@ICastFist
I would treat every indie game as basically a lottery ticket. Keep making more fun games until you get lucky.
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@ICastFist
I would argue that "zero-skill" games can have charm if they're still fun or creative. Perhaps I'm a bit biased though as a beginner gamedev who doesn't have much skill outside of programming though.
@Ategon
When you think your game's scope is small, it isn't. Keep scoping as tiny as possible so you could finish your game in a week or two
@The_Picard_Maneuver
One of my favorite parts of Lemmy is that you can reply to posts (and even post directly to communities) from other ActivityPub services such as Mastodon. That's what I'm doing right now, actually! :p
@Ategon
The most essential personally would be the C programming language and vim. After all, it's what I'm most comfortable with
@Justdaveisfine I would say yeah! Especially send it out to those who specialize in something niche that applies to your game (like linux gaming or retro-style games)
It doesn't hurt to send your game out, especially to independent reviewers.
[Now Released] Here have a little preview of The Sun Gem
an upcoming choose your own adventure game I'm working on for the #Commodore64 as part of a game jam
Some things I learned when making this:
- It's better to make smaller games, as my last game was a more complex one that I couldn't finish
- Developing for a retro computer is easier when you don't use a game engine (luckily I don't really like working with game engines anyways)
Edit: I released the game! Check it out here!
#GameDev #RetroGames #Commodore @gamedev@lemmy.blahaj.zone @gamedev@programming.dev
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@verysoft @popcar2 I briefly tried it before when it was the proprietary game engine Amazon Lumberyard. It was alright but personally I prefer developing games without an engine