During the development of Shitlings I've watched tons of yt videos, talks, read articles, blog posts and bumper stickers - everything regarding promoting games and finding audience. And there were always some things that didn't sit right with me. A feeling, that "Just following these 3 simple steps" isn't going to solve all the marketing issues for me. And yet, there is plenty of people showing statistics, making very convincing arguments and explaining these things for hours

Past Since the last post, I've been working on the project much more than before. I've gone full time in September, my girlfriend's joined me in October. First of all, we've managed to finish all the core game mechanics, needed for the 3rd stage of characters' development. It meant a lot of core systems refactors, introducing GAS into the project etc. Then, we've released a simple, early demo on itch.io . It highlighted what I was afraid of all the time: I need a better way

Life update Pretty big life update: Im going full time indie. In May I've made a decision to quit my well payed job and focus only on...

The game is announced! It can finally be wishlisted on Steam. This is the biggest milestone so far, making the project feel more real...

This post will be a bit different. This time, I want to explain how I plan things with Shitlings and other small projects. I’ve noticed...

Announcement Last thing im missing right now is sound work for the gameplay trailer. All the rest is done. So if everything goes smoothly...

Performance Lately I've spent a looot of time on making 2 first levels a bit better. Adding foliage, polishing landscapes etc. It also...

Yeah, again too long between posts... Story Trailer I finally got all of my trailer illustrations ready. Im really happy with them, I...

Last month was spent mostly on adding meta progression and improving existing systems. Map objectives There is a new system of map...

Last month was all about continuing work on game visuals and presentation. Workspots building state Workspots need to be constructed by a...