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Anyone here working on multiple games at once? How’s that been for you?

@igdmag Swarm Me was inspired by Call Of Duty. Black Ops: Kino Der Toten late round experience where relying on weapons alone was not enough. So I added more traps, special items, bosses and turned it into minimalistic horde survival.

What game inspired you to create an Indie Game ? #indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev

@callme_siya_ First thing my mind dropped on me was 'wow, cool airplane' cloud.

If you saw a dog, you're right-brained. If you saw a cat, you're left-brained.

Devs, quick tradeoff question: If you had to pick just one, what are you taking? 100 Steam sales 200 active Discord users 300 YouTube subscribers 400 X followers 500 wishlists Curious what people value most and why.

@halenhargreevs From childhood: Elite, Laser Squad, Kings Bounty, Warlord, Sid Meiers Pirates! From teenage years: Dune 2, X-Com, Privateer, Civilization, Heroes of Might and Magic. From 30s: Risen, Two Worlds, Fallout, Elder Scrolls Oblivion, Venetica More to come :)

so ur a gamer.. name 5 games rn

@mnchies Still Elite:Dangerous probably, then 7 days to die, New World and ESO :)

be honest rn no judgement which game do you have the most hours in

@GreyNovGames It really comes down to expectations. A quick look at how many games even make $100 on Steam already puts things into perspective about the odds.

Now I understand why roughly 80% of developers who launch a game on Steam never release another game on Steam.

@IzJarvisGaming Thanks! How you feel about this kind of gathering/building/defending loop. Thinking of focusing on aerial enemy attacks since most tower defense games lean heavily on ground units.

@SwarmMeGame Clean 🔥

Mining finally feels satisfying. How does it look?

@BeanJuiceStudio As a hardcore RPG player I would max out Design to 10, the rest would have to battle through in hard mode :)

Question for all game devs. If you had 10 skill points, how would you spend them? Design: 0/10 Programming: 0/10 Marketing: 0/10 Business: 0/10

@sensational965 Swarm Me was inspired by the late-round experience of Kino der Toten from Call of Duty: Black Ops, where survival depends more on movement, positioning, and environmental traps rather than shooting alone. Only played from top down view and mechanical enemies instead of zombies.

Hey game devs, I want to know what inspired your game, Share its story? #gamedev #indiedev

📷 Anyone else do things backwards? Finished mining, player skills, building and upgrade system… and only now working on the tower defense part.

@swarmoclock Yeah, Swarm Me. It was more of a test/learning game, simple, fun to play, inspired by COD Kino Der Toten late round experience. Still it expanded with player upgrades, special enemies, bosses, special items, bank... but I tried to keep scope small.

@SwarmMeGame I can confirm, I guess it’s the Swarm in the name

Everyone says your first game most likely will flop. Now I can confirm that :) Turns out the hard part is figuring out which one won’t.

@igdmag Yeah that makes sense limiting amount, it could be flexible depending on participant number, though. Getting people to even try is always the hardest part, especially with simple-looking games. The depth only shows once you actually play, which is tricky to communicate upfront.

@SwarmMeGame Maybe limit it to a set amount.

would you finish a demo if there was a reward for it, like getting the full game?

@IzJarvisGaming @Vampire_RPG @Psyphergames How many waves you managed to survive? :)

@Vampire_RPG @SwarmMeGame @Psyphergames It was alot of fun to play! The full game is very promising just from the demo 🔥 cant wait to see the finished product

Supporting indie devs again tonight! Playing @SwarmMeGame demo @Psyphergames Cosmic Race Demo AND HOPEFULLY @Vampire_RPG Edge of Evil demo! Come support the devs and catch some gameplay! twitch.tv/izjarvisgaming

@igdmag I plan to release my cozy tower defense Rogue Drone somewhere after June NextFest if all goes as planned :)

Let us know if you are releasing your indie game this year! We will be contacting every game soon for some coverage on our new website and selecting games for magazine style content. #indiegame #indiegamedev

@retropanda84 Swarm Me demo is available on steam. It's quite challenging horde survival game where you can play with or without weapons, and most damage is done by luring enemies into traps rather than brute force :)

If there are any indie devs out there with demos or games they want to see get some love,feel free to reach out and post it here so I can play and share with my community #indiegames #indiedevs

@CrunchMoonkiss @octagon_game_st Let's see how many accomplishments are needed to actually accomplish something :)

@SwarmMeGame @octagon_game_st Be proud - you released a game! It is an accomplishment and you made it happen

@DevLand95213410 I signed my tower defense game already for the NextFest. Now the "easy" part - actually finishing demo in time :)

You need to let me know if your game will participate in Steam Next Fest , in JUNE 2026 , from time. Calling soon

@UnityCodeMonkey To me it's simple - when I have enough funding to hire enough developers to actually build it then it is the time to make a bigger game. But even then I would only build a vertical slice to test the feedback before moving further.

"If you have a big idea for a game in your head, when and how would you know its finally time to start working on that project?" Personally I'm always a big fan of small games, so that depends on what is for you a "big" idea. Personally I would never do a 2year+ project, that's just too risky and just way too much time spent on just one single project. However one important factor is what counts as a small game INCREASES as your skills improve. So perhaps your big idea right now would take 2 years to complete, but if you spend some time honing your skills then maybe next year you are able to build that same idea in just 6 months. Based on that logic I would say you are ready for your "big" game when you are skilled enough to make your "big" game in a small timeframe. (up to 1 year)