Michael May

MichaelMayhem, Indie dev, check out my Autobattler Roguelike Tales & Tactics: Early Access! Also made Slay the Spire: Downfall.

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

Everyone, my Discord account is compromised and is under use to distribute malicious software. Do not engage, and especially do not download anything.

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

@Athanateus @Fandangalo They actually replied already with info, it got marked as 'probable spam' :( Just hit the show spam button and you'll see it.

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

@GameAnim Huzzah! You have a place already lined up? If not, DM me, would love to throw a hat in the ring for the NDA project I'm a part of.

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

@andrewhair @baldursgate3 @NeilNewbon @BT1D_Play That was not what I expected on my feed this morning. Awesome stuff Hair, both meeting Neil and the charity!

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

Congrats on launch to fellow roguelike autobattler, https://t.co/ftrcPI2VJs 's Seer's Gambit! I remember playing this the very first day it was shown as a basic demo. Always happy to see new people in the space. Best of luck! https://t.co/1iqyfmY4HR

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

Alright, let's try this thing.

[Axolotl ★ @AxolotlStar]

If any content creator is down for it, I'm open to join streams or a video for interviews / questions / discussion on StarVaders and gamedev.

DM me if it's something you think could be fun!

[Yoeri -Luos- Vleer @Luos_83]

Moving to #fab is "great," but I am losing a quarter of my life's worth of positive ratings, reviews, and comments on my content.

I really and honestly think @UnrealEngine should reconsider moving reviews and ratings over.

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

@PirateSoftware I released my indie roguelike autobattler last month! https://t.co/vODw27c1Fm

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

@CoreyBrickley I've dabbled with generative AI and found it to be so far from the quality bar it was a waste of my time. I can't give notes and have a back and forth, get an expert opinion on style, creative decisions from an AI. Hiring an artist is more than saying "human, make this thing."

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

@hadidjahb But were you?! The masses must know!

[Kenney @KenneyNL]

Working on a new tool: Kenney Toolkit! It'll be free and contain many smaller tools common for game developers. Think icon creation, Steam capsule creation, Steam news images, input icons, video editing, watermarks, tilesheet creation/extracting and more!

More on this soon ✨

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

@vmeezo Looks like you've got a fair number of replies all saying this, but - coverage is coverage! Talk about other games, give away other games, it doesn't matter.

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

@pr_pirate Another that I looked at had clearly used an LLM and trained it on a different youtube channel. The comments looked more human, but often mentioned the name of a different (and much bigger) youtube channel.

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

@pr_pirate Here's one from an e-mail I got just today. Every comment from a no-profile-image, "name-name4digits" username, all variations of some clearly bot-generated variation of text.

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

Good breakdown from Pirate PR, and can confirm, I probably got a hundred of these from the 1.0 launch for Tales & Tactics. They are extremely obvious fake accounts, but if you don't know what to look for, you'll get scammed into giving them keys.

[Pirate PR @pr_pirate]

This is currently happening at such a large scale, I'm making a post about it.

If you're making an #Indiegame and getting review requests from YouTube channels that seem too good to be true: it probably is.

🚩 Here are some red flags you should keep an eye on:

- Way too consistent viewcount: every video gets the same amount of views (usually ~7000)

- The person speaking has a similar accent on all of them. Usually listed in the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway. but the accent doesn't match.

- The comments are fake. copied from other videos of the same game, with throwaway accounts.

- They have no social media listed.

- Their email will match the one they are contacting you from, but don't let that fool you.

- do a check on @SocialBlade, you'll notice their /user/ name in the URL will be different from what you entered as a search + they have a drop of millions of views at some point (the moment the account was hacked, bought or reset)

- They will usually ask multiple keys. for their sibling, friend, partner. That's just to sell more copies.

- They will email from several accounts, I'm talking 20+ and you'll notice the similarities in formatting

Do the quick checks. Don't waste your keys on such accounts because they will end of being sold.

If you got an email: block them so they can't annoy you again.

If the request was on @press_engine, @LURKITcom, @Keymailer or any other key distribution platform: use the tools available to flag them and make the world a better place for all your fellow devs/PR/Publishers.

We're in this fight together! 💪

Share this message with your #IndieDev friends to warn them!

I'll link some examples below 👇

[Jin Kanzaki@DarkLordGame @DarkLordGameDev]

Very happy to announce my new game "One Room Dungeon" A roguelike team builder, auto battler meets inventory management where you are a little dungeon keeper.
The page is launched. Wishlist now! On Steam.
#oneroomdungeon #autobattle #inventory #management #indiegame

[The Indie Buffet @TheIndieBuffet]

It might've been this game's demo that really got me into Autobattlers and it is amazing to see just how far this title has gone. The release brings everything and more I want from the genre and it is a must buy for lovers.

https://t.co/HwTO6XqrQd

@table9studio #indiegame

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

800 hours of gameplay, in a mere 3 reviews all on the screen at the same time.

[Michael May @MikeMayhemDev]

@MegaCrit Thank you so much Mega Crit! We would never have gone on this crazy journey without Slay the Spire and the modding community. We're all anxiously awaiting the sequel!