#support indie developers

[icearts]

I know I mostly post Sonic stuff but oh my God I need more people to pay attention to Prince of Persia: The Lost crown.

The entertainment industry as a whole is on the verge of collapse and games like this are gonna be thriving. A Non-Triple A title that is gorgeous and plays very well Have I mentioned the game is beautiful???

Screenshots + long rant below cut (spoiler free)

I saw people complaining that this game wasn't worth the 50 dollar price because it was 2D. Huh?? Y'all know Mario Wonder was 70 dollars for virtually the same game play, right? No shade to Mario Wonder it's great but you can't use 2D isn't worth 50 as a talking point when Mario Wonder made headlines and few people complained about it being way too much.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is developed by an indie company (Ubisoft), and the composer of the game is Gareth Coker who did the music for Ori, and Ark Survival Evolved. It's not on Steam yet because Ubisoft wants to sell more copies before going to Steam which has a high fee on developers who use it as a platform.

There are some things I don't like. One namely being the game-crashing glitch I ran into. There's a side quest you take from a pirate guy and it freezes the game and I had to go on Reddit to figure out how to fix. Hopefully that gets patches soon. Another thing I don't line much is the voice acting. Sargon's lines especially feel a little flat to me, especially for how well his emotions are animated. The voice lines just don't fit. But those are my only two big things. I love the platforming, the completely customizable difficulty, the game is also huge as well. I'm 10 hours in and only about 40% done. I also have a huge bias for metroidvania style games. Having free reign of a huge map filled to the brim with lore is just very nice and fun.

The best thing though? Colors. Colors. Colors. The blue and red dynamics are amazing. Even combat dynamics are colored (such as yellow vs red vs white attacks and how they impact your parry)

#prince of persia #prince of persia the lost crown #txt post #long post #by my standards at least #this game needs so much more attention please #support indie developers

[elllteo]

Creators I love you but it's time to wake up

Among rumors about our tumblr user data being sold off to Midjourney/Generative AI, recent Extremely transphobic events (that have been ongoing) coming to a head, another extremely concerning internet censorship bill being pushed in upper levels of government, and a general air of frustration over how the site belongs to and is operated by perhaps the second stupidest CEO (second only to twitters own) of our age, I'm very done with the last few vestiges of what the old internet held for artists.

And if you're reading this, you probably are too.

I know we're tired. We are all tired. It is not always viable to pack up shop and move, again and again and again.

From tumblr to twitter to anywhere else we've ever grown up posting, things no longer work. Our audiences are kneecapped by aggressive and hostile algorithms, our reach is abysmal - if we aren't shadow-banned or silenced for one (transphobic) reason or another, we're thrust into an ever growing pit of hostility where the only thing that drives clicks is fighting and contention.

We're tired. We're so fucking tired. We aren't businesses, we aren't content mills, we cannot keep this pace that modern social media has set for us, to wring every ounce of creativity out of us to profit from and leave us rotting.

The key to staying afloat here, and I cannot stress this enough, is to stay connected to your peers.

Pack up and move as units if you must. Exodus from the sites that are killing us. Push your entire friend group of artists to move from one site to the next that promises you a kinder experience.

Art drives movements, it drives change, it is all that encompasses being human. If you take that away from the shitty places, they will be left with nothing but a cesspit of inhumanity and the people who follow you will be more incentivized than ever to move with you.

Yes, this is terrifying. There are no guarantees. There never was, and never are, and never will be.

But stay connected. Stay human.

Support each other and be willing to hold hands and jump when we all - as a group - need to jump from the flames we're all trying to convince ourselves wont kill us before rescue comes.

Rescue isn't coming, rescue will be found hand in hand with each other. I'm offering you my hand, please take it. There's always a new start, there are always helping hands reaching for you. You have to look up from the doom-scroll long enough to see and take them.

#art communities #art community #teo talks #sorry I have a Lot of opinions about posting art online I've been doing this since I was 14 and I'm 28 this year #I have watched the rise and fall of social media titans and you have to understand the ONLY thing that will keep you afloat #is keeping connected to your peers #we have to move as units and we have to stay together and we have to support each other #your following is not stability. your friendships are. #thats why you hear about networking. thats ceo talk for friendships. connections. #you have to have enough connections to build your own support web on the chance that everything goes to shit. yes its hard work. it sucks. #but it is a necessity. twitter isn't getting better. its not going back to how it was. neither is DA or tumblr. its not happening. #If you put all your eggs in one or two precarious baskets and both fall. you will be shit out of luck! thats reality #there is hope to be found but you have to be realistic and understand that you NEED to build up a presence elsewhere. even if its hard. #I want to help you if I can!!!! bluesky is a really solid twitter alternative!!! #ive heard good things about cohost as a tumblr alternative!!!! #sheezy and inkblot are both indie sites currently being developed by and for other creatives. support them! #they won't be perfect until - and UNLESS - you do! #anyways sorry I will step off my soapbox now Im just frustrated with the state of everything

[midautumngame]

If you’re looking for more narrative indie games by Asian devs check out fishbowl!

Fishbowl is a slice of life, coming of age story told over a month. Video call loved ones, work from home, sort through puzzles to rediscover childhood memories, do care tasks and get to know yourself better, one day at a time.

This two person team is based in India and this is their first game coming out on Steam!

#fishbowl #indie game #game dev #indie dev #slice of life #narrative game #game development #gaming #indian #video games #gamedev #indiedev #indie games #support indie games

[illuminesce]

Did you know that on itch.io right now there's a Queer Games Bundle that is directly supporting over 400+ queer indie game devs? (I'm one of them.)

From their site:

If we had the budget of an AAA game, we could give every solo developer a livable wage multiple times over for a year and every single team a massive funding boost. Imagine what the developers and artists in this bundle could create a year from now if they weren’t worried about starving or how to pay their rent this month. 

Purchasing the Queer Games Bundle is a direct action that you can take right now to support queer people in a life changing way and in exchange you get over 500 amazing, heartfelt, fun, and radical games.

$60 tier (the cost of a single AAA game): https://itch.io/b/1404/queer-games-bundle-2022 Pay What you Want ($10-$20) tier: https://itch.io/b/1405/queer-games-bundle-2022-pay-what-you-can-edition

If you can't contribute, please signal boost!

From a queer indie dev to you—Thanks, y'all.

(Featured games from left to right: Making Friends by @autumnotopiadev, Bunbons by sg, A Mortician's Tale by @laundrybear, and Terranova by me, @illuminesce.)

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

#indie games #indiedev #queer games bundle #queer #lgbtqia #pride #support queer creators #gamedev #game development #video games #ttrpgs #there's so many games y'all #happy pride 🌈

[omeletcat]

okay so have this thing where i get... a few errors. because i have weird things in my script that WORRK LET ME REMIND YOU THIS WHOLE GAME RN WORKS IT JUST ACTS A BIT QUIRKY SOMETIMES. ANYWAY i have things like a timer that keeps going on so every 2 seconds a new error starts, or when i walk into a room a bunch of errors pop up caus i made interaction script in the player script (stuff like if player touches this specific thing then that happens) and because the thing the player interacts with ISNT in that scene godot goes like " HUH WTF???? THEN WHY ARE YOU SAYING IT LIKE THAT?????" and then proceed to scream:

"E R R O R"

giving me 12 errors and yelling at me. BUT IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG THO THE SCRIPT WORKS. SO WHY CHANGE IT!!!!! anyway so i realised it might be a good idea to rework the player script to remove every interaction thing and move it to a separated script specific for every scene and i will make a new one for every scene to remove these annoying errors. That and i also am fucking tired with the insanely messy code i made for the player caus it is littered with random code that i tried ot make work but its like i broke up with it but i sometimes find some of their stuff in my house, so i stil have random lines of code that do N O T H I N G and is annoying me constantly but i am to afraid to remove things caus it WORKS and if i change it it often breaks.

#pixel game #programming #game design #game development #indie game dev #game dev update #coding #game dev #game developers #game dev stuff #indiegamedev #indie dev #indie game #game dev blog #codeblr #code #programming support pls help me i need help #programming meme #programming humor #godot engine #gdscript

[rommomance]

Support the game!

・❥・Ro-mmo-mance is currently a passion project for a single developer and while Im happy to work at my own pace, if anyone interested would like to help speed things along I wouldnt complain! ・❥・The game itself is a Dating sim with three starter romances where you romance and goof off with the other members of your online MMO party!  You have video dates, have private DM conversations and talk in the group chat with all four of you.  ・❥・Most of the art work and coding will be done by me, but Im hoping to commission certain assets and music for the game as well from smaller artists! Any help in doing so is awesome. ^.^ ・❥・If you want to contribute to the development of Ro-MMO-mance, we currently have a Kofi set up for tips, donations, and updates! ・❥・Nothing is expected and everything is appreciated!・❥・

・❥・And dont forget even if you cant contribute, sharing posts and art and spreading the word is also insanely helpful! ・❥・Thank you for being interested in my game! ・❥・

・❥・CLICK ME FOR THE KOFI LINK・❥・

#support #this is to put on a specific page on the blog #but feel free to share #developer #indie games #indie game dev #dating sim #kofi

[kantogamer]

Hey guys! I just started my Kickstarter for my pet battler RPG! There are some awesome rewards and I made the price super reasonable. If you enjoy rpgs please give it a look. It would help me immensely if you could share this. I want to make my first game the best it can possibly be

#gaming #video game #video games #gamer #pokemon #digimon #dragon quest #kickstarter #support #xenos #rpg #indie game #game development #indie #steam #games #game #pet battler #fakemon #dev log

[mushroomwitchgames]

Support Mushroom Witch Games on Ko-fi!

If you live the games we're cooking up here at Mushroom Witch Games, please consider supporting us via Ko-fi! Memberships offer supports the chance to see working drafts of the games we're creating, illustrations, finished games before release to the public, and much much more! If you can, consider supporting an indie creator making games they absolutely love.

All donations and memberships help us to get the word out about our games, commission artwork, and create games we love! THANK YOU!!

Click here to visit our Ko-fi page! (BTW, if you join today, you might get to see some of the fun stuff we've already done...)

#support indie creators #support indie ttrpgs #buy me a kofi #ttrpg #indie ttrpg #ttrpg community #ttrpg design #ttrpg dev #abandonhope #buy me a coffee #ttrpg art #game development #ko fi support #creator on ko fi #ko fi page

[abandonhopegame]

Dev Log #4: Walking Alone in the Dark

Girl Illustration by famahima. Logo by Didik Wahyudi. Bloodspatter and rose graphics by Canva.

Hello, all! Maks of Mushroom Witch Games back with another Abandon Hope dev update. A lot has happened since the last update so let's get started!

GAME DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

The game main draft is still at 17k words. I'm waiting for a few folks to send back feedback and then I will go from there. But that said, one reader's feedback gave me the chance to add a new class! I won't say it just yet - I need to tinker with it first, but I'm sure I'll mention something down the line!

Abandon Hope: Walking Alone in the Dark released next month! The Abandon Hope team is happy to announce the release our first solo journal RPG, set in the Abandon Hope universe. You are an unfortunate soul who has stayed out too late - and now a twisted entity stalks your every move. You can check out the announcement post or view the trailer here.

Mushroom Witch Games will be opening a Ko-fi page November 1st! Members of our Ko-fi page will get to see game illustrations, drafts, be given opportunities to play test games, and other juicy bits before everyone else. There will be several levels of memberships and all support will be used to make more games, advertise our products, and buy snacks for the creators. (Because snacks power creators). If you would like to follow us and, bookmark our page, please follow us here. A bigger announcement will be made November 1st.

HOW I'M FEELING ABOUT THE PROCESS

I feel like I might be at a standstill with the main game because I'm taking so much information in. The feedback I've received so far has been immensely helpful and since I am in not rush to release the core multiplayer game, I feel like I can take my time with it. However, I also feel very insecure since I have so much to learn. But I am still going to do the thing, no matter what. That said, the more I create the spinoff solo games, the more I gain insight on how I want the main game to be!

That’s all from the desk of the Mushroom Witch. See you all again next week with another update!!

#indie ttrpg #ttrpg #ttrpg community #ttrpg design #abandonhope #devlog #game development #ttrpg dev #ttrpg art #ko fi support #kofi #buy me a kofi

[brianamorganbooks]

NEW IF: A Pleasant Conversation

Hello! Guess what? I made my first Twine game! It's interactive fiction about making new friends, and it's called A Pleasant Conversation.

TW: Strong language, sexual innuendo, threats of violence.

You can play it for free (or pay what you want) on itch.io.

Thanks for checking it out! I've wanted to make games for a long time now and I'm so glad I took the plunge.

Please reblog to spread the word <3

#interactive fiction #interactive story #game development #indie game dev #itch.io #my ifs #my games #thanks for your support!!!

[lumizard]

Kickstarter is live!

Hello everyone! Yesterday we launched our Kickstarter campaign! We would be so happy if you could check it out and also maybe support it. Sharing our project also helps out a lot. So if you are excited about this project and want to see it come alive, please consider supporting us! Kickstarter Campaign

We also launched our website, where you can find a dragon previewer and have a first look at all the basic colors we will offer! Lumizard Website

Thank you so much for supporting us!

#dragon #kickstarter #indie game #game dev #battling #exploring #games #in development #fantasy #newgame #dragons #game development #elements #indevelopment #website launch #support us #lumizard

[snowwtrapped34]

guys I’m about to go to bed but can you guys do me a favor and play the new day demo. the game is going to basically be the tomodachi life sequel nintendo will never make. it’s only the islander creator + room editor at the moment but I think it’d be quite fun and silly to see people attempt to make the characters of their fandoms. they have a makeup editor similar to miitopia. the demo is completely free on steam. if you don’t have a steam account already it’s also free so this really doesn’t cost anything. i need to see the silly things. also there is a silly little effect for when you click.

#new day game #new day demo #I’m not someone who is working on the game but I just wanted to get this game out there #i need this game #plus you can support the developers on patreon #indie games

[blameitonval]

hello! if my post reaches you I would really appreciate if you can spare the time to stop and read :) if you don’t want to, I completely understand! Have a good day!!

To those who are still reading, hello! My name is Val and I’m a very ambitious soul! Ever since I was little, I’ve always wanted to create a game. As I get older I feel as if I just have to do it!! So, this tumblr page will be dedicated to the development of my game!! You will get to see my work in progresses for just about everything, I hope to get your support!

What can YOU do to support? Follow!! Share with a friend!! Get the word of “the enigma” out there !!

Thank you for listening to my ramblings!!

signing off : val

#indie #indie games #game #game design #indie developer #indie dev #support small creators #the enigma #blameitonval

[mystydjinn]

OKAY!!

I figured out the weird audio problem!!

It was my headphones!

NO SCUFF

we got this

I swear on my momma

And no tummyache either

Tonight and tomorrow ✨💚 6pm

Nothing will stand between me and the sweet sweet smell of mercantile trade and monster flesh ✨

#gaming #game design #game development #moonlighter #pixel games #vtubers of tumblr #indie vtuber #english vtuber #vtuber #vtublr #video games #vtuber uprising #vtubers on twitch #vtuber support #vtuber schedule #its alive

[projectebm]

Another little update as i´m making the Tech Demo, an animation made in Daz Studio and aplied on Unreal Engine...

¡Enjoy!

Support the Project on:

Patreon

Ko-Fi

Follow The project on:

X

Instagram

YouTube

Vimeo

#gameplay #project ebym #patreon #render #patreon support #video #dark skin #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #indie developer #indie game #indie games #unreal engine 5

[omeletcat]

SO i am currently working on the attacks, rn the direction of the attacks/all animation is based on the direction you are walking in/ the wasd buttons, if you are attacking you won't walk but you are stil looking in the direction you are pressing in the wasd buttons. HOWEVER i have a problem, i want the attacks to be based on the position of the mouse! i originally thought i could do smth i have rn where i have a variable with a vector2 and 4 inputs (wasd) and that use that as the blendspace2d. I want the same but on the direction of the mouse compared to the player, so if it is up the animation is positioned up, and if the mouse is on the left the animation is on the left!! BUT I CAN"T GET THIS TO WORKK I'VE LOOKED EVERYWHEREEEEE PLSS TELL ME YOU KNOW SMTH I AM DESPERATE

#pixel art #pixel game #pixelart #programming #pixel illustration #game design #coding #game development #indie game dev #game dev update #game dev #game dev blog #game developers #game dev stuff #indiegamedev #indiedev #indie game #animated sprite #sprite art #pixel sprite #sprite edit #my sprites #pixel animation #pixel artist #pixel graphics #pixel aesthetic #programming support pls help me i need help #support #send help #please help