Reinforced Machine 🤖👾WISHLIST in STEAM 🙏

@onlypancak3s_ This is great advice. 🙏

Day 28: Sensory Overload hit 50,000 wishlists. Zero streamers. Zero budget. No publisher. No media. Just a solo dev, some short-form videos, and a Steam page. Here's exactly how I did it:

The Dreaded Hut Release Teaser, A mysterious flood swallows a small village in the Philippines. Wade through the ruined homes, drowned fields, and whispers in the fog to search for your lost sister. Be careful of the water, some things don’t drown… they wake up. store.steampowered.com/app/4044950/Th…

When your rage meter hits 100%, enter rage for more damage and special meter... Or use the soul transfer mechanic! 🔮Take control of every playable fighter! Freeze time for a short period, your first hit will unfreeze everyone! Get Creative! 🎨🥊 #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev

Custom control rebinding is in! It was the most requested feature from our first round of feedback. 🎮 #reinforcedmachine #indiegame #gamedev

Completed the upgrade UI layout with placeholders.

LUCID pixel art animation break down 🌸

Update on character progression and unlocks 🪙 - scrapped my original rank progression mechanics where the player must reach certain levels to unlock a skill - replaced it with a Credit System - characters and skills can be unlocked through credits earned by playing the game

@cluckworksgames thanks mate.

@rforcedmachine I dig the game over transition, very cool!

Adding a revive animation when a player retries the level. #gamedev #indiegame #game

@marciogameaudio Thank you.

@rforcedmachine That’s really cool, and it’s possible to create a defeat fanfare.

@3D_unit Thanks!

@rforcedmachine 😎 cool

@PlayReignfall thanks!

@rforcedmachine This looks incredibly satisfying to interact with👏🏻 The level of polish on these systems is impressive

World 1, crab boss level whitebox. Getting the enemy size and feel for this level. #gamedev #indiegame #mecha #crab #game

Spent quite a bit of time making the "Game Over" transition. This iteration feels right for now. #gameover #indiegame #gamedev

I wanted to create a 3D bullet hell shooter inspired by games like Returnal But I also felt it needed a Sandevistan-style skill So I built it myself. What do you think? Now dodging impossible bullet patterns and striking back is easier than ever. #gamedev #indiegame #unity3d

Pitchforks and Daggers is finally out on Steam! A branching court politics drama where every choice matters. #indiegames #gaming #medieval

The 80's called, they want their transformation animation back. #kamenrider #indiegame #gamedev #game

Just some color change. 🎨 #colorseparation #reinforcedmachine #gamedev #indiegame #game

Made the robo-crab walk sideways for realism. 🦀 Created a custom camera controller, couldn't get the built-in target group/framing to work nicely with the zoom in and centering effect I wanted when transforming to ultimate mode. It also dynamically adjusts the follow offset.

@niebedepodawac Thanks. More enemies than I needed for the game.

@rforcedmachine 200+ enemies? Sounds pretty impressive.

Game performance test with 200+ enemies. Found a bug in shared particle system with collision enabled, crashing Unity's physics engine. Fixed it by just disabling the collision. Game also runs smoothly on a Steam Deck LCD version at 60fps. 🎮 #game #indiegame #steamdeck