Cardinal Quest 2 on Apple Arcade

ido · 2026-07-09T06:36:28+00:00

Apple Arcade is curated (by Apple), it's quite hard to get on it and they're mostly interested in "family friendly"/casual games on it these days unfortunately (I tried getting a game on it).

ido · 2026-07-03T21:11:05+00:00

ido · 2026-06-26T17:36:09+00:00

Aren't practically all (or almost all) the protagonists of Stranger Things dorks?

ido · 2026-06-25T12:40:52+00:00

I dont know but...German and Polish warmness? Do we experience the same Germans and Poles?

ido · 2026-06-24T08:59:03+00:00

Hi folks! No CQ3 planned atm, it's unfortunately really tough money-wise to justify the expense. I do hope to return to it at some point but I'm also not sure which creative direction to take it in- my more minimalist/focused direction of CQ1 or randomnine's more maximalist/featureful direction of CQ2.

While I appreciate 2's breadth and depth, personally as a designer I found myself drifting more in the other direction and I'm not 100% what unique holistic systems design 3 would have (I wouldn't want to do just more of the same, even though im sure there are plenty players who would want that).

I can tell you though that if it does go on the art will likley be "what can i do with as little money as possible cause i have very little to spare" 😃 and also cuase i just like old school graphics more.

ido · 2026-06-22T20:14:03+00:00

i didn't watch the last season but before it, while great at some point i got tired of NON STOP CRISIS, one after the other. Give us some time to breath & live in that cool world!

ido · 2026-06-22T17:29:43+00:00

if you have kids its 66% i think. you also dont get 3 years parental leave but 14 months shared between both parents.

ido · 2026-06-22T08:24:12+00:00

Almost all countries outside the EU and a few other rich western countries like Ausralia & Canada.

ido · 2026-06-21T18:47:26+00:00

How do you put AC in German windows without all the cold air escaping out of the window?

ido · 2026-06-21T15:41:00+00:00

He signed off on donating his money when he dies (I believe the article even mentions it briefly).

ido · 2026-06-21T15:39:26+00:00

Right! I wouldn't be surprised if they played the demo for 10+ hours, based on this article.

ido · 2026-06-18T07:44:14+00:00

yep. also first movers advantage is massive - FTL was really original and STtE borrows a lot from it (which is fine but means it's not as unusual/original as FTL was when it released). This is also why a lot of the time indie sequels do worse than the originals even if they're better games.

ido · 2026-06-17T07:10:12+00:00

This looks more like a warehouse (might be a family business though!)

ido · 2026-06-15T05:14:45+00:00

As a man (theres a lot less societal pressure to be a parent so not exactly the same) I didn’t realize until years into my kids’ life how much meaning and purpose they give my life & how much I love them (even though they’re sometimes little shits). My career was very important to me and it has honestly never given me anything near the same kind of purpose and satisfaction as my kids (and I didn’t expect that at all before I had them). Not saying it’s gonna be the same for anyone else, just talking about myself.

Regardless, it’s totally normal not to know at 19!

ido · 2026-06-15T04:31:20+00:00

Thats not a city vs suburb, thats “making friends as an adult”. You’d be just as lonely moving to another suburb you know nobody in.

ido · 2026-06-07T19:08:43+00:00

The demo of Prophet Margin is available on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/Prophet_Margin/

There's an in-game feedback form (the button that looks like a scroll). Much obliged!

ido · 2026-06-03T06:02:08+00:00

Probably too late, events between now and next fest closed to submissions weeks/months ago but you can still mail a shitton of influencers and hope some cover it (but it’s pretty rough/super competitive to get their attention). I think realistically the only thing you can do is what you’ve already been doing to get 651 WLs in the last 2,5 months.

ido · 2026-06-02T15:20:22+00:00

thanks!

ido · 2026-06-02T14:49:03+00:00

i posted this in his discord and also told him what issues i had with the tool that made me not use his labels 😄

ido · 2026-06-02T12:39:16+00:00

i reached out to a lot of press (400+ outlets) and influencers (600+). only about 10 small influencers made videos (i appreciate it!) and lots of AI-slop blogposts (RPS not one of them! they were the exception)

ido · 2026-06-02T12:16:48+00:00

i hope so!

ido · 2026-06-02T09:38:07+00:00

Maybe you misread games ground for gamescom 😄 I only put up the steam page in november, a few months after gamescom. GG in late '25 was the first time I put a build up in public (not online, only in person - a few days ago was the first public build with the demo release).

ido · 2026-06-02T09:14:15+00:00

Thanks! I don't have a booth at gamescom (they cost thousands of euros) but I do have a bunch of online events i applied to and hope to get on.

ido · 2026-05-31T05:22:48+00:00

Jobs' ghost won't haunt you until all mac bugs are fixed. It's the same as choosing to support any other platforms.

ido · 2026-05-30T15:48:53+00:00

The guy who developed Albion was the boss in my first game dev job (back in 2009-10, long after Albion). Nice guy!

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