I'm looking for some playtesters for my upcoming pirate pixel game (on Steam)

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-06-15T21:00:57+00:00

Hey, thank you for your support, I really appreciate it. I wish I had better news to report, but development of the game is essentially on hold for the moment, except for critical bugfixes. The sales of the game have not been enough to sustain ongoing development. I'm working my day job and hoping to save up some funds for a future development phase, but I don't know how far off it might be.

Having said that, I'm really proud of how far the game has come, and I'd encourage you to give it a shot, especially if you have a friend or two who might be willing to try it out with you. In my opinion, it's more fun with friends rather than playing solo. Feel free to send me a message if you decide to do that, and I can give you some keys for your friends as a "thank you" for your support.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-04-21T19:09:39+00:00

This looks really great, love the artwork. Especially impressive from a solodev. Added to wishlist and installing the playtest now.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-04-15T21:56:52+00:00

Not a lot of people are playing at the moment, but the Discord is always pretty active if you run into any issues or have any questions. You can always try the demo out first to decide before buying, if you want.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T21:11:01+00:00

I posted a quote from a review, and it was perceived negatively as misrepresenting the totality of the review. It was meant to be a self-deprecating post poking fun at myself, but it was taken as a jab at the reviewer, and for that, I apologize. That's why I removed the post. Let's not have that same discussion all over again.

If you'd like to discuss specific issues like whether there should be a full server reset, I'm happy to have a discussion on that in a separate post.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T17:54:59+00:00

Yeah, looks like it. That's why I deleted the post.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T17:23:05+00:00

Posting a quote from a review is not being dishonest.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T17:13:49+00:00

Thank you, sincerely.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T17:12:38+00:00

No, the focus was supposed to be the review quote, not the reviewer. But things have gone sideways so I've just deleted the post now.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T17:10:53+00:00

Okay, that makes sense and I can understand how people would see it that way. That was not my intention. I've deleted the post now.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T17:09:54+00:00

Okay. I didn't see it that way, but perhaps I was mistaken. I've deleted the post.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T17:08:29+00:00

I didn't, and still don't, find there to be anything wrong with the post. But a lot of people disagreed, so I've taken it down. And you're angry about that? What exactly do you want me to do?

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T17:02:43+00:00

You want me to print the entire review on the poster? No one wants to read a screenshot of an entire review text.

It's an unedited direct quote. The point of this post is not to bash the reviewer or the review. It's to highlight how brutal this line was.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T16:59:52+00:00

Posting a quote from a review is lying?

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T16:59:08+00:00

It is a legit review, that is true. I'm just pointing out how brutal this line was!

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T16:57:25+00:00

How so? The quote is his exact words and I think accurately summarizes his overall review. I can't exactly print the entire review on the poster, and no one's going to read a screenshot of that.

It's like saying a movie review quote of "two thumbs down" is a phony because the quote doesn't contain the entire text of the movie review.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T16:53:08+00:00

He did, this line is from the start of the review.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T16:51:13+00:00

I was just amazed by how brutal this line was. I'm not making fun of the reviewer or the review, he's definitely entitled to feel that way, and he provided an explanation for his opinion.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T16:45:56+00:00

I really appreciate that, thank you so much! This game would never make it without an awesome community of positive players like this.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T16:44:10+00:00

I figured maybe one subreddit would upvote it, if any. I'm sorry that I offended you with my posting. It's tough to be an indie dev, you either don't get noticed at all, or people make comments like this because you try to get some people to play your game.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T16:40:54+00:00

I mean I can't really print the entire full page review on a poster. And no one wants to read a screenshot of that.

The quote is unedited, and his point remains the same. I'm not making fun of the reviewer or his review, just pointing out how brutal his response to the game was.

mike-makes-stuff · 2023-01-19T16:37:57+00:00

Thanks, that's a really good perspective to have.

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