Chase Cobb

Can't believe it's that time already! With any luck I'll be ready for some play-testing in a couple weeks! #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #IndieGameDev #unity3d

@valvesoftware Why not let developer accounts get first opportunity to buy at least one controller?

Steam Controller ran out faster than we anticipated, and we hate that not everyone who wanted one was able to get it. We’re working on getting more in stock and will have an update on expected timeline soon.

@Devo096 @Horror_Hellfire How is this a me problem? Go talk to Valve, as I don't personally control what other people do with their money. Valve could fix it tomorrow by listing more controllers. It's a matter of basic supply and demand.

@chase_8bitroots @Horror_Hellfire Then just let them sit on the product have a backbone

Do yourselves and everyone a favor if you weren't able to pick up a Steam controller this morning: DO NOT BUY FROM SCALPERS. For the love of God, just wait for the next wave.

@torquor @DestinLegarie It means exactly what I think it means.

@chase_8bitroots @DestinLegarie I don't think artificial scarcity means what you think it means.

Had this in my cart. Steam wouldn't let me check out. Inventory gone. About what I expected tbh.

@bobzeeebuilder3 @Horror_Hellfire Except Steam accounts are free and can be used to bypass purchase restrictions. Scalpers will find a way to game the system if the units are limited.

@chase_8bitroots @Horror_Hellfire Except there are purchade limits and the oroduct itself is not a limited stock item. Sure, it's limited in the sense they have only so many, but they are going to keep manufacturing.

@MannyCalavera12 They did exactly what they set out to do and created a ton of FOMO for the next time it's available.

Why is Valve incompetent at launching hardware? Nintendo launched the Switch 2 with no shortages along with controllers and more. Valve can’t launch a controller…

@RealLifeFakeWiz @LizzieMarbach Wait until someone tells her how guys feel about women trying to milk attention from social media...

@LizzieMarbach What is it that you're trying to accomplish here? You want men to put down the controller and do... what exactly? Pick up birdwatching? What's the alternative? What do you actually want?

I know this is unpopular, but it will always be unattractive for a grown man to play video games. Some women might be understanding or pretend like they don’t care that you spend hours playing, but they do. It is extremely unattractive to women and will never not be. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@BrianNiemeier @Grummz

@Grummz It's like trying to get Taylor Swift tickets.

Annnd...it's gone. I tried to snag a Steam Controller, hit multiple errors, and finally got the out of stock message. Took about 30 mins for it to sell out.

@Grummz They'll all be triple the price on eBay a couple days after shipping...

@BeanJuiceStudio Making games is only difficult if you don't actually enjoy making games. Also, if you use AI you don't actually enjoy making games.

Game dev question of the day What’s your hottest take that would have a room full of devs ready to fight you?

@FrameworkPuter The hard part about laptops that can be repaired and upgraded is that it's hard to justify buying a completely new model. Any chance you'll take trades in the future?

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@merlino_games That's the fun part. It give me a reason to work on a single project that I'm hyped about, until the experience meets the expectation.

i think the hardest part of this microindie stuff for me is being both director and individual contributor at the same time you have to dream big but then you have to execute that dream and then you have to harshly judge what you executed

@MikeWinterbauer That's out of my league but your work is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

@chase_8bitroots Acrylic Paint, Airbrush, Prisma Color Pencils, Illustration Board😃

These are some of the cool hand painted game box titles I did in the early 1990s! This has become a lost art in the digital age. #illustration #popculture #movieart #boxart #retrogames

@Scott_389 @nickjcal Was anyone looking for Hunt Showdown to cover a $3.6B purchase price as well as > $200M development cost? Also, I believe the dev team on that is significantly smaller. This is just apples and oranges.

@chase_8bitroots @nickjcal If you look at the history of hunt showdown, it is very possible

The peak player count over 24 hours was 17K... that doesn't mean only 17K people played the game that day. My god lol, this is not hard stuff to understand. Nobody's saying the game is as healthy as Bungie wants it to be. But using these charts by the minute is stupid.

@tidloc @Grummz 94ms execution time is an eternity in software

@Grummz startuptime != fps, I would suppose you'd know that? I'd never defend Microslop, but the comparison is just scewed..

Microsoft just "optimized" Windows Run Dialog. It now only takes 94ms to open. Microsoft is thrilled they achieved... 10fps. They even said: "Perf was top-of-mind when rewriting Run!!!" Windows is total slop and they are still clueless. Epic's Tim Sweeny replied: "94msec? Most gamer monitors refresh every 8msec or less." I get they wanted to animate it but it's a f-ing run command, should be instant.

@BeanJuiceStudio Yes

Game dev question of the day What's the one part of making games that devs typically don't put enough time into?

@chase_8bitroots We just went over this. You very clearly do care. Those who dont wouldn't be showing up just to whiny over player count.

@TheSaltyKing47 Lol, just go play the game. IDGAF.

@chase_8bitroots Yeah, you dont care. Thats why your here trying to argue over a player count from a source that has never once mattered. Why dont you go and quit crying about a game? Who says i dont enjoy pissing people like you off because you use estimates and fake info to cry about a game?