Tom Stephenson

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ROVA is now also on the @humble store 🥳 humblebundle.com/store/rova #wishlistwednesday #cozygaming #gamedev

My laptop has been overheating a lot recently, so figured it was time to open it up and check. Think I found the reason 🤦‍♂️ #dust

@IndieGameJoe @ID_AA_Carmack Totally agree! We released our initial prototype as a public demo (after 6 weeks of dev), treating it like a super Early Access. Helped define an audience and gain trust early too! ROVA just entered Early Access, but we knew our audience going in😄 store.steampowered.com/app/2930130/RO…

@ID_AA_Carmack brilliant advice. i'd add, once you know who your customers are, get your game in front of them as early as possible. demos, private tests, etc. their feedback will tell you if you're on the right track way before the reviews do. don't wait until release to find out

My reply to someone considering starting a video game company: The distribution of possible rewards for starting a video game company are generally not very good today. The market is well served, and gaining a foothold requires strong execution on both business and product issues, along with a substantial amount of luck. Plan to burn through seven figures with a not-great chance of making it back. If you do go for it, some bits of advice: Identify your customers clearly before you start. Not just a broad community, but specific people, and imagine them as you make decisions. Initially, build the smallest, most concise game you can imagine anyone paying for. It will still take much longer than you expect. Once something exists, hill-climb the value. Hopefully you will have some elements that clearly bring joy to people, which you can magnify. There will inevitably be tons of things that people find confusing, frustrating, or just boring that you will need to fix.

ROVA - Feedback Fixes Update | V0.6.2 is now out! 🥳 ✅Added VSYNC (enabled by default), which caps framerate to your monitor's max refresh rate ✅Various other small fixes based on feedback Read more about the update here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/29301…

ROVA has already hit 10 Positive reviews on Steam 😍 We're so appreciative of everyone's support so far! If you weren't aware - ROVA is ✨OUT NOW✨ #indiegamedev #cozygame #steam #newgame #gaming

ROVA is now OUT! 🎉 It's incredibly satisfying to look back at old concepts and see how they turned out 😍 #indiegamedev #cozygame #gaming #indiegame

ROVA is ✨️ OUT NOW ✨️ Have you found these lil' guys yet? 📸🪐 #cozygames #cozygaming #indiegame #indiedev

It's so nice to hit this in just over 24 hours 😍 Can't thank you all enough! Every review helps so much, and we're already compiling your feedback ready for the next update 🫶

Have you seen the news? 🎉ROVA IS OUT🎉 Please spread the word so we can give it the best chance we can 🫶 #indiegamedev #madewithunity #cozygame

@DeveloperTom1 yooooo rova 🤤

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@creamerkylec I hope it lives up to the hype! 😄

@DeveloperTom1 I am so incredibly hyped for this!!!

Have you heard? ROVA is ✨ out now! ✨ It's a cozy space-rover photography game where you help a new space colony conduct research on an entire planet 📸🪐 #cozygaming #indiegamedev #gamenews #indiedev #newrelease #steam #wholesomegame

I had an immense amount of fun doing doing this. 👀 Not many who can say they record video game Capybaras for a living.😊 And the team at Fireshine/Seikyu being so onboard with my silly lil ideas. 🌸✨ #Freelance | #IndieGame | #CommunityManager

@LilacNightshade Thank youuu! Hope you enjoy it!😄

@DeveloperTom1 ahh i’m so excited! After playing this at ToTheMoon i’ve been so hyped 🤞👏🏼

Clicking this special button today 👀 ROVA comes out this morning! Tell everyone aghhhhh!!! #madewithunity #gamedev #cozygaming #indiedev

WE'RE SO EXCITED - IT'S HAPPENING SOON PEOPLE!!!! #rovagame #newgame #cozygame

Wishlist here so you're the first to know 🫶 store.steampowered.com/app/2930130/RO…

With ROVA's release tomorrow, we thought it's time to introduce some of the games' characters 👀 #madewithunity #indiegamedev #cozygaming #steam

It looks better now! Still a lot to do but we are getting there 🌱🐄💕