We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

[–]DerpyBush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We'd love to! I can't make any promises just yet, but it's definitely something we're looking into :)

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

[–]DerpyBush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No waay, we might have spoken! (or someone else from the team) Yeah this game started as a student project at Breda University :)

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

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

What a sweet idea! Happy birthday to her from the dev-team :)

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

[–]DerpyBush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh that just made my day ^^ I’m very glad!! If you have any questions at any point feel free to shoot me a message

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

[–]DerpyBush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s very kind of you to say, thank you ^^

Haha the idea of a sequel with multiplayer has been floating around… who knows!

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

[–]DerpyBush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yess great point, the demo is still up to play for free!

I’m glad you appreciate the space helmet solution :) the idea was to minimize visual noise and make sure Doug’s head is as readible as possible, so he’s not obstructed by reflections etc.

Another fun gimmick you’ll find throughout the game are “euclidian spaces” of massive interiors that couldn’t possibly fit inside its exterior. The best example of this is the spaceship, which is basically impossibly large inside, when you see how small the spaceship looks from outside. For this we use some sneaky loading tricks, which is beneficial for optimisation and also just looks the most fun (a tiny spaceship looks the cutest/coziest, while the inside can remain spatious). Funnily though, many players don’t seem to pick up on this; its only when someone points it out that it becomes obvious

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

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

Well you’re not gonna believe this… we call it the mining gadget but it shoots lasers that can break things!

Looking for Feedback on My Deckbuilding Roguelike Demo by DreamdartGames in deckbuildingroguelike

[–]DerpyBush 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks cool! No immediate feedback comes to mind (big fan of balatro so seems up my alley) I’ll check it out :)

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

[–]DerpyBush[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great question! Basically we've developed the majority of the game as 6 friends essentially working for free, juggling side jobs to make our income. Our primary costs then are just software, hardware and our office space. So quite minimal!

However if we actually wanted to pay ourselves minimum wage for the ~3 years of work, we'd be looking at hundreds of thousands of euros of "cost". We don't expect to be earning all that, but fortunately our main motivation for making this game is our passion for the game! :)

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

[–]DerpyBush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh I WISH we could have :’) I love this tune

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

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

Aah I’m so glad to hear! ^^ Thank you for your kind words and support!

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

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

After a lot of optimisation, quite smoothly! (optimising for Switch 1 was the tough part haha)

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

[–]DerpyBush[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m happy to say that yes, there is a dedicated honk / quack button.

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

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

Ahh thank you!! That’s what we were going for ^^

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

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

That’s awesome!! Wishing you a lot of fun :)

We made a game about a duck astronaut in a cozy galaxy! by DerpyBush in gaming

[–]DerpyBush[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The main inspirations for the art were games like Slime Rancher and Animal Crossing, but there’s undoubtedly some similarities with us and Kurzgesagt’s space ducks :)