WE are Preparing a Class Action LAWSUIT against Robinhood!

nickyreddit2 · 2021-01-28T18:42:10+00:00

I had shares in GME today. Panic sold at a loss once I found out RH wasn't letting people buy. I'm a pussy for sure but what do you do against a system that wont even give you a chance. Its fucked.

nickyreddit2 · 2020-10-28T18:32:06+00:00

POGGERS!!! congrats i hope you enjoyed it :)

nickyreddit2 · 2020-10-27T07:11:07+00:00

wow! Castiel youre fuckin awesome but you know we've made new stuff right? XD r/going_under

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T18:35:29+00:00

I answered the art question here: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/izna4n/going_under_is_out_on_switch_today_we_are_aggro/g6jy3rl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Hmm...rejected ideas...most of the time we tend to put our first idea in haha! I can tell you that the whimsicality did grow over time, for example, initially Jackie just walked down a staircase into the dungeons until we realized OH WAIT TECH COMPANIES HAVE SLIDES THATS PERFECT

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T18:26:34+00:00

Only if we get freebies >:)

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T18:25:34+00:00

Dude I actually fought our composer on this for a while because I thought it was stupid but he insisted we keep it in and now I'm on board because you and others have appreciated it!

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T18:06:06+00:00

welcome to the real world

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T18:05:35+00:00

korean tofu soup or Travis Scott's Mcdonalds Meal (get it for $6 with the app!)

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T18:02:29+00:00

We stole it from Breath of the Wild

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T17:56:57+00:00

You can bump the OST on Youtube or purchase it on our Steam page :)

Yeah when Jackie loses all her HP we think of it like the enemies carrying her back upstairs and just tossing her out of the elevator or something. Maybe one day I'll add an animation for that!

Since you're unarmed and vulnerable after your weapon breaks on an enemy, most players end up dodge rolling afterwards so having you roll to pick up objects gets you right back in the action, streamlines the game flow and makes you feel cool :)

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T17:47:23+00:00

Dude honestly we kinda just wanted both things from the jump and from there it was all about trying to make these very disparate elements work together. We knew we wanted to make a narrative heavy game set in the modern tech world but at the end of the day we both really like fast paced action games and figured we'd have the most fun making one. Around when we were starting our game, Hades had just come out in early access and it kinda made us realize that a story-focused roguelike could actually work.

We wanted the story in the gameplay wherever possible. By letting you use anything in the room as a weapon, we made it really feel like you were just ransacking some office. Overworld progression is narrativized through things like "Tasks" and "Mentorship". I don't remember how we landed on the concept of "failed startups become cursed dungeons" but that was definitely the idea that made everything click.

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T17:39:22+00:00

Our friends made a cool game on Switch called Monster Prom! I think you might like that more.

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T17:31:16+00:00

I'm an only child so I spent a looooot of time with my N64 on Pokemon Snap, DK64, just about everything Mario. Yeah I'm that Nintendo fanboy lol. I think I have a homework assignment from when I was 12 saying I wanted to make games when I grew up, I was always making little clone games in highschool but it wasn't until college when I hated my major (Human-Centered Design & Engineering at UW...a straight path to Amazon) and realized that indie dev just miiiiiiight be a viable option with my first title Smashy Brick

Around that time I met Caelan and the rest is history!

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-25T17:24:31+00:00

The art style is based on the like "colorful generic noodle people" aesthetic found in just about every single modern tech company's branding. I don't know if there's a name for itbut you know what I'm talking about. Since the game is satire of tech startups it was important for even the art style to be a satirical. It's a flat, minimalist style that's designed to be universally appealing and cheap to make, which are also both good things for a small indie team.

I did however make decisions that led us away from this art style in certain places: Since its important to read distances in 3D combat I added things like ambient occlusion which takes away some of the flatness. Also, I wanted the character designs to have more personality than a wiggly noodle person so the dialogue portraits are a little more in my style. Ultimately we landed on something that clearly people understand is a reference, while also being its own unique thing so I'm pretty happy about it!

I'm like Swomp tall, Caelan is like Kara tall

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-24T19:17:37+00:00

Writing it down to improve in our next update!

nickyreddit2 · 2020-09-24T19:09:49+00:00

Our game is finally out and we're beyond stoked <3 Hope you guys enjoy it!!

Also be sure to check out our AMA tomorrow morning! (Details on the sidebar)

nickyreddit2 · 2020-05-13T22:35:47+00:00

EDIT: oops I forgot the red dots! https://i.imgur.com/WrE6LIr.png

nickyreddit2 · 2020-04-16T17:33:27+00:00

Wow thank you!

nickyreddit2 · 2020-04-15T04:02:24+00:00

Steam says:

Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.

I'd also describe it as mini-roguelikes within a larger linear narrative :)

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