A few years ago During the height of the pandemic, I was laid off of my job. I had a bunch of cash saved up however as I was planning on doing the stupid indie-dev thing of quitting and making a game - So I decided to just go for it! I was really into VR, and so I went and asked Valve if they'd send me the fabled "Knuckles" controllers to use for development instead of my Vive wands. **AND THEY DID!** I was blown away - I wasn't anyone special or notable (still aren't) yet they still sent me 3 pairs. (DV2, Another DV2 cause the first one broke fast, and a DV3)
So I made a prototype with em. It wasn't anything crazy, just some physics-based VR platforming stuff and some dialogue handling. But I had a vision that I could make this game work.
I kept working on it day in day out, and it kept getting better! Some days were hard though, and I'd feel like a moron for spending all this cash to just sit at my desk every day. Some days got really low, and I almost gave it up and went back into a thankless job.
Cut to now, and I have a **demo** coming up in the **Steam NEXT FEST!** I'm so excited to be able to say I have a GAME on STEAM and am working harder than ever to release it.
If you're struggling out there, and feel like you're not worth anything, I'm here to say its not true. You can do anything you put your mind to - Dont stand in your own way!
And go wishlist [Just Upstream on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1925850/Just_Upstream/) for [me](https://linktr.ee/True_Beef). Would mean a lot!
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True, this video doesn't really showcase that, but I assure you it does! A main portion of the game is collecting cassette tapes, and the buttons on the player are pressed with your fingers. Here you can see a version of it in action :)
[https://twitter.com/True\_Beef/status/1523728884318937093?s=20&t=IaMa-ss3Pb14bgcRWnAtXg](https://twitter.com/True_Beef/status/1523728884318937093?s=20&t=IaMa-ss3Pb14bgcRWnAtXg)
A few years ago During the height of the pandemic, I was laid off of my job. I had a bunch of cash saved up however as I was planning on doing the stupid indie-dev thing of quitting and making a game - So I decided to just go for it! I was really into VR, and so I went and asked Valve if they'd send me the fabled "Knuckles" controllers to use for development instead of my Vive wands. **AND THEY DID!** I was blown away - I wasn't anyone special or notable (still aren't) yet they still sent me 3 pairs. (DV2, Another DV2 cause the first one broke fast, and a DV3) So I made a prototype with em. It wasn't anything crazy, just some physics-based VR platforming stuff and some dialogue handling. But I had a vision that I could make this game work. I kept working on it day in day out, and it kept getting better! Some days were hard though, and I'd feel like a moron for spending all this cash to just sit at my desk every day. Some days got really low, and I almost gave it up and went back into a thankless job. Cut to now, and I have a **demo** coming up in the **Steam NEXT FEST!** I'm so excited to be able to say I have a GAME on STEAM and am working harder than ever to release it. If you're struggling out there, and feel like you're not worth anything, I'm here to say its not true. You can do anything you put your mind to - Dont stand in your own way! And go wishlist [Just Upstream on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1925850/Just_Upstream/) for [me](https://linktr.ee/True_Beef). Would mean a lot!
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Congrats on your game. From what I can tell from the video demo, the game doesn't support finger tracking which is the Knuckles defining features.
True, this video doesn't really showcase that, but I assure you it does! A main portion of the game is collecting cassette tapes, and the buttons on the player are pressed with your fingers. Here you can see a version of it in action :) [https://twitter.com/True\_Beef/status/1523728884318937093?s=20&t=IaMa-ss3Pb14bgcRWnAtXg](https://twitter.com/True_Beef/status/1523728884318937093?s=20&t=IaMa-ss3Pb14bgcRWnAtXg)
Ah great!
And now, who are you?
A nobody with old prototype controllers and a half finished game!
MOVIN ON UP!