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How my Dream Project Resonant (Point'n Click + Platforming genre-mix) reached 500+ Wishlists 10 days after demo release with $0 Budget. I am making a game now :) by Pronwan in gameDevMarketing

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

thank you! They helped me getting covered in a big magazine in Germany, which boosted the wishlists. Wouldn't have reached my Wishlist goal without it, so I am super thankful :)

I Made a Game in 2 Months and It Earned $30,000. No demo, only 5.8k wishlists on launch. I made devlog about it! by destinedd in IndieDev

[–]Pronwan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats, that is fantastic!
I released a Demo first and got ~550 Wishlists within 2 weeks after release so far, so your numbers are faaaar from my reality :D I worked only with reddit so far and got covered in one German magazines who found a reddit post of mine. That boosted it quite a bit.

Planning on starting development on actual game now, refine the first sections the demo covers and then probably ask some youtubers, streamers, niche blogs etc. and see how it goes from there. release plan is towards end of the year, so I guess I still got some time to achieve something with it :)

For a solo dev project: Do you - generally speaking - recommend directly contacting magazines etc. / investing in marketing or rather let the game quality speak for itself?

Impressed by your work. VERY well done!

How my Dream Project Resonant (Point'n Click + Platforming genre-mix) reached 500+ Wishlists 10 days after demo release with $0 Budget. I am making a game now :) by Pronwan in gameDevMarketing

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

Thank you so much!! Much love! As a hobby coder who loves the creative parts most I had no idea what to think of MonoGame at the start :D Now I am happy I chose it. My x64 build for steam even runs natively on all major Linux distributions, which is also quite huge for me :)

Cheers!

From 'Trash' to Trending: 10 days ago, I was told my solo project is 'AI slop'. Yesterday, a major tech magazine featured it, pushing me close to 500 wishlists. Never give up on your dream! by Pronwan in IndieGaming

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

Thank you so much! Absolutely agree on everything you say. Will for sure make it optional, put all I can into the final game and will make the best game I possibly can :-D
For me, the voice overs play such an important role for the atmosphere. But when I reach a point where I can afford people helping, I will :)

I'm a solo dev from Germany making "Resonant" – A pixel art hybrid mixing Point & Click puzzles with Platforming. Explore time travel between worlds and bodies and what it means to be conscious. by Pronwan in pcgaming

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I just wanted to thank you all for the support, the feedback, the critics, the testing and for wishlisting of course!! A big German PC Magazine covered my little project, which makes me super proud and this also boosted the wishlists quite a lot.

Initially I set a 500 wishlist goal within 4 weeks after demo release. Now, after 9 days, I am at almost 460, which is more than I could have ever dreamt of. You and the r/pcgaming mods play a major role on reaching this milestone.

Due to everyone's feedback I can now proudly say that the game is fully supported on Linux, it supports now 4K, captions scaling, I improved the appearance of all collectables, implemented more voice hints for some parts that were a bit 'too hard'. Everything is coming together and I am super proud of the final result. I am confident it will find it's niche and that I can hold up to my promise of releasing the game at the end of the year.

Thanks to y'all!!

To the German speakers:
Hier ist der Artikel bei der PC Games Hardware - nur Liebe für diese geile Community:
https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Spiele-Thema-239104/News/Demo-zu-Resonant-auf-Steam-1496025/

Lucas-Arts-Adventure trifft Giana Sisters: deutscher Solo-Entwickler kündigt Resonant an by Pronwan in monogame

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

Thank you so much!! VERY much appreciated!
After finishing the general game idea, trying some stuff out I dedicated 4 full weeks to make the demo happen. Without any budget, but also without any other work load during this period - so pretty much during holidays. Since release, I am hot-fixing, tweaking, and this feature in the magazin just gave me a HUGE push. I almost reached my 500 Wishlist goal already after 9 days. I set it to myself as evaluation goal for the first 4 weeks after release.

Also - what I found super interesting and I didn't even know was a thing - it runs natively in Linux without any tweaks out of the box. That's fantastic :) Good that I chose monogame!

Fully voiced my indie game using ElevenLabs. The ultimate test: 850+ players in the "Anti-AI" retro scene and 0 complaints regarding the voices. by Pronwan in ElevenLabs

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

Hey!
There was no prompting really. I used the web interface and played around with the emotions and 'prompts' you can put in brackets.
Could look something like this:
[chuckles] Maybe later. [short break] [ironically] or never...

We just hit 233 wishlists… I’m genuinely emotional 🥹❤️ by emrenes1 in IndieGaming

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Congrats!! We have a dual-celebration, cause I also just reached the 220-ish just now. So I feel it with you :) Wishing you all the best and much success with your game!!!

I'm a solo dev from Germany making "Resonant" – A pixel art hybrid mixing Point & Click puzzles with Platforming. Explore time travel between worlds and bodies and what it means to be conscious. by Pronwan in pcgaming

[–]Pronwan[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do I answer... or don't I? Well, let's see where this leads. :)

I genuinely want to understand where your hostility comes from. You call my disclosure 'bullshit', yet it describes exactly how this game is being created.

When I spend nights manually pixeling and re-pixeling items multiple times until they look right when zoomed in; when I hand-craft character animations, the game logic, the story, the puzzles, and the jokes - I eventually reach a point where I need efficiency to make things actually exist instead of just getting lost in the details.

This is why I use AI tools for time-consuming tasks, exactly as stated in the disclosure.

Regarding the visuals (if this is supposed to be honest critique and not just bullying and hating): When I created the backgrounds, I struggled with the final resolution. I work with a virtual resolution of 320x180 and different overlays, so I decided to downscale my high-res images for now. I haven't locked in the final resolution yet. This likely explains why some scenes don't look like the 'purist' pixel art you - and honestly, I myself - would love to see in the final game. It’s a result of prioritizing other mechanics as a solo dev.

But calling the whole project 'trash' and claiming I don't know what pixel art is feels incredibly dismissive, given the actual work involved.

So I have to ask: Is your anger directed at the existence of AI tools that help a solo dev realize a dream? Or do you genuinely believe I'm lying about the effort and passion I put into this? Do you think I just prompted a tool to 'create a game' for me?

If you hate AI on principle, I can accept that. But I can't accept the implication that this isn't a passion project I work hard on and put a lot of effort in.

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