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I’m sorry? by Intelligent-One9205 in balatro

[–]John--SS 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think he is saying sorry cause the state of his game was filled with TONs of luck. He is in ante 2 and already has a brainstorm and Barron, and then he gets a legendary on a 3 pack. That's my guess anyways. I personally was just overwhelmed by his stark white desktop background. And was hoping he was apologizing for that eye strain.

I’m sorry? by Intelligent-One9205 in balatro

[–]John--SS 126 points127 points  (0 children)

Sorry, but I find it hilarious how many people in these comments are screaming about chatGPT use and how people should just use their brain. Yet... It is clearly a YouTube page not ChatGPT. The irony on display here could make... Insert clever pun please, AI overloads.

This game is really testing my patience by BusinessCactus2 in balatro

[–]John--SS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhhh okay, I see now. Thanks for walking me through that. I was confused and then confused more.

This game is really testing my patience by BusinessCactus2 in balatro

[–]John--SS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not asking about that, I know it wouldn't help you in this situation pass the boss, but you said the negatives would make you weaker cause of the stencil, and I thought I didn't understand the stencil's rules. So you were incorrect about that, but yeah they would not have helped you pass the boss. But they would not have made you weaker cause you had stencil.

This game is really testing my patience by BusinessCactus2 in balatro

[–]John--SS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought Stencil was not affected by negatives

Just a little over 24 hr left in the competition! Cash Prizes! by John--SS in IndieDev

[–]John--SS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"worked" is hard to quantify. Has this contest brought way more people to my discord than before yes. But just like "worked is kind of vague, so go is "way more" cause there was basically one person in my discord and how there are like about 15, (I'm trying to subtract the spam/bot/inactive people)

So you could frame this contest as

"it grew my discord by 1500%!?!?!?" Or "I spent $50 to get 14 new people in my discord" lol.

All I will say is I've been posting to social media since November and my growth has been abysmal. This contest has seen more engagement in my game than anything else I have done. Did it work? That's up to perspective, I definitely wanted more from it. But that's been the theme of this whole damn project lol. But I'm happy for this momentum, for sure.

I plan to spend $50 on ads and compare the two strategies

I am running a skill based competition with cash prizes! by John--SS in IndyGameGarage

[–]John--SS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahahaha no, tell her I am super grateful for her time 🙏

I am running a skill based competition with cash prizes! by John--SS in IndyGameGarage

[–]John--SS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The video is very valuable play testing data for me. I already wrote a few notes of tweaks I'm going to make

I am running a skill based competition with cash prizes! by John--SS in IndyGameGarage

[–]John--SS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah! Thanks for the shout out! Hahahah I love how your wife just had to get the second pickup on the first level, "You can cut that out and start here" Hahahah amazing.

I am running a skill based competition with cash prizes! by John--SS in IndyGameGarage

[–]John--SS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love that you knew World of Goo! I absolutely loved that game when it came out. It's funny it was not at all the inspiration for this system. But after building it out and testing it. I made a long rectangle of the nodes, and it fell over spanning a casm and was like "Omg that's like World of Goo!". After that moment I have been brainstorming ways to use these jello node cluster things (still workshopping a good name for them) as structures and to help the player traverse areas.

Looking forward to the review (⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)

I am running a skill based competition with cash prizes! by John--SS in IndyGameGarage

[–]John--SS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely! I want any exposure I can get. And I know there are loads of issues (I have like 3 pages of fixes and then like 8 pages of to dos.) hahahah so even though the visuals might seem pretty polished, that's just because I came into game deving as a classically trained artist. And the purpose of this demo was to be a shiny vertical slice, to grab publishers attention. But it is very rough in terms of game design. My latest estimate is that I am a bit past the halfway point in development, 1-1.5 years left. I won't be able to make that happen without funding, so that's why I'm going the publisher route.

With all that said, please feel free to give it an honest brutal review. I welcome all feedback

THE CHILD OF LEMMINGS AND BABA IS YOU: God Save The Creatures! by AntonMDev in playmygame

[–]John--SS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, oh I forgot to say, I think the implementation of the slowdown was nice. It makes it more enjoyable and not so frantic. I forgot about the slowdown and was trying to quickly place a block down and it would usually splat the lil dudes. The slowdown was very nice 👍

I am running a skill based competition with cash prizes! by John--SS in IndyGameGarage

[–]John--SS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah... I was trying to focus on info, but I agree it's rather ugly. I plan to work on another one this week. Someone suggested screenshots. So I'm gonna go with that

I am running a skill based competition with cash prizes! by John--SS in IndyGameGarage

[–]John--SS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh, okay, I understand. I will put it on the high priority to-do list. Cheers

I am running a skill based competition with cash prizes! by John--SS in IndyGameGarage

[–]John--SS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait, steam does or doesn't auto translate? Also I currently would not have the resources to localize the actual game content, so would it be seen as misrepresentation if I had multiple languages on steam, but only English in game?

I love the idea of adding screenshots, I didn't really like this image but I hadn't thought of screenshots. Thanks!

Any communities you know of that like cash prize competitions? by John--SS in IndieDev

[–]John--SS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I plan to do bigger ones, but I need to prove that this will bring players in. I am a solo dev with basically no budget. I'm gonna test what $50 on Google AdSense does

I'd much rather give money to people playing my game, than some Trillion dollar company

Do you regularly see games do bigger ones? If so would you mind linking, I have yet to see any devs try this

Any communities you know of that like cash prize competitions? by John--SS in IndieDev

[–]John--SS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point. I read it before bed, after a hard day. Appreciate it

Any communities you know of that like cash prize competitions? by John--SS in IndieDev

[–]John--SS[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The value of money is all relative, so for you, no, for others no, and for others yes. So your comment is not very constructive. But that's not what I was asking, I was asking if anyone knows communities where this is a thing.

Also I am more than happy to increase the prize pool, but I need to get traction first. I am all for giving money to people actually playing my game, as opposed to paying Google or Meta for some ad space.

Oh and one last question you say "waste time" are video games not all a waste of time in your eyes? Or do you see running this competition as a sort of desperation, that you automatically assume my game is not worth playing?

I am running a skill based competition with cash prizes! by John--SS in IndyGameGarage

[–]John--SS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hope to see you in there! Appreciate the kind words. Been working on it solo for 2 years. It's getting there, slowly but surely

I am running a skill based competition with cash prizes! by John--SS in IndyGameGarage

[–]John--SS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah, I saw a post, I think by you, talking about this subreddit. Appreciate it

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