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Rock Beyond Time
4 years ago

Well... this is awkward...


Yesterday, I released my new game, Rock Beyond Time. It took me a while to make. So, I had to advertise it. In the process, I put up a post on Dragonian's devlog that this game was released.

...and most of the traffic went to Dragonian.

...okay, then.

Then again, it's probably easier to gravitate toward a game obviously inspired by the Zelda franchise instead of a game inspired by relatively obscure SNES games that were admired by only those who've played it on the only system it released for. Then again, Secret of Mana and Illusion of Gaia were inspired by Zelda games, which is why I ended up playing them.

I can't tell you what to play. If you want to play Dragonian, play Dragonian. If you want to play Rock Beyond Time, play Rock Beyond Time. If you want to play The Other Phalanx, that's on the humorously-named NukeOTron Sucks Collection.

If you want me to join a Game Jam, though, throw me a line.

Anyway, you do what you want. I need to figure out what to do next. (No ninja stuff, though.) I'll probably do bugfixes if any bugs show up, though.

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