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GulAtiCa

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  • Bullet Heaven Festival 3.0 event on Steam is now live!

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  • The custom Bullet Heaven festival is back again this year, this time with a midweek Steam featured deal. Event lasts till Dec 11th. I have a game taking part of it as well (Rocket!). Wanted to help share the festival with others.

  • 11 years ago I released my 1st ever game on the Wii U - ZaciSa's Last Stand - A Tower Defense game

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  • Thanks! I had no graphical abilities, so was fun hand drawing these abstract things and all the various colorful maps haha

  • 11 years ago I released my 1st ever game on the Wii U - ZaciSa's Last Stand - A Tower Defense game

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  • I entered Nintendo ecosystem on the Wii U via the "Nintendo Web Framework" program, which was for Unity/HTML5 devs (My games, even the current Steam ones are HTML5 code). Actually, getting into the program was pretty easy. (Maybe a little too easy with some questionable devs posting petty stuff in the Nintendo private dev forums lol).

    The Wii U devkit cost $2,000 which didn't have to be paid back for a year (helped a lot). The whole Nintendo Lotcheck process was def the hardest part. A lot of paperwork (excel docs) and setup required. Plus once you compile & submit, even more info is needed, then you wait like 2 weeks to make sure all is good. Took me like 6 tries to get it approved first, I had NO IDEA what I was doing at first, I was a big newb.

    Steam in comparison is super super easy (maybe a little confusing and took me a little bit to set up first, but now I can set up new games super quickly).

  • 11 years ago I released my 1st ever game on the Wii U - ZaciSa's Last Stand - A Tower Defense game

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  • Wanted to share this little anniversary with everyone here with the game that started it all for my little gamedev hobby of mine. Originally released as "ZaciSa's Last Stand" in North America on July 3rd, 2014 on the Nintendo Wii U eShop and eventually renamed to "ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimension!" for European/Australian release a year later and kept that new name when it came to Steam many years later.

    This was a Tower Defense game that I hand drew with crayons where I had no idea what I was doing for it when it released. Originally had only 4 maps, 2 game modes and was laggy/had performance issues. Nintendo Life gave it a 4/10 when i released, and honestly that was accurate lol. Over the years, and by the time it released in EU/AU, I greatly improved it with more game modes, over 10 maps and the performance was finally smooth with mostly being 60fps (only dipping in late game levels). By that point Nintendo Life gave it a 6/10 for it's EU/AU release, progress!

    This was a fun 1st introduction to me as a gamedev hobby and I worked on the game for years to come with even more features and fun additions. Eventually even re-released the game on Steam recently with a redesigned interface and even more maps & now 5 game modes to have fun with. Was fun reworking and adding onto the game over these last 11 years.

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    11 years ago I released my 1st ever game on the Wii U - ZaciSa's Last Stand - A Tower Defense game

  • Milestone: My Puzzle game reached it's 11th positive review!

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  • Slowly ticking away getting new users, so I'm happy to see it continue to entertain new players after these many years. :)

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    Milestone: My Puzzle game reached it's 11th positive review!

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    Little puff ball

  • Steam @lemmy.ml
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    Self Promotion

    Rocket. Steam Summer Sale

    store.steampowered.com /app/2382450/Rocket/
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    Rocket! - Steam Summer Sale 80%

    store.steampowered.com /app/2382450/Rocket/
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    Steam World Ocean Day Charity Sale 2025

    store.steampowered.com /publisher/skyboundgames/sale/worldoceanday2025

  • I just released a free version of a puzzle game I've been working on for nearly 10 years!

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  • I've worked on this game for nearly 10 years now, starting on the Nintendo Wii U eShop platform, to now Steam. It's a simple puzzle game with gravity mechanics (bombs, bouncy objects, portals, etc), that I really enjoyed. So I made my paid version (see here), and decided I'd love to have others play it, so I made a free version that could be played by others & ability to make their own levels and share them online.

    Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2894250/Drop_It_Block_Paradise_Builder_Edition/

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    I just released a free version of a puzzle game I've been working on for nearly 10 years!

  • After 2 long years, my puzzle game just hit 10 reviews - all positive!

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  • After 2 long years, my puzzle game, Drop It: Block Paradise, finally hit the 10 review threshold and now shows Positive. This is quite an accomplishment for myself. First of my Steam games to hit 10 reviews. And seems like all positive, I'm quite happy.

    I originally came from the Nintendo Wii U indie scene, and when I decided to get back into gamedev & release on Steam I had no idea what I was doing. So I made the classic beginner mistake of just releasing it without any marketing or hype.. I didn't even know what Steam Next Fest was haha. But I'm glad to see my patience has finally won out.

    Steam Link for anyone curious: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2265520/Drop_It_Block_Paradise/

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    After 2 long years, my puzzle game just hit 10 reviews - all positive!

  • 2024 in review: 716 commits, 300+ dev hours, 7 game modes, various new weapons & upgrades later

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  • I was looking back at how much time I spent on my recent game, Rocket!, to see how many git commits I made for it. Was honestly way more than I originally thought.

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    2024 in review: 716 commits, 300+ dev hours, 7 game modes, various new weapons & upgrades later

  • After 10 months, my game "Rocket!" hit the $1,000 threshold!

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  • (sorry for the late reply), cool! Hope you enjoy it. Just put out a big new update to (hopefully) make it even better and easier to use. :)

  • After 10 months, my game "Rocket!" hit the $1,000 threshold!

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  • Thanks! :)

  • After 10 months, my game "Rocket!" hit the $1,000 threshold!

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  • Cool! Hope you enjoy it when you get a chance to play it. :)

  • After 10 months, my game "Rocket!" hit the $1,000 threshold!

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  • thanks! Felt like a big accomplishment. now to get 10 reviews haha.

  • After 10 months, my game "Rocket!" hit the $1,000 threshold!

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  • After 10 months, my game "Rocket!" hit the $1,000 threshold!

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  • For reference, this is what is needed to get the $100 Steam Fee back as a developer. :)

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    After 10 months, my game "Rocket!" hit the $1,000 threshold!

  • Bullet Heaven Festival 2.0 event on Steam is now Live!

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  • Same. I always went by Bullet Hell myself, but it's a fun idea to call it Bullet Heaven, esp if you (the player) is causing it all haha.

  • Bullet Heaven Festival 2.0 event on Steam is now Live!

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  • Hope it's ok I share this. This is a custom Steam Event I am a part of (game: Rocket!). Wanted to help share it with others in case anyone is interested in Bullet Hell/Heaven type games.

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    Bullet Heaven Festival 2.0 event on Steam is now Live!

    store.steampowered.com /sale/bulletheaven2

  • [Steam] Rocket! ($3.49 / 65%)

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  • Hi everyone, I am the solo developer of this Action Roguelite / Bullet Hell|Heaven Arcade game. It is also part of the ongoing Bullet Heaven 2.0 event as well! Will be on sale till Dec 11th.

    Rocket is a game where you earn resources from each playthrough that can be used to purchase new weapon types, various upgrades and assign them to your ship to become more powerful and be customized however you like. Features 7 different arcady game modes + an open world sandbox area to just mess around. This game was influenced by Asteroids (Atari) gameplay and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (3DS) core loop of he upgrade mechanics.

    Check out the Bullet Heaven 2.0 event as well! https://store.steampowered.com/sale/bulletheaven2

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    Steam

    Rocket! ($3.49 / 65%)

    store.steampowered.com /app/2382450/Rocket/
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    Warm Kitties = Happy Kitties

  • My 2 kitties: Maze & Mia

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  • Left one does like to plot a lot on ways to jump on her sister, but she is bad at following through. So most of time you see her eyes get big, her butt start to wiggle... And.... Then nothing. lol

  • My 2 kitties: Maze & Mia

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  • Aww!

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    My 2 kitties: Maze & Mia

  • Indie Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Rocket! - An Arcade Bullet Hell game with Roguelite features