Isaac Otway

Christian, Husband, Father, #personalfinance nerd, #FIREmovement, #HR, Chef, Writer, #GameDev, #YEG

Founder @Herringstudios developing Sovereign Syndicate

[Isaac Otway @IsaacOtway]

@_Michelle_Jean_ @LeeGenier Don't forget to adjust your recipes for the change in altitude.

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@_Michelle_Jean_ Good jobs and affordable housing?

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@DevRelCallum Yep, smaller games with smaller budgets, more frequent releases, more contract work. We're trying.

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@AeornFlippout @tha_rami Lol, you know what I mean though.

"Sorry, we can't publish Valheim 2, Cult of the Lamb 2, Dredge 2, etc. because we're full."

They'd figure it out.

[Isaac Otway @IsaacOtway]

@AeornFlippout @tha_rami I always thought this when I heard it. There's really no such thing as "full" for a publisher. If they wanted to and the opportunity was big enough, they could just hire a whole new team for that one more game.

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@RaveofRavendale Yes, but also what about all the M&A funded by cheap debt that's now more expensive? Has to be hurting companies like Team17 and Embracer that were purchasing IP and studios the last few years.

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@GollumGame @SkillUpYT Thanks for the great review on this game, thought you'd like to see this, first time I've ever seen anyone misspell the name of their own game in their apology.

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#SteamNextFest participants, for all that is good and holy, please leave your demos up so I have time to play them!

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I'm doing an AMA over on reddit for @HerringStudios right now! Come ask me what it's like to quit your day job and work on video games full-time!

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@IOnews @OntarioCreates Looking forward to supporting other Canadian Devs.

Hope @DigitalAlberta @EdmontonScreen and @ABMakesGames, are taking notes, would love to see something like this for Alberta devs.

[Isaac Otway @IsaacOtway]

Really exciting to have hundreds of people playing the game right now. The feedback and engagement has been really fun.

[CrimsonHerringStudios @HerringStudios]

Have you joined our playtest yet? Over 150 people have so far, getting some great feedback.

Just a reminder you don't need to wait for a key, you get auto accepted and can download and play right away! so what are you waiting for?

https://t.co/duXLkEG8bK

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@TreadLightly_RE Wow! This is so on point for me, been thinking about this a lot lately. If we exclude periods of illness or disability and involuntary unemployment, probably three weeks.

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Released a new trailer for Sovereign Syndicate today. Really happy with the progress we've made and excited for what comes next.

https://t.co/yLS4XTCWJ4

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@JasonDellaRocca @TheVTran Thanks for sharing! Great stuff.

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@JamhammerRob @CanadaGameDevs Hey Rob, we're using Dialogue System for Unity on ours, I can highly recommend it. Good integrations with other assets and external dialogue tools like articy and twine.

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@CanadaGameDevs Working on Sovereign Syndicate, a Victorian Steampunk cRPG. Exciting times, just got CMF Prototype funding and purchased some new art assets.

https://t.co/nJeELzsl9M

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A good contrast to the disappointment of the last video for sure.

[CrimsonHerringStudios @HerringStudios]

@IsaacOtway and @TheTarmack discuss the recent $250,000 in CMF Funding that we have received for #SovereignSyndicate

These last few weeks have been fantastic, and we're excited to be able to share more game content with everyone soon.

https://t.co/HPBN5ECOOZ

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So excited to have acquired these assets for the game. Going to add a lot to the world we're building.

[CrimsonHerringStudios @HerringStudios]

Not a new screenshot but some new concept art. A dogfighting dockside pub from our recent art portfolio acquisition.

https://t.co/duXLkEG8bK

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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@TheWoodsyOne Insurance policies already typically exclude voluntary participation in civil unrest, insurrections, riots, acts of terrorism, etc.

https://t.co/u1yGwLh2PV

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Latest devlog is up if anyone wants to see @TheTarmack and I discussing gamedev.

It's from a while ago but we thought it was important to share in light of our recent success. To give hope and support to any other gamedevs out there struggling with motivation and funding.

[CrimsonHerringStudios @HerringStudios]

7 months ago we were denied prototype funding from the CMF. Given our recent announcement that the second CMF application was successful, we thought we'd share a more raw look at how that denial hit us in July 2021. #CanadaMediaFund #Indiedev #resolve

https://t.co/rpp7NCRd6N