Aurora Borealis (game assets) 💚❄️
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79 items · Indie Marketing, Launch & Live-Ops Craft · site ↗
No engagement bait, just some hand-painted Item Illustrations for my game
MY GAME HIT #860 TOP WISHLISTED ON STEAM AFTER THE UPDATE! WHAT IS GOING ON?!
Progress on my Typing Roguelite Deckbuilder!
Throwing a MISSILE WTF :O
OMG!! My steam page finally launch!!!
With the new update released by Steam, it has become more difficult for games in the 3,000–10,000 wishlist range to appear in the "Popular Upcoming" section on their release day
Just reached 0.002 MILLION wishlists!
I thought my settlers looked a bit uncanny, so I redesigned them. What do you think?
IncreKnight revenue reveal stream clip
We wanted creepy 2000 s jank energy. Did we pull it off?
Added some animation to main menu screen and I'm really happy with how it turned out.
What's the first thing that gives away this is 3D?
Don't let the cute, chill vibes fool you, MOJITO can be a fast-paced speedrun challenge too
What do you think about Devolver's dare of releasing their game on the same day as GTA 6?
Achieved 24K wishlists by Demo launch month...are we going to be the next hit?
Around $6000 in the hole so far, but happy that some people enjoyed the game (or at least played it)
I've been working on a real-time water VFX course for Unity, and this is one of the WIP tests
Just hit 1k wishlists with our marketing "plan"
Made my Capsule Art myself since finding a freelancer seemed impossible - bots and scammers everywhere. What do you think? Does it work?
released my game 1 hour ago. its already my best selling day ever. did i do it chat? is this when i quit my job at the restaurant making 2k/month?
We hired an artist to revamp our Steam Capsule
Horror Story Time: missed my Steam launch date because of a cartoon Hitler. Don't make my mistakes.
In order to finish our game in time, I had to pay my dog 3 steaks a day, hope I'm not getting ripped off, the price did seem a bit high...
Trying to improve our game posters! feedback?
Asked my wife to polish my capsule art
Solodev Making my first Cozy game
After releasing our demo, we're getting 200–300 wishlists per day from China. How can I find out why?
I gained ~1.5k+ wishlists from one Instagram post. Here's what worked for me:
I asked an indie game studio (The Game Bakers) how they created Cairn
I spent 4 hours drawing a newspaper article called "Three Urinals & A Midlife Crisis".
PSA: please, please, PLEASE add all your socials to your Steam page.
Been working on a game where you play as a pangolin. Finally got all control mechanics feeling smooth!
IGN featured my game's trailer... but, well, 7 months late!
New title design!!! I think it looks better.
Does it look like a asset flip or can you tell which engine was used?
Always wanted my WOW fire mage to do this
I released my first commercial game on Steam - here are the real numbers after 48h and 4 weeks
Past me was onto absolutely nothing
Turning scientists into zombies in my game about little zombie hamsters
We released a second game! And it was even harder than the first!
Vulture 🦴🪶💀 (game assets)
Finally can do one after 3 years of game dev
The process for creating the art for my Indie RPG
I released a demo and made HTMAG's wishlist tool's graph orange!
Thought I'd share a slice of pain with ya'll! Ever seen a breakdancing plane?
How do I feel when I see indie game gets posted by IndieGameJoe
A few character artworks from a game my friend and I are making!
3rd month results after launch with 2k wishlists
How do you approach responding to reviews?
Finally finished all enemies for this new area of my hand drawn metroidvania game. This one is called "Pumper" and is like a bio machinegun plant XD
Where to Find Amazing Capsule Artists that Won't Scam You: A Postmortem on Pre-Production Marketing Assets
I just released my first ever game on Steam! So exited and nervous!
Less sexy, more character-driven. Changed our female character designs after Reddit feedbacks.
We are huge fans of retro games from the 90s, and we deeply miss the feeling of childhood and those evenings spent playing on our consoles. That’s why we’re pursuing our dream of creating a tower defense roguelike with the spirit of classic RTS games, set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Every developer on every project
When you are active on social media but you only get few wishlists
how would respond to a review like this?
Don't give up, developer. It's worth it.
Finally optimized the physics engine to handle 10K+ active mobs at high FPS. At what point does a horde become too big for a bullet-hell?
This tool lets developers generate weapon collections in minutes instead of modeling and texturing every weapon by hand, all without AI.
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Does it Grind Anyone Else's Gears When an Indie Creator is Accused of Using AI When They Really Didn't?
What "solo dev" actually means:
I'm a solo developer creating an RPG inspired by WoW Classic & RuneScape - Warmongers: Empires Reborn
Small Steam page trick that massively improved my description section: Faking text overlays with gradients & Steam's font
Outpour - A Water Redirection Puzzle Game - New Demo / Trailer out NOW!
3 pro artists pitched their art concepts for a game with typing-based combat & progression systems. As a dev which one are you picking?
Everytime you check OP's profile
This is soo true 😭
We released a demo of a submarine story inspired by Lovecraftian horror, set in a dead ocean after a nuclear war. The crew is nearly gone, communication has been lost, and something always seems to be moving just beyond the hull.
Cursed Fast-Travel
Developing with your community in a nutshell
We’re working on Formind, a space zombie horror set in 2193. After a meteorite impact unleashed a virus across the planet, the protagonist awakens with no memory and strange abilities, struggling to survive while uncovering his past.
Pixel Grid Styles
We hire a local professional artists to improve our store icon. Which on would you pick?
I shared my indie game on a Turkish Reddit group to gather wishlists, and somebody reported it to the Turkish government (Cimer)
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