Indie dev of #LoneFungus brings up the pricing question in light of #Silksong2025

They had planned to charge $20 (the price of Silksong), but it's a 10-15 hour game developed by one person in their spare time, not a team of 2-3 people who got massively lucky selling 15 million copies and, arguably, don't need to worry about money. Like, ever.

How does one navigate this?

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➤Now that I know where the spells are I focused on collecting those
➤Unexplored corners weren't really leading me anywhere so I went to the surface
➤Final boss was fairly simple. I beat it on the first try.
➤Overall I had fun and I think the game is good. I spent about 12-13 hours and got about 70% completion.

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➤About halfway, got 5/10 spells
➤Just realized my spells were "disappearing" because L3 swaps spells.
➤Died more, like 40 deaths now
➤Got some spin jump move and 'wall bounce'. This game gives you all the regular metroidvania stuff but jankier.
➤Finally got another health point and it's making a world of difference.
➤There's rewards for ladybugs too
➤And a big head marks where the spells are on the map.
➤I can't believe I missed all this stuff

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➤Inevitably, I died on a boss. Several, actually.
➤Got dash, upward dash (double jump), and crouch super jump.
➤I like the ladybug and astral piece sections. Fun movement.
➤I'm just wandering around. I'm not sure if there is somewhere I should be going. I keep finding bosses and powers so I guess I'll keep at it.
➤Map only updates at save points, not a fan
➤You keep stuff when you die which is a nice time saver. No need to retread.

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➤Playing on hardcore. We'll see if I regret that decision
➤Haven't died to any bosses yet, but have a bunch of deaths to those flying things
➤Giant Germ best boss so far.
➤First upgrade is to pogo on spikes? I like it
➤I can't really tell one area from another. Going to be hard to tell if I missed anything.
➤You can parry, but the developer mentions it's not mandatory.
➤HUD a little cluttered with parry charges, health, mana, spell use, etc

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Hey Folks! We ran a bit long this week as we got off on more than a few tangents.

Topics Discussed:
– #DungeonsAndDragons #D&D
– Bel’s Life as a #PathOfExile Vendor
– #StarWars #JediSurvivor
– #LoneFungus
– #Everspace 2
– Games Moving Away from Holiday Releases
– Arguing About the #GameBoy

AggroChat #432 - Breath of the Jedi
https://aggronaut.com/2023/04/30/aggrochat-432-breath-of-the-jedi/