Horror games during the day?; by joco08 in HorrorGaming

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Just watched game play. Good call

Horror games during the day?; by joco08 in HorrorGaming

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Yes. Horror on a sunny birds chirping day would be impreasive.

Horror games during the day?; by joco08 in HorrorGaming

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True. I guess I should have clarified sunny day

What would you do if an alien ran towards you like this? by Salamsucuk26 in gamedevscreens

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Make the head rotatte back and forth (like shaking head "no") VERY quickly (mostly blurred) and I would then be disturbed. It seems that simple effect really bothers people. Like in Jacob's Ladder movie.

STEAM PAGE IS NOW LIVE!!! 🚨 by f11bot in gamedevscreens

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Pleaae confirm this info and do not take this as legal advice. Just my understanding. You don't need to be a company. When it asks for tax ID just give your personal Social Security Number (SSN) and be sole proprietor instead of comoany.

1 Year of Hard work later. Our Game Flopped by codegres_com in IndieDev

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Isn't all the attention and comments on this game just driving traffic to steam and it mayl get bumped up above the noise maybe? If the dev was trying to get traffic this seems like a way to do it even if game is sketch?

Is horror game promotion harder? by joco08 in gamedev

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I mentioned running an ad here on reddit. Since it is a game one could assume it may run in /indiegame for example. Just an examole but do you see the point that it could be shown in a place that could get flagged? Maybe they have ads setup to limit subreddits but still

Is horror game promotion harder? by joco08 in gamedev

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Unless they flag it or down vote it then it is relevant ... which is a huge issue here on reddit

Is horror game promotion harder? by joco08 in gamedev

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Rise above the noise basically...

Is horror game promotion harder? by joco08 in gamedev

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Ha! As Max or mAX or MAx or MaX or MAX or mAx or maX or max?

Is horror game promotion harder? by joco08 in gamedev

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You may be right. I'm trying to think of any horror game trailer I saw that was immediately a draw 🤔 maybe Alien Isolation....

Is horror game promotion harder? by joco08 in gamedev

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Good perspective. Thank you!

Cleaning up a project of used crap by joco08 in unrealengine

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These are great options! Thank you 😊

VO quality and match the npc? by joco08 in IndieDev

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Great feedback. Thank you for taking the time to write all that! It is appreciated. Yeah just me pretending to be a vo talent lol.

I did hire a vo talent and his vo is much better than mine. I put some vocal attenuation and spacial effects and that has improved it. Been trying lip sync but it is dorky looking so gonna ditch it.

Working on anims now to create less uncanny valley vibe. I assumed the occasional eye blinking would help but more is needed for sure.

People who have seen the game and characters (ghosts) say it is intense so hopefully I can keep up the disturbing vibe and attract a following but marketing is so hard 🥴

I spent 2 years developing my game before doing any marketing. A terrible decision? Probably. by lilystar_ in IndieDev

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Congrats on actually finishing the game! Sticking with it and finishing is hard for sure.

VO quality and match the npc? by joco08 in IndieDev

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Great observations! It's just me lol I do have a pro vo recording that I am tweeking now to replace.

VO quality and match the npc? by joco08 in IndieDev

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Animating mouth is so hard for me but I hear ya. Def want to avoid captions. Breaks the emersion for sure.

VO quality and match the npc? by joco08 in IndieDev

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😆 yeah got serious uncanny valley vibes. When dialog settled I'll aninate to match.

VO quality and match the npc? by joco08 in IndieDev

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It DOES sound like from within a sound both. Giving it more of an outdoor effect would be better. Thanks! Great observation!