Mateo | 22 years | Moers, Germany | developing videogames solo since 2020 | Creator of Makis Adventure and Rogue Jungle| Business: zorodev18
@gmail
.com
🚨MAKIS ADVENTURE IS OUT NOW!!!🚨
OMG I JUST RELEASED MY FIRST VIDEOGAME!!
After 2 years of solodevelopement, you can now unleash the shark!
Steam Link in Comments!
Please Retweet and Like <3
#indiegame
#gamedev
#metroidvania
(Some) Gamers Are ungrateful
Worked 2 years on a game, added multiplayer and 3 additional gamemodes after release. Reading through every Steam discussion post and watched EVERY Twitch VOD to collect feedback and Bugs…
„It’s an Indiegame and should be free“
#gamedev
#indiedev
Im 20 years old and spent 2 years developing my first Indiegame completely Solo...
People on Tiktok:
👁️👄👁️:"This game is not worth 9$... I can make a better game in 2 hours!"
#gamedev
#indiegame
#metroidvania
#indiedev
🚨Why my Indiegame failed...🚨
I spent 2 years developing my first
#indiegame
and 4 months after release It still did not hit my financial goal (Its still a huge success for me personally)
Here is a thread with 3 reasons why: 🧵
#gamedev
#indiedev
#metroidvania
🚨Release Date Reveal🚨
1.5 years ago I started the developement of my first videogame "Makis Adventure". Today I turned 20 and want to Announce that the game will be released on January 18th 2023.
Please Retweet to spread the word🙏🔥
#indiedev
#indiegames
#metroidvania
🚨BIG Announcement🚨
I develope a racing game where you can choose from a lot of cool Indiegame Characters!😍
Renata from Frogun
@molegato
is the first character to join the Game 😱🥳
Please Retweet and tag Indiegames to join the Race :)
#Indiegame
#Gamedev
#Indiedev
🚨Release Date Reveal🚨
1.5 years ago I started the developement of my first videogame "Makis Adventure". Today I turned 20 and want to Announce that the game will be released on January 18th 2023.
Please Retweet to spread the word🙏🔥
#indiedev
#indiegames
#metroidvania
Ein Traum von mir wurde gestern wahr...🥹😍
Bin mit
@Gronkh
s Videos aufgewachsen und hätte niemals gedacht, eines meiner Games mal bei ihm zu sehen... wow bin einfach sprachlos...
@1upmanagement
Vielen Dank!! <3
🚨Searching for Indiegame-Press🚨
My name is Mateo, I’m a 21 years old solodev from Germany. I worked 2 years on my first Indiegame about sharks „Makis Adventure“🦈😊
Would love to send out some Press-keys for Reviews 👀🔑
#indiegame
#gamedev
#indiedev
#pixelart
When I sat on the toilet today, I got this weird idea to make a game where the player has to use 2 mouses to control each hand separately…
I directly thought about a climbing or boxing game. What do you think about this idea?
#gamedev
#indiedev
#indiegame
🚨Searching for a Publisher🚨
I would love to bring Makis Adventure to consoles, but since its my first game and Im a solo-dev it would probably take me years to do that on my own...
Please Retweet and tag Publisher-people to spread the word ^^
#indiegame
#metroidvania
🚨Pixelart-Games are NOT cheap or lazy!🚨
A TikTok User for real called me lazy for creating a game with Pixelart graphics... Some people nowadays really think that games HAVE to look ultra realistic and 3D to be good and that just feels wrong tbh
#gamedev
#indiedev
#pixelart
🚨Game Announcement🚨
Played a lot of Mario Kart with my Brother and he gave me the Challenge to develope a racing game in ONE DAY!
5 hours in Development and this is my Result🙂
If this post gets 500 likes, I will drop a free version!
#Indiegame
#gamedev
#indiedev
#solodev
Is it for real over now?🥺
Its the hard truth about gamedev. After developing Makis Adventure for 2 years and delivering 2 additional gamemodes + countless Updates over the last 6 months, the player count is just not rising anymore...
Its super hard to market a game...
#gamedev
Totally forgot about the context. The person wrote this comment after seeing the trailer of my first Indiegame "Makis Adventure" , which costs 9.99$ on Steam and offers 4 hours of playtime with story only. Still working on improvements and extra content daily!
Gamedev is 100% one of the hardest things, I have done in my life!
You spent years to make a game, put all you heart and love into it and then it fails…
I just love it so much and cant stop… I will make a successful game one day and keep failing until I get there! 🙌👌
Ich muss echt sagen
@Gronkh
ist echt ein toller und super freundlicher Mensch!😊👌
War super cool, ihn in Person kennengelernt zu haben 🙌
(Nicht wundern, bin total durch weil ich heute ausstellen war und seit 20 Uhr auf der Branchenparty war 😅)
#gamescom2024
#gamescom
🚨Game Introduction🚨
After a failed launch of my first Indiegame, I decided to take the shark transform mechanic from 2D to 3D...
Its about a month in developement but stopped for now!
Would you play it? 👀
#indiegame
#metroidvania
#gamedev
#Indiedev
I want to get to know more Games-Industry people :)
My name is Mateo, Im 20 years old and I love sharks and developing Indiegames 🦈😊. If you want to connect, feel free to write a comment and introduce yourself 😍🙏
Also feel free to Retweet :)
#gamedev
#indiegame
#indiedev
Im blown away… 😱😳
-> 300 new followers
-> going towards 1k likes
-> many DMs and studios reaching out
Thank you so much for all the support and interest!!! 😍🙏🏁
I could not decide between a Shark and a Bird, so you can transform into both of them in my videogame...
What do you think about the movement so far?👀
#showmeSunday
#gamedev
#indiegame
#indiedev
🚨Bist du ein
#Streamer
?🚨
Ich habe vor 2 Wochen mein erstes Videospiel released und habe noch einige Steam-Keys zu vergeben ^^
Gerne per Kommi melden oder auch super gerne Streamer markieren die Interesse haben könnten :D
#TwitchDE
#twitch
#indiegame
🚨Indiegame Content-Creators🚨
My name is Mateo and I’m a 21 years old solodev from Germany
Spent 2 years developing this game featuring Sharks, Zeldalike dungeons switch from 2D to 3D and much more!
Are you interested in a steamkey?😊
#indiegame
#streamer
#pixelart
#gamedev
🚨Big Announcement🚨
I develope an Arcade Racer with 40 different Indiegame Characters🏁
If you are from Press, an Indie Content Creator, or share the Indie Spirit in a different way, please say HI😊
Your Logo could be in the game :)
#Indiegame
#gamedev
#indiedev
#solodev
Is this the End for Makis Adventure? 🥲
Really hard time: Almost 0 Sales via Steam for weeks now, same for Content about the game.
I think it’s time to close this chapter and focus on my new projects & university!
#gamedev
#indiedev
#indiegame
#metroidvania
Refund Reason for my Game:
"The games beginning is like the Demo..."
Ayoo the Demo is literally the FIRST HOUR of the game... OMG...☠️🤡
#gamedev
#indiegame
#metroidvania
🚨I released my first videogame🚨
To be honest, I thought it would go way better than it actually did. On Release Day, the game had a lot of bugs (fixed already) and Im really struggling with coverage (Part 1)
#indiegame
#gamedev
#indiedev
Hey, my name is Mateo Im a 20 years old solo-gamedev and worked on my first Indiegame "Makis Adventure" over the last 2 years...
My game is currently 50% on Sale and below 5$!
Retweets are highly appreciated! <3
#metroidvania
#indiegames
#gamedev
#Indiedevs
🚨Attention Indiedevs🚨
Are there any
#indiedev
s who would like to get their Char into my racing game?
It would be perfect if you had a rigged up 3D Model for me 🙏👌
Let’s make a modern Indie Racer 😍🙌
#Indiegame
#Gamedev
🚨Let me introduce my self🚨
3 years ago I started my gamedev journey! My name is Mateo & Im a 20 years old solo-gamedev from Germany
One day, I want to become a fulltime gamedev!
Retweets would be cool :)
#indiegame
#gamedev
#indiedev
#metroidvania
🚨How Gamedev should be🚨
1) Developer: Developes a Game
2) Player: Gives feedback -> Minecart Camera should be zoomed out a bit to see more of the track
3) Developer: Works on Updates to improve the game
Retweets are appreciated😊
#gamedev
#indiedev
#metroidvania
#indiegame
Someone on TikTok said that my Game looks awful…
I mean, i can understand if people do not like Pixelart, but words like that can really hurt sometimes…😅
I guess I will just ignore the comment 👌
#indiegame
#metroidvania
#pixelart
#indiedev
🚨Attention Content Creators🚨
My name is Mateo and I spent 2 years developing my first Indiegame "Makis Adventure"🦈🥳
Do you want a Steamkey?
Also, feel free to tag Streamers and Retweet <3
#Indiegame
#metroidvania
#streamer
#Twitch
#gamedev
🚨Birthday Giveaway🚨
Today is not only my Birthday, but today was also the day where I designed the first concept of my game´s char "Maki"!
Lets celebrate with a SteamKey Giveaway :)
-Like, Retweet & Follow
-Tag a friend
#indiegame
#gamedev
#indiedev
#Steam
#Metroidvania
🚨Searching for Streamers [Ger/Eng]🚨
Are there any streamers, that would like to play an Indiegame and have the dev with them? I love to talk about gamedev and answer all sort of questions!
Feel free to tag Streamers :)
#streamers
#twitch
#indiegame
#gamedev
#TwitchStreamers
Im developing the Ultimate Indie Racing Game, where you can play different Characters from cool Indiegames!
Today I spent a few hours to work on the Character Selection...
Should the Characters have different Statistics?👀
#Indiegame
#indiedev
#TrailerTuesday
#gamedev
@RevedTV
Mein erstes videospiel "Makis Adventure" wurde beim deutschen Computerspiel Preis nominiert. Hab 25k Preisgeld bekommen, durch mein Hobby und meine Leidenschaft 🤩👍
🚨Press & Content Creators🚨
I will send out a bunch of Steamkeys for my recently released Shark-Platformer "Makis Adventure".
If you are interested, make sure to write a comment or DM 🙏
Feel free to tag Press & Content Creators!😊
#indiegame
#Steam
#metroidvania
Da
@unge
@Zombey
und
@Paluten
mit ihren Videos ein großer Teil meiner Kindheit waren, würde ich mich mega freuen wenn ich euch in mein erstes Videogame einbauen dürfte :D Über Feedback würde ich mich sehr freuen! ^^
🚨Steam-Key Giveaway🚨
My first videogame "Makis Adventure" will release on January 18th and I want to say thank you for the support and give away 5 steam-keys
Rules:
-Follow & Retweet
-Tag 3 people, who could like the game
Deadline: DECEMBER 28TH
#Giveaways
#indiegame
#gaming
Announcement time!!!
This is the new Trailer of my upcoming shark platformer "Makis Adventure".
Prepare for gameplay footage, that nobody saw before!
Retweets and Wishlists are highly appreciated (Steam Link in comments)
#metroidvania
#IndieGameDev
#pixelart
🚨I turned my 2D-Platformer into 3D🚨
On a random day, I asked myself how the shark-morphing 🦈 from Makis Adventure would look in 3D...
So I spent a few days to create a prototype and now I can say, Its pretty Fun!!! 😍👌
What do you think? 👀
#gamedev
#indiedev
#indiegame
@ToastedShoes
Nintendo when it comes to Mods:
"Oh People love this... Maybe we should learn what our players love and try to adapt their ideas and wishses since we demand 60 - 70 f***** Dollars for a Game"
Naaaaaaahhh, we strike them instead and deliver the next buggy and bad Pokemon game
🚨Steampage is LIVE🚨
After 1 month of Development, Im happy to announce that the Steampage is LIVE NOW!😍🥳
-> 40 Indiegame Characters to play
-> Race Tracks inspired by Indiegame Worlds
-> Local + Online Multiplayer
🔗Steam-Link in comments
#Indiegame
#indiedev
#gamedev
Also I spent a LOT of my Time into making Tiktoks and had some really successful videos there with 500k+ views. But the conversion on Tiktok is super low so even a Twitter Post with 100 likes converted into more wishlists...
Focus on Social Medias with high conversion!!!
🚨The first 30 Racers are confirmed🏁🚨
I saw smash bros has 80+ Chars?! 😳😱
That’s a lot a lot! Maybe I will limit myself to 50 chars since I’m working solo on the game but there are just too many awesome Indiegames 😱😍
🚨Announcement Time🚨
After 14 months of development, I released my second Indiegame today!!! 😍😱
It would mean the world to me if you could check it out and retweet 🙏🦈
Watch the full-Trailer here:
#Indiegame
#solodev
#gamedev
#Indiedev
Got rejected from every showcase, I applied for
Is there someone who wants to exclusively premiere the announcement trailer of my game? I don’t have any money to offer or made a popular game before!
I’m just a 21 years old solodev, following his dream to make games fulltime😊
🚨New Chars for my Indiegame Racing Game🚨
Chick & Nugget from PaperKlay enter the Race-track!
Soo happy and hyped to have
@AnderssonKev
s fantastic Characters in the line up! 😍🙏
Who should join next? 👀
#Indiegame
#gamedev
#indiedev
#solodev
🚨 Giveaway Time 🚨
If this Tweet reaches 100 likes, I will giveaway 10 steamkeys for my Shark Platformer "Makis Adventure"!
ToDo:
-Follow me
-Retweet
-Tag 3 people who should try Makis Adventure
Deadline: 31th May 2023
#Giveaway
#metroidvania
#gamedev
#indiedev
#indiegame
Some People be like:
„I really have to say your game is a 10/10! There is so much love in this project but 9$ is too expensive! I finished it in 2 hours…“
It’s an Indiegame and cheaper than a Pizza 😅 I spent 2 years developing this game solo…
#gamedev
#indiegame
#indiedev
BONUS Reason 4: Bad Playtesting
One of the biggest reasons that also lead to 3 negative Steam Reviews on day 1 was a buggy launch. The players really liked the game but a few game breaking bugs destroyed their experience and annoyed them.
Playtest your game properly!!!
Reason 1: The Genre
My game is a 2D-Platformer, which is a pretty oversaturated genre on Steam. The competition was HUGE and the chance to have success with a game of that genre is super small!
The big problem about
#gamedev
is that I "test" my own games more than I develope them actually xD Started the developement yesterday and I think this can become a fun game...
Would you like to play this
#indiegame
?
#indiegame
#metroidvania
#indiedev
🚨Progress Update🚨
Today, I started to work on the Prototype of the Character Selection of my Ultimate Indie Racing Game
There will be 20 - 30 Indiegame Characters to choose from later on :)
#Indiegame
#indiedev
#gamedev
🚨How to be part of the Indie Racer🚨
Im developing an Arcade Racer with 40 Indiegame Characters to play 🏁😍
You can now submit your own Characters or get your Logo on a Billboard on the Race-Tracks (Links below!)
Please share and Retweet🙏
#Indiegame
#gamedev
#Indiedev
I MADE MY FIRST WATERFALL SHADER!!! 😍🥳
Im not good at Math OR Shaders and always tried to avoid this areas.
I mean its just 2 overlayed scrolling Texturs with Transparency on, but I really like it :)
What do you think about this Waterfall? ^^
Heyy
Mein Name ist Mateo, bin 20 Jahre alt und habe über die letzten 2 Jahre mein erstes eigenes Videospiel entwickelt...
Einer meiner Träume ist es auf der
@gamescom
auszustellen und dieses Jahr hats geklappt :)
Kommt mich gerne besuchen ^^
#gamescom2023
#indiegame
#Gamescom
🚨Steamkey Giveaway🚨
Im giving away 4 Steamkeys for my Shark Game "Makis Adventure". Here is what you need to do:
-Follow, Like & Retweet
-Tag 3 Friends in the comments
Deadline: Monday 7th August 2023
#indiegame
#metroidvania
#Giveaways
#pixelart
#gamedev
🚨Gameplay Teaser🚨
My name is Mateo, Im 21 years old and started to make an Arcade Racer with Indiegame Characters last month
Here you can see a first Teaser with all the Announced Characters (Im not good at making Trailers xD)
Please Retweet🙏
#Indiegame
#Indiedev
#gamedev
🚨I need your opinion🚨
I spent 2 years developing my first Indiegame solo and released it in January
I just dont feel „done“ with the game.
Yeah, the story is finished but I have soo many ideas and fun working on it…
Is that normal? 👀😅
#gamedev
#indiegame
#indidev
🚨Searching for a Publisher🚨
Since I’m a solo dev, working hard to develope the game, it would be awesome to get some help 👀😊
It’s in an early prototype state right now and it’s an Action-Roguelike called „Rogue Jungle“ ⚔️🌴
#indiegame
#steam
#indiedev
#gamedev
🚨I need your help | Playtest out now!🚨
I have been developing my first Roguelike now for about 1.5 months and I need your opinion! You can now try the prototype and give me your feedback! 🤩🥳
Retweet and tag Roguelike players!
#Roguelike
#indiegame
#gamedev
#indiedev
#steam
Pretty crazy feeling to know that over 2000 people bought my first Game and its 90% positive on Steam...
Damn! Thank you so much! Console is the next goal :)
OMG OMG THANK YOUUU!!!!!
245 Wishlists in ONE SINGLE DAY 😱😳
This really shows me that there is an interest in my Indiegame Racer (Crossover) Game😍🙏
pls wishlist "Ultimate Indie Racing"🙏
#indiegame
#gamedev
#indiedev
#screenshotsaturday
I released my first
#indiegame
Makis Adventure in January after 2 years of developement, so I decided to give me one hour to recreate the Shark-transformation in 3D...
What do you think about this prototype?
#gamedev
#metroidvania
#indiedev
I spent 3 hours to quickly create a first underwater scene for testing! Today is day 6 of developement and I have sooo many ideas for this game! Thats
#Gamedev
Please drop Feedback and ideas in the comments!
#indiegame
#indiedev
#madewithunity
Reason 3: The Release Date
I released my game on January 18th because I thought that it would be smart to release a game after christmas. That was NOT the case and many people wrote me that they did not have money left after buying presents, so my Day 1 was pretty low from sales
🚨Content Creators & Press🚨
Who likes to play Games likes Hades, Brotato or Vampire Survivors?
Im developing Rogue Jungle:
-> Dungeons like Hades
-> Weapons like Vampire Survivors
-> Merge ANY of your weapons
Please say Hi to get on my Creator List 🙏
#Indiegame
#indiedev
Hey,
My name is Mateo, Im a 21 years old solodev and I develope Games about Sharks & Demons 🦈🦈🦈
I launched my first Game „Makis Adventure“ after 2 years of (daily) development on January 18th 2023 😊👌
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
#indiedev
#gamedev
#indiegame
🚨Game Announcement🚨
Im developing this
#roguelike
were you have to fight & explore your way through a procedurally generated (zeldalike) dungeon...
Today I prototyped some basic Combat! ⚔️
#indiegame
#indiedev
#gamedev
YOOOO just submitted my Request to become a Nintendo Dev and publish my games for Switch 😍 I really hope and pray that Nintendo will accept my request 🙏🙏🙏
Oh and in case you missed it:
My upcoming Action-Platformer Makis Adventure has a free Demo on Steam!
Once we hit the 8k wishlists, I will add more gameplay to the Demo 👀
Wishlist the game and Retweet if you want to support me ^^
#indiedev
#gamedev
#metroidvania
Reason 2: Time Management
Im a solo dev, so I had to handle everything on my own. I spent way more time developing the game and marketing started way too late. Also the conversion rate was absolutely terrible for me, so thats a thing I need to keep in mind!
🚨80+ Submissions already🚨
Im developing an Arcade Racing Game with Indiegame Characters and opened a Submission Form
Within 48 hours, over 80
#gamedev
already submitted their Characters😱
Thank you so much for the big interest!😍
#WishlistWednesday
#indiedev
#Indiegame
🚨 Game News 🚨
In 2024, I will start the active development on „Makis Adventure: Gate to Hell“
-> Animal Transformations 🐂🦈🦅
-> A Small Open World 🌏
-> Inspired by A Short Hike & Windwaker
-> Solo Developed by me :)
#Indiegame
#Gamedev
#indiedev
2 years ago, I was wondering if people would like my game. I mean its my first project and I had no experience…
Today I know that I went the right path and the 700+ days of
#gamedev
grind, after coming home from school, were so worth it 😍🙏
#indiedev
#metroidvania
#indiegame
Ultimate Indie Racing 🏁🏁🏁
Yes its still in active Development :) Things are just slowing down a bit due to me preparing for Gamescom and Im working on a lot of backend and codebase stuff right now :)
Will reveal a new Feature + Gameplay next week :)
Wishlist on Steam pls
🚨Information for Devs🚨
My DMs got filled with requests if I can add your Characters into my Indie Racer. I’m really happy about the high interest but please use the Google Form to submit‼️
it’s getting super hard to keep track otherwise 😅🙏
#Indiegame
#gamedev
#indiedev
🚨I need your help🚨
My first videogame "Makis Adventure" will release in 12 days and for my personal goal, I need about 2.000 more steam wishlists until release day.
Please Retweet the Tweet and Tag people, who got to check out this game.
#indiegame
#metroidvania
#gaming
In 2020, I started my gamedev journey with 17 years & 0 programming skills
3 years later, I released my first Indiegame, won 25k at the German Videogames award and have the honor to exhibit at
@gamescom
Everything is possible!🔥🙏
#gamedev
#indiegame
#metroidvania
#indiedev
Hey
#PitchYaGame
,
My name is Mateo, Im an 21 years old solodev and I started to develope the ULTIMATE INDIE RACING Game a week ago 😊👌
-> Fun Arcade Racing (with Online Mulitplayer)
-> 30+ Characters from awesome
#Indiegames
#gamedev
#indiedev
#solodev