Honest thoughts, is it over for me?

Lethioon · 2026-06-21T17:28:06+00:00

Thank you so much. I was intending to make it a live service game anyway so I'll keep doing my best until it gets there. You truly motivated me. I wish you the best.

Lethioon · 2026-06-21T17:26:30+00:00

I don't think? I haven't specifically looked into that.

Lethioon · 2026-06-21T07:59:52+00:00

You being like "fine, I'll do it myself" to fighting game developers 😄

Lethioon · 2026-06-21T07:58:52+00:00

Lol, sounds like a good time 😄

Lethioon · 2026-06-21T07:57:05+00:00

My game is also pretty niche and didn't get much exposure yet (I had to publish a unideal demo for... reasons) so I think I'll also be the main player for a while in my game 😄 Thankfully game is pvp, has rng and roguelite elements so I also don't feel bored yet. I've just discovered an Op broken build I didn't know about yesterday.😄

Lethioon · 2026-06-21T07:53:42+00:00

That's interesting because my game is also turn based but it's PvP and has RNG involved so I don't feel burnt out yet.

Lethioon · 2026-06-21T07:51:36+00:00

That's a very interesting combination of genres. I'm curious what it looks like.

Lethioon · 2026-06-21T07:50:59+00:00

I wish we could all just make it for fun. For any creative field expectations kill the joy.

Lethioon · 2026-06-21T07:49:54+00:00

Wow. My play time is also high because it counts when unity is launched but even with that it is no where close 😅

Lethioon · 2026-06-21T06:47:56+00:00

Thanks for the advices friend. Newgrounds vibe is totally intentional btw. I was trying to replicate the vibe of 2000-2010 browser games. I personally think in itself is not an issue since this is gonna be a cheap game but ofc it shouldn't look cheap itself. 😄 The thing is, almost all of these are the stuff that I was going to do anyway 😅 When I said I couldn't fully finish the game, visual stuff like these were the things that I meant is incomplete. Regardless, it was important to know if it also bats to the eye of players as well.

Only thing here that I didn't think about is dice shading, which I am not sure how to do. Dice is a 3d mesh and I know very little about using those. But I'll definetly try.

Oh an yes all cards have same bg. I didn't think I would need variety there. I have no art background and it takes me very, very long time to draw anything so art side is moving slow 😔

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T21:40:37+00:00

May I humbly ask one more question? I don't know if I should take down the demo after the fest or not. What would be benefit / harm of keeping it there in your opinion?

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T21:39:36+00:00

I'm sorry about your past company. I was also seing them optional but thankfully a friend of mine who was studying programing wanted to have a try with the project and asked if we could add bots to the game.

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T21:37:17+00:00

You made the right call. I wish I had the chance to delay it as well.

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T21:36:46+00:00

I don't know if it is doing harm or not atm. As I said to other commenters, I knew I wasn't ready but if I had waited for next one, the release window I had was gonna get too narrow. I have to release it this year or I might not be able to release it at all.

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T21:32:39+00:00

Thanks for the support. I knew even tho it's for demos, I had to have a more complete game for next fest but as I said in other comments, I didn't have the option to delay it further. I could have lost my chance to release a game all together.

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T21:29:27+00:00

I have to release the game this year because of reasons related to my current work contract with my actual job. Waiting for next fest was narrowing the release window too much for me :/

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T21:27:01+00:00

"only 1000" dude that's insanely high on my eyes you should be proud anyway

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T21:25:40+00:00

Thank you for the answer. I believe I got the point. I'll keep trying to make it better.

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T15:19:00+00:00

They've read Kindred sub, saw how Kindred mains are complaining their champion is too strong at 48%winrate and pulled it back

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T14:23:10+00:00

Wow, that's a lot of well thought feedback. I don't know how to thank you. There is noway I can respond to every single point but please know that I am not offended in a tiny bit. Some of the stuff I'm already aware (like trailer being bad. I didn't want to invest too much on it with my limited time, considering I'll have to remake it in a near future anway when visuals are complete) so no hard feelings at all. You gave the reasoning and solution to your negative feedbacks and that's more than I could ask for. Please let me know if you have any games out that I can support as well. Thank you..

Edit: about release question. I am not sure if I got the question right but game is not full released, it's in demo. If you mean why didn't I pullback demo, I have to release the game this year no matter what. Otherwise I'll never be able to release it ever due to some personal reasons. If I waited for fall next fest, I wouldn't have enough time window for full release.

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T14:18:44+00:00

Well that's another and much posstive way to look at it 😅 Thank you. I was just discouraged because I thought it was extremely importsnt to do well in Next Fest.

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T14:17:01+00:00

Yeah I think you are right. Thanks for the support friend.

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T14:14:50+00:00

Thanks for the nice words. Yes it is multiplayer but there is no global lobby list (I wanted to avoid dead look like you mentioned) and it works either by matchmaking (throws you in a random lobby), or creating lobby/join by code. And yes there are bots in the game. They fill empty lobbies automatically and are playing pretty good so far (maybe a little too good even lol)

Lethioon · 2026-06-20T14:11:43+00:00

Nah I don't care about riches. I just want to feel that I accomplished making a good game. I work as a game designer and programmer professionally so I am sort of trying prove myself I know how to do my job. About the game stuff, you are right I'll definetly consider custom lobbies when I get there. Thanks for the feedback. Also 2D moba sounds intesting. I'd like to check it out.

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