Frank The Dev 🇨🇦 🏴‍☠️Wishlist Becoming Captain

🔥Becoming Captain's demo Trailer is live! 🔥 Support us by adding our game to your Wishlist on Steam: Link in Bio youtube.com/watch?v=8bwjwI…

@TheGamesDet I can understand your frustration.

@BecomingCaptain Zero clicks in total on a #YouTube video link one week after sharing it here is surely not the way. Zero clicks... in total... after one week! Meanwhile, I receive DMs and emails from people asking me to repost about their games...

Most hashtag thread hosts are abusive and don't actually care about #indiedev #gamedev I do care, a lot, but at this point I feel massively abused Thus, I will not host any more #TrailerTuesday, #WishlistWednesday, #FollowFriday or #ScreenshotSaturday until further notice

Just began the design document for 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕-𝑯𝑩* *Fake name just to keep you in the dark hehe 😉

@niko_nikoDev You inspired me with your color based code, but it has nothing to do with it 😂 You gave me an idea. I'll be designing the maps with a color code and then Unity will generate the actual gameobject based on the map.

@BecomingCaptain Just keep two things in mind. 1, All Code is headless by design, you will need to switch that out to display. 2, honestly the first 2/4 would probably be the best methods as they create simple square designs. Feel free to use the math or whatever you please it’s open source

@niko_nikoDev Hey buddy, you inspired me for my next game's map making system! I am planning to use a color based system for map generation. Now... I need to figure out how to do it 😂

@LolindirLink I think that 100 million is too much, you become a target for others greed and envy.

@BecomingCaptain Games is also such a wide term. Boardgames with the family? You'll only be watching.. can be deeply depressing.. Both options allow one to be easily considered very rich, one options takes something hopefully precious away from you. Pretty easy choice when given enough thought.

I would take 100$ per hour of play... That's a 100 000$/year salary with only four hour of gaming per day 🤣 You could also only play 1 hours per day and survive. 100 000 000$ is such a big number that many would ruin their life with so much money.

@TheGamesDet What kind of contribution would you feel that would make it more of a symbiotic relationship?

@BecomingCaptain I support hundreds of people every week. As many as I can. It takes a lot of time and effort. Who supports me? If we don't support the creators we love, they end up dissapearing. This is just the first solid step in that direction.

New devlog is out! New Patch V0.5.3 is out now for the demo on Steam! le-havre.itch.io/becoming-capta…

@TriorityN You pay those? 🤪

@BecomingCaptain Is that before or after tax?

@PixelArtJourney Time to make some...

I might be getting a little burnt out on anatomy, time for a break and even more pixels hopefully

@niko_nikoDev 😂

Based as hell

Equipment card's hover is now working inside the shop! This will help players a lot in their decision making!

@ChimpSquared @pixquare_app That's cool, but I really am working on laptop. Thanks for the recommendation tho! :)

@BecomingCaptain If you happen to have an iPad and pencil, I can also recommend @pixquare_app for pixelling on the go / while reclined

I tried Asprite for the first time and I quite like it. This seems worthy of a buy for the next project 🔥 (This little guy may or may not be an hint for what is to come.)

@ChimpSquared Yeah! I am convinced, I'll totally buy it!

@BecomingCaptain Yeah there isn't a better sprite editor out there IMO. It is out of my way, it's UI isn't alien, and it does everything I need personally. Also lets you make / use plugins for anything it can't do.

Equipment cards now have an HOVER tooltip to display what action cards will be generated by equipping them! Now I just have to generate the same for the items while in the shop. This will make the gameplay much better!

@BecomingCaptain This is the way

My goal for our next project is to craft a Prototype in less than 2 week and make it as refined as possible and make it playable on browser directly on itch to get feedback. What do you think? I plan to do this once Becoming Captain is released of course. Gotta finish this 1st!

@coltoncrawdaddy Yo, I am lucky then 🤣 I don't have many left 😂

@BecomingCaptain Aseprite is one of the few gui programs that doesn’t make me want to rip my hair out, it’s great

@jogamedev This sounds like a dream to me 😂 I currently gross 0$... But hey it's coming together!!!

Here's an example of how much money a game dev actually pockets after earning $100,000 of Gross Revenue on Steam: - ~18% (returns, chargebacks, taxes) = $82,000 - 30% (Steam's platform cut) = $57,400 - 0% (if you self-publish) - 15.3% (U.S. Self Employment Tax) = $48,617 - $4,377 (Federal income tax) = $44,270 - ~$0-$3,800 (State income tax) = ~$40,400 So you could pocket about $40,000, but don't be discouraged. $100k gross sounds like a lot but it's only 5,000 copies sold at $20. This is attainable, but it's also why it's important to keep your development timeline short. x.com/jogamedev/stat… Disclaimer: This is a rough simplified example for a US solo dev self-publishing as a sole proprietor with minimal other expenses. Actual results vary a lot by your location, business structure, deductions, filing status, etc. This is not tax or financial advice — talk to a CPA.