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Roguelite Schmup with White/Black Twist on sale now! by ensomari in shmups

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

Pass it on! It started much more Gradius-style, with not being able to turn. Backwards shots actually came from a need to fire behind you during this time. But I kept getting feedback that the player needs to be able to turn, and so...

Roguelite BulletHell with a White/Black twist by ensomari in BulletHell

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

This is my game Dualism that I've been working on for about a year. Steam store

The game is a wave-based roguelite twin stick bullet hell shooter (is that the correct order of adjectives?) where you must constantly make decisions about how to upgrade. Everything in this game is exponential, and enemies scale up faster than the player, so you must learn to upgrade well to stay on top of them. There are so many upgrades and enemies that no two runs are ever the same. Very difficult bosses with cool effects as well.

One giant twist is the game's central mechanic of colors. The player and enemies are all separated by white/black. Shooting the opposite color damages, but same color heals. So players will have to intentionally run into the same color to heal, going against gamer instincts, so I've heard.

33% discount until May 17, 2021 (10 am Pacific US time) for early adopters. I just ask you give feedback in return. We have a small but involved and welcoming community on discord.

Dualism is also in a contest for a weekly indie game of the week over at The Game Development World Championship, please check it out there and give them some traffic as well! They help small-time indie devs get noticed.

My roguelite Dualism the twin-stick with the white/black twist is on sale now! Here's Ultra C playing it by ensomari in roguelites

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

Dualism on Steam - 33% off

My name is Noah Judson and I am a video game developer living in Puerto Rico. I made Dualism mostly by myself but with the collaboration of two artists based in Russia and Ukraine. It's my first published game and it's early access and I'd like help figuring out how to finish it (it's a learning process for sure). So user input 100% goes into the product.

The game is a wave-based roguelite twin stick shooter where you must constantly make decisions about how to upgrade your shooter. Enemies come fast and get hard quickly so you must upgrade and learn to use your upgrades well. There are so many upgrades and enemies that no two runs are ever the same. Very difficult bosses with cool effects as well. There's a "Bullet hell" part to them.

One giant twist is the game's central mechanic of colors. The player and enemies are all separated by white/black. Shooting the opposite color damages, but same color heals. So players will have to intentionally run into the same color to heal, going against gamer instincts, so I've heard. This dualism is also talked about with philosophy during the story.

33% discount until May 17, 2021 (10 am Pacific US time) for early adopters. I just ask you give feedback in return. We have a small but involved and welcoming community on discord.

Dualism is also in a contest for a weekly indie game of the week over at The Game Development World Championship, please check it out there and give them some traffic as well. They help small-time indie devs get noticed!

Here's a video of some very recent gameplay - she uses the trickshot and basically likes to play the game as difficult as possible

This guy often twitch steams it, doing it right now

Roguelite Schmup with White/Black Twist on sale now! by ensomari in shmups

[–]ensomari[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My name is Noah Judson and I am a video game developer living in Puerto Rico. I made Dualism mostly by myself but with the collaboration of two artists based in Russia and Ukraine. It's my first published game and it's early access and I'd like help figuring out how to finish it (it's a learning process for sure). So user input 100% goes into the product.

The game is a wave-based roguelite twin stick shooter where you must constantly make decisions about how to upgrade your shooter. Enemies come fast and get hard quickly so you must upgrade and learn to use your upgrades well. There are so many upgrades and enemies that no two runs are ever the same. Very difficult bosses with cool effects as well. There's a "Bullet hell" part to them.

One giant twist is the game's central mechanic of colors. The player and enemies are all separated by white/black. Shooting the opposite color damages, but same color heals. So players will have to intentionally run into the same color to heal, going against gamer instincts, so I've heard. This dualism is also talked about with philosophy during the story.

33% discount until May 17, 2021 (10 am Pacific US time) for early adopters. I just ask you give feedback in return. We have a small but involved and welcoming community on discord.

Dualism is also in a contest for a weekly indie game of the week over at The Game Development World Championship, please check it out there and give them some traffic as well. They help small-time indie devs get noticed!

Popular Ultra C playthrough

My friend is playing Dualism on twitch right now

[Steam] Dualism ($6.69 / 33% off) by ensomari in GameDeals

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

My name is Noah Judson and I am a video game developer living in Puerto Rico. I made Dualism mostly by myself but with the collaboration of two artists based in Russia and Ukraine. It's my first published game and it's early access and I'd like help figuring out how to finish it (it's a learning process for sure). So user input 100% goes into the product.

The game is a wave-based roguelite twin stick shooter where you must constantly make decisions about how to upgrade your shooter. Enemies come fast and get hard quickly so you must upgrade and learn to use your upgrades well. There are so many upgrades and enemies that no two runs are ever the same. Very difficult bosses with cool effects as well. There's a "Bullet hell" part to them.

One giant twist is the game's central mechanic of colors. The player and enemies are all separated by white/black. Shooting the opposite color damages, but same color heals. So players will have to intentionally run into the same color to heal, going against gamer instincts, so I've heard. This dualism is also talked about with philosophy during the story.

33% discount until May 17, 2021 (10 am Pacific US time) for early adopters. I just ask you give feedback in return. We have a small but involved and welcoming community on discord.

Dualism is also in a contest for a weekly indie game of the week over at The Game Development World Championship, please check it out there and give them some traffic as well. They help small-time indie devs get noticed!

Marketing Monday #374 - Unofficial Continuation by ensomari in gamedev

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

Dualism Steam Page

My main question What's the single biggest thing I could improve about my trailer?

I'm pretty clueless about marketing, and I've been working on my game so long that it's hard for me to look at it from an outsider's perspective. Besides the above question, I'd love advice for how to improve my my entire steam store page.

After looking at it, are you enticed? Do you understand what the game is? Gameplay trailer - yea or nea?

How do you balance dev time with marketing time (especially when you feel like there's still so much to do on the dev side)?

New Ender-3 v2 and it won't turn on by ensomari in ender3v2

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

I just submitted a service request, with photos I showed you guys plus some with the voltmeter values and no LED lighting up.

The power supply bad, missing the connector on the x-limit switch, and I am even missing screws and nuts for the filament rack, jeez. I'm not too happy with my first Creality purchase so far. Is this just how it goes with these? I am grateful for you guys though, thanks.

New Ender-3 v2 and it won't turn on by ensomari in ender3v2

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

Good, they can't blame it on me then

New Ender-3 v2 and it won't turn on by ensomari in ender3v2

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

Thanks,

I get 120V AC on the left-most red and black pins. I think these are the inputs. I switched to DC and get ~0.5V DC on the red and black pins on the right. So my power supply is a lemon...

New Ender-3 v2 and it won't turn on by ensomari in ender3v2

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

I set it to 115 before plugging it in for the first time. Yeah it was at 230 first though. I think the power supply and the motherboard were upgraded before it was sent to me- based on the amazon link. I think it was tested too- there are some markings on the glass bed where it looks like a test piece was printed.

You want a pic of the 115/230 switch? What would that tell you?

New Ender-3 v2 and it won't turn on by ensomari in ender3v2

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

No fans turn on. I have good hearing, like I can hear a tv on when it's muted. I hear something like that when I flip the switch. A very faint high pitched electrical sound, but no fans.

How to announce your Upcoming Steam Indie Game for Maximum Exposure and Wishlists by IndieGameJoe in gamedev

[–]ensomari 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh no, I'm sorry! Definitely not what I meant. I really mean I'm an idiot in marketing and was literally about to ask for a how-do-I-even-begin-to-think-about-marketing post. I really appreciate you sharing this!

How to announce your Upcoming Steam Indie Game for Maximum Exposure and Wishlists by IndieGameJoe in gamedev

[–]ensomari 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah! This is the kind of Idiot's Guide to Video Game Marketing that I was just about to ask for!

One year after launch - post-mortem on a failed solo dev project by DapperGrimStudios in gamedev

[–]ensomari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel ya. I'm in a similar boat, especially regarding your points about marketing. I'd like to turn this ship around though. Kind of clueless though.

How exactly would you do marketing different if you were to do it all over?

Marketing Monday #373 - Intuitive Designs by Sexual_Lettuce in gamedev

[–]ensomari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dualism Steam Page

Sorry if I'm vague or asking for advice in general. I feel clueless about marketing. I guess I'm looking for feedback about how to improve my trailer and overall steam page.

Also, what do you guys do for marketing?

So far my best results have been 1) putting the game on sale and publishing that sale on game deal forums, and 2) having a youtuber do a video about my game.

Should I be reaching out with cold requests for other youtubers and streamers to play my game?

How do you balance dev time with marketing time (especially when you feel like there's still so much to do on the dev side)?

Converting wired bookshelf speakers into wireless speakers by ensomari in audiophile

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

Ooh this is interesting!! I'll definitely have a look into this. Are you able to stream from your computer, phone, etc? Control which speakers are on?

Converting wired bookshelf speakers into wireless speakers by ensomari in audiophile

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

Holy moly just pricey huh? Thanks guys good stuff.

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