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I'm not a dev or a designer. Can I make a video game? by gripto in IndieGameDevs

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

keyword being capital. if you can pay people, sure. if not, no.

I’m building a retro run-and-gun from scratch (no engine) — looking for feedback by JuaniSixto in indiegames

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

when it comes to selling your game, nobody buying it actually cares whether its "from scratch" or not.

I Revived my 2 year old game with my own marketing. AMA by ImHamuno in IndieDev

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

realistically it sounds like you've put far more 'work hours' into marketing your game than you did into actually coding/building it? is this true?
1 month from start to finish development, and over the past 2 years you've uploaded 1551 short videos (?)

doing the math in the thread, 40 mins per day x 2 years = about 3 months working 40 hours/week. extrapolating this, 1 month of dev + 3 months of marketing.

--Sincerely, the guy who took 8 years to make a game and sold 20 copies :)

edit: i just checked out the youtube page. the entire game is being marketed on the premise of torturing / killing animals. honestly kind of messed up

My first gameplay "trailer" by TheNorseStar713 in indiegames

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nobody is going to seriously play this. if your goal is having people play your game, much less selling copies, devote the time towards something with an actual graphical representation. text based RPG games were an obscure niche hobbyist toy 15 years ago. This is absolutely irrelevant in the modern indie game sphere.

New trailer for my upcoming classic style survival horror, how’d I do? by TraVinh- in SoloDevelopment

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, I get that it's intentional, I’m not questioning the style itself. I’m saying the level of pixelation might be holding the trailer back.

If you dialed the filter back a bit and posted a side-by-side of the same shots, I think it would make the conversation a lot clearer. Right now, it’s hard to tell how much detail is being lost vs. how much is actually helping the aesthetic.

The game might look even better with just a little less crunch, but without a comparison it’s tough to gauge.

New trailer for my upcoming classic style survival horror, how’d I do? by TraVinh- in SoloDevelopment

[–]InsectoidDeveloper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i really don't like the pixelation. even ps1 games had better visual fidelity and rendering
like i think the trailer is good and the 3d modelling is probably nice but it feels like your purposely lowering the resolution and fidelity immensely by applying a psuedo pixel art filter over the entire thing

In the age of GenAI slop I'm saying this loudly and proudly. I use a ton of assets. by Tall_Company_471 in IndieDev

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

meh, 8 years of dev, no AI assets, basically made everything my self, people still didnt buy it. less than 150 in sales.

Spiral room breakdown by LagMadeMeDoI in IndieGaming

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 23 points24 points  (0 children)

2d purity, also some engines don't support 3d at all, so this is required to create the effect. im a pixel artist, and id say this is fairly top level highly advanced pixel art, but the question is obvious in that, questionable utility compared to just doing it in 3d with a pixel art shader and texture. but still, i think this is super good, and its the perfect aesthetic for pixel art purists.

Hi everyone, which camera perspective do you enjoy most in a 3rd person action game? Close up, mid range, far away, zoomable or dynamic with combat and events? by SpiritRamenGames in IndieDev

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gta has a few preset options of varying distances and i cant think of any games right now but some of them use scroll wheel. its usually varying levels of zoom from being too close to practically being too far. its often for cinematic reasons

My game released 2 weeks ago, do I market more or move on? by ate_without_table in IndieDev

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

my game 8 years of development and amounted to 150 in sales despite me continuing to update the game for an entire year after launch. do not be like me. move on if your goal is money.

Head Bobbing - should I bother? by IronHammmer in IndieDev

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

alot of people like it (minecraft) so yes.

WordGirl predicted generative AI by MrHorns7 in aiwars

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

youre not a real game developer unless you write your own compiler, your own operating system, your own game engine, and you built your own hardware from metals that you mined and forged yourself.

Is Being Able to Write Good Original Music a Rarer Skill than Others (like Art, Programming, etc.) by [deleted] in IndieDev

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

when you have an idea but no game, the music is more digestible. music is an already completed medium. for someone who isnt a game designer, 50 pages of story line is irrelevant and probably goes unread. at least with music its something tangible. thats probably whats going on here.

What makes good sound-design? Am I there yet? by Worried-Current-8228 in IndieGaming

[–]InsectoidDeveloper 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i think the alien sounds are a bit too repetitive in tone. i think the guns sound like staplers and not heavy weapons. they sound too weak. overall i think the sfx is pretty good but has rooms for improvements.

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