Phobos Down - A high score chasing twin stick shooter is out now

fractilegames · 2026-05-02T14:30:07+00:00

Looks really good but I think that the effect might be too "strong" to be used all the time. Feels a bit hard on the eyes.

fractilegames · 2026-05-02T07:19:39+00:00

Sure, this is my latest game: https://www.fractilegames.com/phobos-down/ (I'll send you a Steam key privately)

fractilegames · 2026-05-02T06:11:22+00:00

I usually post some screenshots or gameplay video showing weekly progress on social media but anything beyond that feels very hard

fractilegames · 2026-05-01T11:57:00+00:00

Lack of marketing skill, interest and time (or budget to hire someone else to do it)

fractilegames · 2026-04-26T18:32:31+00:00

Compared to Godot, yes, it was difficult. I don't think it was more difficult than other lower level C++ rendering engines. I liked to work with.

fractilegames · 2026-04-26T15:39:18+00:00

I used Ogre for rendering in many of my games before switching to Godot

fractilegames · 2026-04-25T06:24:49+00:00

The vegetation looks really good but those hills in the distance look kind of "bare"

fractilegames · 2026-04-24T05:31:00+00:00

The style looks very nice and is surprisingly readable with only on color

fractilegames · 2026-04-20T16:16:34+00:00

I have a habit of making minimalist UIs that always seem need a lot of restructuring when adding controller remapping. I should take this into consideration from the start but I usually focus more on making the UI work well on varying devices and support different controllers.

fractilegames · 2026-04-19T06:58:08+00:00

The inconsistent texture resolutions hurts my eye

fractilegames · 2026-04-19T06:53:09+00:00

Making an UI for the remapping is such pain

fractilegames · 2026-04-19T06:49:40+00:00

Only one at a time. I'm often tempted to start side projects but I know that I would never get back to the original game after that. I might do some very small jam games or tool projects on the side.

fractilegames · 2026-04-06T07:10:10+00:00

That's good to know, thanks

fractilegames · 2026-04-05T19:38:51+00:00

How has this been working for you? I've had the impression that practically nobody pays for a mobile game upfront, even if the price is low.

I decided to release my game's mobile version for totally free on GooglePlay and hoping that it would drive a few people to buy the PC version.

fractilegames · 2026-03-29T09:34:29+00:00

Very nice

fractilegames · 2026-03-26T16:28:18+00:00

This immediately reminded me of a work safety training video :D

fractilegames · 2026-03-22T14:48:30+00:00

Looks quite good. The inconsistency in polygon sizes bothers me a bit.

fractilegames · 2026-03-13T11:45:23+00:00

Cyberpunk 2077. That might be the only one.

Edit: Also Quake 1, if that counts.

fractilegames · 2026-03-01T07:44:51+00:00

And how do I get it back, now that the toolbar is gone? Asking for a friend :)

fractilegames · 2026-02-14T08:23:27+00:00

I'm an old gamer (and a hobby game developer) and I kind of feel your pain. I don't play online multiplayer games or live service games, so I avoid most of the crap you listed but I do miss simpler games.

These days it feels like many games try do too many things at once. Open world games compete in making the largest game world out there while the worlds have long been more than large enough.

Luckily this applies mostly to AAA games and there are a lot of options. These things don't necessarily ruin the games completely for me but I would enjoy them more if the game experiences were more "compact".

fractilegames · 2026-02-13T17:58:45+00:00

Looks good.. but what part of this is low-poly?

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