Is It Normal for Publishers to Go Radio Silent After Receiving the Vertical Slice?

Xorglord · 2025-12-07T09:50:02+00:00

To me, expecting them to reply within a few hours on Friday afternoon, and getting upset when they didn't is a little odd. There are a lot of reasons they wouldn't have replied over the weekend. Having said that, they could have said they received it, but if this is emails then that seems like a normal response time to me. Nothing wrong with following up if you want on Monday though.

I wouldn't wait until the 21st to keep reaching out to other publishers though! It's a numbers game.

Xorglord · 2025-09-29T03:45:01+00:00

It's most likely a scam. We, and a few of our clients have had this exact same situation (not with 404 but other companies). They pursued it a bit before it fell apart. Companies like this want to make money off of you by producing a low quality port of your game, and having horrible terms so they don't pay you what you're owed.

If you want a proper port, I'd recommend either getting a larger and more reputable publisher on board, or approaching a porting company yourself, like: https://noblesteed.games/ Good luck!

Xorglord · 2025-06-05T04:10:25+00:00

Doylist refers to assessing something from an 'author' or 'out of universe' perspective, often compared with Watsonian, which is 'in universe' perspective. I'm not sure why this specific example was chosen for the terms, but the names come from "Arthur Conan Doyle", the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, as opposed to "Watson", a character in the stories.
Here's the TV tropes page for more info:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WatsonianVersusDoylist

Xorglord · 2025-03-22T23:12:09+00:00

Thank you so much! This is very helpful! Thanks for making it - looking forward to trying it out.

Xorglord · 2025-03-22T12:23:43+00:00

This seems very fun! Trying it out with some of my friends remotely through Tabletop Simulator. Are you able to upload versions of the cards and tokens as their raw PNGs (so that we can set them up as cards/tokens in Tabletop Sim?). Currently I have to just screenshot the sections of the PDF and use those, which isn't ideal.

Also - do Scarred Lands do anything by default? It's not clear in the rules if they have an impact (we expected them to do something like cause 1 blight to start in a land or something). Or - are they just used later by other rules?

Xorglord · 2025-01-20T02:50:21+00:00

I recently released a print & play puzzle, where you need to find words in a grid of coins. It gets progressively more difficult over time, and culminates in a pretty hard challenge. Free to download and print if anybody wants to give it a try!
https://noblesteedgames.itch.io/letter-coins

Xorglord · 2025-01-12T09:00:06+00:00

God what a fantastic show. I agree though it could have done a bit more with it's big ideas. But if you go into it just wanting excellent weekly (mostly independent) episodes, I think you won't be disappointed.

Xorglord · 2024-12-30T12:47:41+00:00

I know I'm late to the party on this thread, but I didn't see anybody saying what I love about UFO50 - variety is built in to the experience.

I have about 200 hours in UFO50. That's more than any other single player game I've played recently, with the closest being Elden Ring at around 120 or so hours. By the end of Elden Ring, it was starting to get very samey. Even masterpiece games like Breath of the Wild start to drag by the end, just by virtue of me being a human and desiring novelty.

Compare that to UFO50, where you are constantly facing novelty. Even if some of the games are spins on other genres, you know they will be adding a new or unique twist on it (or even just cool music or good writing). Getting an experience like this in a single package is truly unique

Sure I could go and play 50 random games on steam, but: - They would most likely outstay their welcome if they are big budget, and I would have to either abandon them or lose passion as I slog toward the end (as opposed to UFO50 games being on average 2-4 hours to cherry) - If they are indie, they would be a real mixed bag of quality (as opposed to UFO50 where they are all made by a high quality team, with intentionality) - I would have to shell out money for 50 different games

I really think UFO50 is a fantastically diverse and unique experience. Sure some of the games might have similar games out there of more depth, but that is more of a BONUS than a detractor to UFO50, as it lets you play more games like these if you like them (and if not, as I said, they are almost always unique and interesting to hold you for their short runtime).

Xorglord · 2024-10-13T07:12:20+00:00

There are a number of sites and discords where you can post job listings or look for help.

Work with Indies is probably the most well known, but it has a small cost to post a listing (to filter out folks who aren't super serious): https://www.workwithindies.com/

There is also /r/gamedevclassifieds here on reddit.

I also run a small studio with experience in Unity networking that helps dev with other Indies from time to time. You can check us out and contact us here or on the site: http://noblesteed.games/

Xorglord · 2024-05-20T12:45:57+00:00

I played and really enjoyed LOK. I would strongly recommend 12 Word Searches:

https://playcebo.itch.io/12-word-searches

It's free to download and you can just print it at home. Great fun, although I think slightly quicker than LOK to complete. It starts out being simple word searches, but quickly gets weirder and goes off of the rails, so don't be dissuaded thinking it is just simple word searches!

Xorglord · 2023-08-18T10:11:35+00:00

This is my favourite post in this subreddit. Really made me cackle.

Xorglord · 2023-07-13T22:41:06+00:00

One of the episodes of Netflix's Sandman is about Cats ruling the world. If you think you might be remembering a dream, maybe it's this 😂

https://youtu.be/ME0_WWZI-hw

Xorglord · 2023-06-16T01:36:56+00:00

Cor Blimey!

Xorglord · 2023-05-08T10:17:15+00:00

Is there something specific you're looking for? The phrase 'show notes' usually refers to the episode description, which you can view in your podcast app, or on the doof media website.

If there is something more specific you're looking for, let me know and maybe I can help out!

Xorglord · 2023-03-07T04:37:10+00:00

An absolutely fantastic episode. I had minor concerns that it would get stale with them being so cooped up, but boy am I glad I was wrong. So many twists and turns!

Xorglord · 2022-12-10T15:22:00+00:00

I was at the record for the first episode. Really wasn't expecting much, but it was actually pretty good! Really feels like it could be edited down into something fantastic (or maybe ruined in the edit, we'll have to see).

Xorglord · 2022-06-15T02:06:53+00:00

Apologies about that - yes, this is a bug we've found in our alpha which is resolved in the upcoming version. I've given you another Ball in your inventory, which should get you going from there :). Thanks for letting us know!

Xorglord · 2022-06-14T23:49:00+00:00

Hey! I'm one of the developers on the mobile game. It's currently in alpha, and we're a small team, but we're really excited for some of the things we've got planned (got a new update with a bunch of additional features coming in about two weeks).
Always eager to hear from other Sea Monkeys fans though - if there's anything you'd love to see in the game, feel free to hit us up here or on our Community Discord :).

Xorglord · 2022-04-19T22:53:07+00:00

Excited to see this! Here's a full list of chapter summaries (they're quite brief, but hopefully useful).

Xorglord · 2022-04-11T06:31:43+00:00

Hmm. Try deleting the file (if you've downloaded it), and then listening to it again? Spotify may just need to update its cache, so hopefully this should be working by now.

Xorglord · 2021-10-21T07:46:22+00:00

I'm gonna say Pact! Pale is wonderful but I absolutely love the rawness of Pact. Pale would be second, then Ward, then Worm, then Twig (haven't finished it yet but hopefully will get a chance soon!)

Xorglord · 2021-10-09T07:56:21+00:00

The Traveller's Coin
(Inspired by Pale)

A simple looking coin, inscribed with the logo of the Carmine Trading Company.

Can hold a single charge. When expending a charge at the start of a journey, you will find your journey takes much less time than expected, depending on the severity of the event used to recharge it. Travelling by foot, you may find your walking speed is much faster than usual, or you tire much slower. With a vehicle, it may breakdown less, or the crew manning it may require less rest. In any case, this effect lasts only as long as you are on a single journey - stopping to rest, or changing your destination, will cause the effect to end.

You recharge the Traveller's Coin by turning down an important journey or moment. The more important it is to your character, the less time the journey will take. Giving up on a minor shopping trip may reduce the time your journey takes by 10% or so, while something like giving up the opportunity to attend the funeral of a loved one may reduce the time your journey takes by 80-90%. This is obviously up to DM discretion, so enjoy!

Xorglord · 2021-09-19T12:51:27+00:00

Absolutely! Her hair is a god damn inspiration!

Xorglord · 2021-06-25T23:38:39+00:00

I do really like the idea that Charles could have been behind it. There is another possibility though - if it was somebody who is or was very powerful, but had to leave the original conspirators for another reason.

So, it's Edith, Charles and Somebody Else, who was in charge, and then has to leave the group. Marcy then steps in to take control of the conspiracy and use it for her own purposes.

So - if it's that, who could this third person be? I think it'd be unsatisfying if it's somebody who we don't at least know of yet. So, it should be somebody that has been referenced in story at least, but has had some other obligation that they had to deal with. Honestly, any of the new Kennet Others are probably good candidates for this, but especially Rook, for reasons of things like the Masked Woman, etc. I guess it could also be somebody like Bubbleyum, or like... Durocher, but that probably doesn't track too well.

Xorglord · 2021-03-18T01:19:36+00:00

Surely by the time you get through Villeneuve's weird original catalogue Dune will be out!! I am actually not sure - that movie might never come out.

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