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What scares me the most about releasing a game goes back to double checking on the hidden bugs. While marketing it is one of the worries if the game is appealing or not but it the bugs that worries me the most.
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The kind of feedback helps me the most for the game is the challenge in terms of how the player are interactive with the enemies per level. I want know if the rules of fair chance is given but pushing the reflex and coordination of the player.
The way that I share my dev progress thru indieDB, youtube and gamejolt. I try to give out as much daily update on the process of the game. Its not easy lately with job and family can slow down the update. But still not given up.
Dev taught me the hard way: don’t love your game for what it is—love it for why players care. Fun, challenge, and engagement guide everything I build.
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1The best advice to give for new game dev is to start off small and simple. Be a part of hobby games or game jams is a great start to the get the feel of what making video games is all about and prepare of what to expect realistically.
When dealing with burnout I would take 10-minute break like going outside, exercise or play video games. Majority of the time playing video games or going outside does at time immediately give me idea for a setup game play for the game.
While I was mostly inspiring from the golden era of video games in the 1980s and 1990s. But seeing dev companies like Yacht Club Games and WayForward that are homage of creating retro like games with a modern touch has given me inspiration.
The worst bug so far that I dealt with is the laser beam appearing as a pink mesh after built it to the game in unity. The FX uses material in the particle system while render in URP can be tricky. Update the material seems best.
#GJAsks what game does a lot with a simple idea is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 for the NES. Unlike the first game which is an RPG, TMNT2 is more a 2D scroller Beat 'em up. The game play is enhanced of each turtle display a different fighting ability.
The feature that almost broken my game was the number of asteroids in the ring. The ring surrounds the earth as it counter rotates the planet. It slowed the performance of the game to which I lower the asteroid count in the ring to work.
