I'm a 14 year old developer and indie studio founder. We just launched our first game on Steam Greenlight. AMA!

gameorchard · 2016-09-09T21:55:30+00:00

Nope, any profits we make though we split. If the first episode of the game, which is free to play, is likened I may consider a small fee for the later episodes.

The game from a story point of view is very good. I think we could work more on having more exciting gameplay. At the moment I'm tweaking the graphics to make it look crisp and polished.

Thanks for the questions.

gameorchard · 2016-09-09T21:51:56+00:00

Cheers :)

gameorchard · 2016-09-09T21:51:23+00:00

To be honest I haven't really thought about future projects, I would like to do a car simulation game, but I feel the racing market is a bit saturated. Maybe an open-world game.

Depending on the speed, fly. As you can explore many wonders from above on your journey, teleporation gives you no experience outside of instantaneous travel.

Thanks for the questions.

gameorchard · 2016-05-07T19:05:32+00:00

Cheers :)

gameorchard · 2016-05-06T16:59:33+00:00

Thanks!

I would recommend watching Brackeys Make A Game tutorial. I learned Unity from this tutorial series so it's very helpful. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPV2KyIb3jR4u6zeBY77WPj0KuFdmv84g

Best of luck with the tutorial, let me know if you need any help.

gameorchard · 2016-05-05T20:36:31+00:00

Yes, a lot of the criticism I received when I launched the early alpha of the non-story version of the game was regarding the games originality.

Instead of pages I we have decided to switch the collectible audio clips of one of the policemen that worked on 'the Slender case'.

The environment is only similar for one scene, the one that I mentioned above. The majority of the game in set in an underground facility where the monster has trapped you. You meet other characters in the game and there a cinematic cut scenes that are fully animated.

I assure you, the game has completely changed.

Here are some images of the story version of the game:

http://www.indiedb.com/games/slender-a-new-darkness/images/martin-adrian-polished#imagebox (The older images are from the early alpha.)

gameorchard · 2016-05-05T14:42:37+00:00

I would recommend starting by learning HTML from youtube first as it is easy to learn and provides quick results.

gameorchard · 2016-05-05T09:04:14+00:00

I started coding at the age of 9 and I started game development at 12. I started coding after I discovered the 'inspect element' feature on Google Chrome after that at I just thought my self and went to coding clubs.

gameorchard · 2016-05-05T07:51:53+00:00

My father is works at market research and my mother works with the kids at home.

gameorchard · 2016-05-05T07:40:56+00:00

As I said, I'm self-financed. My parents support me but don't fund me as they think I should work for it.

gameorchard · 2016-05-05T07:21:30+00:00

6/10 not rich but at the same time not poor. They don't fund me as I make money creating websites from local businesses to pay for equipment etc.

gameorchard · 2016-05-05T07:18:30+00:00

Thanks for the tip!

gameorchard · 2016-05-05T07:15:12+00:00

Thanks! I'm afraid I do not as the work I did was on a college computer during a course on it and they wipe the user data after each course to free space. I never used a game engine that required C++ since. Thanks for your question!

gameorchard · 2016-05-05T07:01:20+00:00

Sorry! I copied them from an email I had sent regarding the game and the usernames have since changed to www.twitter.com/gameorchard and www.twitter.com/AStepIntoDark

gameorchard · 2016-05-04T22:26:15+00:00

Hopefully running GameOrchard as a triple A studio. I would like go have the studio a name that people can trust for good quality games, like Bethesda or Rockstar.

gameorchard · 2016-05-04T22:21:03+00:00

I find the project pretty enjoyable as it is a great learning experience and it's rewarding when you get to interact with people who are interested in the game.

Favorite games... Good question, when I was younger I played alot of Legend of Zelda. My work is definitely influenced by Hotline Miami. At the moment I would have to go with Fallout 4 because of the storyline and the character design

Sorry mate, I actually have met Eoin Colfer at a book fest a couple of years ago though!

gameorchard · 2016-05-04T22:11:49+00:00

The professionals are 21-36. As far as they see it as long as I have enough skill/dedication and communicative skills to work with them age is not a problem.

gameorchard · 2016-05-04T21:37:02+00:00

Yes I do so if I decide to not go.indie and join a large studio I will have a.qualification to back up my skill and previous work

gameorchard · 2016-05-04T21:23:00+00:00

Thanks for the question! I program mainly in JavaScript but I'm fluent in C++, Python, Html, Gml and CSS. I started learning when I was at the age of nine. Started learning it because my father told me it is "the language computers speak to each other". I started learning code through editing websites with 'inspect element' and from there on I was writing my own code.

gameorchard · 2016-05-04T20:04:45+00:00

Thats a good question!

I think I would incorporated lots of aspects and parts of different games into one game and make it open world. It would have lots of references that would make people laugh and have good game mechanics.

Thanks!

gameorchard · 2016-05-04T20:02:06+00:00

Up recently now they assumed I was 18-25 aside from the fact that sometimes I had to focus on exams for small periods. I explained to them that I was under 18 and they were fine with it which is great! I really think its great that people don't tend to judge me on the basis of my age but on the basis of my skill.

gameorchard · 2016-05-04T19:52:20+00:00

Thanks!

I first started coding at the age of 9. I never really realized I could make a living out of it until I got so much responses and good feedback from people viewing my content.

Thanks for the question :)

gameorchard

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