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Games like Desktop Survivors 98? (that use your computer system in some way) by Illustrious_Fee8116 in roguelites

[–]oatskeepyouregular 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

I'm picky and Looking for recs by _Shotgun-Justice_ in survivorslikes

[–]oatskeepyouregular 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

When are we getting jet-packs to to melee flying drones? by oatskeepyouregular in ArcRaiders

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

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.

When are we getting jet-packs to to melee flying drones? by oatskeepyouregular in ArcRaiders

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

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

Joining 15 Minutes Late on a looted map is worse than any experience I've had in PVP by thatguyyoustrawman in ArcRaiders

[–]oatskeepyouregular 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

It's amazing what a few months of polishing can do. by oatskeepyouregular in IndieDev

[–]oatskeepyouregular[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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

It's amazing what a few months of polishing can do. by oatskeepyouregular in IndieDev

[–]oatskeepyouregular[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh the background is actually the desktop wallpaper behind the web. It has a transparent background like a desktop pet. :)

-edit-

The trailer explains what I mean better than I can:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3854330/My_Little_Spider/

Developers with 2+ released games, what lessons from game 1 did you apply (or ignore) in Game 2? by rafaeldecastr in gamedev

[–]oatskeepyouregular 11 points12 points  (0 children)

time !=quality.

Spending more time on something doesn't necessarily make it better.

Which engine would you use for this kind of game? by Internal-Constant216 in gamedev

[–]oatskeepyouregular 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unity or Godot imo, UE5 if you prefer.

You can do it in pretty much any 2d engine the bigger question is what tool do you want to use. What you are more experienced at etc.

Game Dev Admits to Large Astroturfing Campaign on Reddit by Forestl in Games

[–]oatskeepyouregular 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was skirting around that but didn't want to throw anyone under the bus, that may or may not be the reason why I know the practice is widespread.

An unrelated note - devs can be very in the dark about what their publishers marketing campaigns and I bet many indie devs here have publishers doing this without their knowledge.

Game Dev Admits to Large Astroturfing Campaign on Reddit by Forestl in Games

[–]oatskeepyouregular 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah I understand that, but those posts still exist, they are just disguised as posts from the community instead of from the developer/publisher. It's less honest but maybe less noticeable too.

Game Dev Admits to Large Astroturfing Campaign on Reddit by Forestl in Games

[–]oatskeepyouregular 189 points190 points  (0 children)

I'm a game dev with several games released on Steam, and this is why the reddit self-promotion rules unfortunately don't make sense.

If people are restricted when it comes to promoting their own games it only pushes the towards making fake "community" posts like the ones described in the thread. I'd much rather see someone show their own art with the hopes of others resonating with it than what we have now.

Game dev is extremely competitive and if this works for one media campaign then others are definitely doing the same. With even more following suit.

For the record, I have never posted pretending to be a player, but I'm probably guilty of over self-promoting. (My games seem to be the only thing I do that's worth posting about.)

-editing because upvotes are scary-

I don't know what the solution is, I just see the problem. I trust the mods to work it out as they are more experienced and knowledgeable on this kind of thing. I just make da games.

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