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Just released my game, Amata, into early access! The whole campaign is ready to play and there is a free demo! <33 (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 10 months ago by zxyyr@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Can you share nerdy technical details about how you made it? Custom engine? Something like unity? Solo project or big team? Edit: probably Godot from the communities. I know nothing about Godot. How was it?

When I was a kid I thought a lot about making games, but now that I've worked in software and spent hours being like "why the fuck does the font get bigger when I open the date picker?" I have a greater appreciation for how hard it can be.

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

Absolutely!

  • Godot was amazing, such a perfect fit for a first game with moderate dev experience
  • I worked on this solo for about 3 years while working a full time job
  • lmao yes there many fiddly issues with the gui for sure
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

$10.00! That's far too much for this.

Now, something reasonable, like $9.99...

Just kidding, I just noticed you were one of the very rare people not playing the .99 game.

This looks rad and I'm about to buy it.

Edit: bought

[–] Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

but isn't that a bad idea? Steam has a "under 10 bucks" category. Doesn't that mean that it won't show up there?

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

damn you're right I hadn't considered this

[–] Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago

I'm glad I could help. best of luck!

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

sorry @ripcord I’m playin .99 the game now 🙇

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

I hate it but everyone does it so you have to do it. :(

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Oh no!

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Lmao I gotta get that penny! Thank you so much <333!

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Congratulations! I love the look of this game. When I get set back up I hope to give it a shot

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

thank you so much!!

[–] t4r1n@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Looks cool. I'll check it out :-) Congrats!

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

thanks!!

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Congrats

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

thanks!

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What's Amata?

[–] wazoobonkerbrain@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Nothin what's amata with you?

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

🤣

[–] almar_quigley@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Looks great! What kinda difficulty would you say it is comparable to? I’ll try to play it after I’m done with black myth.

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Thanks so much! I went a bit softer than something like dark souls but still should still be a decent challenge <33

[–] Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is right up my alley, so I bought it, congrats on your first release! I have to imagine it’ll play great on my steamdeck, hoping anyways.

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Some icons are a bit squinty but it should play well! Thank you so much!!! <33

[–] Mannimarco@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I will for sure check this out, I love games like this

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Thanks I hope you enjoy! <33

[–] Dimantina@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wishlisted as it looks fun but I don't generally play early access games.

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks so much! I hope you'll like it!

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Looks cool, congrats!

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Thank you!

[–] Ransack3@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Looks cool, wishlisted.

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

thank you!!

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gorgeous. Nice work.

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Thank you!!

[–] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Looks cool! Oh... it's already on my wishlist!

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

lmao hell yeah!

[–] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is it open source

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Maybe eventually but for the foreseeable future I'll be trying to gather funds so I can improve the quality of this and future games <33

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whenever I see a word that looks like valid Japanese, I have to look it up because the results can be hilarious sometimes. Don't worry, though; its only native meaning is a variation on "many/a lot", and I've never heard it. Only other meaning is a figure from Rome. Drop the initial 'a', however, and one meaning you get crotch/groin (which is why I thought this one might be amusing). Congrats on your game!

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Lmao thank you so much and very good/ amusing etymology! I chose Amata from a sort of synonym for Nirvana in Pali referencing a deathless state:

A synonym widely used for nirvana in early texts is "deathless" or "deathfree" (Pali: amata, sanskrit: amrta) and refers to a condition "where there is no death, because there is also no birth, no coming into existence, nothing made by conditioning, and therefore no time."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(Buddhism)

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Top notch work!

[–] zxyyr@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

thank you!!