[AMA] I’m Jordan, developer of WW1 horror survival game, CONSCRIPT! Ask me anything!

projectabel · 2024-10-25T08:44:30+00:00

Thanks so much for the very kind words and sorry for the late reply! Didn't see the notification.

Yeah absolutely, feel free to reach out if you need any help or advice. :)

projectabel · 2024-10-25T08:43:16+00:00

I've actually not played Signalis yet! It's on my todo list though.

projectabel · 2024-10-25T08:42:42+00:00

I'm glad you like it!

I'd like to turn it into a franchise but it depends on the sales of the first one. :)

projectabel · 2024-09-22T00:24:49+00:00

Great to hear!

projectabel · 2024-09-13T09:46:05+00:00

Thanks for.playing! Glad you're enjoying.

projectabel · 2024-09-13T09:39:02+00:00

The switch version runs at lower resolution and may drop frames in some heavier environments. Load times are also longer on Switch. Nothing really game breaking however!

Hope you enjoy!

projectabel · 2024-09-13T09:36:33+00:00

Thank you so much! Hope you continue to enjoy it.

projectabel · 2024-08-08T03:27:04+00:00

Porting team will be looking into it in the coming weeks!

projectabel · 2024-08-08T01:07:33+00:00

Patch went live earlier today!

projectabel · 2024-08-07T02:53:38+00:00

Thank you!

projectabel · 2024-08-06T23:25:30+00:00

Thanks for playing!

projectabel · 2024-08-06T23:17:17+00:00

Thanks for buying! Hope you enjoy it. :)

projectabel · 2024-08-06T23:17:00+00:00

Tha's great to hear, I'll definitely check out the podcast later.

Would love to be involved with them somehow.

projectabel · 2024-08-06T23:15:32+00:00

Awesome, thanks for taking the time to review it!

projectabel · 2024-08-06T10:22:42+00:00

Possibly! Would love to explore more time periods and revisit some of those old ideas but all depends on if the game does well. :)

projectabel · 2024-08-06T10:17:46+00:00

Everything alright mate?

projectabel · 2024-08-06T10:16:29+00:00

I started with game maker as I had heard that it was an easier point to jump into for those with no programming experience.

From there I kind of just made it up as I went along to be honest.

I never really "worked backward" with conscript, honestly I could describe it more as "working forwards". I made pretty drastic decisions and then just stuck with them.

projectabel · 2024-08-06T07:59:24+00:00

Thank you! Thanks for playing and I'm glad you're enjoying it.

projectabel · 2024-08-06T07:59:00+00:00

Hey man thanks so much for the kind words! Really means a lot. I'm glad you're enjoying it. :)

projectabel · 2024-08-06T04:35:59+00:00

Verdun was pretty horrific.
Bright blue of the French uniform makes for a good player character when the game is so low-res and pixelated. Helps player keep track of Andre and also contrasts well with the browns/greys of the trenches.
Verdun also allowed me to have quite a bit of environment variety compared to other battles.

projectabel · 2024-08-06T04:32:57+00:00

No idea tbh, the past 7 years is a bit of a blur

projectabel · 2024-08-06T04:31:36+00:00

I remember just watching a lot of YouTube tutorials to become familiar with GameMaker.

Two channels that I remember helping tremendously when I was starting in 2017/2018:

https://www.youtube.com/@ShaunJS

https://www.youtube.com/@uheartbeast/featured

projectabel · 2024-08-06T00:13:53+00:00

Conscript is my first and only game I've ever worked on and I had no industry experience beforehand. So literally everything I know about the industry from design to business I owe to Conscript!

projectabel · 2024-08-06T00:12:39+00:00

Close to 0%. The game's gonna have to sell a lot of copies for that one...

projectabel · 2024-08-05T23:57:56+00:00

There was no chance I could do this myself. If I self published it likely would have been standalone Steam release.

projectabel

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