Next Fest is over!

First off, I just want to say that this past week has easily been one of the most exciting weeks of my life.

I’ve always wanted to create games. Over the past few years, I’ve been working a lot, learning even more, and slowly trying to turn that dream into something real.

And now, I finally did it.

I made a game, and that game releases tomorrow at 10 AM.

The game will be available for $3.99, with a 15% launch discount for the first week, bringing it down to $3.39!

This whole thing still feels completely surreal to me. I never really expected this game to become popular, or honestly even be enjoyed by this many people. To me, it was just a dream, quite literally, that I decided to turn into reality because I thought it would be fun to make and fun to play.

But as of writing this, the game has passed 15,000 wishlists, and it could very likely hit 20,000 today.

Not only that, but the game is currently in the top 600 for wishlist activity and in the top 2,000 most wishlisted games on Steam.

That is just… insane.

So many people from all around the world have played the demo, given feedback, shared really good advice, helped me find and squash bugs, and most importantly, gotten excited for what’s next.

At launch, the game will include a handful of things that were missing from the demo, including color-coded feed particles, better visual feedback from the black hole, and a few more things I’m finishing up today.

I am also writing this while 100% sleep deprived. There have been a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of very, very, veryyy late nights this past week, all to make sure everyone has the best experience possible when the full game launches.

I also have a lot planned for future updates. I want to keep working with the community, listen to your ideas, and build this into a game that not only I enjoy, but you all enjoy too.

And this will not be my only game. More on that later.

At this point, I’m kind of rambling, so I’ll just say this:

THANK YOU.

To every single person who played the demo, wishlisted the game, told their friends, gave feedback, or even just watched from the sidelines, thank you. You are all actually so awesome, and I cannot wait to see everyone play the full game and compete across the globe for the title of WORLD’S BIGGEST BLACK HOLE!!

Next Fest has been the most amazing week of my life, and I’m going to be chasing this feeling for the rest of my life.

Thanks, Noah

P.S. The grapefruit is still contained. No need to worry :)

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