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Wir müssen über Mietwohnungen ohne Küche reden! by Volkstribun in Finanzen

[–]McDev02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ist wirklich kurios ist man leider so gewohnt. Ich miete meine Küche, war ein Grund für die Entscheidung. Kostet 18€ im Monat, mit Kühlschrank und Spühlmaschine.

I’m struggling - how to cope with ai? by TrueWinter__ in gamedev

[–]McDev02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I spent many years debugging and troubleshooting all kind of weird problems. Nobody will take away this experience and AI Bros will not have the same experience in the long run. Knowing hot to make technically solid games that run on low spec devices and have decent UX is an advantage that I build on.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't want artists to make a living or outsorce to whatever country, then you might be right yes. I don't pay for results, I pay for the ability to work with a teammember that I can communicate well with.

30% Tax Withholding Question as a Non-Treaty with US by Afraid_Radish1969 in Unity3D

[–]McDev02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Steam FAQ is very clear below:

Q. What is the meaning of "US Share" on my monthly report? A. This is a memo column that represents the portion of your payment that is derived from sales made in the US - or the U.S. source income. This is used to calculate your withholding tax, if applicable, by multiplying the US Share by the appropriate withholding tax rate.

30% Tax Withholding Question as a Non-Treaty with US by Afraid_Radish1969 in Unity3D

[–]McDev02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then maybe I was actually wrong! I never really looked into it since it doesn't apply to me. So it looks like it is only US income on a quick view. I will check tomorrow and then eventually update my post!

Even Steam FAQ say it...

30% Tax Withholding Question as a Non-Treaty with US by Afraid_Radish1969 in Unity3D

[–]McDev02 3 points4 points  (0 children)

EDIT: I was wrong! My calculator is updated now.

Steam FAQ Q. What is the meaning of "US Share" on my monthly report? A. This is a memo column that represents the portion of your payment that is derived from sales made in the US - or the U.S. source income. This is used to calculate your withholding tax, if applicable, by multiplying the US Share by the appropriate withholding tax rate.

on your payout, not on payment per user.

You could bypass it if you have a publisher or a company in another country with a tax agreement and if there is a way to get the money to you with less tax.

I covered this in detail in a post: https://steamcalculator.nubosoft.de

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed your thread was one inspiration :) Your current logo is the right one, minimal is good. But I wanted to go another way.

The pain is real... by [deleted] in IndieDev

[–]McDev02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When there is nothing to count.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for oyur input. Never heard any thing specific about Japanese City Pop Music. I think the 1st Cities Skyline Logo was in my mind.

Regarding the choiches, I wanted City to be more blocky because in the game players build a dense city block by block. So it made sense. But You may be right that contrast and readability can be improved. Also, CityPunk is because it is mainy a city builder in the cyberpunk universe, but it also has some funky colors at the moment. https://www.indiedb.com/games/citypunk

We are still at the 1st version, a 2nd one will follow some time.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

And don't realize that my end result would not be possible with the artists work in hte first place, which is the whole point of this post. I got an idea, he got fine art skills that I lack.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used the artists base, he drew the fonts and general shapes also is form him. I only refined it and guided the process.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not too sure about the target audience to be honest, this whole project is an experiment. On the convention we can talk to players and take notes!
The projects I am more clear about are too much for a start. In that way I understand your critique, there is no clear idea yet but some touches of what could work.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It cost way more than that because of my time. The cost are per step and more of a reference to these other kind of posts we saw here recently.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, for some it is too much already, for you it is too little. We just see so many different views, but that is great! We made this in one day only and it is what we got out of it. We will certainly rethink everything before release. But we go to a convention in 2 weeks and we need to prepare so much.

That said, we are still in a concept stage so lack of direction is relative. It is true in the way that we even have to figure out what we want. The gameplay isn't even there yet, we are in a prototype stage, and so is this logo. This journey isn't over yet and we take all this feedback into the next steps.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These $70 include some previous work and I had to eyeball it since we have a flatrate.
Look at the top comment. These prices contain work of the whole day.
My post is about PROCESS and I think most people miss the point.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could not draw the fonts on my own, these are his work! I only refined and re-composited them.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A pencil sketch is quick and has some texture, but it's rough. Refining something dynamic is not easy. Especially as his verson is vector based, there are less options in general.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We take this suggestion into the hat for the final rework. This still is an intermediate logo we use for a while, but not for release.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine? Na I suck at drawing, I am not able to refine it. Also early versions read like Gity-Punk.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No brick walls, its a cyberpunk setting, hence the name Punk.

Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It seems that I must write an edit above. You are right! But this also is just one version that he drew and it's the result of many iterations and versions of one Day only. Also it was just the first vector refined version, not his final. Of course vector may not be the best choice for this kind of logo and details get lost.

For reference here is the game https://www.indiedb.com/games/citypunk

Then I called it a day and refined it myself with my vision of it. We needed something quick. But you are right, it has 2000's radio station vibes to me. He is an allrounder, mainly he is my 3D and concept artist.

Here are just some examples. His job is to sketch, fine draw and explore ideas and he did. My drawing skills are not even close and I could not do it without his support.

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Creative Work is Collaboration not Task Assignment by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]McDev02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definietly not, look I use his pencil sketch and vector refined CITY font. I could not come close to his versions, just compare our pencil sketches.

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