I MADE An Open World Game

[@advancenine]

🎮 I finished it! Yay! Play Night Stones Now 🌙👉 store.steampowered.com/app/2300340/Night_Stones

[@patrickatilano2014]

Might try it later.

[@Orys-k1g]

Creating a game is an enormous challenge, but doing it while raising young kids is monumental.

[@advancenine]

It's certainly not for the faint of heart but dang it was alot of fun. They also became amazing alpha testers. Kids don't care about anything... I'd watch them walk straight through walls and realize I missed a collider... or they'd just press a mess of buttons and destroy the dialogue system. They found these issues so you guys wouldn't have to 😁 Thanks for your kind words! I really appreciate it!

[@faithdrawnstudios]

FACTS!

[@RobertBMenke]

I’m so impressed that you shipped this. Just bought it and will give it a review once I play it. Congrats!

[@advancenine]

@@RobertBMenke I appreciate appreciate you showing the ultimate support. You're amazing. And thanks in advance for the review! Its the possible way to help me. You're a good friend 😍

[@CarlosOsório-v4l]

It trully is, i got 2 kids, a full time job with a nice enough position, and im trying my luck on game dev, it takes quite a toll on u as usually the hours that u can use for it are either the time u spend with the family or late night and getting lack of sleep(my case)

[@afirstlovelost]

Congratulations on the release! I can't wait to give it a play!

[@advancenine]

Really appreciate that. If you played and liked my game, I would pumped forever 😍

[@CarlosOsório-v4l]

For someone who says he doesnt have any art skills, ur game sure says otherwise. One of the most beautiful games of its kind ive see in a while, soothing art style, nice lighting

[@muffinman472]

Your devlogs have been a treasure. I've been meaning to go back and rewatch them all. Thank you and congrats on the release.

[@advancenine]

This comment is a treasure. Thanks for being supporting this amazing journey!

[@blockeontheleafeon]

It's surreal to see so many KZbinrs I know of have their games released this year, yet it's awesome to see that at the same time. I appreciate everything that goes into whatever game a KZbinr ends up making.

[@advancenine]

Yeah! I like that everyone is crossing the finish line. It's motivating to me so I hope I can motivate others in small way :)

[@blockeontheleafeon]

@@advancenine Glad you think so too. It's awesome.

[@GreenNomadGames]

I am super impressed with Night Stones. From the visuals to the mechanics, it seems like you've hit it perfect. Throw in an engaging story and I think you've got one of the best cozy games I have seen in some time. Congratulations! The devlog's have also been great to follow.

[@williamlittle6331]

Your dev log videos have been an immediate must watch for me since the beginning and I'm so excited to get to play the full game now! Taking on something this big as a part time solo dev is incredible and I think you should be proud just for bringing the project to a final release.

[@advancenine]

This is such a nice and suppotive comment. Wow... thank you! Thank you for playing the game and THANK YOU for being a part in this amazing journey. No matter how this turns out, this has been such an amazing ride and no way I could have done it without everyone's amazing support🤩

[@ahmedalghamdi1054]

I'm not a cozy game guy, but I will buy the game and give it a good review to support your hard work. As a new indie dev, seeing you being able to make this amazing game while having 2 kids is really inspiring! Great job man!

[@rikhard13]

Hey man congrats, it was really nice to follow you in this journey with this vlogs. Thanks for that. PS: those spoilers were avoidable :((

[@FinalMyle]

Bought! As a former and about soon to be again, game developer myself, I have been, over the past couple of years watching numerous game dev logs and yours has always stood out to me. and I have followed you throughout your journey. Congratz on finishing your project. I can't wait to install it and start my journey. Oh wait, it's installing now. :)

[@advancenine]

Hey! Thanks for the ultimate show of support. This is such a kind compliment and gesture and I’m not even sure I deserve it. But gosh dang I sincerely appreciate it!

[@GetIndieGaming]

Many congratulations. What a journey! I've yet to play this although I have it marked down for the Holiday break.

[@advancenine]

Aww thank you! Cool to see you here! I really appreciate your comment. I hope you LOVE the game but would love to hear your opinion no matter what. Thanks for being cool!

[@rhyantrick8178]

Hi Ryan! Im Rhyan! Congrats on your game. Ive watchedyour videos and as a father too, its awesome to see someone dedicated to do what they love whilst supporting their children. We are not just doing it for ourselves but for them too! Ive just started my game developer devlog journey but i hope someday to release a video just like this! many blessings.

[@GReimerGaming]

Fantastic job man! Already pumped out a couple guides in this if people are missing a few items!

[@advancenine]

Thank you so much for all the bugs you found and all the improvements you brought to the game. I literally could not have done this without you and I want to be your friend FIVE-EVER! 😄

[@zzz12466]

0:43 Paper Mario Wii vibe here! Love the uniqueness f your open world gm, well done! I can imagine a mario open world game lol that would be very special

[@unstableanimates8070]

Congrats on releasing your game. It’s amazing what a single dev has been able to achieve. The vibe of the game is so relaxing and cool. As an aspiring game dev that just is just 2 months deep in my first game this is such an inspiration. I hope this game succeeds and brings you tons of players.

[@emiliozalva5719]

congratulations!! I have been following the project for a long time and I am glad that its launch has a legacy. Greetings from Argentina!! I will try Night Stones soon.

[@adammortonmusic]

Congrats on the release - been following your devlogs for a while and loved the demo! Will have to pick up the full version now :) Also wanted to send compliments to Jonathan for the awesome soundtrack! Great music for a cozy game :)

[@OmegaFoamy]

I'm a bit strapped on cash at the moment so I can't quite play it yet, but I'm SO excited for you! Been following this project for quite some time and I can't wait to play it! I'm super happy for you for finally making release!

[@MadamMorgue]

Congrats! Time to enjoy the fruits of all your hard work. Wishing you nothing but the greatest success😊

[@PokeToT]

this is so inspirational!! as a dad with 2 kiddos too, i know getting time to work on things is tough! great job and congrats on the release! looks very quaint and fun!

[@crimsonhollowgame]

What an incredible journey! Congratulations on completion!! 💜

[@advancenine]

Hooray! Thanks for the kind words and the amazing support along the way. You have no idea how much I appreciate you... and how excited I am to play your game! 😍

[@ltsMenski]

I love this! The art style is fantastic man. I'll give it a play. Been trying to learn c# so I can make a game for myself :)

[@PonTran194]

I bought it yesterday and really like it so far. The only thing that is kinda distracting is the shadow on each trees look really noisy on high settings. But congrats to you, what you have achieved is so worth it!

[@Pallerim]

I hope you didn't overwork yourself too much making all of this. Don't forget to take some time now to slow down and enjoy the release. Great accomplishment!

[@MarkoPiroski]

Congrats on the launch! 🎉 I have watched many game developers throughout the years and many of them just never finish their dream game. But not you! You made your dream game and you should be proud of yourself and the great community that helped you! ❤ I wish you many more successful projects in the future 😊

[@fceruti]

What a great wholesome story! I've been following you for months, and it's amazing & inspiring to see you crossing the finish line. Good luck!

[@Herodragon9]

It has been an amazing experience watching your project from start to finish. It’s interesting seeing how many times your original character changed even before you introduced character customization. I’ll give the game a play through. The real question now is… what’s next for you now that you’re officially an indie game developer? I’m sure the next few months will consist of responding to bugs and player feedback, but after that…

[@Kiki-qh7xk]

Bro,I hope your game sells a lot. You have inspired me so much on your journey. I just graduated in digital games, and I made a game that ended up winning an award here in Brazil. But doing everything alone is very complicated. Watching your journey made me grow in confidence. Thank you very much!

[@nekuyo95]

Holy, the idea of the enemies movement is brilliant! Really well done, the game looks really cute, Ill check it out!

[@kptmaci4979]

Congrats! You are an inspiration for other gamedevs! Can't wait to play your game and rewatch your vlogs!

[@TTThingz]

Congrats man. I have been following your videos for some time now. As a parent working full-time and juggling game dev on the side, I understand the struggle. You should be proud of the work you accomplished.

[@pawechlebowski3410]

Following from the start, fellow dev. Congrats on the release! Game looks fantastic on video, can't wait to play it!

[@jonphang806]

Honestly I am amazed to see that developers can make games this good as a solo developer or a small team. I would have never have guessed that it was done with only two people. Amazing work man!

[@Subcide]

I keep checking in for a post-release devlog :) Anything on the way soon?

[@pladuxz]

Congrats on the release and thanks a lot for all the dev logs you did!

[@stickerey]

it is insane that you managed to pull this off while having a family and a job. will definitely support this. looks and feels incredible. congrats

[@kipporah]

I'm so so glad that you made this game!! It's inspiring to see someone do all this work for a game! Love your maps btw, lot's of work.

[@joaq1999]

So many things to tell you. First you inspired me to jump into developing games, something I had been witholding myself for years (I'm already a software developer), second, just finished Night Stones, it was amazing and the story somehow strong, third we want to hear more from you, and I mean, how are you doing in the market, youtube videos, you have to tell us! we really hope fantastic because it is deserved, and fourth, we want to hear more from you, I mean, I hope you made terrific in sales and you will be delivering more games!

[@LuRybz]

Props for John to all the sound work of course but as a developer, I can imagine the huge amount of work behind it. Releasing a game like this is insanely difficult but you managed it! Excellent work!

[@isaiahruland8096]

This right here is what gaming is about. Finding a talented individual artist (or two in this case) or indie developers and experiencing the passion and vision they have. I am sold on purchasing this piece of art solely off the demo you have here. Great job and a hope you find much success with this

[@ragebbop7130]

This is actually super impressive ! That amount of polishing for a solo dev project, I'm blown away, wow... (And the gameplay and story seem great too btw !)

[@ValueStudy]

Your devlogs have been incredibly inspiring and I'm so happy it's released. Have bought it!

[@Leandroteix]

One word mate, BEAUTIFUL

[@andresmicalizzi5420]

Man, you fill me with inspiration. I'm 41 and have 3 kids, and have been on and off going into game development for years.

[@andresmicalizzi5420]

PS: started following the Channel a couple of years ago, when you started posting. The game looks awesone

[@damonmlinaric9254]

I dream of making a open world exploration adventure game one day but I'm only learning the basics of programming the last couple of months.Really happy for you and hope I can make something this cool one day and will be picking it up

[@Reverie_Blaze]

Watched your devlogs a long while back, and recently was trying to find them, but just couldn't. Out of the blue KZbin has decided to recommend me this video :D so nice to see you releasing the game!

[@PenOkOh]

This is amazing. One person only?!?! Granted, you have some experience clearly. I can build worlds, craft a story, dialogue, but I would fall when it comes to manually doing code. I wish I could make something like this. Just a simple world but a rich and meaningful story.

[@michaeljfordham]

Congrats on completing the game! It looks and sounds incredible, and it's been fun to watch your devlogs throughout!

[@robertdavies5139]

congratulations dudes on all your hard work getting to this point. Well done and good luck!

[@ebolei]

hey man congrats, been watching the devlogs as an aspiring solo dev. Just want to say this looks great and you should be proud of your accomplishment. Wishing you the best

[@Diuler]

As a fellow dev, I am astounded by what you could accomplish, you are an inspiration for all of us out there

[@machacaordas]

I've been following your game since earlie dev posts! Very happy for your release and I hope people will like it!

[@saraaboshousha]

i watched your first videos when you were starting and telling how you are getting your assets, and tell a story of your son and family. You inspired me to continue my VR game for college when i thought I missed the train, that was a year and so ago. hopefully i buy your game as soon as i get my wallet liquidated !

[@RonanLG1]

As a UI artist, seeing solo devs achieve games like this reaaaaally makes me want to start learning how to do all this myself. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@Ironlionm4n]

Incredible accomplishment, the technical art is really well executed. The tooling for iterative world building is impressive also

[@happydeadbed5995]

I remember seeing your video your first devlog about this game last year, and now it out congrats

[@tobario]

Congratulations Ryan. Followed your channel since the first devlog. I wish you a smooth and succesful release! It's a great achievement to finish a game and put it out there. I hope I'll be there too next year. Also respect for building a succesful youtube channel on the side.

[@MetodistGames]

Congratulations dude, I've been following you for a long time. I wish you success and happiness.

[@Mkactus12]

In all seriousness though, this game honestly looks so cool. The amount of work put into this is amazing, and the visuals, puzzles, everything works so well together. You should keep making more games :)

[@jakoblauridsen4347]

Congratulations! Starting a game is easy, keeping the motivation to working on it is hard, finishing and releasing it is an enormous achievement most of use never get to, well done!

[@tobiasrintoul]

congratulations on finishing the game and putting it out there. I've enjoyed following the devlogs and will try check out the game soon :)

[@Gothicpolar]

Congrats! I don't know how you pulled all of this off with a big family and a day job.. amazing! I need to buy this soon!

[@AchHadda]

Congratulation, i was here from the first video and honestly !! congrats this is one of the hardest tasks you could have done !! finishing a Game and being ok with not adding everything on the list and saying this is good enough !! well done mane well done

[@VVOXMUSIC]

This is amazing my dude! I have been following you for a long time and you are an inspiration. I will be buying this game and hoping to see more from you!

[@JustJack_IndDev]

Congratulations on the game. Slowly making mine, but between work, life, kids, etc. it is difficult to find time. Well done. You did it.

[@FlamerOHR]

I remember watching a few random devlogs from your channel about this game, amazing to see it is released!

[@Dardasha_Studios]

I have been following this channel for a while. To see it come together is brilliant!!! Congratulations!!

[@adrianmakes]

This devlog warmed my heart 😊 it’s amazing to see how much you’ve accomplished, and doing so with a full-time job and family. Would love a video or videos on how you budgeted your time. Just purchased a copy and looking forward to playing this with my partner on cozy nights 😊

[@JackalGledhof]

I've followed this game through all the devlogs and am very happy for you to finally release it!

[@colechristian3765]

There are 16 reviews as of now! Great job, and congrats on the release! Really enjoyed this retrospective style of devlog for the release

[@johnnydaugherty11]

Lols that cut off on John talking was great! Well done guys! Looks so great you got my vote!

[@Smabbles12]

Oh my gosh I played and completed this a few days ago! So nice to see a video about it. Super sweet and lovely to play.

[@terasss2]

Congratulations!!! I've been following you since you started developing this game and I am really happy for you and that the hard work really paid off. I played the demo and I enjoyed it, and I bet the game is even better now! I will definitely be giving it a try!

[@ErikBod]

Congratulations, but this is important. Steam only send an email to customers about a discount if the discount is at least 20% off

[@advancenine]

You are right! They will also send an email at release regardless of the discount amount. Thanks for spreading the word 🥰

[@Eltotoww]

When you say you didn't want enemies because you wanted the game to feel cozy, I'd suggest (even if i understand it's a lot of work) to make like two almost identical versions, Night Stones Explorer's quest (the one in this video) and Night Stones Adventurer's quest (with more action and weapons but still with the mechanics of short hike, which was what I wished for when playing a short hike)

[@mattwester9093]

Just got it on steam, happy to have watched your game develop over the last year and I am looking forward to seeing what you do next. Congrats on getting to this point!

[@Pantastical]

Congrats! I loved the demo. Can't wait to try the full game. I got the email that a game on my wishlist went on sale and was so stoked when I read it was Night Stones!

[@iamsushi1056]

Everything looks super great! I hadn’t touched the game since before the boat was added to the demo, so seeing all the changes that happened in those few months last night on the Steam livestream was a real treat. I’m really going to enjoy accidentally breaking the full game :P

[@Maat-ka-Ra]

great news. i wishlisted Night Stones on steam after i saw one of your dev videos months ago. i will def be buying it. thank you for your work.

[@Grignote-v6y]

I stumbled upon this video and let me tell you: This game looks fantastic, and I can't wait to start playing! A new subscriber just entered the chat.

[@BenJogan]

As a solo-developer in my spare time, while also working and carrying out some family tasks, I found your story incredibly inspirational! I felt so much close to your situation that I immediately bought the game. That's so nice to see that, even as a single person, it is always possible to create a game if that's your passion. PS: I also "use" my nephew as an alpha-tester.

[@BuckeyeBunny]

Woo hoo!! 🥳🎉 Congrats on Night Stones' launch! Can't wait to cozy up and play it and listen to the soundtrack, and I hope it's an immense success. To infinity and beyond!!

[@advancenine]

Hahahaha! I'm always so happy when I see your username! Thanks for being such a critical piece of this journey. Your support means the world to me!

[@jthompson7024]

KZbin algorithm brought me here even though I've never heard of the project before. This looks super cool! It looks like it has some similar vibes to the game Tunic as well

[@climb-up-high]

Congratulations! I finished the game and had a pleasent time playing it! very well done.

[@goodpuppii]

Congratulations! This is a huge milestone. I'm really looking forward to playing it.

[@davidz037]

Best of luck with the launch! I've been following this project for a while and it is really uplifting to see you pull it off :)

[@galaxius_games]

looks amazing! you are very talented to be able to raise a family, work a day job, and create this beautiful game! wishlisted and subscribed!

[@betweentherainsmusic]

I've been watching since day one and can't congratulate you enough! Most solo/startup indie devs give up LONGGGG before this point, especially on a game of this size, so I tend to assume that will happen. It's always so heartening to see someone make it all the way. Your composer did some great work, too. Adaptive music can be tricky but it looks like you did it well. So BASK IN THE GLORY and take a deep breath. :) You deserve it.

[@neemiasleal9773]

Congratulations on the release! I'll get it as soon as I can. Loved your videos since the very first one, I'm excited to get to play the game

[@braydenfuller3511]

This is so exciting!!! I've been following since your first ever dev blog!! I don't have the money to get it at the moment but once I have some to spare I can't wait to try out night stoned and see how far it's come!!

[@oatie751]

It feels like only the other day I saw you start making this game, I'm looking forward to playing it at some point! (I won't be able to afford it until the next sale though, but I'll definitely be getting it then)

[@qooldeluxx]

I'm glad you were able to make it all the way to release!! great job i'll have to pick this one up soon!

[@sunny99179]

This is an great victory!!! congratulations!! you are a big inspiration for me, meanwhile im on my pace learning the animation tree inside unreal engine and programming.. i really am so excited for also play your game because it is the ''new soul'' of zelda wind wake that i love so much

[@joelhughes1112]

I enjoyed a short hike alot. Just brought your game, look forward to playing it

[@DanielNascimento]

Amazing video and story behind the scenes of creating the game. It looks amazing and fun, I will definitely try it as it ticks several boxes to me. Great work!

[@ponodude101]

Just bought it! So excited to go on this adventure after watching your journey to make it from the beginning

[@hazelora]

gz! the boy also finally looks friendly. gonna check it out once i have some spare bucks for new games

[@xykit]

Congrats on getting it done! I just picked it up on Steam, can't wait to try it out! Thanks for sharing your Dev Journey!

[@michaelpennington6304]

Congrats on wrapping it up! I can't wait to get around to playing it.