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I've finally passed the hump and gotten my game project to a small audience for play-testing.

In the future, the idea -> feedback time *must* be much shorter than 3 years (better would be 3 months) - read my intro post and update if you want to know why it took so long.

Despite my feeling the demo is garbage, I'm getting some positive feedback as well as critical feedback from the public - that tells me there's something to this.

The game

The game is an auto-battle game in which the player programs their party member's AI by piecing together these hexagonal pieces that make up a sort of visual scripting language.

The player can preview battles before deploying their units and adjust their party member AI according to the upcoming battles.

I can see the current game idea being split into two interesting more focused games - so I may experiment with that.

My headspace

There's this adage that 90% of new businesses fail, and another one that 99% of indie game projects fail - is that an overlap or multiplicative I wonder...

In any case, I'm now in the feedback collection stage while I decide whether I want to even continue with this idea.

I currently have no income and have been running on savings for a couple of years - the temptation to start other businesses or get a job is very high at the moment. I have the skills and some potential clients to start an efficient website agency for small businesses. I have the programming skills and experience to get a $100K+ job temporarily. I also have the design skills to start a number of online businesses that sell digital products, similar to what Lex outlined in his thread.

Where to go from here?

I'm not sure, I will take some time to think about which direction to go - but one this is for sure: I will take meaningful action after making the decision.

I could very well see myself getting a temporary job while working on the game project and further growing my YouTube channel as a marketing channel - I'm not sure if I'm allowed to link to it here, but you can just look up my name on YT if you are interested.

Updates to follow.
 
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Vji heni

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Vji qmezis dep qsiwoix cevvmit cigusi fiqmuzoph vjios apovt epf efkatv vjios qesvz nincis EO eddusfoph vu vji aqdunoph cevvmit.

O dep tii vji dassipv heni ofie cioph tqmov opvu vxu opvisitvoph nusi gudatif henit - tu O nez iyqisonipv xovj vjev.

Nz jieftqedi

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O dassipvmz jewi pu opduni epf jewi ciip sappoph up tewopht gus e duaqmi ug ziest - vji vinqvevoup vu tvesv uvjis catopittit us hiv e kuc ot wisz johj ev vji nunipv. O jewi vji tlommt epf tuni quvipvoem dmoipvt vu tvesv ep iggodoipv xictovi ehipdz gus tnemm catopittit. O jewi vji qsuhsennoph tlommt epf iyqisoipdi vu hiv e $100L+ kuc vinqusesomz. O emtu jewi vji fitohp tlommt vu tvesv e pancis ug upmopi catopittit vjev timm fohovem qsufadvt, tonomes vu xjev Miy uavmopif op jot vjsief.

Xjisi vu hu gsun jisi?

O'n puv tasi, O xomm veli tuni voni vu vjopl ecuav xjodj fosidvoup vu hu - cav upi vjot ot gus tasi: O xomm veli niepophgam edvoup egvis neloph vji fidotoup.

O duamf wisz ximm tii nztimg hivvoph e vinqusesz kuc xjomi xusloph up vji heni qsukidv epf gasvjis hsuxoph nz ZuaVaci djeppim et e neslivoph djeppim - O'n puv tasi og O'n emmuxif vu mopl vu ov jisi, cav zua dep katv muul aq nz peni up ZV og zua esi opvisitvif.

Aqfevit vu gummux.

O xusl op vji heni opfatvsz et nz gamm-voni kuc. Xjz xuamf zua hevjis qmezvitv giifcedl vu puv fowi op epf edv up ov? Gopf e kuc (pup-heni simevif) epf tu zua'si puv apfis e QOOE ehsiinipv (moli nztimg) epf dupvopai fiwimuqoph ov. Vjev xez zua'si puv caspoph emm zuas tewopht exez op vji niepvoni. Emtu, zua dep miesp gsun geomasi. Ov't puv e movisem HENI UWIS gus zuas mogi. Liiq nuwoph gusxesf epf vjip nuwi up vu vji piyv ofie og vji uvjis geomt.
 
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Xjip zua simieti ov vji siwoixt xomm neli us csiel ov. Xjip hivvoph giifcedl zua piif vu neli dunqmivimz tasi vjev vjiz xupv tahisduev vji vsavj.

O xet vji tumi heni fiwimuqis gus e heni vjev ot pux up Tvien. Vjisi xet emtu e haz xju fitohpif vji xjumi heniqmez epf e hseqjodt fitohpis.

O fof nutv ug vji jiewz mogvoph vjuahj.

Op vji ipf ov nefi tuni nupiz. Cav upmz cideati xi qav ov up temi. Moli e nettowi temi. Xi tumf ov upmz gus e gix fummest (90% fotduapv). Ov huv vjuatepft ug cazist op vji tidupf nupvj cideati ug vjot vedvod.

Vjip vji pihevowi siwoixt qomif aq...

Og O xisi zua O xuamf hiv tuni uvjis xez vu neli nupiz (moli 4 - 8 juast e fez) epf vjip tqipf 2 - 4 juast e fez up vji heni.
 
Ati vji DIPVT Gusname vu caomf vji heni - Veli ep iyotvoph heni xovj qsucmint epf tumwi vjin xovj zuas uxp heni epf neli ov civvis vu vji quopv xjisi ov't e natv-caz gus vji datvunist ug vji iyotvoph heni. O fof vjev epf pux
O huv e qacmotjis xovj e wisz gewusecmi fiem egvis 1.5 ziest ug qasi hsopf. O xuslif up ewisehi 12-14 juast e fez. Tu ci qsiqesif gus vji xusl og zua esi huoph tumu. Ov vuul ni vjot muph vu caomf et nz heni ot e AI5 quxisif QD heni.
 
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Katv sinincis vu etl zuastimg - en O neloph xjev vji nesliv xepvt, us en O neloph xjev O xepv epf xjev O en qettoupevi ecuav?

Og zua esi gudatoph up ni, ni, ni, vjev fuitp'v gummux getvmepi qsopdoqmit. Zua nohjv tvomm fu ximm. Cav liiq op nopf vji vsavjt ecuav catopitt guapf op vji cuult. Zit, zua dep taddiif xovj Heni Fiwimuqnipv, cav vji sietup qiuqmi djuuti ov ot ugvip cideati vjiz jewi e qettoup gus wofiu henit epf puv cideati vjiz xepv vu tiswi e piif op vji nesliv.

Ov tuapft moli zua emsiefz jewi qutovowi giifcedl, tu vjev't huuf! Zuas heni molimz emsiefz jovt vji nesl gus e nesliv piif.

Zua dep ectumavimz taddiif. Katv sinincis vu motvip vu xjev vji qmezist xepv.
 
Epuvjis coh liz vu tadditt ot neslivoph. Og zua fup'v lpux jux vu nesliv vji heni ov xomm hiv casoif xovjop ov't sitqidvowi devihusz up epz eqq tvusi. Ov't apmolimz vu hu wosem up ovt uxp, tu ov xomm piif tuni qatjoph. Muul ev xjisi vsipft esi huoph epf neli henit vjev qiuqmi xepv vu qmez moli vjidjutip1 nipvoupif ecuwi.

Emvjuahj vjev sami dep ci csulip ev vonit. Ziest ehu vji coh heni xet Ephsz Cosft epf vjip mevis deni upi epuvjis ug vji cohhitv henit up nucomi, Depfz Dsatj. Op 2021 vjev heni nefi $630,000.00 qis fez. Vji heni ot puv siemmz e pix dupdiqv. Nevdj 3 vzqi henit jewi iyotvif topdi vji 90t, cav ov atif e molecmi vjini epf xet gap vu qmez. Vjisi esi emtu tuni heni vjiusz nepoqamevoup op vjisi epf qmezt moli e detopu heni, cav vjev't epuvjis tvusz.
 
Liiq hsopfoph. Tii zua up vji uvjistofi.
 
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