It's called Lorn's Lure! An incredibly unique and underrated indie game :D

@@apoxfox Thanks!

thank you so much for the kind words, made my day! my game is called Reality Box, you can learn more about it from my other videos and i’ll have some new updates coming very soon!!

@@mateuscristianschannelen961 well believe it or not that’s how i started! i’m completely self taught so if i can do it, so can you!

@lukestertubeplayz there’s a lot of truth in that, but i genuinely believe that indie games will exceed AAA games in revenue this year. that’s gotta count for something (unless gta6 comes out then we’re all cooked 😂)

@ Yea that makes alot of sense plus you didn’t put what I pointed out in the title or even stressed like others so your better for that.

I understand, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses! i’d love to make a more in depth video on game marketing in the near future 😄

@ I'm working on a super ambitious project (as effectively my first official game) and have been lucky enough to put together a team of semi-professional artists at no cost to me! However this does leave my pacing in the hands of their art production, so its challenging. I guess everything has its caveats 😅

as i mention in the video, lots of tutorials and online courses, and double that in practicing by yourself. if you spend 1-2 hours a day learning then you should be in a really good place 6 months from now. good luck with your game!

@@apoxfox "6 months from now" sounds unappealing to the point where I wouldn't be surprised if it made a person wanting to learn coding to give up on that dream. You do gain experience making games over time, but unlike plain "learning," that process is exciting because you're making your own games in the meantime. Beginners typically want to see progress immediately. To give them exactly that, you should point them to learning resources and workspaces that can run code without complicated setup to give them that ability immediately. For example, tell them to download Godot and point them to a resource that explains how to edit the "position" attribute of a sprite over time and have them see it move. To make the beginner actually feel like they can code on their own (avoiding tutorial hell), continue by teaching how to learn further, particularly by teaching about the existence of documentations.

thanks for the kind words! that’s a really great question, and unfortunately i’m still looking for the answer 😂 i think the key is to start settling for less than perfection. no art is ever truly complete, but you can set deadlines to allow yourself to move on to the next thing. good luck!

@@apoxfox I agree, less than perfection and deadline definitely helps, guess just gotta learn to ignore the goblin and remain focused ^^ Thanks for the reply and godspeed!

lots of practice! i have some pixel art tutorials you can check out on my channel :)

This is the rare time I could actually be one of the first 500 people for something, but god damn do I hate courses

thanks so much! as far as shading and highlights go, i’ve always found with pixel art or any kind of cell shading that more contrast in your colors (even shades and highlights) tends to look better. sometimes people assume that you need to use a similar but slightly darker tones to shade your art, but i think using more varied colors makes things really pop! for example, instead of shading an orange ball with a darker orange, use a red or purple! hope this makes sense :)

also worth noting that you can shift your colors depending on what you need. so when you want a darker shade, shift towards the cool colors like blue or purple. if you want to highlight, shift towards warm colors like yellow or orange

@@apoxfox ohhh thanks for the tips! Yup they make sense!

i post new game dev vids every month!