I made an announcement a few weeks ago on discord. I had almost run out of funding and I genuinely thought the only path forward was to go at it part-time. On top of that, a relatively similar game had been just released on steam that is in my eyes insanely good and has a great dev as a bonus.
From devs in the monster taming community to regulars, and even established youtubers, I received insanely positive messages. Not only of encouragement, but respecting my decision.
You see, I had considered kickstarter. Meeting my funding goal (10k CAD) was simply not happening. As a small indie dev, that for all intends and purposes is going at it alone, while contracting people for the art and music, I simply do not have the following (on twitter) or a mailing list big enough to make that a reality. I ran the numbers again and again, contacting people with solid statistical backgrounds to give me at least false hope, but they also agreed with me.
Al Might and Deku, from My Hero Academia
And then I got an idea. Perhaps too late.
There is always a way. It’s been a weird month to say the least. But I have a plan and I will go the kickstarter route seeking 5k CAD in funding.
More details on the Kickstarter are coming, but I will not compromise in making sure I underpromise and overdeliver. I’ll do it on my own terms, fully acknowledging my limitations and putting out there what I’ve done so far.
As a final note, I leave you with the first verses of a poem by Benedetti, one of my favourite writers:
¿Cómo hacerte saber que siempre hay tiempo?
Que uno sólo tiene que buscarlo y dárselo.
Que nadie establece normas salvo la vida.
Overview
Art Update
Concept art for new creatures:
Preview of first inti-form creatures (shinies)
Gameplay Update
CHANGELOG (v0.3.7-prototype.0)
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features
- you can now see and share seeds in trials (eg:
seed-pair-faster-visit-whole) - you can now load user-defined trials
- you can now see and share seeds in trials (eg:
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fixes
- you can use a keyboard to pick options for trials/arena menus
- team builder now has a back button
- tiny fixes and changes to the UI after removing a library I shouldn’t have been using in the first place
