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Everything posted by Kaze no Klonoa
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been a long time coming but we're finally doing this! im so excited haha
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Awesome, dude!
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Amazing, its been a long time coming.
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It looks dope
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sam & max rules and the remaster of the first season is very very good news. love you max
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sam & max rules and the remaster of the first season is very very good news. love you max
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anyways hi it's been awhile, still busy working on a lot of cool games. my hot take is indies should be $30-40 minimum within the next few years
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it seems egregious to me that titles like hollow knight are $15 and some wouldn't splurge on them yet super mario 3d all-stars is sold out already at $60
people are going to buy the $70 harry potter game over supporting trans creators who can barely find a audience charging their games for $5. people's mindsets about this are honestly wack
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support trans creators and let indies be double their asking price. good night! play space mech pilot when it comes out on steam's autumn game festival it will literally be free
https://twitter.com/comet_melting/status/1305169941994319878
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@Strickerx5likewise, only around here cuz im interested in seeing what people thought of the event today. I'm basically only active on Twitter/Discord if u wanna say hi there ❤️
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please inject final fantasy xvi and deathloop into my veins. please. i need them both so fucking bad
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been a bit, hows everyone doing 😆
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Can not complain. How are things on your end?
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Kaze no Klonoa reacted to this
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I'm OK. Good to see you. Hope you're doing well.
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@Strickerx5I'm doing ok! still working on some of the projects ive shared awhile back. and thensome. and also super sleepy! in a few weeks im moving into a place with my partner and im really excited and nervous about what the rest of the year has in store
Spoilerim working on this
and this
and still unbeatable / re: dv plus a jam game i didnt get to finish
@Monkey Destruction SwitchThanks! I could be better but im living
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Hiya! Last time ill shill here for awhile but my first commercial game, the silly visual novel A NIGHTMARE'S TRIP is out now!! on steam?!?!? woah https://store.steampowered.com/app/1156630/A_NIGHTMARES_TRIP/?beta=0
also im ndoing ok guys, im just real tired
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Congratulations!
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congratulations on your launch!!
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next monday im releasing a weird, cute visual novel on steam and itch.io and perhaps you might like it??
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@tailsBOOM!Across Steam and itch.io the game is only releasing on PC/Mac/Linux. No mobile versions are planned yet, unfortunately!
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i saw something about a klonoa encore and that's, that's great im ecstatic
ill think about it after i get this game released zzz https://store.steampowered.com/app/1156630/A_NIGHTMARES_TRIP/
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That art looks great
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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giving due to my amazing team for that, my SO and two other friends did the art, and another person did the music
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haha if we're talking about this game? i dunno
but for any of my bigger future projects, fucking absolutely, and I'll explain several reasons:
1. We missed our announcement and release window because steam won't let us release it till October, and we couldnt launch the page on saturday because we included our patreon link on a website and they didnt like that, in general everything apart from uploading the game onto steam servers felt cold and annoying to deal with
2. Last weekend Steam's algorithims completely tanked every indie dev's visibility by a lot (ironic because it was supposed to do the opposite) and now exclusively shows popular games. I can tell you that A NIGHTMARE'S TRIP has only gotten visibility (and likely only ever will) get steam pages through outside links and my tendency to non-stop shill. They haven't said ANYTHING about it and my twitter feed is filled with indie devs panicking to all hell
3. This thread alone and from my own experience of talking to Epic-partnered devs showcases that pretty much every game that's partnered with Epic was promised by Epic to be huge successes and they 100% all were. Games are expensive and people crying about the platform wouldn't sway me over me and my friends having money to live and for us to actually make more games for people. Epic also actually cares about the indie devs they work with (financial support, obviously, but also providing additional technical support with launching the game on EGS and etc.) whereas Steam would only change revenue split rates for large/successful games, at the most.
Basically, say no to Epic right now is like turning down a visit to Willy Wonka or something
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Yeah, that all makes a lot of sense, and is understandable, at least from the indie dev point of view.
Taking the Epic deal is a good move IMO, for an indie dev at least. Keeping in mind, I'm largely against Epic's exclusivity tactics, but an indie dev either is pretty silly, or pretty brave not to take it, because from what I've heard, Epic will basically give you a safety net that rise or fall, you'll be able to stay afloat. It's just the wisest move to take there.
Full respect to the people who take the risk and keep it on Steam of course, like the dev behind DARQ, but not every dev is in that same boat, and whatever keeps you and your team afloat with security is the best move.
Really, the only time I can't stand the EGS shit is when it's Triple-A devs who really have no reason to accept the deal other than just being greedy and wanting more money on top of the money they already know they'll make, Borderlands 3 being the key example atm.
Steam just sounds more and more like a load of crap for the indie scene, and if there's anything to say about Epic's business practices, they're smart to go to indie devs regarding this stuff, since indie devs are easily the guys who are most overlooked by Steam, and pretty much mistreated by them, with the amount of shovelware cluttering up the storefront, making it more difficult for actual quality indie games to be seen by consumers.
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I gotta be real pretty much everyone i know thinks very lowly of DARQ because the main dev didn't take any risks: he has a day-time job that pays really well and could afford to do that. He's a part of the films industry, and also managed to already get his game on the top of the /r/gaming (10 mil+ subreddit) for days out of sheer luck. Nothing against him but he shouldn't be a shining example, and I feel like people who believe everyone else should do the same don't know how fucking privileged he is to turn down such a deal. His reasoning for Steam Wishlists is, fine? but also EGS has millions of people who'd see his game on the storefront the moment they boot it up - DARQ would be a instant smash hit in general versus a smash hit out of people's spite for Epic
And also I personally think it doesnt matter at this point regarding AAA because apart from BL3 being a mess (which, i dont think is EGS's fault because BL3 is just shit in general) i havent had issues with the EGS games I have played which includes Tetris Effect and Journey. Epic is anti-worker but they're not anti-consumer: by supporting these games releasing on these platforms they are technically being pro-consumer. They house some of the best PC releases in the past year and so, including Metro Exodus, Outer Wilds, Tetris Effect, etc. etc. Companies are always looking to nickel and dime people but from a real perspective of what does Steam really offer to both consumers and developers? They just offer a storefront where anyone (with money and the ability to comply to their legal terms and blah blah blah). Those amazing games are easy to shit to find on EGS's really terrible store interface which is saying something over Steam's decent store interface being cluttered with hentai games
The other thing I have to argue is, I think people in general should just appreciate indie games as a whole! Even the shitty stuff tends to be made out of legitimate passion (if we're looking at itch and not like, Steam where people do actually release shovelware) and I think I've found a lot of merit/things to think about in games I actually thought were pretty poorly put together (theres a game i like as of recent that def shows lack of polish but did cool things and had good writing). I know UNBEATABLE's (which is going very VERY well btw the current version is amazing) gonna appeal to a lot of people but i don't know about A NIGHTMARE'S TRIP and the other projects I'm making at SKY HOUR WORKS..they're really niche and while have a potential audience likely wont reach it without a miracle due to our low resources...
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Well, I hope both manage to find their audience at some point or another. I know if Unbeatable ends up on Switch or another console at some point, I'll most definitely be taking a look at it.
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Kaze no Klonoa reacted to this
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Can't say anything about UNBEATABLE right now, but do keep an eye out for it! We've been posting about the game again so our twitter is the best place to keep track of it
https://medium.com/d-cell-games/and-the-adventure-begins-again-9dc54232b72f
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shadowbringers final fantasy xiv is the best game in the entire franchise, there hasnt been a mmorpg this good, ever
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So like, i announced a game project (technically two? huh) and also launched a patreon, what a weekend
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still working on that demo for our game at magfest, which is happening tomorrow? oh my god im gonna probably be dead by the time i get there
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No don’t be dead please lol. Enjoy every single moment of this opportunity that you all have worked so hard on and it paying off instead.
Have fun at Magfest!
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woah, a rhythm game? wasn't expecting that. i love rhythm games and i love when developers combine them with other genres. looking forward to the trailer
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That art style reminds me of Splatoon a little. I also like rhythm games.
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Congrats Klonoa! The art style looks amazing! This is exciting!
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