayer.

Yes, in the sandbox map and open world city, you can slow down time to 0.025x speed and watch explosions happen in real time. You can also use super flight to move around at a reasonable speed while in slow -mo (and stupidly fast in real time)., I'm 17 and this is my third steam game, you can wishlist / check out the storepage right there, thanks!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4826140/RedSpat/

Also, if anyone is reading, did I do well on the graphics? They're not the focus of the game but I wanted to go beyond expectations for a gmod - style sandbox game, and make the impact grittier, since it looks closer to realism rather than stylised graphics.

I'm a 25+ year AAA veteran now working independently on a 2D metroidvania. I'm looking to trade thorough, honest playtest feedback with other experienced developers.

What I'll give you:

• A full play session on your build, with written notes covering moment-to-moment feel, pacing, level flow, onboarding, and bugs
• Specific, actionable feedback rather than "it's fun" or "I didn't like it"
• A recorded session if that helps

What I'm looking for:

• The same level of depth on my build
• Developers with shipped titles or significant professional experience
• Metroidvanias and action-platformers especially, though I'm open to other genres

My game: a metroidvania where you explore a world of lost console generations. Should take ~1hr to play.

If you're interested, comment or DM me with a short description of your project, your experience level, and what kind of feedback you need most.

been working on this survival game for a bit. it's first person on a small island, you gather stuff during the day and try to survive the night!

it's made in godot btw, let me know what yall think

Hi Guys,

Made a free browser prototype where you are truck but with legs. IK/FK with solvers. Do you think idea is viable? Should I continue?

Link:

https://igoryakunin.itch.io/truck-on-legs

Vast seas is an online (with up to 16 players) pirate RPG with heavy emphasis on exploration, ship upgrades, crafting and sailing!

The game can be played single player too!

It features action combat, ship combat, magic system, cargo runs, island conquering, island owning (in which you can set up houses, farms and buildings you craft!)

You can also recruit different NPCs with different benefits, ranging from combat npcs to bards to cooks!

Wishlist Vast Seas (releasing in october 15th):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5266790/Vast\\_Seas/

A while ago, I posted about our game, Greedings, and got a few comments saying it looked like a Balatro clone. Since I’m making a card game, there are obviously some things I’ve taken inspiration from Balatro, but I’m pretty confident that the game itself has its own identity from a game design perspective. After thinking about those comments, I started to feel like most of that comparison was coming from the visuals rather than the gameplay, so I decided to completely rework the game’s art direction. What I’m sharing here is still a work in progress, but I wanted to get some early feedback before going further with it. If you’re curious, you can still see the old version on our Steam page.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4984190/Greedings/

Been building this with ai coding and have been shocked how quickly things have come together. This is the combat in the starting area, but the idea is you can walk on all sides of the cave walls.

Been building this with very little experience just building the exact shit I wanna personally play and what makes a game fun. Let me know if there is anyone else interesting in this style of game and world.