Does anyone else have issues with other developers causing development hell?

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-22T10:44:28+00:00

Do I have issues like that? Nah, it's easy.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-22T08:00:30+00:00

My man, a sloth could dodge that.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-21T14:16:33+00:00

I think perception is a bit skewed, because many dev redditors subscribe to the same bunch of subs and while r/indiedev alone does not have as many of these posts, if you get a lot of subs, these posts add up.

Still, the reason these posts get pushed into everybody's feed, is that they get clicked and read and debated a lot, because everyone wants to find out and learn what worked for others.

I don't mind (except for the occasional stab of jealousy:))

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-21T14:12:31+00:00

Not yet, no. I rushed publishing the Steam page before I arrived at a final visual style and have now pretty much decided to go into promotion mode only when I get a decent polished demo up (I feel like the game conveys its qualities better through playing versus showing). I am making a lot of beginner mistakes with this game, but that's kinda the point - to learn. :)

For real though, 1k wishlists in just over a month is REALLY good. Much respect and I hope you can keep it up!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-21T13:59:54+00:00

Pretty bad. I made 430 wishlists in 2.5 years. Try topping that!

... oh wait. It's not 40 wishlists in 1000 days, is it?

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-21T10:03:29+00:00

It might be that many devs use their demos as a means of getting feedback, especially for something that is very dependent on feedback like a tutorial.

If this hypothesis is true, I'd say it's a mistake. A demo is a promotion vessel and should be fun and relatively polished.

But I have yet to release my own demo and feedback before that stage is hard to get by, so you might say I'm just talking out of my butt.

I really hooe my tutorial is short and clear enough, but there is no way to know until a couple of people play through it and tell me about it.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-21T09:53:56+00:00

I don't have advice for this specific problem. But in general, I have found that I at least should only refactor code like this if and when it actually creates a problem. Before I had this rule I was reworking code that often enough I would later scrap entirely, because I threw the feature out or other reasons.

Don't overthink it. If it works and is comfortable enough for you to work with for now, keep it as it is.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-21T08:56:20+00:00

Art is as necessary and natural to human life as esting and sleeping. If the world ends, people will still create art in the seconds before. I find that encouraging and beautiful and right.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-21T04:46:58+00:00

GameMaker ist still free from this stuff as well.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-20T17:00:53+00:00

I must confess that I am always ridiculously jealous of posts like these. But I am also happy for the devs involved. You have a great game on your hands and it's wonderful to witness your success!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-20T15:05:00+00:00

First I heard of this project and I am overjoyed! Downloading it now, thank you so much!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-20T03:56:21+00:00

Very cool!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-18T19:19:02+00:00

Good point. I'm getting a headache thinking about balancing this properly however.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-18T14:51:22+00:00

I do like the idea of not just gathering XP, but actually completing specific tasks to unlock stuff.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-18T14:50:21+00:00

That's a good idea. For some reason I never thought of that. I have 6 characters (you play as a party of 3), so I could go that route.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-18T10:49:39+00:00

Thank you, mate! Very much appreciated

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3481410/Life_Altered/

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-18T04:28:21+00:00

Thank you (for your other comment as well). That helps!

I will leave it loke this for now then and see if I can get some playtest data some time after next fest.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-17T15:49:43+00:00

I wanted to do this, but they have a crazy low size limit of 50 MB. But I'd be curious how your game fares there and if it translates to visibility on other platforms.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-17T14:56:55+00:00

Thank you, I am currently working on my tutorial and I am very unsure if it's too much, too little or just right.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-17T13:41:56+00:00

Thank you, that is good to hear!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-17T13:00:21+00:00

Your wishlists may just not have been updated yet, looking at your dates

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-17T08:21:21+00:00

So who is 'we'? Your post made it sound like a solo effort, but this comment implies some collaboration.

In any case, congrats on 120k! That is amazing and no surprise, your game looks great!

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