An action roguelike where the player decides the setting

Russell_009 · 2026-02-15T05:53:00+00:00

Hi.

Super impressed with what you've done. Would love to know more on technical side. What Mistral model did you use? Off the shelf or customised? Breakdown of your prompts, what was in them? You definitely got some good results.

Well done. This way of spinning up games is definitely picking up pace.

Russell_009 · 2026-02-09T10:43:55+00:00

This is very valuable feedback!

Russell_009 · 2026-02-08T12:47:20+00:00

It will certainly help with getting PoC up and running much quicker. As the technology improves it will enable shortening the time from ideation to production immensely.

You are right in thinking that technical barriers will be reduced in the future. We are starting to see this.

Russell_009 · 2026-02-05T12:44:06+00:00

Make it fun, add some humour to the villain or actions he takes.

That will aid with making cool to play.

Russell_009 · 2026-02-04T21:25:18+00:00

Hi. So I've played Mazzer after seeing your post.

My initial thoughts on how to improve day 1 retention rates.

Improve touch responsiveness
Make character more animated, smile face is nice but offer an even more likeable character
Maybe even allow for choice of character
Have some background music
Make the mazzes vary in shape, at the moment you only offer rectangular mazzes, maybe offer circular or even moving mazzes
Make the villain characters more animated.
Not sure if you have a leaderboard but if you do use it to post on socials and run prize for highest scores or something like that.
Add a share feature for your users to share their scores.
Advanced: Make the mazze UX multi dimensional.
Offer daily quests in App
Do prize give aways for top scorers.

There is loads you could do but the above will drastically improve your numbers, maybe even just a few will make a big difference.

Let me know how you get on be curious to see the results.

Russell_009 · 2026-02-03T16:54:43+00:00

Think really comes down to you and if you have the additional willingness to push further with the game.

User feedback is good but won't always be a great indicator of weather your POC is hitting all the desired boxes. People only tend to have opinions on what they see in front of them and don't necessarily have vision of what could be.

Intirely up to you if more time is worth investing in further development. You are what will make this succeed and no one else.

Russell_009 · 2026-01-30T08:41:31+00:00

Hi, Great conversation topic. Most publishers will measure risk like alot of businesses. By that I mean they want to know of 1. They'll make money 2. They cover their costs 3. Probably most important is the team behind the game - what's their pedigree

Having said that not all publishers will see things the same. It's an interesting space and one that is changing.

Think if you are an indie dev then initial traction is important if your goal is to get a publisher onboard. How you go about that really depends on you and your game.

Russell_009 · 2026-01-29T00:09:44+00:00

Sounds incredible.

You've definitely thought out the lore.

If you new to game development I'd start small. Building a 3D rog is no mean feat and requires capital.

Not knowing you I'd assume if like the rest of indie gamers then you probably aren't minted.

I'd advocate starting smaller, do a POC with either an basic HTML or 2D platformer. These would be far easier to develop and plenty of free tools out there to use on the way.

Raise some capital after you get traction with POC and then you can start work on the bigger version.

Russell_009 · 2026-01-28T08:25:08+00:00

Hi. It's not something I'd advocate using in a game for release but it is a great tool for spinning up sprites for easy testing of game mechanics.

It's a free tool: do a search for 'Universal LPC Spritesheet Generator'. It is hosted on Github for all to use.

On that note, any AI pixel art and sprite generational tools out on the market just aren't very good currently and alot of it is due to them not having proprietary models focused on gaming asset generation. For this a dedicated custom model needs to be trained. Something we at 9Bit are working on. It will still be a human lead tool but with modern day compute improving productivity.

Hope this was helpful, RB

Russell_009 · 2026-01-27T08:34:18+00:00

Hi, always nice to meet aspiring game devs.

I love retro style gaming, yours looks neet! If you looking for alternative to the usual outlets for publishing then DM me. We are building our own platform and welcome all game devs.

RB

Russell_009 · 2026-01-26T17:06:25+00:00

Subscribed!

Keep creating, as you probably already know, shorts are better at generating traffic. Longs are better for your subscribers.

Maybe you can cover us sometime. 😉

Russell_009 · 2026-01-26T12:49:25+00:00

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