Shitty indie games client base update#

Its simple, dopamine-rushing core loop: get rewards, update your build, survive the next wave, repeat.Įmbracing simplicity allows you to easily communicate what your game is about and why people should care, which helps selling your game. It has no tutorial and does not need one. This time around I made a game that's simple but highly replayable and strategically diverse – and I think its simplicity is one of the reasons for Core Defense's success. But that didn't keep me from making my last game a complexity monster. Simplicityīeing a minimalist at heart, I like simple things. Naturally this post will contain lots of dos – but if you're also interested in the don'ts, check out the post mortem (opens new window) about my first failed game Coregrounds. In this post mortem (which contains much of my AMA on r/gamedev (opens new window)) I will share my lessons learned and give you my take on why Core Defense became a modest success. And then the game's coming to Android and iOS soon, so all in all I would call Core Defense a somewhat successful indie game so far. Nothing crazy, but good enough for a solo indie developer – especially if you take into account that you can expect to make 2-5x your first week's revenue during your first year, according to (opens new window) Simon Carless, whose newsletter (opens new window) I cannot recommend enough.Ĭurrently I am at around 2.5x of the first week's revenue and I haven't done a single sale on Steam yet, which will profit from more than twice the amount of wishlists I had at launch. A few months ago I released Core Defense (opens new window) on Steam and grossed $20,186 in the first week.

Shitty indie games client base