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I was exactly 35 when I quit my job in November 2017, and I turned 36 in December.
I opened Game Maker for the first time when I was 25.
My dad (who drew all Ringo and Arrest animations) started to learn pixel art at 58.
So I believe it's never too old.
@IAmRizary
@shin_yeo
35 is too old to change careers, just try to make money and have a family.
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6 years ago (31.10.2017) was my last day at “normal” work. I bet my career (not that successful but still on was a stable manager’s job in a large government department) to pursue my dream as a game developer.
I was making the games as a hobby since 2006.
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When I was releasing the game 5.5 years ago, I never thought it'd be the best investment I made (I never did any before though...)
God bless Steam, Valve and Gaben himself for making many indies all around the world to live their dreams!
Thanks to all players who left a review!
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The most demotivating thing about the release was that this action still was "nothing special" to the majority of players. I don't really know where they've seen something like this though.
So now I'm paralyzed when it comes do developing action.
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Added a new girl for romance. I'll probably add couple of unused animations and try to fix newly submitted bugs. But in terms of new content it was a final build.
Done with the game.
#screenshotsaturday
#pixelart
#indiegame
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@Hydremajor117
No, my dad isn't interested in games. I just couldn't find an artist for the game, everybody was just hating and rejecting my offer. So he stood up for me and learned to draw.
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My favorite part in development is making action gameplay. I don't like to work on ideas, structure, story etc. too much actually. But working on action gameplay is a pure joy.
Too bad that 2d action (especially beat'em ups) is a doomed genre, but I'll continue to explore it.
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I almost finished with everything I wanted to add. I think I need only 1-2 weeks more, so maybe by November I'll be ready to start a new game finally.
I could have added more, of course, but since the game didn't quite interest players - I'm done with it.
It was fun to make it.
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My main issue with game dev is that in has no end or rest points. When you finish one game, you just start to make a new one. Release hype is one week at best, and mostly you just fix bugs. And when you finish - nobody already cares about the game.
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Haven't had this much fun in a while actually. After 3 games in a row which players "didn't get", I completely stopped caring about their opinion. So it's pure joy now. I just do what I want.
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Sea of Stars won Golden Joystick, and probably will win TGA, and IndiePlay as well (I'm going to Shanghai to see this in person). And I got sad, like, of course, I won't win.
But then suddenly I realized that I'm competing with the best indie game in the world on the same stage.
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It's funny how it seems that I'm not happy with everything )
I believe that my public image is this:
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News about Switch release.
I hope it'll happen late in this March or early in April.
Sadly, it seems there's no retail version planned this time.
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Some sad news:
1) Artem got burned out. Even after 1 year break, he still hasn't any interest in drawing, so he's skipping my current project.
2) Ueda M. has to draw everything now, but it turned out that drawing isn't all fun for artists, they struggle much.
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Once again I have this dilemma, I need some things to be not that fun for narrative reasons, but players won't get it again.
And again I wish I had the audience who eager to see my experiments.
Funny thing that as a player I want it to be just fun, no more than that.
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Meanwhile passed 600 reviews. Thanks to all who took the time to write them!
And honestly, of course, I think that the game deserves at least 10 times more reviews )
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Dear devs! If you want to stay sane and motivated, I advise you to:
1. Not share your non-positive thoughts. Only gifs from the game for PR and "thanks!". Everything else is prohibited and will be used against you. Players love to hate.
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It was the best release in terms of sales, and the worst in terms of motivation. Even failure of Arrest didn't demotivate me as much as this game.
Trying to find a new workflow to continue. Something broke in me at the beginning of the year after all. Something is not the same.
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Ueda M. made the first monster today. It can only stand and receive damage for now, and other animations are placeholders of course, but it's so much joy already to beat that monster, I couldn't not share it with you )
Whenever I receive any art from my artists it's so much joy.
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A bad game, a good game, how it was received by players, what have critics said - nothing really matters actually.
As for any feedback - everybody is right, so it doesn't matter as well.
What is left is only enjoying the creation process. And the joy of work.
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Know your place, punks!
* One more animation for the kid at the playground, and I'll get back to bugs.
Counting hours to start a new game already!!
#pixelart
#indiegame
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My games:
1) Teenager who's completely lost and doesn't fit the society
2) Killer who commits suicide
3) Deadly ill yakuza who dies at the end
Followers:
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While I didn't take players' wants into consideration, it turned out to be an interesting experiment.
The new game had the map, a lot of different story routes, proper battle tutorial etc. and players liked it less.
So players were wrong again )
Never listen to them.
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New turn-based battles feel great.
Making a jrpg is so fun. Vol. 1 will be too short (1-2 hours long maybe), so players will be in rage most probably. But they're always unhappy so it's not a big deal.
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A sad thing about starting a new game is that the previous one becomes "dead". And just yesterday it was the whole world for you, where you spent many a couple of years.
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Knowing that there's nothing behind a release is actually frightening.
Somehow I see now, that the whole gamedev activity is hollow. There's nothing concrete, it has no core to hold on to.
And while I cherish the process, the question "why should I make games" suddenly arose.
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The main result of the year: total demotivation.
The year started with me stopping caring about the release, and it stayed through.
Still can't find a good reason to continue to release games. Money, ok. But if I have enough money?
Everything about the release sucked.
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First snow in Moscow today. We have a snow in the game too:
#screenshotsaturday
#pixelart
#indiegame
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We're almost ready with background concepts, so we'll start to work on animations with Ueda M. soon. Meanwhile I'm prototyping using FA animations. I'm so in love with them, so I'm gonna reskin many attacks. We'll add brand new of course.
Can't get enough of the new action flow.
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@KhalilArafan
I really believe that having fun is enough. Not everybody got lucky to have even a minor success. Also gamedev routine isn't for everyone. I know guys who are great at game jams and with coming up with new mechanics but lack something in a long run. But having fun is enough.
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Porting to Switch has started as usual:
1. I updated Gamemaker and the game just didn't run.
2. I went to help center and couldn't sign in (made a ticket).
So. No PS, no XBox. Sadly I already committed to Switch port, but for my future games I really consider Steam only.
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Traditional Chinese is ready. The game submitted to lotcheck once again. As soon as we pass the lotchek - we'll be ready to release.
So I hope for this May.
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Started to work on Traditional Chinese localization.
I think it'll take 1-2 weeks and after that we need to submit it to Nintendo again. But I hope that overall it won't take too long, and the game will be released at this May.
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New US sanctions arrived. A new cycle to find a way to receive (and send) the money.
I wish I had enough Russian audience to release games at my homeland. But my only audience is China for some reason.
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It's funny how Ueda M. avatar which she made for fun became the main art )
Also, if anybody wants to make a new cover art (for Switch version for example), you can DM me a rough sketch and your price.
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It seems we can't sell in HK without Traditional Chinese, and since 70% of my auditory are Chinese players - I decided to postpone the release to have a proper HK release as well.
Sorry for the waiting, I hope it won't be delayed much.
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One of the most popular bilibili creators made a great video about the game (it has around 1.5M views now, 7th on trends).
Basically he completed one of routes and edited it like a movie.
Thank you!
* funny thing that it didn't add any sales though )
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jrpg requires too many animations to look how I imagine it to be. So I decided to put it on hold for now. Also I got to old to be excited about fantasy setting, it doesn't motivate me enough.
Also I found out that it's hard for me to consider what other team members want.
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35 years later, fights between Jackie Chan and Benny Urquidez are still the best.
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All of these was possible only because of players, who bought my games, wrote reviews, sent me the words of encouragement and supported me at hard times.
I'm truly grateful for that. Thank you very much!
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Finally overtook Fight'n'Rage. Next rival RCG. It'll be hard but you gave a word, Ringo!
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Since that day I released:
1) 2018 - Ringo (PC and Mac)
2) 2019 - Ringo (Switch)
3) 2020 - Arrest (PC, Switch), Ringo (Switch retail), Ringo + Arrest (Switch retail), Ringo Manga
4) 2021 - Ringo, Arrest (XBox), The Concrete Sutra Manga
5) 2023 - Fading Afternoon (PC)
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Just to be clear, I'm not a fan of Yakuza franchise and never got inspiration out of it. Inspirations for the game were:
1) Gameplay
- Way of Samurai series
- Ringo Ishikawa
2) Aesthetics:
- all yakuza movies I've watched (mostly Kitano and Fukusaku, not a fan of Miike)
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November 2010, the first time I tried to make npc to fight against each other. 3 months later I was burned out for the first and last time.
I was out of development for an year, and returned at 2012 with the first completed game made for the local jam in 3 weeks.
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My best game on its way to Mixed reviews.
I wonder which games I'd have made if critiques or players had accepted the game. Sad.
It's good that I like to create different games though, so I still make games I love.
But I could go so deeper...
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1998. Graduation day. On the right is the guy I partly based Masaru on. Me on the left.
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Best console trpg:
1. Vandal Hearts
2. FF Tactics
3. Arc the Lad
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Working on body blows in combo.
Knowing this stuff is actually helps in making animations and action gameplay. Cause it's all about rhythm and flow.
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I said that I won't read any reviews but I couldn't pass Tom Wilson's article. Many thanks, Tom!
"While not without its flaws, Fading Afternoon not only cements Yeo’s legacy as a truly unique creative but also offers fans an unequivocally gorgeous experience."
@shin_yeo
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
Full Review:
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Good news, that staying out of social media replenished my energy immediately so now I'm working on the new game full throttle.
I consider to making such reports once in a while, to keep touch with the fans.
Thanks!
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Found a cafe nearby today, where you can play retro games. Had some fun with SNes Contra for an hour (couldn't pass level 4).
Pixel art on old TVs looks gorgeous.
Sadly, you just sit alone in a closed room so it's not a place to find new friends.
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Wandering in Ueda M's sketches.
To be honest I'm in love with developing a jrpg. I feel so much freedom in making it just a common game. So many thanks to all haters and negative reviews that finally made me completely free from players' opinions.
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We have to at least double (or even triple) up our screen resolution to match current pixel art games.
It will raise work time and funds, of course. It could be tough for 2 artists as well.
So now I'm thinking if I need to level up my game or to stay in the comfortable zone.
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After work, satisfyingly feeling tired, it's good to have a little conversation. But I'm checking the web and feel kinda paralyzed.
Accidentally watched an Insert Credit episode recently where they talked about FA, and again I was presented as "a depressed dev".
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Found a new BG artist who will finish Ueda M's concepts. Choosing the one was fun this time.
And now I can breath freely and not compromise with length of locations. And can add some side-quests as well.
The game (chapter 1) will be short so I hope to deliver it next year.
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I love all games actually.
Simple fact you press a button and a character on the screen starts to move amazes me up to this date. I even amazed by a moving cursor at the title menu. I grew up playing all games I could get my hands on, so there weren't "bad" games in my youth.
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Visited IndiePlay in Shanghai.
1) The city is awesome. Along with Barcelona it's one of my favorites now (I've never been to Japan though).
2) The game looked like garbage on big screens, I was devastated by how unpretty it was. Sea of Stars is beautiful at least.
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It seems some players missed last updates.
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These guys desperately need a boost. They ask only $70K and funded $12K for now. The game has everything.
KS doesn't have its own traffic as I get in now, you have to bring your own. What's the big deal about it then?
Ok the truth😌This karate boss was inspired by… the game Karateka! We want to recreate the same feeling - two martial artists in a fair full contact fight😤
Check other bosses on the KS page:
#pixelart
#videogames
#ドット絵
#nintendo
#playstation
#xbox
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Twitter usually just drains my energy so I always reluctant to run it. But if you don't twit - you basically don't exist (to other people). And while it's not a bad state actually, for a solo creator it's better to be alive.
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Current plans:
1. Work on the game for maybe a month more (I want to add 2 more girls quests at least)
2. Find a way to pay for GMS Switch port license, and make a port (Switch ports was really easy before, so I expect 1 week at worst, but anything could go wrong of course...)
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I'm tired of negativeness so I'm stopping to read any reviews (for some time).
Hope for your understanding.
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Ok.
Let's pretend that adding shadows to 1 frame takes 1 minute (it takes more but let's pretend).
We have 12K frames, so 12 000 minutes = 200 hours. With 6 hours per day 5 day per week = 2 months. But it'll take 3 minutes per frame for example, so 6 months...
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I actually agree with Araki that characters is the only part that matters. An interesting story with not appealing characters becomes plastic really quick. On the contrary, we can just wander with interesting chars with almost no goals.
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When I saw this painting in the hotel, the thought that "I just want to do games where characters walk beautiful backgrounds and fight each other" stroke me. Yeah, as simple as this.
Just walk and fight.
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There's a secret why multi-task devs are harder to burn out.
Cause you can switch between tasks. When you just program, or write texts, sooner or later you'll get tired of it. And thankfully I can enjoy routine tasks as well, so I can relax filling the table with coordinates.
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Looking at bigger games makes me calculate the time needed to make so much content...
But I want to stay with 3 of us. 1 artist for backgrounds, 1 artist for animations and me for everything else.
It sets limits to the scale, of course. It sets the limits.
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4 years later my best game finally got 300 reviews.
I replayed all my games recently and I think that 300 reviews is too much actually. And 71% is too high. While I love the game, I must admit that even for a niche game it could be much better.
As well as Ringo.
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Players think that they're developers bosses because they bought the game. And they can demand something. The only obligation a dev has is a bug free game. Everything else is devs choice and will.
Developers are grateful to players, and players should be grateful for the games.
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New singer.
One more girl's quest (with the previous singer). One more waifu (different from the girl's quest). And that'll be it.
#pixelart
#indiegame
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Thank you very much, aLec! You actually got a canon ending )
Give it a read, it's a very good article.
the first essay is about Fading Afternoon by
@shin_yeo
, a game i love with all my heart and the best game I played in 2023:
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Also, since we have this occasion, I want talk about reviews loop.
1. A reviewer approaches me and asks for a key
2. Then he post his review and send me the link
3. I say thanks (cause he took the time and brought attention to the game)
4. Read the review
[...]
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Since it's only Ueda M. working on all art now (BGs and animations), the work goes slowly. I think that we'll start to work on animations only at the end of this year (at the second part at best).
So I'm working on gameplay with FA animations.
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