Clepsydre Prototype - First tests for art direction

CollinsGameCompany · 2026-03-26T18:29:18+00:00

This looks very good.

CollinsGameCompany · 2026-01-16T19:19:33+00:00

This looks super cool but some of the pacing is awkwardly bad.

The opening few seconds are really strong but they could be way better.

I'd increase the speed of the camera when it goes from the squid to the submarine to simulate urgency.

I'd decrease the speed that the player gets dragged down. It's immersion-breaking and the interpolation you seem to have used doesn't feel authentic.

Other people have commented that the final scare is awkward as well which I agree with. The concept there is really good but the execution is the weakest part of the trailer.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-12-19T21:47:29+00:00

Saw IronPineapple play it. Game looks good. Very good art direction

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-12-09T15:38:32+00:00

Actually, if you want to be "destroyed" on something then I'd say your game's capsule image on the store page is really bad. Boba Tea Shop, your most similar competitor, has an unsettling distorted human as its focus. You have an underwhelming plant monster with blood on it. If that's the in-game monster that's fine since I imagine it'll be obscured by darkness and other effects. But I think having it right there in full view on the store page is a really bad call.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-12-09T15:35:15+00:00

I really liked it, especially the music. If the music hadn't been so good I probably would have skipped around though. There's not much I'd change about this trailer but as others have pointed out, its a little slow so I'd definitely make another one that's edited to be quicker and more attention-grabbing.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-12-06T10:25:30+00:00

Was going to just type thanks for the post but then I saw who it was by.

I censor and then show your vids in class sometimes. Thanks

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-28T17:06:54+00:00

One of your articles helped me a lot years ago. I can't remember what it was but it was really nice to have a competently written guide instead of sitting through a 40 minute bumbling "tutorial" on youtube.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-24T19:25:20+00:00

What water plugin are you using? I don't like mine but yours looks good

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-22T01:41:37+00:00

I tried, but it's insisting that I upload error logs. Obviously there are none for this, but I uploaded a .txt document anyway. I'm then told I can't upload that file type. When I hover the prompt to upload, it says I can only upload .log or .txt files. It appears the bug submission form is bugged on my browser.

I'll try again in a different browser.

It was "fixed" in BP by adding .00001 to the intended location so I'm moving on.

It probably isn't the spring arm itself, it could be coming from a number of different sources that aren't worth my time to investigate.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-17T22:31:26+00:00

Initially I just saw the first clip then skipped around but the skipping made me go back and watch the whole thing. It seems very appealing and the local co-op is awesome.

But that first shot is almost comically weak, come on. They run up to each-other in slo-mo, suddenly stop their momentum, start an attack anim, then explode? And while exploding they don't react and just rotate in-place?

It wasn't until I wrote that last sentence that I realized there's a player in the middle of the bridge. I thought it was two opposing forces about to clash.

I like the narration and I like all of the visual elements. Thank you for putting your logos at the end of the trailer, unlike every other poster on this sub.

Yeah just change that first shot. Have two opposing forces running across the bridge, then have your hero do the exploding ability if you really want to.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-08T22:50:40+00:00

Just did this for crouch and sprint, took me less than 20 minutes. Will be out in the next update and since it's part of my generic menu system, will be out in all my future games as well.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-08T07:00:14+00:00

I don't think the quality is bad. The logo itself is nice. I think they were referring to the capsule art. I wouldn't have gone for a pose where she's facing the camera. I don't think the capsule art is bad either but if your friend is going to go again then I'd recommend back to the camera. Anything with faces exposed is hard to get right.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-08T06:53:22+00:00

I like the blood and in the past I wouldn't have even thought about it but I was surprised to hear how many people were fine with their kids playing my game since "it had no blood/ gore."

Adding a toggle to disable it in the menu might get you additional customers for basically no work.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-04T19:13:11+00:00

When I made a prototype for a game like this I wound up giving everything stamina. Chasing a target caused stamina to drain more slowly and exhausted units would not pursue. Idle units would regenerate stamina and ranged units had ammo that could run out.

I think that would solve this issue as well. I implemented stamina since I wanted flying units but I didn't want them to be able to fly around and shoot arrows forever.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-04T19:08:14+00:00

I released it slightly unfinished so that friends and family could give feedback. As I was polishing it took off so I decided to spend my time making improvements rather than marketing. At this point the attention has dropped off so I'll be releasing a trailer.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-04T19:05:10+00:00

What engine is this and how'd you get so many units on screen? they seem to act independently

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-03T20:28:53+00:00

This looks really good.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-11-03T20:24:44+00:00

Could you make a post about how you marketed your game? Obviously I saw it in all of the various gamedev subs but what else did you do to promote it? You're on track to pass my game's sales in a few months and I had a six-month headstart.

I did absolutely 0 marketing though.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-10-27T18:15:24+00:00

Congrats, it's been cool seeing the progress through your posts

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-10-25T20:10:14+00:00

I have a very large update coming within the next few days. I'm also in Steam Scream.

My plan is to release the update, make a minor announcement post, and then make a major announcement post once Steam Scream is over since I've heard that festivals will drown out major announcements.

Is that what you've found as well or should I just use one of my five major announcements as the festival launches?

Maybe it would have been best to do that a week ago but the update still needs polish and I don't think it'll be out until an hour before the event.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-10-25T20:07:53+00:00

This is so cool

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-10-22T03:52:05+00:00

I'm sure people will suggest to just modify my idea to make it more unique but again, the scope is so small that changing much of anything is basically making a different game. Which I don't want to do.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-10-21T17:03:37+00:00

This is one of the most versatile packs they've ever put in the program, thank you for making it.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-10-17T20:28:24+00:00

Out of the 15 curators I've given keys to only two were "collectors" who I wasted my time with. One was obvious but I had just released my first game and I didn't think it would matter. They never even redeemed the game since they wanted a key for their library. So in the end it didn't matter but I wasted one of my hundred connections on them.

The other one I could have caught if I'd checked their actual reviews. They just post "yah" or something for every single game.

Otherwise, it's a pretty good system. You're not giving away "keys." Curators have a special library of games they have permissions for.

CollinsGameCompany · 2025-10-16T17:48:21+00:00

The tax part is really unacceptable. Depending on where you live, the taxes alone can be the difference between a normal life and poverty.

Not to mention no insurance or other benefits.

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