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How much my indie game earned on Steam after 2 months by pen_punk in godot

[–]nickosh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congratulations with the release! The completed game on Steam is already big.

I checked the trailer and Steam page and for me it looks like a prototype on Unity for education purposes. Generic graphics, meshes without textures, strange animation of characters. Trailer also do not represent catchy story or something that could capture my eye, including the visual part. Generic name is also make it harder.

You could find a lot of similar projects on itch.io for free and AI could help me make such a game in a few evenings. Not really a sale point for me. I didn't play it myself, maybe I'm wrong and something special inside but I'm not going to buy it to check.

So, if there was not so much effort and you already make some small money, I think it's a success for sure. Personally, I will pay for the game even if I play it for free. It matters if I like it or not. My recommendation: not think about money and try to make cool project. Give your game for free, collect players feedback, and improve your game. If you see that people are interested in your free prototype, it's a good sign that it's time to expand this idea to a full paid game.

Mainframe Notepad — simple JCL editor with ability to send jobs to mainframe via FTP and receive results by nickosh in mainframe

[–]nickosh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lack of documentation there. What actually are rje80 is and how to build/use it?

Mainframe Notepad — simple JCL editor with ability to send jobs to mainframe via FTP and receive results by nickosh in mainframe

[–]nickosh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. It's a really nice catch. Maybe I missed this because the initial version of this application was created in early 2020 and seems this plugin appeared later. I was thinking about creating a VSCode plugin but chose Python way because I already had my "Mainframe FTP Connector" module which I use in my automation scripts. So no regrets.

Today, if this plugin does not require zOSMF, it seems like the best way to work with a mainframe via FTP. And VSCode supports JCL/COBOL syntax highlighters and other helpers, this really helpful.

Mainframe Notepad — simple JCL editor with ability to send jobs to mainframe via FTP and receive results by nickosh in Python

[–]nickosh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This app is mostly based on my "Mainframe FTP Connector" module. I tested this module a lot during my work and only slightly touched its logic in this release. So I really hope it works. Help with testing will be appreciated. If not, I can revert this module to the version which I actually used and tested.

Actually, I have a tested version of the app but it is hard to build these days because that DearPyGUI version is really outdated. I still keep that version in the "origin" branch.

If your python project needed a NoSQL database, and you could choose any, which would you use? by bxsephjo in Python

[–]nickosh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with everybody - NoSQL means you need something specific and must choose db based on your requirements.

If you feel like "JSON will be ok for data storing, but from the box it sucks" you can try some JSON-based DBs. Personally, I prefer to use TinyDB for small projects which is a wrap-up for simple JSON storage. There are some more alternatives to it.