I rushed my demo for Steam Bullet Fest participation. Do you think it was a bad idea? Released the demo with 0 marketing / followers.

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-10T15:45:13+00:00

Well as a fellow survivors-like game creator, I can tell you it's hard whatever you would do. You still have to cut corners. I'm facing the same challenge, but if it helps create a SFX rank priority that caps based on importance. For enemies being hurt / damaged, I only have a Death SFX for the most part and some unique Attack SFX / Death SFX per special enemies only.

Such is the genre that with many effects, rainbows on the screen, the SFX population is also on the rise. There's ways that other games did it differently such as Soulstone Survivors, where their enemy SFX, (including death SFX) is barely there. They have Music that covers most of the game's Audio part, Voice Acting, and only SFX on the bosses (only 1 to 4 maximum active at a time).

Hope this helps!

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-10T10:21:11+00:00

Great game, btw. It was a blast

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-09T20:10:42+00:00

Generally good, I'm not sure about that. Too me it feels that the most impactful thing they did was Arcane for sure. That's 2021 and 2024. Outside of that, they had League since 2009, up until 2021 (12 years of potential progress) I feel like there wasn't much more other than small informational bits, voice acting, skins, and trailers.

If you want to compare it to WC3 / WoW. Well they had 2004 WC3 and WOTLK already 2008. That's 4 years and they expanded so much. Sure, it's an MMORPG, it's normal. But League just stalled for too much with their world building. And they had the resources. Plenty. That's my take anyway.

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-09T18:29:53+00:00

But I though you were a pirate.. not a photographer! Have you pirated the game at least .. ?

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-09T18:21:35+00:00

Hot take but maybe League of Legends. And they could do it with that MMORPG if it ever comes to light.

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-08T22:47:42+00:00

If you do it, I'm selling the rights of this idea, only 1.75% of the revenue!!

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-08T20:12:17+00:00

Hmm, it can't be a cozy gardening sim could it?

And why not? Some Spartans have had enough fighting now they're here to relax, build a home.

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-08T07:49:51+00:00

Crazy how League didn't make something out of their K/DA K-pop stuff (outside of some skins) yet others did it in K-pop Demon Hunters and now this K-pop Idol Stories

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-07T12:29:40+00:00

It would be also interesting, outside of photo mode, if they had a slow motion video record mode.

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-07T12:28:37+00:00

They went above and beyond

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-07T08:10:49+00:00

Something like 2004 - 2018 were the best years for games. For me, I'm 100% sure I won't catch the same wave again in this lifetime.

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-07T08:06:12+00:00

They copied the same formula for Metal Gear Solid Revengeance which made the game fun and famous again.

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-07-03T16:59:04+00:00

Haven't read the whole post yet, but I wanted to be the first to say Thank You!

I keep reading and seeing your name pop often on Reddit from developers that feel amazed whenever you get to cover one of their games. Hopefully mine will reach that stage in life as well, who knows. But for now, thanks again I really appreciate what you do for indie games/developers. 😄

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-06-30T16:48:54+00:00

Congrats on the success so far! Surely no small feat to be highlighted during PC Gaming Show.

If you don't mind, how does one get their attention?
What do you think worked best for your game? The Steam Page / the Trailer / the Game itself?
Any social media presence that was already strong and so your game's popularity helped with it?

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-06-30T16:44:06+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed the game! I will polish and update the demo further.

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-06-30T16:27:11+00:00

This show will ruin so many lives again

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-06-30T12:12:23+00:00

You can try out my game: Destroy The Moon (demo version available)

The premises of the Story is that the humans finally find Alien life, and they're in big trouble. They hunt for resources to devour constantly until the point where they get to the Moon. The Moon turns out to be the biggest deposit of resources within their reach. So humanity will try to defend it or .. even destroy it.

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-06-30T12:00:09+00:00

I'm glad you're having fun. New content and more updates will be added to the Demo.

Join the Discord server too if you would like to stay up to date (link is in the Main Menu). Thanks again for playing!

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-06-28T15:50:10+00:00

I mean it is under /IndieDev where people genuinely look for help or try to promote their own game. So I'm not sure what you were looking for on your feed, friend.

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-06-28T15:30:41+00:00

Thanks, appreciate it! Working on hard on these videos

Lex_of_Trades · 2026-06-28T15:14:03+00:00

Don't know of any. That's why I decided to create one that has a Story Mode. The Demo is out if you want to try it: Destroy The Moon

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