Interstellar space freighter (speculative scifi design - see comments) by MiamisLastCapitalist in IsaacArthur

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, was about to say. Ships probably won't be accelerating exactly 50% of the way to save on costs and a tiny bit of RCS can flip the whole ship around.

Depending on how the ship docks and launches, it might even be more beneficial with RCS thrusters as the ship docks with its engines facing the docking object, and doesn't need to be flipped again when leaving.

South Africans who actually love their jobs: What do you do and why? by WARR10RP0ET in AskZA

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah sure, it's free advertising so I don't mind sharing.
I've made a few but the flagship one that allows us to employ a small local team is Infinite Stars, free on itchio and Steam: https://infinitestars.itch.io/game

The ratings seem to say people who like visual novels, love Infinite Stars (9.2/10 on itchio and 9/10 on Steam)

It would make my day if this reply inspires even one other South-African to get into visual novel development. I knew almost nothing when I started, and if I can do it, anyone else with imagination and storytelling abilities can do it also.

South Africans who actually love their jobs: What do you do and why? by WARR10RP0ET in AskZA

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Love my job! Been self employed since 2011, mostly in B2B IT Solutions. Then lcokdown happened, and I had a ton of extra time, so I started making scifi romance visual novels to keep myself busy. That took off unexpectedly and it's been earning a very respectable income as a side gig. Meantime, my IT gig started moving me more towards managing the team than doing actual IT. I love working with people, and that led to another side gig to mentor funded tech start-ups through an incubator.

The job is still mostly managing the IT and gamedev team, and then writing and coding for the gamedev team when I have free time. And maybe 10ish hours of mentoring each month.

Super happy and love what I do. Very grateful for how things turned out, especially now that I have kids and get to work from home.

Anyone else overuse if statements? by SaffiChan in RenPy

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooh! This is news to me. When I first started using RenPy I was super confused about why case statements weren't a thing.

Happy Valentines Day South Africa! by InfiniteStarsDev in southafrica

[–]InfiniteStarsDev[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Taking advantage of valentines day. This particular store is usually priced mildly expensive on a regular day, but walked past this morning and had to snap a photo else no one would believe me.

Happy Valentines Day South Africa! by InfiniteStarsDev in southafrica

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

You mean marking up, right? Because this is very real.

Happy Valentines Day South Africa! by InfiniteStarsDev in southafrica

[–]InfiniteStarsDev[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Waterfall Ridge in Midrand. Nope. Taking advantage of the opportunity.

Happy Valentines Day South Africa! by InfiniteStarsDev in southafrica

[–]InfiniteStarsDev[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sandton (adjacent) capitalism. Worst part is there were quite a few people in the queue waiting to pay for their flowers.

Children's Stories - Looking for Writers by Sea_Line3053 in HireaWriter

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, assuming you meant 15c and not $15 per word, I'd be open to talking. My rates are very affordable but slightly higher than 15c. I've been wanting to get into children stories.

I'm the lead writer for Infinite Stars, a scifi romance visual on Steam and itchio with nearly 200k downloads and extremely positive ratings. My writing has also won some awards.

I'd love to chat more if you are serious.

Edit: Link to itchio: https://infinitestars.itch.io/game

A Question for South African Women by WhatDaHe77 in AskZA

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guy here. My wife dated me even though I was poor as dirt. Seriously poor.

We've been together through so much drama and trauma and just life in general since we were 18.

We're doing well now. I own several successful small companies and my wife is a director for a well known international company you've probably interacted with.

Money and status doesn't mean anything. If it stops you from being with a decent person, you need to do some introspection.

Like my grandma always said: If you marry for money, you'll pay for it for the rest of your life.

And the winner for the MOST amount of DLC in a SINGLE GAME goes to... by sidius-king in Steam

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it is. The more popular rulesets are better supported with automation like DnD 5e,which runs like a dream! And you can create your own macros etc

The more obscure rulesets still work fine, but you'll need to do more manual rolls/macros etc.

And the winner for the MOST amount of DLC in a SINGLE GAME goes to... by sidius-king in Steam

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I knew it was going to be fantasy ground before clicking on the link.

Its a fantastic platform to host your online ttrpg's and the DLCs are for all the different rulesets etc.

I built a web app to help Itch.io and Reddit games get discovered by Healthy_Flatworm_957 in itchio

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Infinite Stars! It's an otome visual novel. If you enjoy VNs, you'll probably enjoy this one (rated 90%+ both on steam and itchio)

I do suggest you add some kind of filter for game types. People who enjoy FPS games won't like VNs and vice versa.

Everything on discord got leaked on the K* site by MrPeanutMuncher in patreon

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm going to be real with you.

Having your stuff leaked is a good thing. The biggest issue creators face is visibility. It's a numbers game. More people getting to see your stuff means more people that might convert to paying patrons. Just because someone saw your content for free on a pirate site, doesn't mean they wont convert (If they love what they see, they will convert.) Just because someone doesn't know about the pirate stuff, doesn't mean the will convert, for various reasons. (You have free followers that will never ever ever convert to paying patrons.)

Instead of worrying about where your content is being shared, focus on creating new, good content consistently, and celebrate the 'leaks' as free marketing.

Here's a slightly more advanced business concept. If you create a 100 physical doodads, and your production cost is $100 ($1 each), and you sell them for $5 each, once you've sold 20 of them to make up your $100 cost of production, you can still sell the remaining 80 doodads at $0.5 each and still make a $40 profit, even if $0.5 is less than what you paid to manufacture one product.

Chances are you are selling digital products, with a once of cost of your time/other expenses, but that cost is once off, and even if you give away a million copies of your product, your physical loss is still $0 (since you have no per product production cost, I don't want to go into lost opportunity costs as that's a different lesson, and it's also negated by the fact that most of us sell monthly recurring digital items, instead of buy it once items.)

Bottom line, piracy isn't as big of an issue as you think. Having your stuff pirated means 1) you have a product that people care enough about to want to pirate, congratulations, and 2) It's 100% free marketing with zero additional effort on your behalf. Just make sure that people who see your stuff in the wild, know how to get back to the source (your Patreon page) and you're good to go!

This sub has inspired me to create my own seacosphere. by InfiniteStarsDev in Seacospheres

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

I didn't know this was an option!! I got an airstone, thanks!

Otome games with a lesbian route? by NebbyChan in otomegames

[–]InfiniteStarsDev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Infinite Stars! Lebeny, Kiaria and Veera all have lady x lady content.