I have recently been approached by several publishers for my game, some a bit sketchy but a few of the larger well known ones. During discussion when asked what they can provide it seems like, well, not really much that I can't already do myself. Promotion:I have been promoting my game fairly well in a far less corporate way than most publishers do. Funding: I still have enough money to live on and certainly wouldn't want to give away a part of my future sales for. I'm just wondering others point if view. Is it really necessary to have a publisher? Do they actually increase the chance of succ ..read more

You know the nemesis system from the Shadow of Morder/war series? Probably the best open world system I've ever seen because it generates it's own missions, mini campaigns, loyalties, grudges and developments all on it's own. Unique to each and every save file, without player interaction, obviously you want to get involved but enemies and friends pursue their own agendas and missions regardless of what the player does. I want a 3rd person open world with this system set in the universe of the Planet of the Apes prequels, where you can play as either side. submitted by /u/Key-Ad4797 [visit re ..read more

I’ve been trying introcuce some gamification element of Contributing to common Good. It’s the Meaning and Calling Part from the Actionable Gamification book. I want people to do and create challenges for a common purpose with a clear visual progression. Some world examples are Wikipedia editors, the Helldivers gamification of clearing the universe from monsters together, etc. submitted by /u/Stunning-Dingo-6662 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Hey guys, you might remember me from this post. If anyone's wondering I managed to publish my game on App Store and yes the issue was the name of the game. Thanks to everyone who helped with pointing that out. The old name "The Wizard's Companion" is now changed to "Aras and Wawi" although I kept the old name for the Play Store release. (I know what you're thinking but the game now has two names! hehe) *Fun note: the game reached no13 in adventure on App Store second day of release. I guess all newly released games get the same treatment? I'm a newbie developer so idk how things happen. Anywa ..read more

I just made an FMOD discord server if anyone is interested in connecting with the community and figure out issues/bugs/how-to/etc. It's fairly new, but hopefully this can be useful to someone on the long run: https://discord.com/invite/KKE86madrg submitted by /u/leonard-m [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello Game Devs, I just had my first ever booth at a nearby convention. This was such an incredible learning experience. I highly recommend any dev that has a complete demo, or an alpha version that can be playtested, to get your own con booth. It is a wonderful experience to see a random person play your game, and smile. The joy your game can bring will fill your heart and give you extra passion to work a bit harder. Here is my personal advice and experience. Search on Google conventions that are in your nearest city. Most chances there will be some. I personally wouldn't travel too far. Bo ..read more

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The Switch is such a great form factor for some games, but I'm curious if anyone makes their own games to be played on a console from a company like Anbernic? And what even would be the process for that? Or is this just the dumbest thing I've said today? submitted by /u/azmiir [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

For a while, I've been thinking about how I want to create the art for my game. I am familiar with working with tilemaps on Godot but I feel like it limits what I am able to create. I want to create an RPG where tilemaps aren't used for everything since I think it can make the art look disconnected and I am not fond of the blocky design of cliffs. My question is, what alternatives are there to tilemaps? For example, Pixel Architect on YouTube is making a pixel art RPG (ChefRPG) and he doesn't use tilemaps but rather draws the entire map scenes in Photoshop. How would I attempt to do something ..read more