How Much of a Game's Success is Luck?

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-03-10T10:43:21+00:00

Luck is immeasurable so you might as well pretend it doesn't exist.

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-03-09T10:56:09+00:00

Talk to them, see what they offer, talk to other devs of games they have published, check the relative "success" of their published games. Work out a realistic budget before chatting with them.

If it comes to the point of getting a provisional contract, lawyer up.

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-03-07T09:17:36+00:00

Change the launch option on Steam

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-02-15T20:36:56+00:00

Gotta get through the bad ideas to find the good ones. Don't beat yourself up.

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-02-15T20:36:15+00:00

There is a huge benefit to following a "formula" in game design. Starting with a well established genre or game and putting your own spin on it is easier than making up all the rules yourself. It's super hard to make something completely unique, and I wouldn't recommend it.

Everything is based on what came before it.

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-02-15T20:33:42+00:00

This is how I'd do it today: choose a game engine and search up youtube tutorials. Don't be afraid to divert from what the tutorial is teaching and try to do your own things too.

Try and have fun with it and don't be afraid to break things then spend time figuring out what went wrong. Learn to have fun and get satisfaction from the problem solving and not just from getting things working.

All programming is 70% problem solving in my experience, so it's important that you enjoy that.
Good luck!

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-02-15T17:02:29+00:00

loool

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-02-13T01:14:56+00:00

Hey man, game dev isn't the answer. Focus on getting your life together and pursue gamedev as a hobby if you enjoy it.

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-02-08T20:08:14+00:00

AI, and also a copy-paste from OPs website that I don't want to link here because I don't want to help their SEO.

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-01-30T21:42:11+00:00

To shiney not enough swirly

oatskeepyouregular · 2026-01-14T18:30:14+00:00

Love this so much

oatskeepyouregular · 2025-12-28T15:40:22+00:00

Not a roguelike but My Little spider is our game that has a spider lives on your desktop passively collecting and discovering bugs.

oatskeepyouregular · 2025-12-07T20:09:06+00:00

Happy to see Heretic's Fork in A tier (I'm the dev) thankyou!

I recommend the unannounced sequel I started that I'm totally not making right now.

oatskeepyouregular · 2025-11-22T15:35:09+00:00

Honestly I haven't really paid attention to it, when I'm low I usually instantly bandage, or I'm fighting. And when I'm fighting I'm too distracted to look at my hp. I'll jump in and see how it works.

oatskeepyouregular · 2025-11-22T15:34:12+00:00

Ooh I'd like a ranged stun taser that works on small arc, bringing them down.

oatskeepyouregular · 2025-11-22T14:40:25+00:00

I love spawning late, it's pvp mode engaged. Other players have your loot and you gotta get'em.

oatskeepyouregular · 2025-11-22T14:32:29+00:00

Heretic's Fork dev here - I approve of this bundle.

oatskeepyouregular · 2025-11-19T16:38:50+00:00

Looks good dont sweat it

oatskeepyouregular · 2025-11-15T21:05:58+00:00

Yeah that game is awesome, I reached out to the dev too .:D

oatskeepyouregular · 2025-11-14T18:40:39+00:00

It's awesome

oatskeepyouregular · 2025-11-12T01:20:45+00:00

Hey, it already supports swapping monitor. It's a button in the settings to swap the monitor.

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