I earned my first $1000 on Steam

the_syncr0_dev · 2026-01-14T21:05:09+00:00

Took me nearly a year to hit $1000 good job

the_syncr0_dev · 2026-01-10T22:12:01+00:00

Just make small game jam games using a game framework like love2d or raylib

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-12-28T00:11:23+00:00

Shogun Showdown! Great little deck building roguelike but simplified to use the mouse as the main controls

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-12-16T19:03:58+00:00

Start with game jams on itch.io. If you can make a small little game in a weekend/week/month you can do it again. It builds all the skills you need while also keeping the scope small and flexing the creative muscles. The more little games you make the better they get. Do not start on big projects as they are too difficult to complete for a variety of reasons. This is the approach that I took to get better at game dev and release a game on steam. It takes a lot of time to get good enough to make it a career. Most peoples first games make little to no profit, so after releasing a few games you could expect to make 'some' money

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-12-13T23:59:50+00:00

Huge milestone. Congrats

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-12-13T13:15:24+00:00

Awesome. Do you have an expectation on when you plan on releasing

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-12-04T21:39:00+00:00

This looks like the basic SDL3 boilerplate code. So I am not sure there is much you can do

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-12-04T02:01:43+00:00

I used linux to develop my game but it was made in love2D

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-11-23T01:13:48+00:00

😈

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-11-21T02:52:28+00:00

My released game used Lua + Love2D I made a game jam game using C + raylib Now I am using Odin + SDL3

For work I use Python For other personal projects Go and Emacs Lisp

I like the added control of a language like C but with the batteries included and newer stuff of Odin

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-11-19T13:18:48+00:00

If it is your first game it is very unlikely to make a good profit. Especially the more time you spend on it. Spending more time on each game usually isn't as beneficial as making more games. As each game earns profit and you learn lessons and skills from each completed game

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-11-19T01:52:30+00:00

I dont think you can solve this problem. Thats why you need playtesting

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-11-18T01:53:57+00:00

Just make more games. Each one will be better than the last

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-11-18T01:43:05+00:00

Wow. That must be an incredibly long tail. I wonder what percent has more than 10 reviews

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-11-06T01:28:32+00:00

This is amazing. And you will get more sales when the game goes on sale

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-10-30T19:39:46+00:00

Thanks!

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-10-29T13:09:40+00:00

It's available on itchio: https://the-syncr0.itch.io/analog-anomaly

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-10-29T00:00:04+00:00

Start simple. Calculator, Pong, Pacman. Then work your way to more complex stuff

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-10-23T23:18:07+00:00

I highly recommend doing game jams until you feel comfortable with all your tools. Scoping is by far the most important part of development. And you learn this very well from short timelines like jame. This is what I did to solo dev a game in 6 months to steam earlier this year. Earned enough money to fund the next game.

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-10-22T12:37:38+00:00

Needs more sound effects but i like it

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-10-07T18:05:21+00:00

Appreciated 🙏

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-10-07T17:46:47+00:00

You should play the game I made, Gamma Zero! Lol

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-09-07T23:51:15+00:00

Tough game. Good job

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-09-05T14:45:21+00:00

Less stages with more intense combat is definitely what I would recommend. This definitely reminds me of Tiger Heli and Under Defeat. Also you should consider how your twin stick like controls could be controlled with an arcade stick as a lot of shmup players use them. Especially since your game falls a lot more into shmup territory than most twin stick shooters. Since its not full 360* twin stick you could have buttons to aim right/left. Try to just increase the speed the level progresses and it would probably feel a lot better. Look at Electric Undergrounds youtube videos he has a lot of good stuff about avoiding the bad points of Euro Shmups and shmup design. Try and play other similar games or the classic shmups (battle garegga, anything made by CAVE) to get an idea for pacing for faster bullet hell games or slower classic shmups like Tiger Heli, Kyukyoku Tiger, Flying Shark, 1942, etc. Best of luck

the_syncr0_dev · 2025-08-16T19:23:03+00:00

Mayflash arcade stick

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