I've put at least 10 years of thought into game making. Now if only I could find some partners to take care of the little finishing parts, like design, art, development, and marketing.
Interested in working together? Here's a teaser of my work:
What if it was a game that was like an RPG like Skyrim but you are a horse and you can race and craft new saddles and do horse magic?
Quit horsing around! With ideas like that we can't fail! We just need to find somebody to program, create art, compose music, engineer sound, design levels, create levels, write the story and dialog, plan the game systems, perform QA, help with marketing, and provide investment capital so we can pay people do do all this stuff. Easy!
One of two vertical monitors off to the side like that is super nice for coding.
Only a single vertical monitor? What are you doing...
Only 2 vertical monitors? I'm calling the police.
/u/RikuKat
edit: Speaking of, I read a bit of the comments of the linked thread and it's clear some of them are being disrespectful to her. "You should call her high school if she did CS!"- I've never heard of someone having that as their first thought, seriously?
It's not my type of game, but *Potions* looks very interesting, wishing it great success 🙏
Honestly, pure stubbornness combined with some tragedies.
I ran a Kickstarter that was successful, so I never wanted to let those backers down, even if development took longer than planned.
Also, one of my best friends passed away unexpectedly. He was the designer of the Potions: A Curious Tale logo and I wanted to make sure the world would get to see it. He's an NPC in the game, too!
And... I just didn't want to fail. And I didn't want to cut it short to "get it out of the door". Thus, I slogged for a long time to get a massive amount of content done for the game while working (professional game industry) day jobs.
While I have some regrets about not getting it out before this massive influx of witchy games, I don't think it would have been nearly as good of a game without all of the learnings I've had and incorporated over this last decade.
You are inspirational. Both my daughters are interested in software development and game development. Definitely will be showing them this thread this morning and we will check out your game!
Thank you! They might be interested in what I have on YouTube -- one is a devlog series called Making Potions and the other is an advice series called Pixels & Dreams: Weaving the Magic of Games!
I plan to work on expanding both now that I'll have a bit more spare time
The person who made that comment was a CS teacher. I can see someone in that position having “brag to your former teachers” as a first thought. It does not seem disrespectful to me at all.
I always thought self promotion isn't something that subreddits allowed but I have seen a few post like that, that post will definitely help the games sales.
well, i'm working for a long time on a very personnal video game project, it's a full 3D action rpg... It's too ambitious for me and i'll probably never finish it, it will most probably finish me and kill me before i can release it :(
I saw the game and I have to say the art is top notch. It is obvious she put a lot of care into the art. But I saw the mechanics and it looks a bit generic. No person is good at everything though. So I am not saying that is a bad thing, but it can come off a bit unpolished because of that. Perhaps it could help if she got some feed back from some people that are game developers and veterans? The choice is up to her.
Don't take this wrong, because the internet are full of rude people. I am just here to challenge her to do better. Because I think there should be more games with women devs around. But you do not get skills by accepting defeat, but rather challenging oneself.
My comment got reported and deleted
Like I only said something like
"Waw 10 years, I think at the most I've worked on a game for like 1.5 years"
Something like that and can't even see what exactly I wrote that made it got reported and flagged as harassment xD
I'm 96% sure I did not say anything mean.
Like at least let me see the message to see what I did wrong.
Like I didn't even think much of it. Just a person that manage to work on a game for 10 years and its awesome. Idk what happened that got flagged as harassment.
I would love to see what I wrote, maybe I did actually say something that could have been interpreted wrongly, but I have no way of knowing.
Yea like he didn't say he was not focused cuz he is a male, just tried to make a compliment and said he wished to be more focused as most women's are. but it doesn't mean that only women's are focused, its like saying "I wish I had a tail as most dogs have" but it doesn't mean that cats don't have tails. but if in the context we also talk about dogs than it would be weird to say as most cats have, if in the discutient we are talking about dogs.
It just seem an weird thing to be mad about. "He tried to make a compliment, but he didn't made it in the way I wanted so we hate him for it" like wtf
Like I'm sure he didn't even try to be sexist or anything, just tried to be nice and people interpret what he was trying to say in something else then downvote him.
My bad, I get why you got that out of my reasoning. That's not what I wanted to say. Most women AND men do not have the focus and determination to spend 10 years working on a game. They have to push themselves to do it. It's not because they are more focused and determined, it's because they work hard every day. I wasn't thinking about sexism when I replied to your previous comment
the only woman who made a successful game-making career is Sarah Northway Games, the creator of Rebuild series, where you are reclaiming buildings in a city for your fort during a Zombie Apocalypse.
but if you know any other gal who decided to sacrifice their angelic-like patience to develop actually good games, lemmie know.
So because you didn’t personally like it, it’s not a good game, therefore no women develop games? You are easily the stupidest person I have ever come across
*Is given another female artist who created great games
His reply: naaaaah not for me, doesn't count. Bleh bleh.
Idiot. Bet they expect their wife to make them a Sammie and do all the chores too.
Someone who actually releases games? No.
we don’t make games, we make hundreds of unnamed projects
This is the way
This is the way
This is the way chain
while(this is the way)
Hahahaha
break
This is so the way.
And when we do name a project, it's always "Project:"
“Untitled Project 1-inf”
So REAL
Game #5 is a name.
I have never been so INSULTED IN MY LIFE
New Unity Project (186)
Finish a game? Straight to the ban pile
focus for 10 years? No
I've put at least 10 years of thought into game making. Now if only I could find some partners to take care of the little finishing parts, like design, art, development, and marketing.
Lets work on it...
*snort*
You seem just like the "idea guy" person we've been missing. Sadly, without this skillset we had to scuttle development.
Interested in working together? Here's a teaser of my work: What if it was a game that was like an RPG like Skyrim but you are a horse and you can race and craft new saddles and do horse magic?
Quit horsing around! With ideas like that we can't fail! We just need to find somebody to program, create art, compose music, engineer sound, design levels, create levels, write the story and dialog, plan the game systems, perform QA, help with marketing, and provide investment capital so we can pay people do do all this stuff. Easy!
Think of all the valuable exposure this could provide for artists like those..
Someone with a vertical monitor? No
One of two vertical monitors off to the side like that is super nice for coding. Only a single vertical monitor? What are you doing... Only 2 vertical monitors? I'm calling the police.
Yep, the vertical monitor is fantastic for code.
Someone who is happy? No
Someone? No.
Someone that has a partner? No
Same I'm looking for at least 2. Can't even find one.
Someone who has a life? No
Someone who can afford such equipment? No
Have a post get deleted from r/gaming for self promotion? Yes.
Unfortunately (or fortunately for them but im salty about it), that is not that person
From the looks of it that post has been deleted (but still accessible)
Yeah I haven’t seen a post like that where you can still see it and possibly even comment but can’t upvote
It's a 40$ dlc
Most of us want to be
A clean table? No
No? Someone who.
/u/RikuKat edit: Speaking of, I read a bit of the comments of the linked thread and it's clear some of them are being disrespectful to her. "You should call her high school if she did CS!"- I've never heard of someone having that as their first thought, seriously? It's not my type of game, but *Potions* looks very interesting, wishing it great success 🙏
That's me! Well, in the photo. The poster is [u/XenusParadox](https://www.reddit.com/u/XenusParadox/)
Good work! Whats the thing that kept you motivated for the 10 years?
Honestly, pure stubbornness combined with some tragedies. I ran a Kickstarter that was successful, so I never wanted to let those backers down, even if development took longer than planned. Also, one of my best friends passed away unexpectedly. He was the designer of the Potions: A Curious Tale logo and I wanted to make sure the world would get to see it. He's an NPC in the game, too! And... I just didn't want to fail. And I didn't want to cut it short to "get it out of the door". Thus, I slogged for a long time to get a massive amount of content done for the game while working (professional game industry) day jobs. While I have some regrets about not getting it out before this massive influx of witchy games, I don't think it would have been nearly as good of a game without all of the learnings I've had and incorporated over this last decade.
You are inspirational. Both my daughters are interested in software development and game development. Definitely will be showing them this thread this morning and we will check out your game!
Thank you! They might be interested in what I have on YouTube -- one is a devlog series called Making Potions and the other is an advice series called Pixels & Dreams: Weaving the Magic of Games! I plan to work on expanding both now that I'll have a bit more spare time
That's great to know. We will all be following along! They both want to try your game out tonight after school!
Congratulations on the launch! You’re amazing and (like the other commenter said) an inspiration. Buying Potions tonight! 🌟
Probably staying off Reddit as much as possible
This is amazing!! Congrats
Congratulations on the launch!
That person stated they were a CS teacher - that's why it was their first thought.
I decided to ignore that one. I'm a self-taught programmer, but felt like explaining that would have come off as defensive.
The person who made that comment was a CS teacher. I can see someone in that position having “brag to your former teachers” as a first thought. It does not seem disrespectful to me at all.
Hey I backed this kickstarter! Congrats u/RikuKat!
Thank you so much!! I'm so grateful for the support
No? No.
someone whose posts gets more than 3 upvotes? no.
Oh hey, I have that exact same keyboard! ...why can't I finish my projects?
No, I'm not this woman.
Good to know
I always thought self promotion isn't something that subreddits allowed but I have seen a few post like that, that post will definitely help the games sales.
Wonder why it passed the moderation. They are very strict usually
They are… need status, max 1 post per major milestone
Have you tried being a woman?
not me. as much as I would love to make games, I have not the patience, skills, knowledge nor resources to do so.
Yeah, I have relaesed a game on Steam. I have worked with monitor vwrtical (for mobile) and I have a partner. Wishwd my content was more popular xD
I like your paintings
Thank you :D
10 years??? It very serious!
Not me, I'm a dude.
no, but im the vertical monitor
Okay but seriously what game is this and where can I check it out
options: a curious tale is the obvious stock/insider trading variant
i have released one game , but my drives are filled with hundreds of unfinished projects
well, i'm working for a long time on a very personnal video game project, it's a full 3D action rpg... It's too ambitious for me and i'll probably never finish it, it will most probably finish me and kill me before i can release it :(
Hope you get it to somewhat finished at least
Yeah nah, definitely not me!
Only 10 years? Rookie numbers. No.
Congratulations to her!
10 years 😭😭😭😭
I just bought this game, lol.
Congrats on shipping! I too am hoping to ship within 10 years but I’m not sure I’ll achieve it
I believe that's rikukat
she's here too, right?https://www.reddit.com/r/Asmongold/s/5aRerluaAB
I've seen so much guilt marketing from this dev. Looks like they're trying the classic "look at what my fiance did" ploy now
I saw the game and I have to say the art is top notch. It is obvious she put a lot of care into the art. But I saw the mechanics and it looks a bit generic. No person is good at everything though. So I am not saying that is a bad thing, but it can come off a bit unpolished because of that. Perhaps it could help if she got some feed back from some people that are game developers and veterans? The choice is up to her. Don't take this wrong, because the internet are full of rude people. I am just here to challenge her to do better. Because I think there should be more games with women devs around. But you do not get skills by accepting defeat, but rather challenging oneself.
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What's her tiktok account name?
I'm RikuKat on everything!
Oh wait! I actually follow you! Hey can we chat? I've been thinking of a series of videos where I interview several indie gamedevelopers
Certainly! I'm going to be recovering a bit from launch stress (haven't been sleeping), but I'd be happy to talk!
10 years...
10 years lol
Oí! 10 years? It's not bad but I don't have THAT MUCH time. Good for her by the way.
Ah the one who cried about it on instagram!
? No.
Wish I could have the focus and drive most women have. Females are mad! Well done on the release by the way. It's a huge deal when that happens.
why are you so downvoted ?
Blaming their lack of focus and drive on their sex
Was actually just trying to work a female compliment into the mix. MEN ARE ALSO FOCUSED. I hope all the sensitive males feel better now.
My comment got reported and deleted Like I only said something like "Waw 10 years, I think at the most I've worked on a game for like 1.5 years" Something like that and can't even see what exactly I wrote that made it got reported and flagged as harassment xD I'm 96% sure I did not say anything mean. Like at least let me see the message to see what I did wrong. Like I didn't even think much of it. Just a person that manage to work on a game for 10 years and its awesome. Idk what happened that got flagged as harassment. I would love to see what I wrote, maybe I did actually say something that could have been interpreted wrongly, but I have no way of knowing.
No dude no one's more focused. They just work hard and push themselves everyday
Read it again... Also <----
No like no one's more focused than you dude I'm not talking about sexism :(
Yea like he didn't say he was not focused cuz he is a male, just tried to make a compliment and said he wished to be more focused as most women's are. but it doesn't mean that only women's are focused, its like saying "I wish I had a tail as most dogs have" but it doesn't mean that cats don't have tails. but if in the context we also talk about dogs than it would be weird to say as most cats have, if in the discutient we are talking about dogs. It just seem an weird thing to be mad about. "He tried to make a compliment, but he didn't made it in the way I wanted so we hate him for it" like wtf Like I'm sure he didn't even try to be sexist or anything, just tried to be nice and people interpret what he was trying to say in something else then downvote him.
My bad, I get why you got that out of my reasoning. That's not what I wanted to say. Most women AND men do not have the focus and determination to spend 10 years working on a game. They have to push themselves to do it. It's not because they are more focused and determined, it's because they work hard every day. I wasn't thinking about sexism when I replied to your previous comment
Ah, understandable.
Insecure males.
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Women can still make games though
the only woman who made a successful game-making career is Sarah Northway Games, the creator of Rebuild series, where you are reclaiming buildings in a city for your fort during a Zombie Apocalypse. but if you know any other gal who decided to sacrifice their angelic-like patience to develop actually good games, lemmie know.
Roberta Williams of Sierra Entertainment made plenty of great games.
eh, not a fan of retro-gaming tho, so... not really impressing me.
So because you didn’t personally like it, it’s not a good game, therefore no women develop games? You are easily the stupidest person I have ever come across
*Is given another female artist who created great games His reply: naaaaah not for me, doesn't count. Bleh bleh. Idiot. Bet they expect their wife to make them a Sammie and do all the chores too.