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• • Halfgeek
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  • 9 Sep, 2015
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  Really nice mobile games you guys have going there, excellent art style for the market!

• • Halfgeek
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  • 9 Sep, 2015
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  Looks great and ambitious. I'll give it a thumbs up on Steam. Good luck!

  Thanks mate, I'll need all the luck I can get!

  It's pretty depressing reading the news of other great C2 games not doing so well on Steam.

• • Halfgeek
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  • 9 Sep, 2015
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  This was a great read, just stumbled upon it on Gamasutra Twitter! Really sorry about the sales tho.

  The markets are very saturated and we need to make crazy good games to really stand out. "Good is not enough" is a brilliant way to put it. Also, I think we need to be prepared for failure and simply push on even after failing.

  Not everyone makes it.

  Aurel

  Made a great game, an excellent one, one of the best of that genre, The Next Penelope.

  http://store.steampowered.com/app/332250

  All positive reviews, I bought it and enjoyed it. But last I heard it was not a commercial success for him as he had hoped.

  This is nuts because survival horror clones are making a killing...

  I don't understand, is that just want gamers want these days?

  I never really thought about all these things, especially marketing, when I think about being a gamedev, its always about making my own dream game, something that I want to play.

• • Halfgeek
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  • 9 Sep, 2015
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  It's very sad to hear such bad news:

  http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DanielWe ... n_2015.php

  Airscape is held in very high regard by almost every gamedev who uses C2.

  It seems you did everything "right", great marketing, lots of showcases at game expos, awards, even some very nice let's play from big name stars.

  I don't even know what lessons can be learnt from this.

• • Halfgeek
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  • 9 Sep, 2015
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  byondisoft

  kelbiiz

  PureDesoro

  Thank you guys!

  I'm reading up some marketing articles and stuff on r/gamedev, like this:

  https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/commen ... ow_we_got/

  and apparently I am doing it all wrong. <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_sad.gif" alt=":(" title="Sad">

• • Halfgeek
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  • 9 Sep, 2015
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  Looks really cool so far, are you planning on making it into a full blown game?

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  • 9 Sep, 2015
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  OddConfection

  That's a lot of great tips!

• • Halfgeek
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  • 8 Sep, 2015
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  Great job. Voted as well

  Thanks mate! Much appreciated.

• • Halfgeek
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  • 8 Sep, 2015
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  I am sorry to say it, but I am starting to regret I've had chosen C2 instead of Unity or GM... Yes, I've earned more then the cost of C2 and learned important procedures, but I simply can't see it as a future option.

  Everything is great (the software is easy to use, the community is great, the updates are fast and fix or bring new functionality) until you get to export your game and you are disappointed that a simple 2D game can't run smooth on anything (from smartphones to medium-high PC) no matter how much you optimize them, you can't get constant 60fps for a simple 2D game.

  I'm not sure why you would think that.

  Even a low-end PC is capable of running most C2 games smoothly at 60fps.

  I'm pegged at 60fps constantly in mine.

  I mean there are FLAWS its not perfect, for for PC, certainly NW 10.5 and 12 are pretty smooth & fluid.

  On mobiles, with iOS8 WKVWebView, it's pretty smooth too.

• • Halfgeek
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  • 7 Sep, 2015
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  Great news! I have a new gameplay trailer for Courier out today! Check it out!

  

  Very sleek mate!!

  It's getting better and better.

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  • 7 Sep, 2015
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  lwgames Thanks!

  Though I did start with this one: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ninja-g ... 45828?mt=8

  To learn art & basic coding.

  I have a passion for space traders & sims that dates back to wing command privateer (I was too young for Elite), so if I was to be a gamedev, I want to work on a genre that I love.

  I think after this one, the next will be a futuristic earth, dystopian or post-apocalyptic genre.

• • Halfgeek
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  • 7 Sep, 2015
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  MadSpy Thanks!

• • Halfgeek
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  • 7 Sep, 2015
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  Looking good, keep going!

• • Halfgeek
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  • 7 Sep, 2015
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  It's about 90% done, I've made a trailer here:

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• • Halfgeek
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  • 7 Sep, 2015
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  A grand space opera with intense squad combat in real-time, in a dynamic universe with three major factions trying to annihilate each other. Buckle up, go on an epic space adventure!

  It's finally done!

  Steam http://store.steampowered.com/app/414950

  iOS https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1088622798

  Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/deve ... d=Halfgeek

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