smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #40 on: June 07, 2021, 02:52:54 PM » |
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Thanks! I thought these figures might be interesting for fellow devs I polished the demo, have all the translations now (German, English, Spanish and Portuguese BR/EU) and put them in. Before the 16th June hits (the begin of the Steam Next Fest) I need to test the game with the translations in there and polish it a bit more. Thankfully, I still have plenty of time! ProgressWishlist Count: 339 Main Script LoC: 4507 Graphics: 95 Sounds: 16 Day: 189th
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #41 on: June 11, 2021, 06:08:17 PM » |
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So, on a whim I decided it would be a good idea to translate the game (and the demo for that matter) in a lot more languages than I initially planned! I started with English, German, Spanish, Portuguese (BR/EU) and now I ordered a couple more translations in Simplefied Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Turkish and Russian! I got 6 wishlists from Korea a day after (the other languages had no measurable impact yet) which was very cool because from the beginning of February until now - which was the time frame the game had a Steam Page - the game only got only 1 wishlist from Korea. So 6 wishlists in 1 day vs 1 wishlist in 4+ months. I'm very interested which languages will perform well because it's a good indication for future projects (even though not perfect because different genres appeal to different cultures etc.) Have a nice one!
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #43 on: June 15, 2021, 06:10:59 PM » |
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Today is certainly one of my productive days! I added over 1000 lines of code to the main script (Main Script LoC: 6723) in a couple of hours. I improved the level up system, the language selection screen is ready and I polished a couple of minor things! Feels great I will test the demo with every language selected to ensure that I don't miss anything!
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JobLeonard
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« Reply #45 on: June 20, 2021, 08:42:14 AM » |
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Good luck! Hope you'll find your audience!
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #47 on: June 23, 2021, 05:26:24 AM » |
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Steam Next Fest is over and I want to share the numbers I got! Before the festival my wishlist count was 365, now it is 779, so I consider the Steam Next Fest a success since I more than doubled my wishlists.
Before I started the Steam Next Fest, I had some vague goals. If I would achieve under 135 wishlists, so a total wishlist count of 500, I would consider the result a catastrophe. Adding 435 wishlists, for a total of 800 would have been very good and 1000 a dream. With 779 I fell a little bit short of my goal (and my dream) but I'm very satisfied with the result.
I think I got around 2660 demo downloads at the time the Next Fest was over but only 180-190 people actually played it (I will keep the demo up for a longer time so there might be more people who try it later). Feedback was scarce and reached from meh to very nice - but since I design the game in a certain way, I expected that.
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Wishlist Count: 779 Main Script LoC: 6710 Graphics: 100 Sounds: 16 Day: 204th
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« Reply #48 on: June 23, 2021, 06:23:33 AM » |
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Cheers to that! Yeah, it's a bit of a "slow and steady" niche you've picked for yourself I think. On the other hand, the dungeon crawler isn't swamped with entries so there's that.
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #49 on: July 24, 2021, 07:01:02 PM » |
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@JobLeonard Certainly! I always wanted to make a Dungeon Crawler and when I had to decide which game to make, this seemed the hardest, so I did go for it also for the challenge I spend the last couple of weeks switching between working on a lot of smaller stuff (improving the demo, increasing the visual variety a bit, building a new level), gaming (bought Dungeon Rats, Theseus: Journey to Athens, Jurassic Fantasy, Barro 2020 and Gone in November in the Summer Sale and played all of them) and other stuff (wrote a new story!) In the next couple of days, I want to work on some graphics to improve the visual variety of the game ProgressWishlist Count: 813 Main Script LoC: 6770 Graphics: 113 Sounds: 17 Day: 236th
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #50 on: July 25, 2021, 08:15:30 PM » |
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As mentioned, I created a couple of new decorations yesterday and will now focus on other parts of the game.
The demo will be updated in a few days to polish it even more!
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Wishlist Count: 813 Main Script LoC: 6770 Graphics: 124 Sounds: 17 Day: 237th
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #53 on: August 18, 2021, 06:15:27 AM » |
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Increased accessibility (you can now do a lot more with your mouse if you want to). Working on new levels!
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Wishlist Count: 840 Main Script LoC: 7049 Graphics: 133 Sounds: 22 Day: 260th
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #54 on: August 30, 2021, 04:48:29 AM » |
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I released a new demo version a couple of days ago and will release another demo version in a few days. The next version aims to fix an UX problem relating to the dialogue. I made even more stuff accessible through the mouse - so you can now level up and select your language just with a mouse click.
Had some interesting ideas for the game I want to implement soon!
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Wishlist Count: 849 Main Script LoC: 7427 Graphics: 135 Sounds: 24 Day: 272nd
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #55 on: August 31, 2021, 02:42:48 PM » |
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Updated the demo again! The UX should be a lot better now!
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Wishlist Count: 850 Main Script LoC: 7447 Graphics: 135 Sounds: 24 Day: 274nd
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #56 on: September 05, 2021, 06:10:08 PM » |
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Working on new levels and I implemented two new puzzles since my last post! There will be another demo update this month which will include a minor UX improvement and actually show wounded versions of enemies (if you hit them enough, they usually get a little bit of blood or something on them). ProgressWishlist Count: 851 Main Script LoC: 7720 Graphics: 145 Sounds: 24 Day: 278th
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #57 on: September 15, 2021, 05:42:00 PM » |
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There's now an official release date! ProgressWishlist Count: 855 Main Script LoC: 8424 Graphics: 164 Sounds: 24 Day: 287th
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smokesomefrogs
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« Reply #59 on: October 20, 2021, 03:24:02 PM » |
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Quick update: The progress is slow but steady and roughly a third of the game is playable and there are even more level made (but not connected yet)! New puzzle implemented ProgressWishlist Count: 867 Main Script LoC: 8684 Graphics: 178 Sounds: 25 Day: 321st
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