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I hope it comes on xbox too

Looks good, all we need is a Gary Busey voice pack.

#1: Avoid RPG's and 3D Fighters #2: Don't expect to make a multimillion project as your first one 3: Even if your concept is HOT, HOT GARBAGE, FINISH IT ANYWAY.

Hello. I actually forgot I had wishlisted this game until I saw your most recent video. So I played it and would like give my critique on it with the intention of helping you improve for your next game. I’m gona say good and bad things in no particular order cuz I’m just thinking off the top of my head. And yes I am keeping in mind this is your first game. - Bugs - I didn’t encounter too many bugs. I don’t remember what the small bugs were but I did remember some I fixed by just exiting and re-entering the level. There was one game breaking one that forced me to make a new save file. In the hub world I jumped into the kitchen sink to see if water hurt and yes. Yes it does. I got an immediate game over and was sent back to the main menu screen. And when I tried to continue I was just stuck on the loading screen for an hour. Then I just made a new game. I think any water, lava, toxic etc should just hurt you and launch you in the air. Or like Spyro you sink into it and have 3 chances to get out. But even if you wanted an immediate end, it should just send you to the begining of the level or kick you out of a level or whatever. Which your other levels that I did end in did do. O and I just remembered when I was in the candy cloud area on my way to the freezer, the check point kept respawning me under it or something cuz I just kept falling into the abyss. But eventually it got it right after moving the character around as I spawned. Move the spawn location up a little so you don’t clip into or through the ground. You can keep the model of the flag in the ground but the location of where you spawn just needs to move up a little. - Too Dark - Never have anything in complete blackness. You can get close to blackness but if you go too dark then how is the player suppose to navigate the level? Like the cupboard/closet level which I think is level 1, I couldn’t see the collectibles nor the gap to jump across and I only knew to jump across cuz I could barley see the effect swirling around the collectable. It was just frustrating. Also if you are going to make a dark game then have the collectibles glow or something so the player can easily see them. Also on the other hand the freezer level was too bright. Which I think is worse cuz a white screen will hurt the players eyes. - Power Ups - The game got more fun once I got double jump and glide. But since I got them so easily and quickly you would of been better off to just put them in the base kit. If you want progression in powers then the player will want to earn those Powers’s and the level would slowly introduce you into how to use them. Like with super meat boy. - Character Movement - Some of the movement issues are the animation and some of them is the code. It didn’t feel like the character had any weight, the legs didn’t match the speed that he moved, it felt like a delay from when I pressed the button to when he attacked. But all of that is just your first game and will improve over time. What made me mad was you would bump off the walls if you got too close making simple platforming extremely difficult. But I did have a lot of fun gliding around so the ideas are there but the execution just needs tweaking. And for the first person part, just let me sprint infinitely. The cooldown or stamina or whatever that kept making me stop was annoying. And if you want the player to move slowly, have something be happening so it doesn’t feel like a slog. Animation, monster growl, even a monologue but people usually get monologuing wrong so I’d avoid doing that. Remember the best platformers have a fun character to control even in an empty level and limiting the player only works for a short time and with good reason. - Guide - I was confused on where to go for the first person levels. I didn’t know if lighting the peach pits was something I was suppose to do or if they just gave me light. I didn’t know why I kept getting sent to that asylum level. With platformers, collectibles and how the level is shape is what guides you. For mystery horror there are notes and paths forcing you to go down to guide you. I was lost in a bad way for parts of the game. - Bosses have too much health. A boss with a lot of health needs variation in the gameplay. Like 9 health but every 3 hits changes the fight. Or my favorite kind of boss is a long sequence of don’t get hit by his attacks leading to a short window of vulnerability with this only happening 3 times. Like before, I like the ideas, I like the designs but the execution needs tweaking. The avacado boss being a boxer is funny. The flame boss looks cool although his attacks just flew over my head. The avacado boss sending you on a mission only to be mad you accomplished the mission was funny. I liked that dark humor. - Theme - Speaking of dark, the story in my opinion just made me sad. The guy is in therapy so I get it but I felt more depressed than any other emotion. I would mix in some positive parts or something different to the story just so you aren’t getting depressing upon depressing upon depressing. But I liked the variation in themes for the levels. The yarn level was cool. The candy level was fun. The bathroom level was odd but very spooky. - Level Design - There was too much open space. Like with the freezer level, I was running a lot more than anything else. Either condense the level or have things for me to do like jumping over pits or dodging enemies or something. That’s really all I think you need to improve on with the levels, using the space more. I like the themes, characters, layout etc. Just a lot of empty space. - Characters - I am a character artist so I love characters. I don’t think there is any wrong character design unless it doesn’t match the environment it’s in. But I thought the spider was funny, the blacksmith was cool, the flour bag was inventive and got me reminiscing on Concorde’s Bad Fur Day, the strawberries were adorable, the teeth were gross and scary. And there was a lot of character variation. Animations need work but I enjoyed all the characters. You should be proud to have made a game. I’m still working on mine so I’m jealous. The way I rank games is what I would pay for it vs what I did pay for it. So your game gets a $5/12 from me. Keep going on this journey and I would love to see how your next game comes out.

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This is a great video, good job!

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Congrats on releasing a game! Hitting a homerun on a first try is incredibly unlikely and I think no indie dev should ever aim for that. Dream big, but dream realistically! I love your attitude, you seemed pretty down to earth and it's inspiring. You earned a new sub! I hope you go on and do another project 🙏

Thats the reward that is the most important, you finished a full game and released it, most indie devs even dont reach this point. Congrats

Question how long did you have your steam page up for? Only reason I ask is because 300 wishlist's is pretty low.

What motivated me to keep going with my series is that I don't want my game to be another indie game that never was like Yandere sim or the Kickstarter Kaiju game that got cancelled even after it was funded

2:51 as an indie dev my self I agree with this whether a game is big or small if you're not passionated about it than it's a waste of time one of the reasons I got into game development was the creative freedom it provides than a AAA studio. For me it's developing a visual novel hybrid with 3d mecha action game with the look and feel of a super robot anime

Not too bad, I made a banana clicking game in 4 days, and sold 35 copies. It wasn't bad it was just a trial to see how releasing a game is like and the results. I think if you already have marketing steam will push u further if not steam algorithm will just drop you most likely. My advice would be to find a game idea that garners a lot of interest first then start developing the game, or do market research in what people like, unless you just wanna make whatever you want and not care about sales, either one works.

I think having sold a game for 30 or so people is actually a pretty impressive achievement

Thank you for publishing your sales data and providing your thoughts. If I may though, I cannot understand why you've hidden your game behind this white shroud in the video. I mean I understand the need for having an interesting background and due to presenting information you'd need to fade it out to push it into the background. I can even understand not wanting to be seen to use this video as a promotion of the game, albeit I would find that an odd position. However it appears the UA-cam algorithm blessed this video and put it into my feed ( and hopefully many other viewers), and while the information is great, I actually have no idea what your game is as I can barely see it! Something that may have worked is to have the video exactly the same, but shrink the character on the left and place a small box out of the game video that is playing in the background also play there but without it being faded away.

Why did you release the game with only 300 wishlists? You pretty much doomed the game to failure.

Ill keep it real, I always assumed everything in the devlogs was placeholder and you would one day overhaul it all. it just looks very low effort, not low quality, it looks low effort. and I wish I had a nicer way to make this criticism

Congrats on releasing! And thanks so much for sharing your experiences

I'm always looking for vids like this to watch out for possible hickups and possible failings I might fall into so I think vids like this are just as important as tutorials because we don't always look out for these things

Congrats! and I'm glad to see you enjoyed the process, looking forwards to your future projects :)

I do wonder if some marketing would have helped!

I've been making games since I was 13 (20 now) and have made a total of $74 from them, which is about $50 after tax. I would love to turn this into my job some day but I primarily make games because I love making them and it makes me happy when someone leaves a comment that they enjoyed my game.

a real inspiration for me now, I'm about to release my first game, that I made in four months with 75 wishlists, never expected profit, but its a personal goal

Did You think about hitting some random horror twitch streamers like Distortion2 , Elajjaz or Bawksoup? To get some promotion ?

huuuuge congrats on the release! as someone who has done, and wants to work in game development, it is such a high effort process and i have mad respect for anyone who manages to finish a game, let alone one they’re proud enough to sell. this was a really nice and encouraging video! i hope some day i can finish a game and be as proud of it as you are of Toby’s Topsy Tale. also it should’ve made ONE GORBILLION DOLLARS this game looks so fun im gonna wishlist it right now!

Congrats on the release! I had a pretty similar experience with my first release. Got overwhelmed with how much was needed to complete the game and barely did any marketing. I posted 3 videos, a few shorts, and did a few streams, I had maybe 5k views total across all platforms at the time of release and I had not sent a single email out to anyone. I managed to get 300+ wishlists by release and have gotten 54 sales total, with most of those being in the first month of release. The financial results are underwhelming, but after seeing videos like yours I am more grateful for what I did get. It's really not that bad considering I had no marketing, did no market research, was self taught and only ran 1 playtest during development. Money or not, Its still a valuable experience that I will always have in the bag. I am a way better developer, artist, etc. than I am when I started and now I have a way better frame of reference for how and what I need to do. There is so much to learn in game dev and it requires a huge investment of time to get into (especially when solo), that it is unlikely anyone's first game is going to be worth it financially.

The truth is that this video is a much different post-mortem than most do, one from someone who at least has pride even though his project didn't stand out against the oversaturated competition. To be honest, I also started developing Randy & Manilla around the same time & with the same amount of 2000 subscribers on UA-cam, I also started a Kickstarter campaign, but unlike yours, I did it without any idea of ​​crowdfunding, with an inflated goal based on my ego, unrealistic revenue expectations, and bragging that my game idea was great when the reality is that good ideas with successful campaigns are based on execution, confidence, and better-controlled expectations. After the Kickstarter's failure I moved to Indiegogo, and with its "flexible goal" option it seemed tempting and I was sure that I would earn something there knowing that it would be very little, and I also reduced my initial goal a lot, but it was still a bit inflated, although at least it was more in line with my long-term plans. But the real reason my game has continued to move forward until now, was thanks to the generous funding from my family, without them it wouldn't have been possible and I wasn't valued them enough. At least I also had the advantage of being on itch·io, IndieDB and Indiexpo years before Steam, where I released the Alpha, Beta and even Early Access versions (only on itch case), where I showed the progress to dozens of streamers, youtubers and testers so they could give me feedback for the game. And with all that I learned that if you want to reach the largest possible audience, don't limit yourself to just one platform.

Does it work on the Steam Deck?

oh it released heheh... *oops* (could've sworn steam notifies you directly when something releases on wishlist but not for me apparently) once again, good job

Congrats on the release! I remember watching devlogs before it took the horror twist-if I’m not confused.

Does the number of copies sold include people who got the game as a kickstarter reward?

Your devlogs inspire me every time I see them come up, and this video really helped me to feel like it's okay if my game never makes it big, I'm doing it for me. I haven't had a chance to play Toby's Topsy Tale yet (haven't had much time for gaming since my son was born 7 months ago), but the christmas break period is coming up and I should have some free time then so I will be sure to buy it and maybe no life it before I have to go back to work lol. @8:56 I hope to be able to say this too some day

As a budding game developer I'm glad to see this kind of video exist I've seen a lot of people believe that if the first game they make isn't successful then they shouldn't do game development anymore even if they have high potential Even though the success of your game is a mix of skill and luck(skill with making it high-quality and luck with having the right people play it and spread word of it) The first game I'm developing I do not want to worry about it making money so I am right now planning on making it free for now

Firstly, congrats on the release! Secondly, great video! Nice to know what your opinions on this are, a summary of the experience you had and your feelings going forward.

I bought the game but I am not seeing the trophy room anywhere

Hey man just wanna say great job bro I've watched and enjoyed every devlog and it's great to see ye game coming out I can't wait! 👍👍👍🔥

just in time for halloween

Man just found this channel but it refreshing to find a devlog series that actually releases the game

Well done! The game looks awesome. I wish I found your devlogs earlier.

I can't wait to make games that will help younger loners have fun , like me when I was younger ✨✨ thank you for the tips as I did exactly what you said not to do . Started HUGE and now am stuck because . I have to do EVERYTHING and don't know what to start next . This video helps a lot , good to know my passion can push me further.i'll make it 😊💎

Granny’s name should be Betty (unless you already have a name and I just totally missed it) also all the sprinkles are collectively named Josephine.

Awesome video! The game is looking super kool. I really like the art style of your game. Congratz on finishing the game and publishing it on steam. I just wishlisted it as well and subbed to your channel. It takes great determination and will power to finish a game and yours looks super awesome and polished. Best of luck when the game comes out. Looking forward to your next vid. Keep it up! :)

i do not need to know what it is like to be a game dev because i am making a game right now so i know what it is like to be a dev already🤣

finally, am really excited to try it