>Stardew Valley's engine, art, music, story, and event scripting was done by one person in 4 years
>this guy has been making his engine for 10 years, has had over 30 team mates, made $185,322 on kickstarter and all he has to show for it are meltdowns, shitty screenshots and whatever the fuck this is that he hired his best friend to work on for half a year https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3JuZvrNMKk
I understand game development is difficult but how can somebody fuck up this bad? How is this even possible?
Probably because the Stardew guy spent his time actually working on the game and not shitposting on social media for attention.
>>334701553
You're ignoring that the guy who did Stardew Valley is a fucking freak who accomplished something ridiculous. I think this guy is way more typical of one-man devs doing passion projects.
>>334701847
I don't really see anything wrong in what he posted.
>>334701850
>harvest moon clone is hard to make
Are you joking. I'm actually surprised this took more than one year
>>334702058
t. falco
>>334702119
lol, no. The breadth and polish of the game for a one-man team is fucking astounding, it's kind of amazing it turned out so well given the multiple skills required. Games development is fucking hard.
>>334702305
I honestly feel sorry for him. Sounds like he has issues and has bitten off more than he can chew.
concernedape is nearly a savant and falco is a narcissistic retard, they're almost the complete opposite
>>334702335
Mate do you know how to make games? Assuming he suckd St making games and had to learn everything from scratch then sure. The only thing that takes time in that game would be the art assuming he was just bad at it.
>>334702646
There's a fine line between genius and insanity, Anon.
>>334702732
maybe but there's a huge gap between someone who gets shit done and someone who spends all day taking drugs, making youtube videos and whining on the internet
>>334701653
More like he spent his time stealing assets and storylines from various Harvest Moon games.
>>334702119
Maybe if he had a whole team. The Axiom Verge guy took five years to make a shitty Metroid clone as well.
>>334702710
Yes, I do. People tend to massive underestimate how much effort is required in games development. No individual single thing is hugely difficult or innovative, but there's a huge variety of time-consuming shit involved and executing and polishing it is really hard, especially as a one-man band. The guy is a fucking freak.
NU
MALE
>>334702732
Or its just obvious he's a drug addict
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mRR-qRGhaRU
>indie games
>effort
>>334703114
Nutella?
>>334703014
>>334702119
Wanna know how I know you haven't played the game?
>>334703014
If he had a team of half-a-dozen people and outsourced shit then doing it in 18 months or so should be easy enough.
I don't get why people are understating his accomplishment, especially when Chris Sawyer gets a ton of credit for RCT when that was a much easier in many ways (i.e. he adapted the engine from another game, he got help with art assets, the scale of the game is way smaller, way less writing and variety in gameplay).
>>334703423
wasn't RCT programmed entirely in Assembly?
thats fucking insane
>>334703423
Wtf he even had to write in assembly the adapting software for graphical windows in Windows, things not documented anywhere, what are you smoking.
>>334702305
What a piece of work this guy is. Shit.
I don't have the original pic where he bragged to his fan chatroom about raping a drugged up chick so her brain wouldn't shut down but some of it is in here
>>334703071
Compared to the guy who made Cave Story...? People like the Stardew Valley guy and Toby Fox are frauds, plain and simple.
>>334703901
how can you be 28 years old but look like some midlife crisis man who's balding
>>334703575
Yes. But the Sawyer had a ton of background in assembly and already had a working engine from Transport Tycoon, so it's not quite as crazy as it might seem.
People without much experience in assembly tend to overestimate its difficulty, especially when you're not working as part of a team.
>>334701553
>1:45 of that video
Jesus christ
>>334703925
Pixel is in a whole different league. So many years spent on making a masterpiece which he then releases for free.
>>334703985
26 years old if I recall. It's because of the uppers he brags about using, even in kickstarter updates
>>334704068
cave story is a much better standard of game but stardew valley probably took twice the work to make
>>334703901
>THIS is what a mustard race looks like
>>334703901
he seems like the smuggest most "Californian" man alive.
he also looks like he's 45 years old and he's not even what, 30 yet?
>>334704326
>Dreamcast game ported to PC for pity+extra dollerydoos
Don't go pinning this one on us, consolefag. He's yours.
>>334701553
Stardew Valley wasn't done in 4 years, we got the first TRAILER of the game 4 years ago
>>334704272
not really, while Stardew valley has more content, Cavestory had a hell of a lot more work put into nearly everything, as a developer, you really cannot begin to imagine how crazy eh pumped that shit out in like 3 years was.
just the fact he made one of the better indie soundtracks.. I mean, ACTUAL Triple A studios have been inspired by these tracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVzC6WZImGY
reminder
>>334701553
It's not about fucking up, he never did. He got the money and the attention he wanted.
Think of all the games you never hear of that failed because people didn't care.Yes I am salty because I didn't get enough funding for Catmouth Island and the game didn't turn out to be as good as it could have been. At least the game is finished and out, and cost a whole lot less to make than that unfinished game.
>>334703116
Man, how fucking out of it is he?
>>334704736
cave story is more polished but that's only because the type of game it is is simpler
and citing how good the soundtrack is is a terrible example of how much work something takes to create
>>334701553
How did that horseshit get 185k?
>>334704960
well for one, Cavestory guy had to make his own game engine to make his game IN.
and yes the soundtrack took a long time too, since the guy simply didn't know how to make video game music and had to teach himself.
the fact the results were so excellent speak to his skill, shame he never got with a big company to make real games, an obvious genius.
>>334704736
I think one of my favorite things about Cave Story is that the story is really simple, in a good way. He doesn't need 5,000 cutscenes to explain the plot. There's a few here and there, but they're mostly necessary. The game doesn't do filler that much.
Although in terms of storytelling, I prefer La Mulana.
>>334704831
Looked it up
it's rare to see an indie dev going for anything but pixelshit, so at least you had that going for you
But it's not like you can never make a game if you don't get funding, it's your own fault for releasing a game if weren't happy with it. Still, it's out.
Are you still making games?
>>334705054
everyones gotta teach themselves, it's not like he learnt everything he knew in the 5 years he made cave story
>>334705059
well La Mulana is a fucking amazing peice of work, too. probably one of the most complicated indie games ever made in terms of puzzles.
I eagerly away the sequel .
>>334701553
If I actually became an indie dev, I'd not let anyone see anything until it was almost done.
I don't understand these people who put a single wireframe model on their Facebook page and then go to Kikestarter to beg for 15 million dollars.
>>334704831
People shit on publishers for spending on marketing but there's a reason why they do it. It's really hard to make people give a shit.
>>334704831
if you want to make a decent game you really need to go beyond what people are willing to pay you, you needed to put at least twice the work you did on that game to make anything anywhere near interesting
>>334705465
Ontop of that, I think its OST gives Cave Story a run for its money. It's probably better than Undertale's soundtracks, if I were to be so bold.
>>334701553
Why did people even fund this? It looks like absolute shit and was done by a literally who.
>>334705902
A something and his something are soon something
>>334705742
overall probably, Undertale has really, 3 amazing tracks, that are out of this world, the rest are just okay.
>>334706029
La Mulana has less tracks, but they're just as memorable. Giant's Cry, Giant's Rage, Ancient History, Mr. Explorer. High Speed Beast, Moonlight Dance, Mr. INFERNO, Sabbat, Interstice of the Dimension, and so on and so on.
I love it when bosses have their own tracks, instead of sharing a common one.
>>334704575
>making a dreamcast game in CURRENT YEAR
This has got to be the dumbest idea an indie shitter has ever come up with. Only collectors own one of those these days.
>>334706204
it also has that MOTHERFUCKING FINAL FIGHT MUSIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KjuC2bDYRk
>>334706474
A good track, but ultimately soiled because I bloody hated that fight against Mother.
>>334706615
>have to know the answer to at least 4 puzzles to even be able to win the fight
jesus fuck that fight.
I've said this before but I'd rather work shitty jobs to fund my dreams than have to worry about thousands of people I don't know on the internet's opinion because they donated to me.
It must be creatively crippling to deal with those expectations.
>>334706615
speaking of, couldn't humans now send her to the stars? isn't this whole killing her thing is pointless if we NOW have the capabilites to do what she wants?
>>334705470
This guy gets shit on for lack of screenshots and project updates.
>>334706802
Is it worth working a shit job and not doing what you want fot a living?
>>334707093
It is entirely possible to do both, you know like people used to do before kickstarter etc.
Is this how desperate PC gamers are for games? That they resort to throwing money at what looks like a free newgrounds hentai RPG. Or does this shit actually look good in the eyes of a PCkek, I do know you guys love the "timeless retro aesthetic".
>>334707343
Dreamcast game mate.
>>334701553
Can't people demand their money back? This dude is clearly a fraud.
>Dreamcast
>Ouya
Who looked at this and thought "Yes, this is a project I want to fund"?
>>334707434
It says steam right there. I doubt there is big enough of a Dreamcast playerbase to gather up that sum on kickstarter.
>>334707450
Well the Dreamcast is basically a computer with a custom OS. It gets at least one indie game (usually a SHMUP) per year.
>this guy made videos about how jforce couldn't make a game and we're only in it for the money
>jforce has released shit while he has scammed kickstarter and is months late already
The ironing
>>334706827
She wasn't willing to wait for us. She threw 6 temper tantrums in the past because of it.
>>334701553
Let's see your game op.
>>334708374
>you can only criticize something if you've done better
doesn't work that way falco
>>334708374
Right away, just let me have $185k.
>>334705470
How are you funding yourself?
>>334709308
A job?
>>334704831
People like Falco are complete charlatans. He never had any intention of releasing a finished product. $200k from one grift is every con man's dream.
>>334701553
It pains me to see this "game" listed as in development along side actual games made by talented people on the Wikipedia page for Dreamcast post-Mortem games.
Aside from balding, Falco is hot as fuck.
>>334710940
>>334707564
No seriously check it out its literally for the Dreamcast and other consoles and pc too.
>>334701847
Wow that's a pretty big meltdown.
>>334701847
wtf? he is 25? he looks like he is in his late 30s.
>>334703901
Why does he like flipping poeple off so much?
>>334704806
Why aren't the SJWs screaming for his blood? This is actual rape that he did to the girl, what the fuck man
>>334714730
early onset male pattern baldness does that
>>334715852
He hanged out with zoe quinn
