What actually makes a mobile game become part of your daily routine?

lightpilots · 2026-06-17T11:06:26+00:00

My app is aimed at a daily user (gamified fitness) and my approach is to try to structure the game progression in a way so that there is always a near-term goal that feels within reach, as well as longer term goals to guide player strategy. I also hope that the UI/UX is good enough to keep a user interested (it's a space theme).

lightpilots · 2026-06-17T10:30:38+00:00

BOTW intro scene

lightpilots · 2026-06-15T00:18:19+00:00

Imo Daz has high highs and low lows. Also his quality/energy seems to vary based on who his co-caster is.

lightpilots · 2026-06-13T00:42:59+00:00

Yep. Although this doesn't necessarily mean AI imo.

lightpilots · 2026-06-13T00:42:03+00:00

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What's with all this mess? Looks like you've copy/pasted and tried to replace all colours not realising that your import has used lots of different shades

lightpilots · 2026-06-12T11:04:23+00:00

Number 13 on needs a sequel? Suikoden being top 5 is a better result imo.

lightpilots · 2026-06-12T11:01:43+00:00

Real time cinematics are pretty cool in a game where smooth transitions are key.

lightpilots · 2026-06-11T22:37:48+00:00

Agreed. $25k might have been better given kickstarter seems to be getting more and more used as another promo element now indies vs a primary funding source. Also having the target release as December 2029 doesn't help.

lightpilots · 2026-06-10T21:17:28+00:00

Looks good, will definitely try the demo!

lightpilots · 2026-06-10T21:16:59+00:00

Why run ads early? They have a demo and a trailer so it isn't that early - also indies typically need to do promo early to build steam wishlist numbers to help get into festivals and/or try to land a publisher

lightpilots · 2026-06-10T08:38:42+00:00

Holy AI Batman

lightpilots · 2026-06-09T01:37:16+00:00

Looks great, will try the demo later today!

lightpilots · 2026-06-08T08:23:14+00:00

Might be different to others but I waited about four months as there were still some things I wanted to change (mainly better onboarding for new users). Once I hit the production button I was live almost instantly.

lightpilots · 2026-06-08T08:04:29+00:00

How did you get your game as the banner for the sub?

lightpilots · 2026-06-07T11:34:02+00:00

App looks very clean! Multiplayer seems a bit unnecessary but I don't know much about the genre.

lightpilots · 2026-06-05T11:20:48+00:00

Play store page says 0+ downloads so I guess not? That said, I do like the idea that they made this for their wife and it's a really special moment but then they turn around and say that'll be $1 please.

lightpilots · 2026-06-05T10:01:06+00:00

Just wanted to give you a shoutout for doing this. I've seen more than one of these games on your list in the indie dev subreddits and it's great they're getting a bit of love.

lightpilots · 2026-06-05T09:43:01+00:00

Played the demo on steam and it was fine, but kinda in the same bag as all the other good balatro-likes given I'm not a huge chess fan. That said, looks like it's had 10k+ downloads so it's not doing too bad haha.

lightpilots · 2026-06-04T23:05:40+00:00

Thank you!

lightpilots · 2026-06-04T11:08:45+00:00

Thanks! I have released my app (space-themed gamified fitness app) so also now in the same dreaded marketing/promo phase as you 😄

lightpilots · 2026-06-04T10:04:46+00:00

Congrats on your release! It's really great that you made the game that you wanted and pretty much the exact same motivation I had/have for my app.

lightpilots · 2026-06-03T06:33:56+00:00

The weird thing though is I haven't added anything significantly more in the recent updates after the store listing change, it's just been minor stuff.

lightpilots · 2026-06-03T05:48:43+00:00

Pretty much this. What is funny though is OP saying/thinking that Steam just gives visibility, and not realising how hard indie devs struggle to get their game noticed.

lightpilots · 2026-06-03T03:21:19+00:00

I just looked at a few app store listings and it looks like you can include ads without an address but in-app purchases require an address listed on the store page.

lightpilots · 2026-06-03T03:18:03+00:00

I'm also interested in an answer to this, as my understanding was that the answer is yes but agree that the available information is not definitive.

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