Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it. Your description was spot-on, and I'm impressed with how you talked about the gameplay based on just the visuals and description, even referencing other similar games. As for why I released 001 Earth on Steam with minimal progress, my goal was to generate revenue to fund animators, sort of like a Kickstarter approach. Unfortunately, that plan didn't work out, and the stress of tackling a complex animation set me back on updates. Plus, my lack of experience and poor planning added to the struggles.
Hi there! I hope I didn't come across as overly harsh with my review, and I sincerely hope you find the time to work on the important things in your life that bring you joy! I'd love to be able to come back in a couple of years to re-review this game when it's hopefully in a more completed state. Make sure to send me a message when that happens!
I don't think you have malicious intentions but I want to make sure that you know that using early access as a way to get money for development is a violation of Steam ToS
what zscout said, while im all for beginner projects to bloom into something neat, *please* use the correct tools with the correct promises and advertising to notify potential investors and just general buyers of what STATE your game is in.
I don't mean to be mean but with a full time job, a baby soon on the way or already here, you might want to rethink your game development plans. Work on just one game. Graphics not your thing? That's cool, maybe make more of a text-based game with minimal graphics you can do. There's no way you can work on like four games at the same time and make any real progress on any of them with some level of competency. Good luck though!
This dev sounds like me with all my ideas, but no complete follow through. This is the reason why, if I ever end up making that visual novel I want to make, it'll be free on some other site.
I think the most important thing is to be realistic about how complete your game is, and putting it out there on the most appropriate platform, for an appropriate price
As someone who's been working on a romhack for years now and advancing at a snail's pace, half because of real life getting in the way and half because of artist's block, i fully understand what it's like to feel like you're making no progress at all and that you just have to put something out there, as unfinished as it may be, just to feel like you're making any progress whatsoever. Putting out something this incomplete, though, is something you only do out of impatience, when you're tired or your project taking so long, and it gives you a false sense of fulfillment because you didn't actually create anything worth playing yet. I did the same thing for a while, releasing individual levels that almost no one cared to play, and once i did get out a full playable demo after 3-4 years, it felt incredible just because i can genuinely, truly say that i have created something that people have played and enjoyed, even if the full thing were to never get finished
I've always been mixed up on the idea to review "early acess" games, 'cause, you know... They aren't actually finished. That being said ; if the creator considers his game finished enough to be confortable with the idea of charging money for it, I might get confortable with the idea of tearing it apart. Anyway, day 34 of waiting for an actually finished game!
I like Early Access games that take the approach of "We're a game, but rather short at the moment. Give us money and time and we'll turn this from a 1-2 hour good experience, into a 20 hour amazing one". I'll let you know when I find one of those.
Yeah, Steam doesn't feel like the right platform for a game like this. It's something I'd expect to find with 0.5 star rating on NewGrounds back in the day
Yeah definitely sounds like something that shouldn't be on Steam, especially not for $5. You could get both Hylics and Suits with less than that and they're both fully fleshed out and very artistic games.
I've played a free, (very) early access turn-based RPG that was a more complete game than this game. Charging money for a non-game shouldn't be allowed.
@@Graeldon You'll make us feel old in 10 years, Graeldon. I'll have a long white beard and I will complain on forums about how you will have fallen off as soon as you become popular, I can't wait.
It's kinda wild that the unfinished pac-man clone I made with a buddy on the free version of gamemaker (that was just us following a tutorial step by step) had more game than this.
I think there are slightly more states in the development phase. The Release Client Phase (basically the final phase to set things up to work as it's delivered by the client) and the concept-phase which is even BEFORE the Pre-Alpha (and is more to showcase the ideas in an interactive or at least visual format). This game is... pre-concept.
His name is Paul Robertson, done art for tons of things, also including music videos and animated shorts. Worth noting some of his older art was very avant garde and very phallic, so look with caution!
Arrived since 'Member The Alamo myself and then was hooked with that shitshow generic Gamemaker RPG having DLC being sold more than the actual game itself.
Well, what can I say about this game? --------------------- Update: This is in May, not in March or April, but I will still give my thoughts. This is what should be a good foundation, but it is less than that. There is something to be had here, but it still needed something in order to be properly presented. It's not that there's nothing, there is SOMETHING...it's just not easy to see. That being said, it's not that it's bad or anything. I am actually pretty intrigued at what else there is to come with this project here. At the time of this update, there actually has been an update for the game. That doesn't say much about how frequent it will be for these to happen, BUT, it's better than nothing! Here's to more updates in the future.~
guys the developer will work on the game shortly he just can't right now, he was just stuck in a car crash while his wife was giving birth but the local hospital was closed due to a cyclone and a magnitude 8 earthquake smh he'll finish making the game playable after then
I'am 13 years old, and i have (somewhat) learned C++ using the internet, and I am working on a game like terraria, and i tought that my game was bad, but after seeing this (and I don't wanna be mean), I am really happy with my project! (Also sorry for my bad english, I am not from that country)
The current stage of the game is described on its store page as "The current state of the game is still enhancing the world generation and character basic movements". Well, it feels like they should mention what they *don't* have, not what they are currently working on. I think there was no ill intent from the developer, though. Life gets in the way, and sometimes it is hard to accept the fact that you won't finish that project. I think, this is what is going on here
I agree, I don't think anything was done with malicious or ill intent, it just ended up this way. But the dev should be more honest about the state of the game in the store, not in the game itself. Currently, it feels like a bait-and-switch
“The slowest part of the game development is making graphics.” Oof. As someone who dropped off RPG Maker in large part because I got overly ambitious with my sprite art on my last project (which I still consider open), I feel this so bad. This hurts. This hurts a lot.
The Vagrant by O.T.K. games (a lovesong to Vanillaware games) costs less than this and it's really damn good. Like, really good. This absolutely feels like a scam. Thanks for showcasing this so we know to never trust this dev's releases.
Sounds like an interesting game! And yeah, I think what the dev really achieved here was shooting their own reputation in the foot. Releasing a game, promising features and then not updating for 2 years isn't a great way to build a fanbase.
Happy first numbered game! I certainly wasn’t expecting a “sandbox” game from that art style. It’ll be sad if you have to quit reviewing the Early Access stuff, namely because Against the Storm is amazing.
I plan to continue with the Early Access ones for now, but hopefully we don't find too many more like this. There's only so many times you can watch the same song and dance, but there is always something funny about discovering how truly broken a game is
Early access is abused by so many devs to release unfinished games or avoid criticism with the defense of "it's early access, stop being too harsh, they'll improve it" that being lenient seems unfair to people who actually put in effort. There's so many "early access" games that end up abandoned or broken because any criticism is shut down or because people are lenient that it's frustrating. If you put a game on sale for actual money then people should be able to fully criticize the product. I understand making a game is difficult and takes time, but games like this that get abandoned with nothing to indicate that set a bad standard.
I agree: if you think it's worth being sold for money, then it's fair game for criticism. Devs sometimes forget that what they make, how they make it, and how they sell it, has an impact on the wider gaming landscape. Sure, it might be small in the case of 001Earth, but when it occurs on a large scale it becomes death by 1000 cuts. You just have to look at the reuptation of RPGMaker games to see evidence of this
i feel like a game - or rather, interactive game concept - like this shouldnt even be on steam, let alone for a price. early access is for games that are 80-90% done and just needs some finishing touches and bug catching. i wouldnt even call this 10% done; its the bare minimum of a program with no chance of actual development, considering everything going on in the dev's life.
I'll happily take a lower done % if there's still something enjoyable/interesting, and it provides an opportunity to give constructive feedback and guide development. It's hard to be constructive here when the most constructive thing to say is: Make more of your game before you sell it.
This would be totally fine if they didn't ask money for this. But it's hard to be lenient when someone thinks their work is worth money and their work is... well that ^^'
Very succinct review, I think you summed that one up as best as possible, hopefully the dev takes your advice. Something I kind of wanted to ask, you also write steam reviews for each game as well, and they are just as fun to read as well! Although I've noticed, I haven't seen any for .fall or .g. I understand that the steam reviews probably don't get as much traction as the videos, and for good reason, but I'm curious if you want to write any for those games, in case some poor soul stumbles upon those games, and isn't too sure. But either way, onto numbers, we are one step closer to 10,000,000! After it is completed though, my thoughts and prayers go out to you, so that you don't utterly lose your mind with the 50 different "1001 jigsaw puzzle" games. I am admittedly looking forward to it though, since a longform video where you cover a bunch of games would be cool!
Thanks for pointing that out! I didn't realize that I had somehow missed those reviews, I'll need to get on those ASAP I usually try to put them up within 24 hours of releasing the video for the game but must have missed those ones
i will definitely create a game and place it so that it shows up in the next episode haha. Im definitely not writing this comment purely because i couldn't find a real one haha haha
Well that's a first the first game I ever made is more complete than that and it only had two levels... And the dev needs to learn some focus I get it he wanted to show how big his game could be but wouln't be better focus in one or two biomes fill it with things for the players to do and find and slowly put new biomes?
That sounds like a much more logical approach. Create the core of you gameplay loop, and then use the different biomes to expand and iterate on it. This might be the result of trying to do too much at once
in game development I'd say something like this falls into prototyping. Prototyping is the stage where you are programming code but you're just figuring out the bare basics of if an idea would work or not, and the fundamentals of what you want to add to later. For example, if you wanted to prototype a racing game, you might make a very simple track and a car that moves. Prototypes don't need to be extremely simple but they usually lack tons of features that would make a game actually playable and fun. I feel like whoever made this INTENDED to do more but yeah, it seems like they made a prototype, and jumped ahead and put it on steam, which isn't great. LOTS of games never made it out of prototype or a game can change so much from prototype to even alpha, so publishing it that early is weird to me, you're basically asking people that play your game to be bored or disappointed.
This feels like it's pre-prototype, as I'd expect the prototype to at least have functioning interactions and maybe some basic combat. But it's probably the closest description for whatever this is.
This really just seems like a case of overambition mixed with some poor business decisions. I don't get the vibe that it's *intentionally* a scam (Especially with the dev's response here), but in the state it was at the time of recording, it's hard to argue it as anything else, intentional or not. It's kind of a shame tbh, it's really not a great way to start your game dev stuff. I wish the best for the dev tho.
Long comment here, only because This developer reminds me a lot of me as a child. I got out project that's not complete on the store page only because I thought I could get it done and to get fans. I had more ideas than actual ways to impliment them. That works in fields like art, but not games. The dev's idea seems cool, but the developer had no strict timespan to complete one. All the warning signs are there from the interview: having multiple games rather than finishing one, being too preoccupied with a job and kids and not managing development time, and unproductive weekly updates (why not settle for monthly or bimonthly? There's hardly anything a solo dev can deliver in that time). I don't know how true the saying "those who can't do teach." But i certainly see this deveper better at teaching code to elementary school students than developing themselves. The dev seems nice and is at least honest buyers can get a refund, but I hope this dev will eventually set a regiment and timeline of game development. Some of the ideas they listed seem like silly quick game jam projects, and I hope to see/make one of them someday.
Well as much as I like the thought behind: Life sometimes gets in the way of things you plan. But the game at this state isn't even worth being called a game. Thanks fir the review and thanks for contacting the dev. Was curious about the response and you delivered with that. My biggest problem with the response is that the dev has 3 Projects running along a full time job... That's not ambitious... That's crazy.
I wanted to be as thorough as I could, and I was honestly surprised that I got a response. But yeah, they need to scale back, focus on one project, and actually deliver something to their fans that have been waiting
Late on this, but I think not using Early access is a good idea. If you do it, you may be able to cut down the potential lenght of this series to a mere 234 years!
Not this time! I was going to, but it didn't work with the narrative flow, and this was being done right when the revisions to the memberships happened. Never fear though, Larry is never far away
To be fair, this doesn't feel like a scam. This looks more like someone with a Steam Dev account that just uploaded big ideas before they had anything fully cooked already. Should the game me taken down? Yes. Is the dev lying to make a quick buck? No, they're just trying to make big promises in hopes to motivate to create big results.
The Dev is kind of lying, somehow. The description suggests that a lot of features are in the game... Which obviously aren't even in the slightest implemented. It's kind of a scam and kind of not...
@@-Shinoray- The thing is that there are scam games out on Steam, but you can tell something is completely off when you find them. As an example, there's a game called "I'm Looking for 3024 People" which basically unlocks the game when 3024 people pay for the software and complete impossible ARG segments. (impossible due to things like needing 300 people on a discord server entering codes one at a time with a timeout window that's shorter than a Bot API can poll the chat for updates.) If this game was on Itch or mobile for the same price, I would see it as someone's first game that is trying to ask for money to help work on it. Steam continues to have the "finished or nearly finished" games presigte that it honestly doesn't deserve anymore. Because of that, it looks like a scam when it's just someone biting off more than they can chew.
You cannot just list features that actually aren't in the game in the game description, then want actual money for the game. I'm not sure if the dev has ill intentions, but the dev was indeed lying about game's features on the store segment that's entire purpose is to convince customers to buy the game. In that sense imo it is a scam for the buyer. Okay the dev is okay with refunds, but like that doesn't change anything because buyers could have gotten a refund from steam no matter what.
@@TomaszRyszkowski It's usually better to attribute things to stupidity rather then just assume malice. If the screenshots looked different or if you had a situation like the Gardenscape "pull the pins" ads, then yeah that's clearly a scam. Both games are lying but one of them clearly is someone way off their heads and the other one is actively trying to trick people with ads and other malicious features.
I mean i guess that it's not fraud, just really bad neglegience. Still from buyers perspective this game is a scam. Intentional or not. Also dev has been notified of the fact that his store page is deceptive and hasn't changed a thing nor did he put the game off steam.
Seems like the dev tried to make too much games at the same time... He should just focus on one especially since he have a wife and a fulltime-job. Nothing wrong with being a gamedev as a hobby, and working on your game 1hour a day or something, but not giving updates in 2 years... Yeah that game shouldn't be on steam yet! They need to add so much, but they don't wanna/can't spend time on it.
Yep, probably a result of bad timing with real life interrupting work/hobbies... but if their intent was to start building fans of the game, they should respect those fans by providing realistic project updates
Gonna be honest, this looks like what someone might make to quickly test how a game engine is to use, not something you would share with people. I have seen more complete games with more features called barebones, and agree with you that there is basically nothing to give feedback on.
I'm no dev or teacher, but this is the kind of thing I'd expect from a student who was learning how to create basic world gen systems, as an assignment where nothing else matters
It's games like these are the reason why I kinda wish the Steam Greenlight is still a thing. Heck, it's also a testing ground while it is still being moderated within that area.
I wish they would just remove EA games from Steam, Super Indie carts is a good example, it was released back at the start of EA, and 9 years later is not even half finished. Wasted money on a game that likely will never be done, and my Experience buying multiple EA games is the majority never get fully finshed, they stay in that half state like Indie karts or get rushed at the very end and still end up only partialy finished. Rare expections tho Like 30xx and 20xx which ended with very good Megaman clones, but they are the outliers. EA is supposed to be a functioning beta, eg a 66%+++++ done game but Steam lets them post proof of concept alphas and its not right.
To be fair, Steam will let you publish almost anything to the platform, as long as you pay the $100 fee to do so. I want the old Greenlight voting system back
I think one thing could help was with EA games finished is that they still have payed for Steam entry fee but couldn't be priced, so people would have all the reason to finish the project and only use Early Access for testing stuff
@@GreiH In fairness, I wish EA removed their own subscription service in order to play their games on Steam myself. Otherwise, I'd be down to play the genuinely good EA games made there on Steam like the Dead Space Remake as a more recent example in mind.
I haven't yet, but I've soon some gameplay footage from other content creators. Looks like a fun game, but I know the devs have a habit of keeping their games in early access for a long time. At least there's something to actually play in those games though.
Good video as always, though I think saying it belongs in the trash rather than "in its current state belongs in the trash rather than on Steam" might've been a bit harsh. I also think it's good practice to ask or at least mention that you will be using their words in your video, because if not, it will make people hesitant to speak to you off the record.
Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate it. Your description was spot-on, and I'm impressed with how you talked about the gameplay based on just the visuals and description, even referencing other similar games. As for why I released 001 Earth on Steam with minimal progress, my goal was to generate revenue to fund animators, sort of like a Kickstarter approach. Unfortunately, that plan didn't work out, and the stress of tackling a complex animation set me back on updates. Plus, my lack of experience and poor planning added to the struggles.
Hi there! I hope I didn't come across as overly harsh with my review, and I sincerely hope you find the time to work on the important things in your life that bring you joy!
I'd love to be able to come back in a couple of years to re-review this game when it's hopefully in a more completed state. Make sure to send me a message when that happens!
I don't think you have malicious intentions but I want to make sure that you know that using early access as a way to get money for development is a violation of Steam ToS
what zscout said, while im all for beginner projects to bloom into something neat, *please* use the correct tools with the correct promises and advertising to notify potential investors and just general buyers of what STATE your game is in.
I don't mean to be mean but with a full time job, a baby soon on the way or already here, you might want to rethink your game development plans. Work on just one game. Graphics not your thing? That's cool, maybe make more of a text-based game with minimal graphics you can do. There's no way you can work on like four games at the same time and make any real progress on any of them with some level of competency.
Good luck though!
Maybe look into minimalistic game s like Thomas was alone!
We reached the numbers! Let’s go!!!! 🎉
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This dev sounds like me with all my ideas, but no complete follow through. This is the reason why, if I ever end up making that visual novel I want to make, it'll be free on some other site.
I think the most important thing is to be realistic about how complete your game is, and putting it out there on the most appropriate platform, for an appropriate price
As someone who's been working on a romhack for years now and advancing at a snail's pace, half because of real life getting in the way and half because of artist's block, i fully understand what it's like to feel like you're making no progress at all and that you just have to put something out there, as unfinished as it may be, just to feel like you're making any progress whatsoever. Putting out something this incomplete, though, is something you only do out of impatience, when you're tired or your project taking so long, and it gives you a false sense of fulfillment because you didn't actually create anything worth playing yet. I did the same thing for a while, releasing individual levels that almost no one cared to play, and once i did get out a full playable demo after 3-4 years, it felt incredible just because i can genuinely, truly say that i have created something that people have played and enjoyed, even if the full thing were to never get finished
It sounds like you went on quite the journey! Thank you for sharing your story so that others can learn from it =)
Ehat game
@@catsdogswoof3968 it's a kaizo hack of new super Mario bros wii, you can find it on my channel
@@catsdogswoof3968 it's a kaizo hack of new super mario bros wii called a new kaizo era
I've always been mixed up on the idea to review "early acess" games, 'cause, you know... They aren't actually finished.
That being said ; if the creator considers his game finished enough to be confortable with the idea of charging money for it, I might get confortable with the idea of tearing it apart.
Anyway, day 34 of waiting for an actually finished game!
I like Early Access games that take the approach of "We're a game, but rather short at the moment. Give us money and time and we'll turn this from a 1-2 hour good experience, into a 20 hour amazing one".
I'll let you know when I find one of those.
Should've been on something like Itch if the dev wanted feedback at ALL points in development.
Yeah, Steam doesn't feel like the right platform for a game like this. It's something I'd expect to find with 0.5 star rating on NewGrounds back in the day
Speedruns of this game gotta be CRAZY!
Any% All biomes run. Will you be the first to make a speedrun entry on the leaderboards?
Yeah definitely sounds like something that shouldn't be on Steam, especially not for $5. You could get both Hylics and Suits with less than that and they're both fully fleshed out and very artistic games.
There are a lot of great games available for $5 or less.
This is not one of them
You could frequently get Yakuza 0 for that price.
I've played a free, (very) early access turn-based RPG that was a more complete game than this game. Charging money for a non-game shouldn't be allowed.
@@GraeldonLunistice can be bought for that money, and it’s getting a massive new update at some point!
Also Valve games for way less
In ten years when we get to letters, this will be looked down on as a fundamental to the media empire of graeldon.
Great to be hear.
You were here when it all started
@@Graeldoncan I have a pj when you hit it big?
@@Graeldon You'll make us feel old in 10 years, Graeldon. I'll have a long white beard and I will complain on forums about how you will have fallen off as soon as you become popular, I can't wait.
@@Graeldonye
It's kinda wild that the unfinished pac-man clone I made with a buddy on the free version of gamemaker (that was just us following a tutorial step by step) had more game than this.
Should've put it on Steam Early Access, you might've made a killing
I think there are slightly more states in the development phase. The Release Client Phase (basically the final phase to set things up to work as it's delivered by the client) and the concept-phase which is even BEFORE the Pre-Alpha (and is more to showcase the ideas in an interactive or at least visual format).
This game is... pre-concept.
100% - I super simplified for the sake of the video =)
Thanks for the Steam Key.😂😂😂😂😂
Also the EULA for the game states that you have to go to court in the Phillippines over any legal action so....
Hope you enjoy all 5 minutes of content hahaha
Correct me if I'm wrong, but to create a page for a game on Steam... It costs $100. So yeah, pretty weird.
You are correct, it costs $100 to list a game on Steam
@@Graeldonthat’s probably why they haven’t taken it down, that makes sense.
Turns out that little guy had none of the answers
😂😂
Congratulations on reaching the numbers-age. Can't wait for the first letters!
Letters begin in 13 years! We'll be in the Binary-Age (0's and 1's) for at least a year
@@Graeldon Sounds like a good time to me! I'll accompany you as long, as this project is as much fun to you as it is to me.
scott pilgrim game mentioned, also reminder that the artist for that game worked on gravity falls
I actually didn't know that!
@@Graeldon That is a weird fun fact, if true.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robertson_(animator)@@crazyluigi6664
His name is Paul Robertson, done art for tons of things, also including music videos and animated shorts. Worth noting some of his older art was very avant garde and very phallic, so look with caution!
The little guy you play as kinda goofy
He struggles to walk, but that's okay
the beginning of the numbers!! we fucking did it!!!
i've been here from the (near) beginning and this is gonna be good
"Good" is all about perspective haha
Plenty more garbage to uncover!
@@Graeldon the video, not the game mb
shovelware my beloved
Arrived since 'Member The Alamo myself and then was hooked with that shitshow generic Gamemaker RPG having DLC being sold more than the actual game itself.
Well, what can I say about this game?
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Update: This is in May, not in March or April, but I will still give my thoughts. This is what should be a good foundation, but it is less than that. There is something to be had here, but it still needed something in order to be properly presented. It's not that there's nothing, there is SOMETHING...it's just not easy to see.
That being said, it's not that it's bad or anything. I am actually pretty intrigued at what else there is to come with this project here. At the time of this update, there actually has been an update for the game. That doesn't say much about how frequent it will be for these to happen, BUT, it's better than nothing!
Here's to more updates in the future.~
I'll make sure to check back by then to see if you've edited the comment!
@@Graeldon And if the comment is not edited by then, there is always March or April of the next year!
@@Graeldon Comment edit has happened.~ Not March or April, but still happened.~
guys the developer will work on the game shortly he just can't right now, he was just stuck in a car crash while his wife was giving birth but the local hospital was closed due to a cyclone and a magnitude 8 earthquake smh he'll finish making the game playable after then
Once that's done he just needs to pop out for milk and cigarettes, and then he'll be back to work as soon as he returns.
The Suffering Continues, Holy shit the call out in the End Graeldon Mean xD
The truth hurts sometimes
@@Graeldon okay Steam Sequence Boy
Now I wish Pray Game didn't start with a P, it will take a long time until you'd check that one.
Not sure I'll be able to cover that one, looks like it has R18+ content...
I'am 13 years old, and i have (somewhat) learned C++ using the internet, and I am working on a game like terraria, and i tought that my game was bad, but after seeing this (and I don't wanna be mean), I am really happy with my project! (Also sorry for my bad english, I am not from that country)
Practice, Practice, Practice! And yeah, absolutely be proud with what you can do - and use this an example of what NOT to do
The current stage of the game is described on its store page as "The current state of the game is still enhancing the world generation and character basic movements". Well, it feels like they should mention what they *don't* have, not what they are currently working on.
I think there was no ill intent from the developer, though. Life gets in the way, and sometimes it is hard to accept the fact that you won't finish that project. I think, this is what is going on here
I agree, I don't think anything was done with malicious or ill intent, it just ended up this way. But the dev should be more honest about the state of the game in the store, not in the game itself. Currently, it feels like a bait-and-switch
“The slowest part of the game development is making graphics.”
Oof. As someone who dropped off RPG Maker in large part because I got overly ambitious with my sprite art on my last project (which I still consider open), I feel this so bad. This hurts. This hurts a lot.
since the "next update" was planned on releasing 2 years ago im not really shocked that the games mechanics are non-existent
The true question is, what does larry think of the game.
Larry was the planned name for the player character, but the ability to name characters was still in development
"and unique entities that spawn in specific biomes"
That's every randomly generated game with biomes...
The Vagrant by O.T.K. games (a lovesong to Vanillaware games) costs less than this and it's really damn good. Like, really good. This absolutely feels like a scam. Thanks for showcasing this so we know to never trust this dev's releases.
Sounds like an interesting game!
And yeah, I think what the dev really achieved here was shooting their own reputation in the foot. Releasing a game, promising features and then not updating for 2 years isn't a great way to build a fanbase.
When the assignment is due at 11:59PM, you realize it’s 99 percent of the grade and start at 11PM🤣
The game hasn’t changed even once since this video, and the developer literally saw it, wild.
It's definitely disappointing. I was hoping they would update the store page description at the very least
9:26 bro has a monitor longer than my failures 💀💀
4K monitor FTW
Glad we've arrived at such a milestone, and congrats on 30k subscribers.
Thanks for the kind words! 50k is the next target!
Lets go numbers!
w00t!
This is my favorite currently running youtube series.
I'm honored to be a favorite anything!
Happy first numbered game! I certainly wasn’t expecting a “sandbox” game from that art style. It’ll be sad if you have to quit reviewing the Early Access stuff, namely because Against the Storm is amazing.
I plan to continue with the Early Access ones for now, but hopefully we don't find too many more like this. There's only so many times you can watch the same song and dance, but there is always something funny about discovering how truly broken a game is
omg. in the numbers era! the first of many, many, many more milestones to come XD
It feels like a huge step forward, but it's going to be a looong time before the next one
Sometimes I miss Steam Greenlight lol
I wish they'd bring it back, as it did a great job of filtering out the trash on Steam. But, each store listing is $100, which is more money for Valve
Early access is abused by so many devs to release unfinished games or avoid criticism with the defense of "it's early access, stop being too harsh, they'll improve it" that being lenient seems unfair to people who actually put in effort.
There's so many "early access" games that end up abandoned or broken because any criticism is shut down or because people are lenient that it's frustrating. If you put a game on sale for actual money then people should be able to fully criticize the product.
I understand making a game is difficult and takes time, but games like this that get abandoned with nothing to indicate that set a bad standard.
i mean yeah 0gravity is also a good example of this
I agree: if you think it's worth being sold for money, then it's fair game for criticism.
Devs sometimes forget that what they make, how they make it, and how they sell it, has an impact on the wider gaming landscape. Sure, it might be small in the case of 001Earth, but when it occurs on a large scale it becomes death by 1000 cuts.
You just have to look at the reuptation of RPGMaker games to see evidence of this
i feel like a game - or rather, interactive game concept - like this shouldnt even be on steam, let alone for a price. early access is for games that are 80-90% done and just needs some finishing touches and bug catching. i wouldnt even call this 10% done; its the bare minimum of a program with no chance of actual development, considering everything going on in the dev's life.
I'll happily take a lower done % if there's still something enjoyable/interesting, and it provides an opportunity to give constructive feedback and guide development. It's hard to be constructive here when the most constructive thing to say is: Make more of your game before you sell it.
The game is not even in Alpha state, what was the developer even thinking?
According to the dev, they wanted to get feedback and attract an potential artist/animator. I don't think it worked.
this, in my eyes, isnt even pre-alpha. this is currently equivalent to a test project.
This would be totally fine if they didn't ask money for this. But it's hard to be lenient when someone thinks their work is worth money and their work is... well that ^^'
Very succinct review, I think you summed that one up as best as possible, hopefully the dev takes your advice.
Something I kind of wanted to ask, you also write steam reviews for each game as well, and they are just as fun to read as well! Although I've noticed, I haven't seen any for .fall or .g. I understand that the steam reviews probably don't get as much traction as the videos, and for good reason, but I'm curious if you want to write any for those games, in case some poor soul stumbles upon those games, and isn't too sure.
But either way, onto numbers, we are one step closer to 10,000,000! After it is completed though, my thoughts and prayers go out to you, so that you don't utterly lose your mind with the 50 different "1001 jigsaw puzzle" games. I am admittedly looking forward to it though, since a longform video where you cover a bunch of games would be cool!
Thanks for pointing that out! I didn't realize that I had somehow missed those reviews, I'll need to get on those ASAP
I usually try to put them up within 24 hours of releasing the video for the game but must have missed those ones
@@Graeldon No worries! I'll be sure to check them out :)
Well, there was an update in May. So there is that at least.
(Also made it to the numbers! YAY!)
i will definitely create a game and place it so that it shows up in the next episode haha. Im definitely not writing this comment purely because i couldn't find a real one haha
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i lov da niko oneshot person at the end
Well that's a first the first game I ever made is more complete than that and it only had two levels...
And the dev needs to learn some focus I get it he wanted to show how big his game could be but wouln't be better focus in one or two biomes fill it with things for the players to do and find and slowly put new biomes?
That sounds like a much more logical approach. Create the core of you gameplay loop, and then use the different biomes to expand and iterate on it. This might be the result of trying to do too much at once
got the second steam key at 8:29 thanks for the key giveaway /s
Make sure to savor your 5 minutes of gameplay
in game development I'd say something like this falls into prototyping. Prototyping is the stage where you are programming code but you're just figuring out the bare basics of if an idea would work or not, and the fundamentals of what you want to add to later. For example, if you wanted to prototype a racing game, you might make a very simple track and a car that moves. Prototypes don't need to be extremely simple but they usually lack tons of features that would make a game actually playable and fun.
I feel like whoever made this INTENDED to do more but yeah, it seems like they made a prototype, and jumped ahead and put it on steam, which isn't great. LOTS of games never made it out of prototype or a game can change so much from prototype to even alpha, so publishing it that early is weird to me, you're basically asking people that play your game to be bored or disappointed.
This feels like it's pre-prototype, as I'd expect the prototype to at least have functioning interactions and maybe some basic combat. But it's probably the closest description for whatever this is.
This really just seems like a case of overambition mixed with some poor business decisions. I don't get the vibe that it's *intentionally* a scam (Especially with the dev's response here), but in the state it was at the time of recording, it's hard to argue it as anything else, intentional or not. It's kind of a shame tbh, it's really not a great way to start your game dev stuff. I wish the best for the dev tho.
Thanks for the video :)
The developer worse at releasing stuff early than ea
ugh, you can can the "dOnT wItChHuNt DeVeLoPerS" spiel when you only have 30k subs, nobody cancelling you bro 😂
It's to future proof the content. Who knows how many views this might get eventually, so better safe than sorry.
Day 37 of waiting for At dead of night.
This doesn't even qualify as a proof of concept bruh
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Yippee! We got to Zero!
Maybe it's a work of art
Maybe it's Larry?
Everyone who can, should report this game to Steam to get it taken down, it's kind if fucked that broken cashgrab games like this gets to stay up.
Day 138 of waiting for Celeste
Day 136 of waiting for Celeste
Woohoo! Game number #001! Start of a new Graeldon era!
We have at least 12 months of games starting with 0 or 1 ahead of us. Welcome to the Binary Era!
@@Graeldon Hell yeah, hacker time!
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I'm glad to know that 100% Orange Juice will be part of the Binary Era!
@@SomeGuy712x Ah yeah! And 1001 Spikes as well!
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There's also 1000 Amps, which is a pretty neat little Metroidvania that I've seen a couple of other UA-camrs play through in the past.
Day 137 of waiting for Celeste
Long comment here, only because This developer reminds me a lot of me as a child.
I got out project that's not complete on the store page only because I thought I could get it done and to get fans. I had more ideas than actual ways to impliment them. That works in fields like art, but not games. The dev's idea seems cool, but the developer had no strict timespan to complete one.
All the warning signs are there from the interview: having multiple games rather than finishing one, being too preoccupied with a job and kids and not managing development time, and unproductive weekly updates (why not settle for monthly or bimonthly? There's hardly anything a solo dev can deliver in that time). I don't know how true the saying "those who can't do teach." But i certainly see this deveper better at teaching code to elementary school students than developing themselves.
The dev seems nice and is at least honest buyers can get a refund, but I hope this dev will eventually set a regiment and timeline of game development. Some of the ideas they listed seem like silly quick game jam projects, and I hope to see/make one of them someday.
I agree that the dev seems nice, I don't think anything here is malicious - just grossly overlooked and mismanaged.
Well as much as I like the thought behind: Life sometimes gets in the way of things you plan. But the game at this state isn't even worth being called a game.
Thanks fir the review and thanks for contacting the dev. Was curious about the response and you delivered with that.
My biggest problem with the response is that the dev has 3 Projects running along a full time job... That's not ambitious... That's crazy.
I wanted to be as thorough as I could, and I was honestly surprised that I got a response.
But yeah, they need to scale back, focus on one project, and actually deliver something to their fans that have been waiting
Late on this, but I think not using Early access is a good idea. If you do it, you may be able to cut down the potential lenght of this series to a mere 234 years!
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Holy shoot I actually was able to redeem one of the codes to get the game
I love that free codes from 2+ years ago still work. Amazing
used one too LMAO. Finally I own this masterpiece hahaha
what, no name for the protagonist this time?
Not this time! I was going to, but it didn't work with the narrative flow, and this was being done right when the revisions to the memberships happened. Never fear though, Larry is never far away
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If I was an actual game dev I'd leave a response that looked like dev code in progress.
But I'm not, so you get this instead.
To be fair, this doesn't feel like a scam.
This looks more like someone with a Steam Dev account that just uploaded big ideas before they had anything fully cooked already.
Should the game me taken down? Yes.
Is the dev lying to make a quick buck? No, they're just trying to make big promises in hopes to motivate to create big results.
The Dev is kind of lying, somehow.
The description suggests that a lot of features are in the game... Which obviously aren't even in the slightest implemented.
It's kind of a scam and kind of not...
@@-Shinoray- The thing is that there are scam games out on Steam, but you can tell something is completely off when you find them. As an example, there's a game called "I'm Looking for 3024 People" which basically unlocks the game when 3024 people pay for the software and complete impossible ARG segments. (impossible due to things like needing 300 people on a discord server entering codes one at a time with a timeout window that's shorter than a Bot API can poll the chat for updates.)
If this game was on Itch or mobile for the same price, I would see it as someone's first game that is trying to ask for money to help work on it. Steam continues to have the "finished or nearly finished" games presigte that it honestly doesn't deserve anymore. Because of that, it looks like a scam when it's just someone biting off more than they can chew.
You cannot just list features that actually aren't in the game in the game description, then want actual money for the game. I'm not sure if the dev has ill intentions, but the dev was indeed lying about game's features on the store segment that's entire purpose is to convince customers to buy the game. In that sense imo it is a scam for the buyer. Okay the dev is okay with refunds, but like that doesn't change anything because buyers could have gotten a refund from steam no matter what.
@@TomaszRyszkowski It's usually better to attribute things to stupidity rather then just assume malice.
If the screenshots looked different or if you had a situation like the Gardenscape "pull the pins" ads, then yeah that's clearly a scam. Both games are lying but one of them clearly is someone way off their heads and the other one is actively trying to trick people with ads and other malicious features.
I mean i guess that it's not fraud, just really bad neglegience. Still from buyers perspective this game is a scam. Intentional or not.
Also dev has been notified of the fact that his store page is deceptive and hasn't changed a thing nor did he put the game off steam.
Seems like the dev tried to make too much games at the same time... He should just focus on one especially since he have a wife and a fulltime-job. Nothing wrong with being a gamedev as a hobby, and working on your game 1hour a day or something, but not giving updates in 2 years... Yeah that game shouldn't be on steam yet! They need to add so much, but they don't wanna/can't spend time on it.
Yep, probably a result of bad timing with real life interrupting work/hobbies... but if their intent was to start building fans of the game, they should respect those fans by providing realistic project updates
Gonna be honest, this looks like what someone might make to quickly test how a game engine is to use, not something you would share with people. I have seen more complete games with more features called barebones, and agree with you that there is basically nothing to give feedback on.
I'm no dev or teacher, but this is the kind of thing I'd expect from a student who was learning how to create basic world gen systems, as an assignment where nothing else matters
A contrôlée only game still with a mouse cursor? That’s a pretty big red flag on its own
I don't think they know the controls of their own game. Partly because they haven't made them all yet
I actually claimed a code. It's literally been about 10 hours, and I was able to claim a code.
I'm amazed they still work after almost 2 years
It's games like these are the reason why I kinda wish the Steam Greenlight is still a thing. Heck, it's also a testing ground while it is still being moderated within that area.
I wish they would just remove EA games from Steam, Super Indie carts is a good example, it was released back at the start of EA, and 9 years later is not even half finished. Wasted money on a game that likely will never be done, and my Experience buying multiple EA games is the majority never get fully finshed, they stay in that half state like Indie karts or get rushed at the very end and still end up only partialy finished. Rare expections tho Like 30xx and 20xx which ended with very good Megaman clones, but they are the outliers. EA is supposed to be a functioning beta, eg a 66%+++++ done game but Steam lets them post proof of concept alphas and its not right.
My dumb butt thought you meant the game company instead of early access lol
To be fair, Steam will let you publish almost anything to the platform, as long as you pay the $100 fee to do so.
I want the old Greenlight voting system back
I think one thing could help was with EA games finished is that they still have payed for Steam entry fee but couldn't be priced, so people would have all the reason to finish the project and only use Early Access for testing stuff
@@GreiH In fairness, I wish EA removed their own subscription service in order to play their games on Steam myself. Otherwise, I'd be down to play the genuinely good EA games made there on Steam like the Dead Space Remake as a more recent example in mind.
Have you played palworld?
I haven't yet, but I've soon some gameplay footage from other content creators. Looks like a fun game, but I know the devs have a habit of keeping their games in early access for a long time.
At least there's something to actually play in those games though.
001 Earth, also known as the baby who hasn't been conceived yet
Whoooo! 001! Number of the Gamer!
Welcome to the Binary Era!
CANADIAN? YOO wassup
Is the next game 002
Not sure, but that means the "007" games are a just a few weeks away...
Me realizing there's no James Bond games on Steam, because of copyright expiration > 😐
It's a new game called 027 actually - released in December, so it's super new!
it feels like a poorly made shareware game.
Day 135 of waiting for Celeste
Day 35 of waiting for At dead of night.
In my head canon this guy was trying to make it as a solo dev, then his wife got pregnant and forced him to get a real job
Day 39 of waiting for At dead of night. Yeah, I'm early, wanna fight about it ?
The first game... game 001
Here come the numbers... and the signs don't bode well
🎉🎉NUMBERS LETS GOOO🎉🎉
Some people just shouldn't be allowed to be devs
Day 139 of waiting for Celeste
The way you narrate, reminds me a lot of the narration in Slay the Princess.
Thanks! I think?
I've not played Slay The Princess (Although I've heard good things) so I'm going to assume this is a compliment =)
Day 38 of waiting for At dead of night.
Day 36 of waiting for At dead of night.
Here we are!! Congrats🎉
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day 1 of waiting for la mulana
idea is cool i guess
Good video as always, though I think saying it belongs in the trash rather than "in its current state belongs in the trash rather than on Steam" might've been a bit harsh. I also think it's good practice to ask or at least mention that you will be using their words in your video, because if not, it will make people hesitant to speak to you off the record.