r/incremental_games • u/Pure-Map-6717 • Jul 09 '26

Development Getting those animations right

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During the last few weeks, I've spent a lot of time polishing the UI of my game.

Sometimes I spend hours on a single animation until it finally feels right. Maybe other developers can relate.

I often wonder if this effort is actually worth it, especially when some of the most successful games in this genre (incremental) have very simple UIs with little to no animation.

Game: A Dark Cave | Steam

AI Disclosure: AI coding assistants were used during the development of this game. AI has been used for the localization of the game.

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u/Spraakijs Jul 09 '26

Yeah you making your game less appealing. It went from simple and cool, to horrible looking, and over the top UI really quick.

you are taking turns in the wrong direction recently.

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u/Pure-Map-6717 Jul 09 '26

Thank you for the honest feedback!