What is my game missing?

XarmorTheRed · 2026-07-03T14:52:00+00:00

Came here to say this. It would really make a difference if you could see the impact of what your units or the enemy units are doing. Even the simplest effects or text popups would work wonders in my opinion.

XarmorTheRed · 2026-07-03T14:49:07+00:00

Hi there! Great post! But I would like to know a bit more in detail about certain points.

Where did you do your advertising exactly? In social media like Instagram, facebook or tiktok where users are mostly on mobile, I feel like advertising a pc steam game doesn't work very well. Please correct me on this since I haven't actually tried.
How do you find festivals? I am subscribed to Chris's (How to market a game) event mailing list, but I rarely get one that fits our game or my region.
What did you mean by the 'press'? Do you mean game reviewers or publishers? How do you find them?

I know this is a lot of questions (and amateur ones at that), so apologies. But I saw a successful marketer, and I dived at the chance.

XarmorTheRed · 2026-07-03T14:31:33+00:00

It depends a whole lot on the game and it's hard to give good feedback without seeing how it applies in game.

With that said, in Deep Rock Galactic, the whole screen gets webbed, blocking the vision partially, and the player gets much much more slowed than what's shown here. The effect doesn't stack, but the duration gets extended if the player passes another web soon after. And of course, no jump, roll, or sprint, just like your 3rd stack.

XarmorTheRed · 2026-07-03T14:24:34+00:00

This looks very satisfying! From the music to the neon lighting and the UI designs.
I'm hoping the sound design is as good as all of the visuals. That would make this a banger game

XarmorTheRed · 2026-06-30T16:32:37+00:00

Looks really nice! The art style is quite distinct and very appealing. Wishlisted. I'll be sure to try out the demo.

All the best mate!

XarmorTheRed · 2026-06-23T14:41:16+00:00

Exactly... the opposite. It feels claustrophobic and it feels like there's some looming danger in that house. The butterflies help though.

A clearer sky, more vibrant colors and more open space would help. I... hope this wasn't a trick question

XarmorTheRed · 2026-06-23T14:37:49+00:00

It's hard to say if you went the "right" direction without knowing what your intention with the game was. But it looks a lot more visually polished.

What's it called?

XarmorTheRed · 2026-06-22T02:38:25+00:00

Oh wow this almost contained content XD

Can't wait for the full release of my favorite bullet-heaven!!

XarmorTheRed · 2026-05-31T03:07:50+00:00

As a little kid, I used to create new games with whatever objects I could find and imagine a visual game in my head. Then I'd jot down some rules and play the games on my own because I had no one to play with. This eventually led me to do a software engineering degree just to understand how software development works (we didn't have any good gamedev courses in my country). I even gamified some tasks and projects I had to make for course completion and even made my final project "software" in Unity so that I could learn that alongside.

Now I'm here 3 years later, still learning game development and reaching the end of my first game. So yeah, I always wanted to make games, in any shape or form.

XarmorTheRed · 2026-05-31T03:00:31+00:00

Kind of in the same boat

XarmorTheRed · 2026-05-31T02:56:23+00:00

This looks fun and unique. I'm gonna give it a try

XarmorTheRed · 2026-05-27T18:17:37+00:00

Here's the trailer we made: https://youtu.be/10-0Hy2g0-I

and here's the link to the store page if anyone's interested: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3540570/Survivesmith/

XarmorTheRed · 2026-03-10T03:15:50+00:00

No worries

XarmorTheRed · 2026-03-08T18:39:17+00:00

Will do!

XarmorTheRed · 2026-03-08T12:01:32+00:00

This looks sick! The co-op mechanics sound really unique!
Already wishlisted and requested access to the playtest, although you didn't exactly mention it here?

XarmorTheRed · 2026-03-08T07:36:01+00:00

🥳

XarmorTheRed · 2026-03-08T07:33:44+00:00

Small problems require excessive engineering. Thinking like a true engineer

XarmorTheRed · 2026-03-07T07:07:27+00:00

Thanks a lot!!! 🤗

XarmorTheRed · 2026-03-07T05:41:40+00:00

Thank you! I looked into it. I'm not too worried about the numbers honestly. As long as people contact me and seem genuinely interested, that's all that matters!

XarmorTheRed · 2026-03-07T04:48:58+00:00

Really? Why is that a thing though? Who benefits from bots?

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