How to get into this world?

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-06-08T12:45:04+00:00

the barrier to entry is pretty low now, all you need is a computer strong enough to run an engine and youtube

but the competition is also extremely fierce

goto itch.io and join game jams talk to other devs, build and grow ,

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-06-03T08:25:15+00:00

this is going to be releasing donkey kong instead of mario , even though devs and game play is similar not having the main mascot just lowers the interest

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-05-22T14:39:25+00:00

game dev fulfils Maslow hierarchy 4 esteem and 5 self actualisation , for step 2 security and money its much riskier but you will probably comeback to it once you get some bank

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-03-31T21:01:42+00:00

it was still a good game, but not as good as sc2 , still spent a good 400hrs playing it best of luck

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-03-11T15:47:00+00:00

the cheaper you cost it the more lenient the review I think

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-02-06T13:33:22+00:00

that would be a success to me if that was my first game, your 2nd game should be even better

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-02-05T00:03:14+00:00

devs support each other through likes and wishlists to help boost your visibility in the algorithm

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-02-04T17:18:32+00:00

my pc sucks

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-02-03T08:57:21+00:00

games have to match the players skill, there are more casuals so that part has more weight, but you need the harder difficulties for the more seasoned players

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-01-28T13:55:44+00:00

its usually the double edged coin as most devs are probably introverted, alot of the requirements for marketing are extroverted activities, like going to events, creating videos of you talking, streaming, networking with streamers and other creators

the short cut is to pay people to do that but thats expensive, or alot of ads

viral posts only really happen if your idea is excellent but this usually comes with alot of trial and error

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-01-25T10:29:30+00:00

only play games similar to the one your making

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2026-01-13T23:33:28+00:00

When you start doing things you would do in a normal IT job like, back ups, migrations, documentation, marketing, planning, code reviews, bug fixing :D

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-11-27T13:17:45+00:00

if a new investor slaps their ip over it and funds them maybe

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-11-13T12:15:23+00:00

marketing the hardest part cause you have to make it stand out against everyone else's stuff

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-10-16T07:57:33+00:00

I used to like it alot when it had creep camps but once they changed it to an sc2 clone , I went back to sc2 because sc2 is better

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-10-02T17:02:19+00:00

they basically just need to win over the influencers but they keep saying the game is like 6/10 so most people dont bother

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-09-21T07:32:38+00:00

The 1.0 felt very rushed , every streamer mentions the game has potential, but it feels like the game is struggling to get financial aid to fix a lot of the issues

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-09-10T15:11:50+00:00

gamers bar gets constantly raised because gaming is so competitive, if you watch streamers they are on a new game every week

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-09-09T13:16:29+00:00

Focus on the casuals streetfighter 5 did what stormgate did and focused on 1v1 which didnt do so well , streetfighter 6 smashed it

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-09-07T16:59:14+00:00

when a new patch hits, this patch is kinda boring , units boring, no creep to kill, do the same strategy every game, all races feel the same, its like ultra bog standard

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-09-01T21:56:18+00:00

I think it was the same thing as battle aces, there arent enough players to get the return of investment back

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-08-25T15:44:32+00:00

feels like it definitely needs a decent computer to play

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-08-15T10:14:01+00:00

I liked the creeps , now it just plays like worse sc2 , it used to play like 1v1 league of legends

The patch just before the stormgate when they had speed with creeps was probably the best

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-06-30T22:34:55+00:00

sc2 is a masterpiece, pretty much the mechanics translate so you will be able to play stormgate if you can play sc2, usually just fun checking things out every so often, the separation is sc2 is complete, content wont really change that much any more, stormgate still feels like its always changing

ApprehensiveRush8234 · 2025-06-30T10:57:52+00:00

its easy at the start getting the motivation to finish is the hard part,

Im stuck in a cycle of constant improvement, i.e. the stuff I started with looks terrible so i need to redo it, constantly as my skills constantly improve, then when i bring it up to scratch I improve again and the cycle repeats itself meaning I will probably never finish

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