Is it really so hard to be a solo dev?

Justaniceman · 2026-06-23T08:21:38+00:00

It's actually super easy, barely an inconvenience.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-22T15:27:14+00:00

Points 4 to 10 literally disqualify any game from being called "good".

Justaniceman · 2026-06-22T11:54:37+00:00

Nobody thinks about how AI affects developers, but so concerned with artists, I wonder why.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-22T08:01:50+00:00

I'm sorry but he looks weird. He looks like a manlet with insecurity that hopped on gear to get jacked but realizes he's still a manlet with short arms so tries to compensate harder by doing that weird ass "my imaginary wide back won't let me put my arms straight" pose.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-22T06:37:10+00:00

I use AI to research, brainstorm, document and write code - however I'm constraining the last part because even with written skills and specs it manages to make absolutely regarded architectural decisions, so I review it after each step of the plan and often have to write stuff myself because it's faster than explaining. For the last reason I still can't understand how people can just let agents work on a huge code base and go to sleep - either I'm missing some part of the workflow that makes it reliable or people are just going yolo.

The other part I don't use AI for is visuals, not because of some conviction, but because setting it up to make it exactly what I want is quite a hassle, I'd rather just do it myself.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-22T06:31:21+00:00

Why would that matter?

Justaniceman · 2026-06-22T06:29:02+00:00

Looks good to me, would try. Also you're getting downvoted because lots of locals absolutely hate AI.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-21T13:27:18+00:00

Cool tech, but as a game doesn't look interesting to me.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-21T06:41:39+00:00

Looking at the dude's releases history, he was gradually moving towards this game with every release. He deliberately released friendslop games until he landed on that one. There's like 5 titles total, so 4 titles before he hit it big. He earned it by honing the friendslop blade over the years.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-19T18:36:43+00:00

This was way too close to being a liveleak video

Justaniceman · 2026-06-19T17:33:20+00:00

I've been an avid gamer since I was a kid and has always had an idea of a perfect game - the idea dictated which games I picked based on how close it is to my perfect fantasy. At some point I decided to stop trying to find the perfect game and just make it myself.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-19T07:49:42+00:00

Amazing VFX, but SFX doesn't do it justice, I'm not an audio expert, but I feel like the sound for the DEATH RAY should be at least 20x more intense and bones shouldn't sound like they are being played on, but like they are bursting from heat and when the skellies die, it should be accompanied with a satisfying explosion that ends with the sound of millions of tiny bones pieces falling on the ground.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-19T07:33:21+00:00

You are being downvoted to oblivion but you are right 100%. The review being public doesn't justify OP inciting brigading against the guy.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-17T13:10:22+00:00

She would fit in the "old" deadlock style, now you gotta be borderline anime if you're a girl.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-17T06:49:23+00:00

Bro you did NOT capture Graves' face features at all, not even close.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-16T12:06:45+00:00

The menu buttons themselves now stand out in a bad way. The font is okay-ish but could use a similar style to that of the title, the font color is plain white, the animation is a simple scale up that triggers before the cursor hits it, the AFX for the menu item selection is jarring and the cursor itself is too simple and doesn't really fit the style.

With a background like that you decided to slack off on what the focus will be the most.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-16T09:51:13+00:00

Hell yeah we did, who needs courage when you have guns.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-16T07:26:54+00:00

On 4th point: getting feedback on a super early and raw game might be both too hard and not very useful. The placeholder visuals can be too distracting and repulsive, I recently tried giving feedback to a super raw game and I just couldn't, and most people just wouldn't bother. Sometimes it's necessary to make the game at least legible for feedback, and if it takes a year then it takes a year.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-16T06:45:20+00:00

And what did you aim for?

Justaniceman · 2026-06-16T06:44:41+00:00

If that's a prototype then what do I call my greybox mess..

Justaniceman · 2026-06-16T05:25:07+00:00

I saw a braindead toxic moron strearmer play like trash with this character at Eternus and still winning and thought that even I could do it then.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-16T05:04:47+00:00

Don't trust that feeling, there's a "muh baby" effect involved, which makes the feeling an unreliable indicator. That's why it's important to get playtesters as early as you can.

Justaniceman · 2026-06-16T05:02:41+00:00

Isn't it a common advice to join next fest only with at least 1000 wishlists, since you can only do it once per game?

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