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- mantrakid0
Hey pals, my baby is live on kickstarter for the world to judge me on:
https://www.kickstarter.com/proj…
hugs.
- prophetone0
mantrakid, massively inspiring and encouraging to read thru your experiences. so thank you. and a very cool game - luv the art style.
i myself am finally getting my ass off the couch, have begun shifting gears as fast as i can into a proper game dev workflow, learning as i go. been sponging as much as i can in recent months as far as cocos2d, sprite kit, best practices, etc.
i feel like all the design/tech skills i've developed over the years founded on a rich foundation of 80/90's arcade game knowledge and an extensive library of general pop culture nonsense, bad taste and terrible humour has finally me prepared for game making.
i hope to get a few simple pixel-based games out there as soon as possible so i can just start making some mistakes, learning from good/bad feedback, fine tuning, etc.
i get excited just thinking about it and almost want it to be a total train wreck right out of the gate to be honest. ha!
at some point i will share what i’ve done in this terrible, terrible place if only to get some real, honest feedback. qbn nerd feedback.
♥ prophetone
- mantrakid0
Dying to keep in touch on your development man - if you end up with a mailing list or something, add me please nate@3030.ca - id love to see what you're up to and give any input as a chance to give back for your support since ive been starting this. :D
I know what you mean about 'just doing it' and 'wanting a train wreck' i actually feel the same way which i think is what has contributed to such a good success so far... i think that passion and enthusiasm becomes apparent to people checking it out. :D
- thanks man. mailing list! wow, yeah i need to create a proper site soon i guess. you will be the first email list subscriber.prophetone
- as soon as i release the one i'm dev'ing now in the old app store i will alert the QBN so i can face the flamesprophetone
- dope, i'll be ready to add my gas all over it. :Dmantrakid
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- wolodef
- Well done!R_Kercz
- awesome man!BabySnakes
- nice oneprophetone
- lodef0
nice job man! not sure about you but I wasn't expecting it to be greenlit so soon especially before the kickstarter was even finished. take a deep breath and make it as good as it can be now.
- cruddlebub0
fuck me man, good bloody job! it must be such a great feeling!!
so happy for you dude! i've enjoyed playing it in its many forms...
looking forward to the final version.
- dopepope0
Congrats! That's quite a feat.
- mantrakid0
Thanks dudes, I am blown away too. Was only 60% of the way to the top 100, but i think the press mentions / early kickstarter success helped it huge. This shits all coming together.... I cant tell you how badly I want to just turn off the world and focus on the game again for a few months.. :D I am so confident the game is gonna rock esp. now with steam support Im gonna put findable / tradeable items and shit in there... achievements... damn this is gonna be goooooooooooood!!!!!
- mantrakid0
Soooooooooo.... this just happened....
Im shitting my pantses.
- "Made by a single man!"ideaist
- A singlemen.jtb26
- dude these guys have 6,854,181 subscribers WTF! this is good for you no doubt, niceprophetone
- the comments and likes say a lot, it'll get great exposure from thislodef
- big time... these guys are the ESPN of video games....mantrakid
- jtb260
Holy SHIT!!!!! That's amazing.
- I watch what is probably an embarrassing amount of Yogscast videos.jtb26
- me too dude..im in a daze right now that this is happening.. the pledges ... theyre rolling inmantrakid
- nice mansine
- Seems like your alpha is getting heavy traffic too. I was just trying to show it to someone in the office and it was loading a little slow ;Pjtb26
- little slow ;Pjtb26
- Shit i wonder if i should move it to the cloudflare server.. i probably should...mantrakid
- working on that now...
mantrakid - Oh shit, multiple episodes too. So excited for you.jtb26
- my heart is pounding out my ass...mantrakid
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- ideaist0
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- mantrakid0
So fucking lucky man... i donno what to think really. this week has been a rollercoaster... ive been working my ass off on this since like november.. and to see this all happening before my very eyes is a huge trip. a huge huge trip... its actually kinda scary... but so cool.
hugs my brothers
- mantrakid0
$500 away from the goal - 25 days to go... My mind esploded
- cruddlebub0
Amazing!!! What were you expecting when you were designing the game? It's cool to have followed this from the beginning and strange watching those guys playing it on a YouTube vid, going mad for it! You must be feeling exceedingly proud?
Well done dude and congratulations
You porting it to iPhone/android?
- mantrakid0
@cruddlebub -- was not really expecting anything like this when i was making it. I mean i was dreaming of shit like this happening of course, but really tried to accept that it was delusional fantasy and tried hard to focus on a strategy for getting people aware of the game, building towards the Kickstarter. I made some really deadly connects in the process and they helped put it right over the top.
I am so fucking proud, i cant even describe it... It feels weird talking bout it tho cuz theres still so much work to be done, so just gotta keep at it. if anything i feel like ive been taught a lesson: work your ass off — go broke in the process if you have to — and good shit CAN happen.
- ukit20
Awesome work dude...this is such an inspiring thread!
- ukit20
Looks like you just passed your goal on Kickstarter