🔥 Road to Vostok sold 140,000 copies in 5 days, a solo-made indie hardcore survival that blew up on Steam, hitting roughly 25,000 concurrent players despite no ad budget and earning very positive reviews. The sales already cover the planned roadmap.

The flip side: the creator reports burnout and a clogged inbox of 11,000 messages. He can't hire help yet because revenue arrives in a month; first patches are on the way, then a break, afte...

#SteamAndEpic #Vostok #Steam #Road #000 #Improvements

Crimson Desert just got a mod that tackles the game's most annoying POP‑IN: Improvements in Ground LOD and Polygons by VAXIS.

The mod refines LOD for grass, rocks and foliage so objects stop SPRINGING into existence, transitions become nearly seamless. It also adds optional shadows for ground vegetation and decals to give more depth, but note: shadows can tank FPS or even cause crashes on some rigs.

#SteamAndEpic #Ground #LOD #Improvements #SPRINGING #Polygons

Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN much easier to read

http://oj-hn.com/

#HackerNews #OrangeJuice #UX #Improvements #HN #Readability #DesignTips

We fixed a bug that’s haunted our Rich Text editor for a long time, where...

We fixed a bug that’s haunted our Rich Text editor for a long time, where editing a post that has special HTML or shortcodes would cause the whole thing to break. Now you can create these more custom posts in the Plain Text editor and switch over to Rich Text without worry! [...]

https://write.as/updates/we-fixed-a-bug-thats-haunted-our-rich-text-editor-for-a-long-time-where

Some important metrics for conference evaluations that inform you about crucial aspects of the effectiveness of your meetings.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/11/conference-evaluations

#meetings #MeetingDesign #improvements #RatingKPIs #events #eventprofs #assnchat