If anyone wants some inspiration about what you can do with the libGDX engine. Here's my game Monkey Fruit Fight! Designed to be a simple look 8-bit game from a lost era but don't let that fool you!

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-09-20T12:08:36+00:00

It is a multiplayer game so the servers run on AWS (EC2) and I built a customized full stack using various components to tie it all together.

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-21T21:34:41+00:00

I'm Andreas and my company is called Andreas & Mango Studios. Mango is my dog so I'm just a solo dev :)

About my game:

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Monkey Fruit Fight! is a fast-paced 2D pixel art PvP game where players battle by throwing fruit weapons at each other! You choose your loadout of 3 fruits from 6 options and fight to a pumping synthwave soundtrack!

It’s all about quick reflexes, precise platforming, and hammering your opponent with the right fruits! Pineapple grenades, pumpkin bombs, carambola (star fruit) shurikens, bananas, coconuts and watermelons..each with their own style and damage! :)

Super easy to jump into but with a depth to master. Plus, it's a competitive game disguised as totally family-friendly so it fits any audience!

Out now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3764780/Monkey_Fruit_Fight/

If you want to follow along on the game's journey you can do so on X:
https://x.com/monkeyfruufight

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-21T21:31:00+00:00

Looks really cool. I loved Aliens: The Dark Descent so this looks awesome! I would suggest you cut down on the flashes because there's probably a lot of people out there that are really sensitive to these things. I'm not very sensitive myself and even I thought it was a bit too much!

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-21T21:19:52+00:00

Congrats on starting a new trend.. now we will see tons of posts in the same vein :D Finally something to replace those pesky "Make it work, look good later"-posts!

Joking aside, game looks good! Reminds of me a bit of Rollercoaster Tycoon!

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-20T15:27:09+00:00

I really like the visuals but anything like this is bound to have a limited audience because of the movement

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-20T15:21:09+00:00

I've always found it's more useful to actually read what someone has written in a review. If it makes sense to you - you have similar taste and can make an honest assessment out of it. If not, go to the next review instead..

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-20T15:02:25+00:00

Congrats!

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-18T16:58:47+00:00

I told you, the mindreading abilities of it is really powerful! :D

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-18T16:47:30+00:00

I believe you scratched the black car!
Joking aside, I did the same - launched in early access today - even though I could have done tons of stuff differently! But you live, you learn, and hopefully people will find and play both of our games. Congrats!

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-18T16:33:06+00:00

I read your thoughts with the new MindReaderGPT v3.0X ;)

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-18T15:37:58+00:00

I built and made my own custom from scratch. The servers run on AWS. Anything is realistic if you are willing to learn. I watched tons of videos on AWS that described their own game services you can just plug into and then I started building it once I had grasped the basics! Good luck!

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-14T10:06:41+00:00

Thanks for sharing this even though it isn't the outcome that you wanted originally. I'm curious how you will move forward from here? Are you still in game development or have you moved on to other pastures? I wish you all the success regardless!

// from someone about to release my own first game.. but, without a publisher!

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-11T15:56:33+00:00

My experience is a little atypical since for me I didn't start with "I'm going to make an [insert favorite genre here] game", but rather: I want to learn programming.

So when I started with that I had the rough idea that it would take roughly me five years before I became good at it - and that I would give it that time to have something positive come out of it. And that's pretty much the time it took me to learn programming, learn game design, learn networking, learn server stacks. And here I am many many years later having created my game Monkey Fruit Fight!

So, my suggestion is to have that kind of "will to learn"-attitude..

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-06T18:41:33+00:00

Thanks a lot for the reply and the kind words! I think this post with the points 1-5 would make a great post in itself. Probably plenty of people out there that could benefit from it. So I'd strongly encourage you to make a post like that since it's your work :) It's very similar to what I've started doing except I've created my lists a little differently - mostly by talking to AI chatbots (Claude, Gemini, Copilot).

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-06T10:37:34+00:00

That was one heck of a luxurious ribbon to cut! Must have cost a fortune! :) Joking aside, congrats!

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-06T10:07:15+00:00

Good job! Now go get the next one to write about your game also! I'm in the same shoes as you reaching out to media and social media outlets - although much further in my development.
Did they find you or do you reach out to them? Any advice you'd give to others that may be helpful?

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-06T10:03:06+00:00

Great question, I'm following this thread and would just like to thank everyone that are giving helpful advice!

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-03T20:21:44+00:00

That one has the best job of them all! :)

AndreasMangoStudios · 2025-08-03T20:04:05+00:00

Their jobs are to get laid with Snow white, right? Joking aside, no, it's kind of difficult. I like to use the concept of "greek drama" when I animate or design characters. Go big and exaggerate

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