Frost of Rivia

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[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

Today's story recaps my patriotic duty to play Halberd Studios' 9 Years of Shadows in preparation for the release of Mariachi Legends.

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[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

THIS is the issue with how game developer success is perceived.

The developers of Bastion worked at EA. Practice practice practice. Nobody counts your work leading up to your success, but it's there for everyone.

[Lost In Cult @lostincult]

The world is broken. Its surface seethes with an undead curse, while humanity clings to flying continents in the sky.

Dread Delusion on Switch 2 and Playstation 5 ⚔️

Shipping by MAR 2027🔗⤵️ @LovelyHellplace

[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

The biggest insult to an Artist is loving them the wrong way. Hate them all you want. It rolls right off of them. You can’t possibly hate them more than they hate themselves.

[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

@mormo_music By my definitions of game dev success, I agree here. But at large this is not what people thing of as dev success.

[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

I still think make smaller games is just win-win on all accounts.

Either you,
-make a hit
-get more practice in
-accrue a network
-create a backlog

I'm sorry but a lot of people are held back by their BIG VISION. If your first 4 games are guaranteed to fail what would you make?

[Iván G. Lago @ivangonlag]

Congrats to them, but this is such a bad take. They’re 1 in a million succeeding with a quick 4-month game. While 'make smaller games' is solid advice, framing it as a guaranteed strategy is misleading for most indies.

[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

@mormo_music where are those 1st games successes? Odds are they have a history leading up to it just out of sight.

[LUCID - #Wishlist on Steam! @_theMatteBlack]

The best games are easy to pick up, but rewarding to master.

Indie devs, show me what your game can do.

Ill start. 🌸

[Iron Bramble 🪻 @IronBramble]

Quick backflip + grapple to flip an enemy over.
#indiedev #indiegame

[Kirk McKeand @MckKirk]

I had a chat with Harvey Smith about growing up poor, dealing with the deaths of his parents, and how those things shaped his outlook on work and life. https://t.co/eMUAakgaqd

[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

@TheCartelDel I made videos in a similar vein and I think:
-it's worth getting it off your chest
-and while I don't regret it, I wish I had made more positive or uplifting videos because I think the negative videos were a waste of time in regards to actually making a change

[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

green grinder
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[Andy Lunique @InGameMenu]

Doing some research but here is a list of developer teams I am keeping an eye on. I'm building a separate list of mobile developers because many of them are dual-releasing on mobile and PC (which is smart) similar to Genshin, ZZZ, Arknights and Once Human etc.

I'm about to go through the entire game list see upcoming plans and who might be cooking.

Some folks have had stumbles, some have gone silent, but if you're on the Creator side of this business building relationships with folks early in their process that are outside of the big 9 publishers is an important part of your portfolio.

I think GamesCom is going to go hard this year, and with so many devs shifting dates outside of November, it can be very beneficial for folks who build a smart strategy for both reaching out to developers and to the developer and creator teams who need to connect with a large and competitive group of global creators.

- Tactical Adventures
- Warhorse Studios
- Supergiant Games
- slo clap studio
- Motion Twin / Evil Empire
- Nekki
- Lizard Cube
- Ghost Ship Games
- Coffee Stain Studios
- Pocketpair
- Grinding Gear Games
- Facepunch Studios
- Embark
- Saber Interactive
- 11 bit
- Archetype Entertainment
- Giant Skull
- Something Wicked Games
- Absurd Ventures
- Studio Reset
- Bit Reactor
- Frost Giant Studios
- Gravity Well
- Emptyvessel
- Theorycraft Games

[Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @GreyAlien]

Good progress has been made on a game-related thing. More details coming soonish.

[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

Only God's chosen colors
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[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

Green Life experiment
https://t.co/BKWXupp18i

[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

Final draft of Marvel Super Heroes
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[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

That's what it's all about. I need a cigarette (another pack)

[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

The Monday Crack(ing of a pack)
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[Frost of Rivia @TheOtherFrost]

Highly recommended for anyone wanting to learn fundamental metroidvania design. If it works at this level it can work at any level

[Johan Peitz - picoCAD 2 is out! @johanpeitz]

My pico8 metroidvania is coming to Nintendo Switch!
* 64x64 resolution
* classic formula distilled to its core
* every pixel placed with intention
It is called Ascent, would you play it?

[Johan Peitz - picoCAD 2 is out! @johanpeitz]

My pico8 metroidvania is coming to Nintendo Switch!
* 64x64 resolution
* classic formula distilled to its core
* every pixel placed with intention
It is called Ascent, would you play it?