@backyardzoo

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Solo indie game dev

Currently working on my first game ‘Mayfly’, an atmospheric quiet horror game set entirely on a narrowboat

Wishlist now on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/Mayfly

Lancashire, UK

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Steamhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/Mayfly

Here is the kitchen grey-boxed in Blender in January 2024 versus today.

Hopefully the lighting and mood is slightly better now 😅

Wishlist Mayfly here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/Mayfly/

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #solodev #blender #unity3d #storybased

After a month of no actual dev work I finally started modelling the bathroom. I even put in a cassette toilet (boaty ppl pls let me know if it's wrong)

Wishlist Mayfly here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/Mayfly/

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #solodev #quiethorror #ukcanals #unity3d #storybased

*Steam/marketing advice needed please*

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/Mayfly/

My Steam page stats (live for 1 month):
- CTR: 85%
- Impressions: 4,384
- Visits: 3,600 (1,082 store traffic)
- Wishlists: 125 (3.5%)

Feels like I’m losing people after the click.

People are clearly curious enough to click but something on the page isn’t convincing them to wishlist.

Is the trailer too slow in the first 10s? Or something else I’m missing?

Any brutal honesty welcome!!
#gamedev #indiedev #steam #marketing

Mayfly on Steam

A short story-led quiet horror set entirely on a narrowboat in Northern England. Experience Caroline Miller's slow descent into a dark and twisted reality as she attempts to locate her missing husband

Here's the new Mayfly cinematic trailer! 🎦

This one really captures the descent into darkness which is at the heart of the game. ⬇️🔦

If you haven't wishlisted yet, you can here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/Mayfly

#gamedev #indiegame #solodev #unity3d #horrorgame #quiethorror #indiedev #steam

Mayfly is an upcoming quiet horror set on a narrowboat where peace and tranquility slowly descend into darkness

#ScreenshotSaturday
#madewithunity #unity3d #game #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame

Here's a concept teaser for the game I'm working on.
Interested ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEI7uGZOnoM

#indiegame #gamedev #backrooms #liminalspace #horror #puzzle

Reality Check : Found footage #1

YouTube

Mayfly is my upcoming indie horror game set on a narrowboat where peace and tranquility slowly descend into darkness

#gamedev #horrorgame #unity3d #indiegame

It feels like Mayfly is coming together. The atmosphere is building nicely into a #horrorgame.

The emptiness of the boat at the end shows there's a lot of modelling still to do #unity3d #gamedev

6 weeks off game dev - it’s like starting again, completely forgotten everything 🙃. Anyway here’s some early progress shots of my #unity3d daylight #horrorgame, Mayfly. It’s my first game, hope you like it 👋