monome.studio

We just released version 1.4.0 of our #indiegame This is no cave! We spent one month working on it and we tried to improve the gameplay for both hardcore players and newbies. We also added a big secret in the game, can't wait for people to find it! #gamedev #platformer #runnergame

Our #indiegame was featured during #gdq and we couldn't be more proud! Thanks to @shredberg for this #speedrun, it was a delight to see him play! #gamedev #platformer

We added a big secret in our #indiegame. The first player who will execute the secret in hardcore mode will get an original of the first hand-drawn key art of the game. I can't wait for people to find it! #indiedev #platformer #roguelike

I'm working on the next version of my #indiegame called This is no cave, focusing on the #roguelite mode where you choose power-ups for the #boss chasing you. I added 3 new power-ups and extended level generation. #gamedev #platformer #runnergame

@trollymog Thanks a lot!

@Monome_Studio Video is up, sorry about the delay! There'll be shorts posted as well at 2pm EST today and tomorrow. youtube.com/watch?v=rFcMbU…

Join me in one hour (7-10pm EST) for This Is No Cave! This 2D speed platformer is 100% controlled via mouse. Thanks for the key, @Monome_Studio! #smallstreamer #twitchaffiliate #pngtuber #twitch #indiegame #2dplatformer #sponsored #keymailer #tinc twitch.tv/trollymog

@ThisIsGudLife Sure, here is a Reddit post with more details: reddit.com/r/gamedev/s/9a…

@Monome_Studio Well done, and thanks for sharing this as we don't get to see the behind the scene numbers. Super helpful. Would also appreciate if you can share how you got to 11k wishlists with little to no marketing budget? What would be your top 5 recommendation for marketing?

Our #indiegame has been out for 3 weeks on #steam, time to share the numbers! We launched at 11k wishlists, made 1800 sales, our current refund rate is 10.3%. We have 77 positive reviews and 1 negative one. We're very happy with the outcome, thank you for your support! #gamedev #indiedev #postmortem

Our #videogame already has some advanced techniques: chain slinging is when you time your propelling with the hook without swinging, and wavebursting is when you slide on the floor to gain speed. We voted for the name on the discord server. #gamedev #platformer #runnergame

We added a hardcore mode in our already pretty demanding #precision #platformer #indiegame: no checkpoint, 1 hit = 1 death, speed x1.5.. We thought only masochists would play it. Turns out all #speedrun players prefer this mode to the classic one. #gamedev

@trollymog Thanks a lot, please ping me when you do, I love seeing streamers die in my game, it helps me understand which deaths are fair and which are frustrating.

@Monome_Studio No worries! My chat enjoyed seeing me die 8 billion times. :D I'll hopefully have the stream up on YouTube later this week.

@PeekyChew Right now it's only this dark cave style, we plan to work on act 2 which will happen in a jungle, then on act 3 which will happen in the bowels of a giant creature. We had to release 1/3rd of the game due to lack of funding.

@Monome_Studio I saw this on Reddit at some point and remember thinking of how eye pleasing it is. The particle effects especially look good. Are there different coloured/brighter levels, or are they all in this darker style?

We focused all the #gameplay of our #indiegame on momentum: our goal were for players to feel the flow and be frustrated when their momentum were cut because of an error they made. Players seem to like this in our game. #PixelArt #PCGaming #gamedev

Some features of our #indiegame were definitely not adapted to #localmultiplayer, we had to rework them: the hardest were the gas clouds, we had to add a tether effect on the players in it and propel them when one of them triggers it. #SkillBased #PixelArtGame #gamedev

@nanimonull We actually have that for multiplayer but in single player we chose to keep the cameras fixed. I'll see if I can improve them on this level though.

@Monome_Studio I would like to see some camera lookahead / lerp-ahead based on player velocity. (Right edit) It is not very useful to see so much of where player has already been / is moving away from. (Left screenshot)

We spent 3 years looking for a publisher without any success. We ran out of funds and decided to release 1/3rd of our #2DPlatformer #SpaceGame for 1/3rd of the price. Our goal now is to get enough money to develop part 2. #gamedev #runnergame

The slinging mechanic of our #indiegame was originally executed with a drag and drop towards the player. We had to reverse it after our first user tests, then got rid of the drag and drop after our 5th user test. #HardGame #PrecisionPlatformer #PCGaming #indiedev

@SafetySnail I'm all ears. 😁

@Monome_Studio Talk with me.

It's only been two weeks since I released my #platformergame and it feels like a year. We reached Very positive on steam with 100% positive reviews, got #steamdeck verified and saw many streamers play it. It's been a blast! #NewRelease #IndieGaming #RetroStyle #IndieDev

The first user tests of our #indiegame showed us that it was way too hard. Hitbox weren't unfair but weren't generous enough and players got frustrated. So we did a separate smaller hitbox for the harmful stuff. #platformer #runnergame #gamedev #indiedev