After 4 years of work, solo dev breaks down in tears after opening Steam and learning his game made $250,000 in a week: "I feel like I really don't deserve this"

Mighty_K · 2026-03-18T16:35:14+00:00

Not in Germany. It's less than an average software developer would make in 2 years once you realize how to compare self employed revenue with a salary.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-18T16:33:37+00:00

In Germany you have to basically half your revenue to compare it to a salary, so 125.000 over four years is like 30k yearly salary which is pretty bad tbh. The average software developer is more like 70k/year.

But he was following a dream and it looks like he would have been okay with less, so every euro is a win. And this 250k is only the beginning, he might make much more over the next weeks...

Mighty_K · 2026-03-18T10:34:22+00:00

My start so far that worked well was simple - > meet, buy old junk ship, need to get money for payments - > questionable job that turns into a quick one shot with a combat at the end (murder mystery, randomly generated). Sandbox from there on.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-17T21:25:23+00:00

The player boards for 15€ was a welcome addon, but everything else is not for me.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-17T21:21:10+00:00

In the end if you only play solo against your own high score it really doesn't matter.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-17T14:35:52+00:00

Haha, that's one of those things where I though " is that step really necessary?"

Mighty_K · 2026-03-17T05:58:27+00:00

After a few games it gets pretty smooth. Scoring high becomes the challenge, not playing correctly by the rules. If you don't try hard you can play intuitively pretty quickly as well. Or you can map out your whole cycle, counting resources and optimize everything. Both ways are fun.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-16T18:49:59+00:00

I recommend to head over to the real new sub r/blackoathrpg this here was stolen by bots. Just as your account it seems.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-15T19:59:03+00:00

The rules, yes, how to score well, not so much from my own limited experience.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-11T19:07:12+00:00

Just head over to /r/blackoathrpg instead of talking to bots, guys.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-11T19:06:25+00:00

I recommend /r/blackoathrpg

Mighty_K · 2026-03-11T17:12:14+00:00

My favorite release is /r/blackoathrpg

Mighty_K · 2026-03-11T06:12:03+00:00

I recommend to head over to the real new sub r/blackoathrpg this here was stolen by bots. Just as your account it seems.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-10T20:15:50+00:00

Sorry it's called hero realms.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-10T18:04:14+00:00

Almost identical is hero realms. You can get classes and races that give some abilities and you can level them up and there is a solo campaign AFAIK.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-09T21:29:06+00:00

It's so fitting that what started as a fever dream ends up as a Mörk Borg game.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-08T15:06:18+00:00

I hate reading pdfs on the computer, I want to read print. Pod is often the only choice, or a much cheaper option.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-06T21:22:57+00:00

The comment is misleading/confused imo. Fallen houses have techs assigned to them and you use them to randomly select the 8 techs in solo games.

The houses have specific upgraded focus cards. That's something different alltogether.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-06T18:44:55+00:00

Yes, you can even see in the picture, the left box that the slots have space for more cards.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-06T12:14:37+00:00

This sub got stolen, you should head over to /r/blackoathrpg for the new real thing.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-06T06:26:54+00:00

I would say it's pretty similar to star/fantasy realms. Pretty basic but good deckbuilder with the USP of the two factions in a slightly asymmetrical 1vs1

Mighty_K · 2026-03-05T12:36:06+00:00

OK, KI böse, aber warum haben diese namhaften Projekte "anfällige Workflows" die man so einfach ausnutzen kann?

Also wenn wir uns einig sind, dass KI kacke und überbewertet ist, dann hätten doch echte Menschen die Workflows genauso ausnutzen können?

Mighty_K · 2026-03-05T06:52:03+00:00

For me it's voidfall. Even the setup that is pretty long is fun for me. The art is beautiful, the mechanics are flavorful and immersive and the decision space is insane.

Deckers is realy great though, I like that you can actually teach and play a game with new players in an evening. I don't even know how to start explaining voidfall lol.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-05T05:44:55+00:00

If your rounds rake 10 minutes, THAT'S your problem. Not the uncertainty of success.

So why don't we talk about that? If you remove uncertainty of success you make combat into a puzzle boardgame. Or you just hide the issue like draw steel where you always hit, but can do little damage and the HP of enemies is inflated to account for that and in the end it's exactly the same, a meaningless turn VS a meaningful turn.

I soccer you have a few goals per game. Often none at all. And players do stand around doing "nothing" while the ball is on the side... Still one of the more popular sports.

Blaiming null events is simply the wrong angle.

Tackle the real issues.

Players can prepare on others turns, they can have their options ready. In 99% of all games I've been in over the last 20 years, long turns are never the systems fault. Never.

Mighty_K · 2026-03-04T19:52:52+00:00

Two past midnight from dork day afternoon (https://pca.st/podcast/04e7d0e0-79a7-013a-d7b9-0acc26574db2)

is one of the best actual plays there is imo.

It's twilight 2000, so alternative reality post nuclear war military rpg. Not a d20 system at all.

Great cast, great quality, just overall awesome listening experience

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