Nimso | Shallow Pond

Play the DEMO of Shallow Pond now on Steam during @clemmygames Best Indie Games Winter Showcase 💦 #gamedev #indiegame #platformer #cozygame #cute

@splinksdafoolo 🙃

@nimsodev Damn lil guy smovin

Just chilling while playing.... #gamedev #solodev #3dplatformer #cozygame

@Stephen65380127 Thanks, yeah unveiling the other side of that plane is always cool!

@nimsodev You've captured what makes water so cool. A nonchalant plane of blue but once you crack the surface a whole world emerges. Great job!

@ZhongLi_17 Hey thank you! 🙂

@nimsodev wow, this look so much fun and different compare with last time I saw your progress. Nice

@sledding_game Inspiring, congrats!

100,000! CRAZY! Thank you everyone for playing. It means the world to me that I have the support to continue making games full time off of my first game on steam. It’s a dream to reach this large of a number, and you all made it happen in 5 days. Couldn’t be more grateful.

@kantallive I really like the points you summarized, lots of gold in there. Thanks for sharing!

heh, I'm not getings this... I'm testing about 300 games monthly - demos, playtest, private builds and devs still can't do a proper demo, so here's 10 things that you need to know, because the real players hate them too. 1. when playing a demo, I don't need the story, intro, I want to see pure mechanics. fighting if it's a fighting game, platforming if it's platformer. adding 5min of stories for those genres if I will play only 5 min of your game is ruining everything. save it for the full version. 2. I hate nonskippable text and videos, like in point 1. I'm here for the gameplay, so instead of watching, I like to feel it, to try it, to convince myself that this is something I would pay for. 3. giving a basic options for the player is a must. like turning off the CRT effects, scanlines, screenshake (I hate this one!), changing resolution, run in background, no minimizing when on other screen (it's for streamers, you will thank me later) 4. no feedback button! this is serious problem, instead of joining 124 discord channel, I want to give you a proper feedback with a private survey - in which you can collect my email for further discussions. 5. demo don't need to be super polished, but for god's sakes, don't put harsh and repeatable sounds into it, because it will do bad first impression 6. it's good to have a proper tutorial but it should be totally optional, especially in the demo where I want to experiment, but you've implemented 20min no-skippable tutorial :/ 7. if you can, do the translation for your demo. this is a sign for the players that you're taking care of them. they will likely add +1 in overall score of your demo and it will help you to get those important wishlists. 8. use steam community hub. make a demo thread. just be there, read the messages, help players and take notes. 9 . not limit your demo to 2 weeks or so, some of us are very busy and there are about 50 great games each week, so your demo will be played eventually, but at later time. give the players time and they will repay you in wishlists 10. update your demo along with the full version, some players are very eager to try first and pay later. you don't need to have this big green button al the time, but blue button on the side will help to decide.

@SluggerflyDev Big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big congrats!!! ❤️🏴‍☠️ Reading "big" this often makes it feel like a completely nonexistent word.

we won an award thx bye

It's just one of those special days. You know? Can't really decide to do anything and then out of a sudden...a lucky shot 🙃. #gamedev #solodev #cozygame #ue5

@yabsssai Let me know if that helps or if you'd like to hear something else!

@yabsssai To be able to do a lot and then also doing it all is always a bad idea, at least for me. The most beneficial restrictions for me are to not integrate that super fancy mechanic I'd love to have, since it's not improving gameplay, or instance. Really getting rid of bulky stuff...

Nostalgia in games, love that. But also different aspects of it that aren't purely visual. Boy, I need to focus on the most important stuff sooo much as a solo dev. Some clarity and restrictions help! What's your take? #gamedev #indiegame #cozygame

@CarlosGameDev Wow, that is such a great reward. I'm super happy for you after that long grind!

YOU just broke my Wishlist chart. Just to put things into perspective: none of my previous six games in 15 years reached more than 5,000 wishlists at launch. And yesterday alone, Together: Moon Escape was wishlisted by 10,500 players!!!!!!!! IN A SINGLE DAY!!!!!!!!!!! Thank thanks thank thanks thanks to everyone ❤️❤️ 🥹 🥹

@ThisIsDarkDax Everyone of us has a special set of limitations, that's so true 🙃. You can do it 🤝

@nimsodev Hell yeah man congrats! I have the same fear but the opposite way round - hope one day I’ll get better at the art side!

I didn't start with my game. I started with what scared me the most. And somehow... that's how it all started 🙃💦 #gamedev #indiegame #cozygame #cute

@EriketiKoulouri I work with both engines but someone UE is more my thing. Although I completely get the clear advantages of Unity. And I also understand you! Thanks 🙂

@nimsodev I recently started learning unity and the coding part is quite complex. It is definitely rewarding seeing the result working step by step though😇I've heard of blueprint coding, but Unreal looks even more challenging than unity as an engine, the result in your game looks great!

@GrevaraRPG Thank you ❤️

@nimsodev Go get it, it's inspiring

@EriketiKoulouri I mainly do Blueprint Coding and that works extremely well for this kind of game in Unreal Engine. The tools used fit my needs, and I'm happy about that 🙂

@nimsodev As an artist coding looks impossible to understand and very complicated, but looking what you have achieved, it really inspires me. Best luck with the game!

@AlexeyBorzykh Thanks Alexey!

@nimsodev Looking really nice in dynamic gameplay. Keep it up!

@WalgoTV Thanks, I've found it and replied 🙂

@nimsodev Bonjour je vous ai écrit un mail en début de mois. Datant du 3 avril :) si jamais je peux vous le renvoyer. A bientôt.

That noise around us is harmful, or am I the only one? A big reason to starting creative stuff is because that way we can focus on something of our own instead of what others want us to do. #gamedev #solodev #3dplatformer #cozygame

@madcowe Safe haven, not ignorance. In every crisis there still need to be people who remain calm and supportive, right! 👍

@nimsodev Preach man! Similar motive to what I've decided to do with my rebranding. So much toxicity everywhere, everyone always brings politics and politicians into everything and fights over it. I decided to be a space to just chill and have fun on stream. No politics or drama 🥰