Penitent Games

Game dev working solo on Cybordz: An Out of this World Skateboarding game.

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Building a Tony Hawk style game set in space.

Playtest today for free: https://t.co/NLc8PklQN5

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@RetroMatt2077 That blur is working wonders, too

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@RetroMatt2077 Thanks, Matt! I've got some live playtests coming up in mid-July if your interested.

Get a free copy of the game when it releases and your name in the credits🤌

https://t.co/SKZJN6ZaNG

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Skateboarding in space!?

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Starting work on the third level. It's going to be bigger and square rather than round to create a more natural feeling skate experience. A *little* less mind bending so players can focus on a new feature being introduced: trick challenges.

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Sorry to hear that. It's all good though. Once I nail down some winning ideas, I'm going to hire a concept artist to flesh out the details on the top 5 or so and then a 3d character artist to make the models. I just want to experiment with a bunch of different ideas first and AI art is an affordable way to do it.

I know some folks don't like that I'm using AI art in this survey, and I get it. I have a love/hate relationship with AI personally. It's completely changing my profession (software) in ways I don't particularly love. But at the end of the day, I'm just a solo dev trying to hustle an awesome game into existence.

I hope you'll reconsider because I want to make sure I pick characters people actually want to play as. No hard feelings though if you can't get past the AI art.

Much love,
Robert

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@79Aliba_ba Don't think too hard about it. I don't have liability insurance for blowing minds.

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Building a Tony Hawk style game set in space.

Playtest today for free: https://t.co/NLc8PklQN5

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@updog_osaka @BeanJuiceStudio His course is basically an indie/steam marketing playbook. I'd be lost without it. There are probably other options but I like him. I don't think he's gimmicky

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I recommend Chris Zukowski's stuff. I'm not affiliated, but I went through his marketing course and planning on going through it a couple more times throughout my development.

He lays things out pretty clearly and identifies marketing beats you should hit and gives advice and techniques on how to approach them.

It's a lot of work though 😅

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@Bepi_tic I'm planning on 2 player coop, and it'd most likely be self hosted 👍

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@AnhDaDen811 It's been known to happen😆

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@Targetmeta It has tony hawk pro skater controls 👍

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@zangart90 You can have it

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I like this one better.

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@Levi_Researcher 🎉

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@Levi_Researcher You can help shape the game😇https://t.co/NLc8PklQN5

Honestly, it's super helpful. I'm developing the game as closely with players as possible.

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@DropRateStudio Did you reuse the same assets?

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Adding juice to the booster rings. It's a work in progress, but what do you think of this direction?

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Check out this space skateboarding game by @penitent_games, inspired by Tony Hawk's trick and combo gameplay. 🚀

See more: https://t.co/25S33sniR4

#unity3d #gamedev #indiegame

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@jettelly Hey, thanks for the shout out

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@Der_Kevin I don' know, Kev, looks like you should release it