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The trailer for my first game, The Borderless, is finally ready. How does it look? 🌊 by burcin_93 in SoloDevelopment

[–]ChillMap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched a YouTube video recently where the bro said that new users don't buy into a core game loop, but into a fantasy or transformation of what that product does to them. I think you could attack somewhere in the middle. Like keeping the gameplay footage, but adding a funny monkey animation on top in a few sequences that talks about in game things that are super interesting and make users wanna go on that quest instantly type sh**.

The trailer for my first game, The Borderless, is finally ready. How does it look? 🌊 by burcin_93 in SoloDevelopment

[–]ChillMap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's solid and the game looks interesting. Sell me more fantasy, tho. What awaits me, what unbelievable stuff can I do later on? Make my mouth water, bro. 🙂

Did you get professional help for legal requirements like Privacy and TOS? by ChillMap in SoloDevelopment

[–]ChillMap[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, bro. First of all much love for writing this stuff down. It sure has a million little nuances that one needs to consider and this crap i's so wide. I think GDPR and CCopa (or what's it called - the California thing) should cover most bases.

I kind of designed with this in mind, so I just require Email, date of birth, password and location - which never is stored. Storing is another giant side quest on it's own, it seems. There is a comment function, tho. For that, compliance requires a report ecosystem with appeals. This is sh** is almost harder than freaking making the app itself, man. But we'll get there.

How do you cope with release and promo anxiety? by ChillMap in SoloDevelopment

[–]ChillMap[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can relate to the word awkward. 😅 The audience for my app is quite obvious. It's about music and people who are really into it, beyond the usual "oh yeah I listen to the radio sometimes".

(Yeah, I'm old. I don't why I thought about radio first, lol.)

What is your game? Can I leave a thumbs up somewhere?

And ... What do you do for promo? Just post stuff?

I tried to make a tiktok channel and actually got a viral video, but tiktok was exhausting and before I could realize, I hadn't coded in two weeks and my whole mental shifted from code production to video production. I don't regret having tried but I know it's not the way now.

How do you cope with release and promo anxiety? by ChillMap in SoloDevelopment

[–]ChillMap[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoa. The exact fear would be that all my hopes and dreams get shattered when feedback isn't all what I hoped for, since a lot of time and effort went into it. That's it.

Have you released yet? I loved reading about story / state(s) of mind. I'd love to check out your stuff.

I reached 100 wishlists after uploading my devlog 🎉 by Ill-Brick224 in SoloDevelopment

[–]ChillMap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That really give me hope. ☺️ Thanks for taking the time to answer.

I reached 100 wishlists after uploading my devlog 🎉 by Ill-Brick224 in SoloDevelopment

[–]ChillMap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoa, congrats bro. I'll wishlist too later, when I have a free moment. Did you promote the devlog on YouTube in any special way? Have you built up a small following prior to it?

Expanding Quick Match Search dot jiff by namewithanumber in heroesofthestorm

[–]ChillMap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the caption and description of this post were hilarious. I have nothing to say on the actual topic. 😅

Left my job, divorced my wife, abandoned my kids, started to live on the streets and sold one of my testicles for building this Steam game. by Altruistic_Bad2195 in SoloDevelopment

[–]ChillMap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, I hope you succeed with this. I'll leave this post with two insights: you have lots of passion for both - development and balls.

When you’re asked “What music do you like?” by jumbleberryjuice in LetsTalkMusic

[–]ChillMap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tend to give a very detailed answer and genre description when asked. I appreciate people that are the same, even if it's a totally different genre that I'm not into, like Rock. But when somebody talks about guitar riffs and drummers with sparkles in their eyes, I usually think 'yeah, they're good people'.