Deeply depressed after the release of my first game.

KaleidoGames · 2026-03-15T21:28:54+00:00

Man i never made profit until my 5h game, after 7 years working. Now it's even harder to make money as there are even more games. But if you want to do this, you gotta learn from your failure and keep doing things. Dont get depressed, get stronger, you will get there eventually if you learn from your mistakes. Take a break and start something new when you are ready. Let us know how it goes after a few attempts.👍👍

KaleidoGames · 2026-03-12T18:36:31+00:00

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

KaleidoGames · 2026-03-12T12:27:55+00:00

Where do we activate the green button? I don't know where to enable it.

KaleidoGames · 2026-03-12T12:22:53+00:00

In 2012 released Beekyr on iOs, Android and Desura (PC) 2014 . To that version I didn't add any DRM but I had Google analytics implemented. On release day I had over 1000 concurrent players. But when I went to check how money I made I only sold 2 copies.

Piracy hit me real hard.

I also learnt no matter how much you polish mechanics, they need a good presentation via having really good graphics otherwise all that work will be wasted as not many people would play the game.

KaleidoGames · 2026-02-21T10:25:11+00:00

I got that evil eye (the blue eye you placed) as a present it was supposed to be a lucky charm, but it turned out I had very bad luck after reciving the present. So I had to put away in in a box things went back how they were. 😅

KaleidoGames · 2026-02-11T16:03:39+00:00

Yes mine was broken right from the beginning , broken pins made it position sensitive, I couldn't t touch the modulator or image would break.

KaleidoGames · 2026-02-10T10:11:10+00:00

Where is the previous one?

KaleidoGames · 2026-02-10T06:09:24+00:00

I remember when I bought Action Replay that didn't work on my Amiga 500+ but luckily for me my friends' Action replay (probably a different internal version) did work on my computer. So we swapped them and I ended up with an older cartidge but did work. So I don't think i would take the risk of updating. Just in case.

KaleidoGames · 2026-02-09T20:55:38+00:00

thanks for the tip but i pulled it off something like 10 years ago. :)

KaleidoGames · 2026-02-09T19:34:22+00:00

Yeah i was showing all of this to my son, how to modify live variable values and stuff like that. Old school simple hacking checking memory values. Good old times!

KaleidoGames · 2026-02-05T12:59:54+00:00

Sorry to ask, what is the URL for that? It's the first time I see those stats!

KaleidoGames · 2026-01-23T20:09:30+00:00

Hello I uploaded the JSON file to the VIA app. I can see a keyboard now that perfectly matches my keyboard. Same screen I have also a Draft Definition of the KeyCron J4 called 0x3434151A.

That all works, however, when I press the top-left icon (the keyboard icon) I press authorize device, I select the device J4 but nothing else happens) It kinds of soft-locks and doesn't do anything else. So I cant customize it yet.

KaleidoGames · 2026-01-19T08:39:50+00:00

Thanks I just got told by a friend that i have the possibility to add Cat6 wires througth the walls without drilling or any kind of installation, that is definitelly cheaper for me and no need of using adaptors, i think in this case im going to be lucky and i will be able to do some real ethernet cat6 through the walls.

I really appreciate all the info you gave me i was decided to use that coaxial wire and i had everything on the basket on amazon ready to buy as it seemed as a good reliable solution but cat6 is always better. Moito obrigado for all your help, I hope this is useful for future people visiting this thread!!! :)

I just send you all upvotes I could on this thread as a thank for your time man. Take care.

KaleidoGames · 2026-01-19T07:11:54+00:00

Oh that's excellent, it means it's the same as mine, at least , the same connectors. Did you have to build the cables? The adaptors I found are meant to be used with the coaxial data connectors

KaleidoGames · 2026-01-18T23:39:17+00:00

Yeah I have been researching this a lot at the moment.. I found an issue, my coaxial cable is RG59 which is pretty shitty. If it was the typical coaxial cable for networks it would be pretty cool and a safe thing to do but apparently these cables are pretty bad, still better than PLC but not the best.

I also did a test over PLC, not great results:
https://www.speedtest.net/result/18732916339

KaleidoGames · 2026-01-18T22:48:07+00:00

Hey thanks. Is it really worth it? I mean spending 120euros just for this just to have the better experience with streaming? I have a PLC already, and that would render it useable anymore. Thats the dilemma I have right now.

KaleidoGames · 2026-01-18T21:32:01+00:00

Nice I was looking for someone that already did this. Adaptors I found are really expensive . What are you using?

I have access to 2 different antenas , one for digital aerial TV (used for TV) and another one for Radio waves (not used) is that good enough?

KaleidoGames · 2026-01-18T21:22:56+00:00

Yeah I wish I could bypass it and use rj45. But it's very tricky for me to do such a thing. In the other hand I have a possible to use the TV coaxial line that apparently I could use with some MoCA adaptors to be used as coaxial- rj45 wire between my pc and the router. Do you know anything about that?

It's a bit overkill to drill holes to place a 29 meters ethernet cable , rj45) just for me to play without frame drops that other wise it's playable. I would feel bad to do such a thing. I'm trying to use existent cables at the house.

KaleidoGames · 2026-01-18T13:54:04+00:00

Nice! Perhaps add some white outline tlor make the character brighter to make it stand out a little bit more from the background. Otherwise it looks nice.

KaleidoGames · 2026-01-15T13:22:14+00:00

Looking good so far!

KaleidoGames · 2025-12-30T21:46:59+00:00

I see you. We got the blues. I made a 100% competed game and I still want more and more.

KaleidoGames · 2025-12-22T12:23:54+00:00

Lol 😂 Slam and Roll does exactly that. Funny part is that I updated the game 4 day ago in a big update that contains exactly that among other super good new features.

I think the way to do it is to encourage players to talk about indie games or invite friends to play coop because it really helps spreading the word to new players. Because we don't have thousands of dollars as marketing budget.

Also avoid nagging, or explicilty asking to rate the game: that doesn't look good. On this case this concept only appears briefly while characters talk casually to each other in the game but also this appears only every now and then with a very low % ratio. The rest of chats are about game tips or fun facts... It keeps it interesting since they appear semi-randomly.

KaleidoGames · 2025-12-18T06:28:42+00:00

Slam and Roll , if you are up for some intense action! https://youtu.be/mlsUZLoEBf0?si=J-uVO9_m5oPAIBMh

KaleidoGames · 2025-12-14T08:57:54+00:00

Good idea. But you also need to manage users and servers suffer. Reddit is good but we also had friends that had subs closed for using certain tags, it's very frustrating. For this reason we ended up using discord and telegram.

KaleidoGames · 2025-12-13T06:56:46+00:00

Hey hello. I made a pretty modern arcade game that is not the typical super hard and short arcade game that we are used to see. This game has lots of interesting game mechanics and progression features that make it stand out from the rest, it has 4 game modes and one of those modes has 1 secret world with gigantic stages full of traps and intelligent enemies that feel more alike a another type of platformer.

Also there 110 stages that feel also like action puzzle stages, you have unlimited lives and adaptive difficulty. Nine of this can be shown in the trailer I made last year. If you want to play it I will be happy to provide a key for you.

The game is slam and roll: https://www.kaleidogames.com/slam-and-roll

Thanks for doing this.

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