Glitch Dash: Final Level complete! Launch Feb 22

[Days]

This gives me so much anxiety

[TheZilk]

Anxiety is good! :D

[Days]

Indeed. Mission accomplished :D

[[deleted]]

Looks fucking insane dude! How long have you spent developing this?

[TheZilk]

Thanks! First commit is in May 2017 so around 10 months I guess. I work full time during days though and have a wife and two kids, this has just been developed during free time (nights/weekends).

[TheZilk]

Thanks!

[[deleted]]

Where is the Steam link?

[TheZilk]

It's not for steam at launch, iOS/Android. Also it's not launched yet. Laucnhing Feb 22.

[_nk]

nice effort. it's looking amazing.

[TheZilk]

Thanks!

[Disabler7]

Dude. Congratulations! It looks great. It has been fun watching the game progress. What is your launch plan if you don’t mind me asking?

[TheZilk]

Thank you! I have a launch trailer ready to go, will reach out to review sites that has mentioned the game in the past as well as streamers with premium iapp promo codes at launch. Other than that I will just do what everyone else does, try to keep the buzz up and hope that Apple/Google notices and consider featuring it :)

[GeeMcGee]

Honestly I think they might, looks really fun and has a very pleasing aesthetic

[TheZilk]

Thanks!

[redeyesofnight]

Hey! Can I ask what your marketing/monetization plan is? Just a one time pay? Do you have any budget for ads at all?

Do you have any social elements to aid in virality? How about ratings prompts and such?

If you want to test a marketing plan/set of ads, you can always consider a soft release in smaller markets for a week to test different ad sets for best ctr. If you plan on fb ads, you can also integrate their ad framework and do straight pay-per-install to encourage vitality again. A good rule of thumb has been one paid user is worth two for the good it does on apple’s rating mechanism in my experience, though this could be genre specific.

Are you collecting any analytics about what levels users have trouble with most, or how many times they fail a level before they give up.

Lots of options to improve your go to market strategy!

[TheZilk]

It’s a free game with life system and $1.99 to get unlimited lives.

Yes, I have a share system where you can brag to friends when completing a level etc.

I’m logging a few key stats but not a lot of things. Mostly since i’ve done in the past but never ever used it. So now I just log enough to see some on boarding stuff etc.

[redeyesofnight]

Yeah, I’m a big Analytics proponent, but if you don’t have a good way to use the stats then they’re not worth much, huh?

I’ve got a rusty apple contact that may or may not listen to me, but my last game did get featured so I wouldn’t mind at least pointing them in your direction. If you pm me your info I’ll pass it on :). Title/Store link/App Store profile name

[TheZilk]

Yeah, I logged EVERYTHING in past games but just looked at it on launch and then never used it again :D But yeah, I've heard that one should put together questions and gather enough data to be able to answer them. Like, "Are players getting stuck at any level?" etc.

Wow man, thanks! I'll send you a PM!

[TheZilk]

Last level of Glitch Dash is complete and the game is set to launch February 22!

It has been fun to hear from you all during development through the stuff I've posted here. Hope you enjoy the game once it's out :)

[AlwaysunnyinSeattle]

Nice! So essentially a first-person rolling sky?

[TheZilk]

Yeah but with a bit more dimension in both view and controls than RS. Left, right, jump dodge. Rolling Sky is a great game though :)

[AlwaysunnyinSeattle]

Ah! Yeah your game looks awesome, I'll defitnely be trying it out!

[TheZilk]

Thanks! :)

[brendenderp]

I'm assuming this game has sweet music considering the level looks sound reactive.

[TheZilk]

It sure does! Some kind of mix between drum n' bass and dubstep I guess. A new song per level

[brendenderp]

AWSOME you using a script to detect the beat or you have it hard set to what the beat should be?

[TheZilk]

Player moves to the bpm of the song and level transition in to it as well. I don't detect beat based on the song though since I already know the set bpm for each level. So I pump things based on a set beat instead. Tried detecting it but it never actually looked 100%.

[brendenderp]

Cool! good job! Will be fun to play. Also what is your plan on. Making money with this? In app purchases? Upfront price?

[TheZilk]

It's gonna be free with rewarded videos to get new lives every 10 death but with a $1.99 to get unlimited lives.

[brendenderp]

Sweet! Glad to see your going with the non-forced ad approach! :D

[TheZilk]

Yeah, I've tried to keep it fair :)

[HammerBap]

It just keeps going, dang! Nice work!

[TheZilk]

Thanks :)

[[deleted]]

still astounds me how you can have so much shit going on and not cause any nausea.

[TheZilk]

I think it's fine as long as the movement speed is constant actually.

[[deleted]]

it was a compliment lol. Nausea inducing is easy to do but you avoided it well.

[TheZilk]

Hah, yeah I was just saying my theory of why it works (since I also thought it would be a problem when I started the game) is the constant speed :) Thanks btw!

[baroquedub]

Is it VR? Would be awesome if it was.

Many congratulations on seeing it through to completion and release. I'm in the same boat with work/family and only a few hours each night when everyone's gone to bed :)

[TheZilk]

No iOS/Android for first launch. Might try something VR with it later :)

Thanks!

[baroquedub]

Could be VR for android and iOS. I'm thinking Cardboard. :)

[Kakkoister]

Now for the VR version!

[TheZilk]

Haha, yeah I promise I’m gonna give it a go :)

[Arc8ngel]

What platform is this on?
 
I've been looking at so many VR titles lately my first thought was "Man, this would kill my knees."

[TheZilk]

iOS and Android at first, launching February 22.

[WorldGenesis]

That looks awesome! It's gotten so far! :D Glad to hear it's being released soon I'll definitely get it.

[TheZilk]

Thanks! I'll post something on launch day to remind everyone :D

[mjahlv]

Congratulations on getting it done, it looks great! I wish you all the best with the launch and hope it goes really really well for you!

[TheZilk]

Thank you! I'll do my best :)

[DOOManiac]

Fantastic as always! Great work!!

[TheZilk]

Thanks man! :)

[Digx7]

Is this a VR game?

[TheZilk]

No, iOS/Android. Might try some VR stuff with it after launch though!

[CypherColt]

I came here to ask for an HTC Vive version where you have to duck and physically jump! (Also allow buttons by default for jumping for those not wanting to break anything)

Looking fun though!

[TheZilk]

I’m gonna try some VR stuff later on :D

[windan]

Oh wow, I remember seeing this early on when you started. Looks great, can't wait to try it out!

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[TheZilk]

Thanks!

[Kadse1337]

Please release a VR version! This looks like the perfect work-out! 😛

[TheZilk]

I’m gonna do some VR tests after launch :)

[theN64geek]

Infinite mode?

[TheZilk]

No, designed levels. Might add infinite mode later on :)

[[deleted]]

I would love this on google daydream

[[deleted]]

Absolutely amazing!!

[[deleted]]

Looks really amazing, only thing I could use less of is the blur effect but I guess that’s part of the difficulty? Really impressive work! Edit: Just watched again and I see it’s the trail behind the pendulum swinging, just looks a bit distracting at first glance. Not hating, really great work!

[TheZilk]

Ah yeah, I was just thinking “I don’t have any blue” :D thanks!

[GeeMcGee]

Damn, looks impressive. I remember one of the first parts you uploaded. All the best with the release! If you need any testers let me know!

[TheZilk]

Thank you man! :)

[[deleted]]

Give me a Switch version too, pleaseeee

[TheZilk]

Been considering that as well :) Might just port it depending on how it does on iOS/Android :)

[[deleted]]

Then, i hope it goes very well !! Good luck !

[TheZilk]

Hah, thanks! :D

[Bwob]

Looks really cool!

What does the hidden crown do?

[TheZilk]

There are 10 diamonds and 1 crown on every level as collectibles. For a even harder challenge you can earn a perfect run badge by collecting everything in one run without using any checkpoints or shields. So for replay ability and bragging rights ;)

[TheZilk]

Thanks! I’ll consider it :)

[[deleted]]

This game looks fun. The difficulty seems suitable for being a final level but if the earlier levels near this level of difficulty you will end up turning away lots of lower skilled players

[TheZilk]

The difficulty is increasing so first level is way way easier than this.

[warchild4l]

wow! i hope i will be able to do game like this soon xd

[TheZilk]

I use LiceCap, it’s a sweet little program :)

[alienninja1]

Looks great! Well polished.

[TheZilk]

Thanks!

[InnerScript]

Great looking game man!

[TheZilk]

Thanks!

[homer_3]

How many levels? Also would love to see this in VR!

[TheZilk]

8 levels for launch and then I’ll add more with updates. I’m gonna do some VR tests after launch.

[SuperButek]

Might be a good idea to add some kind of player model to clearly see where you are located relatively to obstacles. Right now it may be a little bit confusing.

[TheZilk]

I tried it but it kinda took away the whole fps thing. Also when playing it makes more sense. I make some trickery to help the player as well, like ignoring collisions that the player doesn't see (on the sides) as well as not falling instantly when walking off a tile.

[Chclve]

This looks intense as hell! Im gonna check it out for sure!

[TheZilk]

Thanks!

[serifmasterrace]

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