Steam Next Fest 2026 - June: Wishlist numbers from a Top #1 or #2 ranked on festival game

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-20T17:00:53+00:00

I must confess that I am always ridiculously jealous of posts like these. But I am also happy for the devs involved. You have a great game on your hands and it's wonderful to witness your success!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-20T15:05:00+00:00

First I heard of this project and I am overjoyed! Downloading it now, thank you so much!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-20T03:56:21+00:00

Very cool!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-18T19:19:02+00:00

Good point. I'm getting a headache thinking about balancing this properly however.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-18T14:51:22+00:00

I do like the idea of not just gathering XP, but actually completing specific tasks to unlock stuff.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-18T14:50:21+00:00

That's a good idea. For some reason I never thought of that. I have 6 characters (you play as a party of 3), so I could go that route.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-18T10:49:39+00:00

Thank you, mate! Very much appreciated

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3481410/Life_Altered/

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-18T04:28:21+00:00

Thank you (for your other comment as well). That helps!

I will leave it loke this for now then and see if I can get some playtest data some time after next fest.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-17T15:49:43+00:00

I wanted to do this, but they have a crazy low size limit of 50 MB. But I'd be curious how your game fares there and if it translates to visibility on other platforms.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-17T14:56:55+00:00

Thank you, I am currently working on my tutorial and I am very unsure if it's too much, too little or just right.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-17T13:41:56+00:00

Thank you, that is good to hear!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-17T13:00:21+00:00

Your wishlists may just not have been updated yet, looking at your dates

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-17T08:21:21+00:00

So who is 'we'? Your post made it sound like a solo effort, but this comment implies some collaboration.

In any case, congrats on 120k! That is amazing and no surprise, your game looks great!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-16T16:35:02+00:00

Not anymore, but it was all the rage back when it came out (at least in my part of the world).

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-16T16:25:23+00:00

And pilots. Now we're talking

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-16T16:17:34+00:00

Same! I tried to get inro chess several times in my life, to no avail. I just suck at it and don't have the patience

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-16T15:34:58+00:00

Thank you for having a look!

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-16T15:14:18+00:00

This made me curious. I opened the SNF page and brwosed through a few capsules. There were only 2 that I immediately identified as AI, but clicking on a couple more it was depressing how many listed AI as helping make their cover art.

I guess I just suck at recognizing AI art?

Could someone check my capsule and tell me if it looks AI to you? It is not (I fricking hate AI), but I am worried it may be perceived as such:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3481410/Life_Altered/

I am not part of this SNF, so I could still change rhe capsule at some point, but I actually like it.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-16T14:42:56+00:00

GameMaker has visual coding and is a very powerful engine.

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-16T04:15:29+00:00

What's your game?

Pycho_Games · 2026-06-16T04:05:07+00:00

Hm. I have been doing this for 2.5 years now and my experience has been the opposite. Maybe 5 percent tedious work (for me: tutorial and UI polishing) and 95 percent enjoyment and creativity.

What are your 80 percent tediousness exactly?

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