jeremy // making Star Spark

@jeremyjackson
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Learning, growing, and staying caffeinated.

#GameDev making #StarSpark, the anime fighting tournament roguelite: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3639950/Star_Spark/

itch.iohttps://jeremyjackson89.itch.io/
Star Spark on Steamhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3639950/Star_Spark/

to anyone suffering who needs to hear this:

happiness is waiting for you in the future.

you don't have to change everything about yourself. or your life. TIME ITSELF will change things. all you have to do is SURVIVE. outlast the bad times. get to that future. your day full of joy awaits.

This is a version of something I said in the #godot contributor chat, my views on #ai or #aislop

I don't want to wave away the various ethical concerns, particularly around using "public" AIs, given that a lot of them are literally powered by gas. But I want to push back against the idea that an AI authored PR would be good if the code was good. It is not.

A thread 1/x

In Star Spark you battle your way through a tournament using timed combos and a deck made of attack, defense, and support actions.

I'm currently improving the enemy cpu, so here's a clip of the combo input system πŸ™‚

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🦢πŸ’₯πŸ‘ŠπŸ’₯

Steam Page: https://s.team/a/3639950

#GameDev #IndieGame #WishlistWednesday

In Star Spark you battle your way through a tournament using timed combos and a deck made of attack, defense, and support actions.

I'm currently improving the enemy cpu, so here's a clip of the combo input system πŸ™‚

β¬‡οΈβž‘οΈπŸ…°οΈπŸ…°οΈ
🦢πŸ’₯πŸ‘ŠπŸ’₯

Steam Page: https://s.team/a/3639950

#GameDev #IndieGame #WishlistWednesday

My buddy and I made a mutant mashing puzzle game in 9 days for the #godotwildjam

You can play it in a browser here: https://satchmo1991.itch.io/mutation-battle

Mutant Mash by satchmo1991

itch.io

8 months after launching Star Spark's Steam page, the game now has 633 wishlists, +25 from last month.

Marketing was limited to posting on Bluesky and Mastodon using the #WishlistWednesday and #ScreenshotSaturday tags, and then sharing those posts on Discord.

#GameDev #GameMarketing #Steam

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@gurkan @dalias
Now with alt text

I'll get a more public playtest going after a few more game updates.

That's all for this month's update, I hope you found it interesting/helpful πŸ™‚

For last month's update, check out this post: https://mastodon.social/@jeremyjackson/116612966565452479

You can find out more about/wishlist Star Spark on Steam: https://s.team/a/3639950

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In development news, I finished the event revisions πŸŽ‰

I updated 10, replaced 15 outright, and only kept 7 of the original events.

After I had those working, I made a new enemy for one of the new event battles.

I also gave out some playtest keys and set up a feedback form πŸ“

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This biggest bump this month came from posting during #PitchYaGame, netting +12 in a day.

I had a few more deletions this last month, but that's okay. 28/633 is about 4%, so that means 96% of the people who have wishlisted so far haven't removed it πŸ’ͺ

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