Wow. What a Week!

A week ago, barely anyone was wishlisting or playing the demo, I was in the middle of refactoring a bunch of code during the lul in traffic, to make it easier to experiment with multiplayer coop (no promises!)

Then out of nowhere, some guy (@IndieGameJoe) posted everywhere. The X post specifically, ended up with 2.9mil views.

Suddenly, the Discord wasn't quiet anymore, bug reports were flying (apologies to those who caught the 'work-in-progress' refactor build!), and the wishlist count headed for the moon.

Immediate pressing bugs have now been fixed, I've been making a quick TODO list of bugs/features, so you guys know the mini-roadmap for the near future (I still need to finish this refactoring I'm in the middle of before I'll action this list though):

• Write daily script to update old games data

• See if I can allow some games (Baldur's gate 3 etc) even though it's NSFW (reported by a guy on the Steam forums)

• Work out the trigger for the friend bug where it allows the play list button but loads the host's list instead

• Fix auto reset to epic gfx settings bug - make sure the auto hardware check actually works?

• Scale health better, players with shitloads of games have a lot less hp for games (whale mode maybe? One ongoing wave until the games run out)

• Fix immortal streamer games? (It would seem? sometimes?)

• Add Mouse sensitivity in settings

• Make allies faster (and immune to friendly fire)

• Fix enemies getting stuck behind shop

• Allow streamer mode to use game name instead of ID, work out another metric for HP (can't use reverse time played when any game can be spawned)

As a solo developer balancing this with a full-time career, I’m tackling these as fast as my weekends allow. Thank you for your patience while I navigate this sudden growth!

Please join the discord if you have some ideas for game tags or design; I managed to develop a working game based on the constrictions of the Steam game library, -BUT- THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!

The game now needs to be fun!

I have a plan (which I will address in another post) and I've read a bunch of great new ideas (the more the merrier!). There are so many things I can do with attributes from the Steam game library.

If you like this game, please check out other games from my region of the world (Western Australia); Many will be in the ANZ Indifest Steam festival starting this Saturday:

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45348397-West-Aussie-Games

(I'm particularly looking forward to Frostliner and Signs of Danger, personally)