Grigsby’s World Productions - Wishlist TQA Today!

The memories wait in The Quiet After. 🕯️ Now on Steam — wishlist today ↓ 🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3896520/Th… #WishlistWednesday #SteamGames #IndieDev #NarrativeGame #VisualNovel

@jogamedev No worries, I'm enjoying your posts and am happy to contribute!

@grigsbysworld This is good to know, thank you for the info!

There's no question that Valve earns their 30% cut; however, I think they'd make even more money in the long term if they took a smaller cut from indie devs. Here's why: Many super talented devs are struggling to create their games in their free time - on nights and weekends. An extra 20% could make a huge difference. If you turn a part-time indie into a full-time indie, the chances that they'll make significantly more money and finish their games faster is obviously much higher. So this is my message to @Steam: for your own benefit, consider giving smaller devs a bigger cut. More full-time indies means more money for you in the long run. Be in the business of making part-timers full-timers and it'll play out in everyone's favor.

Check the Adjusted Gross Revenue section of the SDA. While refunds are deducted before you see a dime, if funds have already been paid out to you they claw it back from future earnings. Where it gets really dangerous is timing and taxes. If you get a surge of sales, withdraw your revenue, and then a wave of refunds hits, you owe that back. And depending on jurisdiction, sales tax may have already been remitted on those sales. That doesn't get unwound automatically. So a small studio that launches, sees strong initial sales, reinvests that money into development, and then gets hit with mass refunds can absolutely end up ruined. This is particularly dangerous for indie devs with short games given the two-hour refund window, and don't forget Steam is often extremely generous to gamers when they want a refund regardless of time played. I'm not trying to paint Steam as evil mind you, it's just that we shouldn't glaze them. They are a company like any other and when it comes to liability and risk, if they can shove it off onto someone else they do.

@grigsbysworld I thought they handled refunds themselves by withholding payment for a month? Where can I learn more about this?

@Khorgnir You seem to be very poor at accepting agreement from others.

@grigsbysworld You should play the game sometime

> show up > refuse to save civilians > verbally declare yourselves saviors > hang out in Silvermoon eating their food and being racist for 2 weeks > go to Voidstorm, engage enemy one time > every single one immediately dies What did they mean by this

@TimothyEveland Im a fan of the divine comedy and the original GoW. It was catnip for me lol.

@grigsbysworld Dante's paradise might not be the same kind of game hehe. Thaylts cool it was one if your favorites that says a lot.

I've always been curious. Was the Dante's Inferno video game any good?

@rotub Me when I get two wishlists.

Checking your wishlists be like that. #gamedev #indiegames #steam

@n1lknarf Well said.

I feel the worst about being a solo dev with no industry connections, literal just a dude making art, is that if I don't post what I've done no one will know, but if I do then I spoil it. I wanna show you cool stuff but I don't want you to see it in social media.

@MapEffects Both and more and all and many.

Which do you prefer? I’m starting to work on the Arthurian map and I’d love your input on style.

@Clint_Davey1 Im not sure I consider myself to be competing with anyone. The art is its own reward, if it finds its people that's a bigger reward. But ultimately what I do is for me and my need for creative expression.

If you are designing a game, or writing a Substack, or making a podcast, or some other creative endeavour - you are competing against a non-stop barrage of short-form slop beamed into people's eyeballs round the clock. The good news is - people are rapidly getting sick of the slop and are still seeking out quality, detailed, rich "content" that they can spend hours on and really get into. You're not competing against the slop. You're making something totally different. Just do it well and people will find it.

@BangsIsBatman The last shred of abs Bats sanity.

Whats scarecrow smokin though. That’s the real question

@lem0nycakes Well dont because hes had decades to write those books.

sometimes i feel sorry for grrm because we are really asking this 77 year old man to write > winds of winter > dream of spring > fire and blood > and more dunk and egg novellas all preferably released within the next five years if possible

@DiscussingFilm Abs the hutt.

New look at Jabba the Hutt's son Rotta in ‘THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU’. Voiced by Jeremy Allen White. (Source: empireonline.com/movies/news/ma…)

@aaliyahvtuber_ Mt Rainer, Mt Baker, Mt Everest, Mt fujiyama ect.

Gun pointed at yo head name a mountain

@OpalUsagiVT How dare you live outside the pixels.

Does knowing a Vtuber is in a relationship put you off of following her? I noticed I lost a few people after my wedding dress update post. Ooof. Sorry I have a life???? What?

@SXTHOSS Its going to be long hours with buggy games and low pay during crunch time. You won't get any credit for the game though you should. Like most apprenticeships you'll do alot for little but learn alot if your ears and eyes are open. Dont forget to network!

Very happily announcing that IM EMPLOYED AS A GAME TESTER! GOODBYE UNEMPLOYMENT

@sciencegirl Humanity.

What is stopping humanity from living peacefully together?

@vampsob Most of my toons are still level 80 while I gather and craft.

Everyone else: “I hit lvl 90” “I’m doing m0s” Meanwhile I’m lvl 87, still in Zul’Aman, having fun reading every single quest and finishing each zone before moving to the next. Somehow managing to avoid any spoilers so far.

@SnailBiteGames I feel it, but Ill low key take one fan over 0 rn.

Passion Projects vs Launch Day #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame