Finishing and Releasing my First Game on Steam

[@Pontypants]

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[@bobbilderson8556]

Among them

[@iclickbuttons7296]

Could you possibly link the twitter trailer in the description or this comment?

[@PukekoUltra]

Among him

[@Noah_Kai2]

Subscribe!

[@Meshguy]

Among us

[@vrabo3026]

"For my next game.. NO MENUS!" He wasn't kidding, it's appreciated too. Love how the climbing game just thrusts you right into the action!

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

Congrats on the launch! It's been really fun to watch this series since the very beginning, I hope the game does really well! Hint for Players: Make sure you write a review! They really help!

[@Alexciaooo]

Yes! Definitely write reviews. They help developers SO much.

[@bluefort1]

yea

[@stxrkey]

fs

[@minirrarta5461]

Shin shing like

[@cinnamondum]

lol I literally watch samyam, Code Monkey, and PontyPants!

[@johnosei826]

One of the only few game dev youtubers who have actually released their game. Keep up the work Edit: Read my comment before replying. I said one of the few game dev youtubers, I didn't say the only.

[@Kdot..F]

Still eating on karlson after so long

[@johnosei826]

@@Kdot..F lol

[@dsamuel2116]

@@Kdot..F lmaoo stilll-

[@barkmober]

Game dev takes time

[@Sebwazhere]

Dani has muck and crab game tho.

[@Officialjadenwilliams]

Loved the journey! Amazing work.

[@Opowl2468]

Did not expect to see you here

[@Fidooop]

Just beat the game. Holy MOLY was Pro Series TOUGH!! I was about to give up but finally I made it through and beat the final boss with my final attempt remaining. I freaking loved it! The whole thing! And the final boss? It was EXACTLY what I was hoping it would be one for one. So glad that's the direction you went!

[@AllJack13]

I know I love how the final boss is though

[@n.s.wickramanayaka7056]

This is such an extraordinary and unique game.Big studios can never achieve this chatm of an indie game.there's a huge audience out there waiting for games like this. This game is going do exceptionally well. Congratulations!

[@GlowBerryPumpkin]

charm*

[@ghostyboi4994]

@@GlowBerryPumpkin gg dam

[@protoloaf3060]

Because big companies require profit otherwise they basically collaspe

[@ToastedAnimation]

You made it ponty pants! I’m so proud of your work.

[@Pontypants]

😊 thank you

[@mikkelsrensen22]

@@Pontypants Ponty ill be really happy if you add a Soviet boss as final or something.

[@EMPERENIKA]

@@mikkelsrensen22 what?

[@fchef8370]

@@mikkelsrensen22 What do you mean by that? What could you possibly mean by that?

[@johnosei826]

@@fchef8370 I think he is referencing to rocky 4 Ivan drago.

[@LetuscontinueBlending]

Here is how you would do it: Once the player has finished customizing his character, and clicked the exit button or whatever, render the newly customized character into a texture and then display it as an icon on the screen.

[@captainharpoon]

that would be great

[@thelucasfsm]

I was about to comment that, congrats you beat me too it.

[@aprilvee9154]

i was thinking of having pictures for each cosmetic that layer on top of each other to match the player’s look

[@spunkysamuel]

@@aprilvee9154 that’s a lot of pictures

[@baby0891]

@@aprilvee9154 with all the possible combinations its too hard and unneccessary to do

[@arrrnora]

I love the pace and style of your editing, it really makes it feel as though I'm experiencing it the same time you are even after watching this days afterward.

[@Vimlark]

Congrats! Loved the journey and your approach to design. The game looks fantastic!

[@GabeBabe-gz3ql]

oh hello!

[@SlippySlimey]

I've watched this series from start to end, can't believe it's already been 2 years! Congrats on the release!

[@kuwinduinterdusetech6723]

same here

[@Mrmiggufin]

same

[@snowhorsegames]

Same

[@Lee-One]

Exactly

[@Blackthornprod]

Congrats Ponty! What a great journey!

[@D3m0-1n64Toz]

Bruh i swear to god heard of you

[@biqbicle4982]

a legend with only 28 likes and 1 reply? lemme fix that

[@kylebanks]

Wooo opened KZbin at the perfect time! Congrats on the release man, this devlog series has been incredibly inspiring and the game looks fantastic.

[@OwenWharton]

Watched from start and I’m literally crying I’m so happy

[@NotSoTipical]

'Kick a lot' should be your next game. You've mastered the arms, now its time for the legs!

[@rikythebombera7386]

It was an honour to follow your journey. Thank you Ponty, I'll surely try the game

[@Pedro_Marangon]

Congrats for finally publishing the game!!!! Can't wait to play!! For the player thumbnails, you can use a copy of the player's current skin with a second camera that's both far away from the scene and render the 2nd camera output to a render texture and use that in the UI (i don't know the correct terms for Unreal since I'm a mostly Unity dev, but that's the general idea)

[@GonziHere]

Checked the comments before I'll type it... and that's it. You'll need to render to texture, ideally only once and you'll be done.

[@fen4flo]

Mh i think unreal engine dosn‘t support render texutres.. but im not sure

[@sam2276]

That's what I thought of too as a Unity user

[@TEKFROLOGIC]

Just tried the game, and... It's awesome! The impact of the punches are extremely satisfying when you land a heavy hit. I'll for sure be writing a full review on the steam page after playing some more. You're absolutely an inspiration, and I'm looking forward to what you make in the future

[@hendroidLaura]

Do you know who the final boss is? I can't find anything saying who it is

[@TEKFROLOGIC]

@@hendroidLaura Not yet. I only had time to play the first championship.

[@Vide501]

@@hendroidLaura It's the chief

[@icarysgames]

Not only is the game an amazing display of what all of us indie game developers can accomplish on our own, but your videos are just incredibly beautiful. Inspiration to us all, man. Keep up the good work!

[@bubberiffic]

Wow, great job, I subbed way back at 1,900 subs. You’ve made it so far!

[@dust_1355]

You make so much progress in this time, your videos are so different too! I'm happy to be in this historic event. 2023, the year of Pontypants

[@felixhenin4812]

Congratulations on publishing your game !

[@LetsDoItGuy]

I've been following this game since pretty much Day 1 and oh my god what a journey it has been. Ponty, you're one of the few indie devs out here on youtube that truly inspired and subtly guided me through my own journey as a new game dev, just finishing uni for Game Art and Design. You showed many of us who follow you how possible learning new tools, making and now releasing a game into the world! Congratulations on the release and thank you so much for all your work and I truly can't wait to see what's next for Punch A Bunch and future projects! Much love! ❤️🎉🎊 P.S.: Whatever you decide to make next, I would love to primarily see you level up your skills. Its doesn't matter what kind of game it will be. This channel has inspired a lot of people to download Unreal, Blender etc. and start making stuff so I'd find it pretty cool if you delve deeper into some of the beautiful areas of game design. (i.e. concept art, character design, hard surface modeling, Sculpting, texturing in Substance Painter etc.) It feels like Punch A Bunch has been a huge learning experience for you and in a way can be seen as a blueprint/ foundation/ prototype/ stepping stone of sorts for your next projects. Anyway, gonna go play the game now, bye byeeeee...

[@Piggort]

I’m new to your series of punch a bunch but I’ve looked at a lot of past videos of punch a bunch. Wow and the game looks fire. I will sub and buy the game.

[@theamateurartist6079]

I’m happy the surgery went well

[@breezyonda1175]

Purchased 2! Amazing journey we all got to experience. We really get to see how long game development and the struggles really can be. Proud and hope all works out for the future

[@NicBN]

I can't believe it. Over two years of waiting and it's finally here. I saw you from the first video to this one. All I gotta say is that I'm proud of you, Ponty. We all are. P.S. Can't wait to get it

[@timm2396]

In the character customization screen you could give players the option to take a photo of their character for the fighter image.

[@domrepcal]

That’s what I thought

[@DetectivepizzaYT]

I had the same idea too.

[@bunnyblixt803]

Damn we all thought the same thing

[@BLAHBLAH1000shop]

Huge HUUUUGE props to you man! Making a game is one of the most challenging and frustrating things you can do, and you did it with flying colors on your first attempt! You deserve all the sales. I'm about halfway through the game and absolutely love it so far (even with some of the more frustrating bosses). You've quickly become one of my favorite game developers, can't wait to see what you do next!

[@bortimer96]

Those small changes with the audience and lights added a TON of JUICE!

[@albertocatania6165]

Great man... Finally... Really happy for you man. I did not see you for a long time on twitch too. Happy to see that you finally finish this great journey

[@Fidooop]

As someone who is starting work on my own game, this dev vlog series has been a huge inspiration to me. I'm so happy for you and excited for where your game dev career takes you next! Good job, dude! I'm proud of you for keeping to it and finishing it out! Congratulations on launch! :D EDIT: Side note, just went to go buy the game. Excited to get to try it out!

[@BenskiGameWorks]

Dude!! I just love the attention to detail with the lights in the ring, and the moment you've shown the change you made to the logo I just had to comment how impressed and inspired I am. Cheers

[@matthew_jw1318]

Congrats, man. Great to see it from start to finish

[@Rhomita]

It was an amazing journey, I'm glad you've finished it! 🙌Congratulations! 🎉

[@Matute08]

Que capo rhomita

[@eisen161]

I've seen so many devlog creators get discouraged and never complete their game, but you pushed through! I'm incredibly impressed with the level of dedication you put into this project. I've also got to say, I really enjoyed watching your video style progress over the years into such a chill and laid back approach. It's a very relaxing experience watching your videos, and I'm here for it! Good luck on your future endeavors.

[@samyam]

Yay congratulations!!! 🎊 The game looks amazing 🤩

[@Pontypants]

Thanks Sam :)

[@flynnspath8680]

Been watching since the start congrats !!

[@drinkwwwaterrr]

Congrats on publishing your first game, seriously SO MANY PEOPLE (like me) try to make a game but can't bring themselves to stick to a project and see it through to the end

[@ghostkwebb]

The fact that you made all this all by yourself still amazes me. I have been with you through the whole journey and how you have taught me many things to start making games myself. So THANK YOU!

[@animeluigiboy]

I’m so shocked it’s finished, you did so well with this Punch-Out like game.

[@mkseed9188]

Wieners

[@mkseed9188]

Also. Not really like Punch-Out at all.

[@mkseed9188]

Also, again. More wieners. You’re welcome.

[@shamwikkis1551]

@@mkseed9188 reminds me of punch out

[@Vide501]

@@shamwikkis1551 Only cause it's boxing, the gameplay is nothing alike

[@drierwhisper729]

been here since day one, It's awesome to see how far you've come. I'm gonna call it a success considering how many good reviews are on steam. I failed game dev only got 12 downloads on my 2nd game...

[@TheBlueScience]

For the player window, maybe have players take a “registration photo” where they can take a photo with all their customizations

[@aggeloskonstantinou7187]

Ponty Congratulations! After 2 whole years you have finally made it. You have released your first video game. It was amazing watching you this 2 years learning game development and becoming a part of its community, which is also inspiring. I really wish the best for your game. Good job!!

[@Rob_Boss99]

Congratulations man! This is super satisfying to see all of your work finally culminate into what I'm sure will be an indie classic! This was one of the best, funniest, and most inspiring series of videos I've ever watched and I'll I can say is thank you so very much Mr. Pants. I wish you nothing but the best 👌

[@llama.d_puffy]

I been watching this Devlog for ever now so glad to see it actually coming out! Also I hope Ziggy gets better ❤

[@TF-Zone]

I have followed you from the beginning and it’s been super interesting. But I’m sorry I can’t afford your game. But I will always support you.😊 Good luck with your next project. See you there.🎉

[@BBorwhatever]

When he starts playing the song at 4:50 it is a bop way you deserve a round of applause.

[@rosslehr7287]

CONGRATS!! That's quite the accomplishment. Loved watching the path to completion. ZIGGY IS A WARRIOR!!!

[@MKHideOut]

Congrats dude, the consistency and motivation you have keept throughout this project should be a template for the rest of us game devs!

[@PotatoGodzilla]

The player picture thing should be like this: After a player cosmetics get saved you should take a snapshot of the player model from a certain angle and use that jpg image as the placeholder.

[@Monochrome_I]

I'm so proud and happy for you man! I've followed this Devlog for awhile, and I am so so proud of your work!

[@Bo-lu4po]

you making me cry a lot... I am so happy you could finally complete this game! cheer for you!

[@kenan2386]

Been following this man since 1K subs, gg, getting a game out is already so much hard work but you can finally consider yourself a true gamedev

[@DougieBoy]

So cool that your game is finally going to be put on steam. You deserve it! Hopefully it goes well for you. I bought the game just to support you. Good luck! 😀

[@dempseyperry1483]

DevLog 27: First Patch DevLog 28: First Expansion??? Loved this project so much, was an absolute blast to follow!!!

[@Alfred_the_doodler]

Congrats! I bet it feels great to put out something big like this

[@nemesis8508]

Just seeing this, congrats!!! Was not expecting to be a featured comment! I’ve been following this game from the start and you’ve been a great inspiration for my own game dev journey. Best of luck!

[@dizzydizzy4704]

Wow, started watching a video about a game development, ended up with some tears of happiness over Ziggy's wellbeing

[@Maseta]

Day 1 to this day. What a journey.

[@emparado]

Coolt! Bra jobbat Pontus! Mycket imponerande och du och dina videos är lätt Top 10! :D 🎉

[@Pabs1234]

I have just recently bought it, and I can safely say it is fun, and it is enjoyable to improve

[@ethangunnarkeller8557]

Congrats ponty!!! I remember stumbling about your work near the beginning and tuning in from time to time. Will be picking up a copy soon :) I took a game creation class in HS and remember how challenging and rewarding it was, soo cool to see you take it to the fullest!!! a new project!??? hmm... Im a sucker for anything medieval

[@DigitalGreenTea]

Congratulations on publishing your game. It‘s a unique boxing game, as it doesn‘t play like anything I‘ve experienced before! It‘s challenging and a lot of fun. The next step would be to see how much you sell, you could be making millions since your self-publishing, and based on that first decide if you want to build a small team or if you want to go solo again for your next game (Working in teams comes with its own challenges. You need an emotional maturity for that. And need to know how to accommodate others suggestions but also be able to maintain some of your preferences and vision too).

[@Krustachu]

This is a huge accomplishment! There is so much work involved in a full project like this. As a professional game programmer that followed your project from start to finish, you have my respect. I hope your game will be profitable! Good luck with the launch!

[@sarat6787]

Oh my God! This is so exciting! Congratulations my friend! 🤩💕🥳 I can't wait for the Mac version to come out so Dan and I can play it! It looks awesome! It's been incredible following this journey from day one! You are amazing!

[@Pontypants]

Thank you Sara!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@sarat6787]

@@Pontypants 💕💕

[@zensentry]

Congratulations. Awesome watching it from the start to completion.

[@milkman7620]

Congratulations Ponty!! The game looks incredible and I'll probably go buy it soon bc It generally looks amazing!

[@milkman7620]

@pontypants Finally able to buy the game btw!!! Can't wait to play

[@NoobCoder196]

Ello I love your game making series

[@LogiCreates]

Amazing work. I think the next evolution for your games journey is a sort of 3D Action RPG. The skills you’ve learned with PaB would be instrumental, I feel

[@MP6137-b1x]

The first instance in history of a devlog youtuber actually finishing their game

[@matanmc]

where tf is dani

[@JoshtheGoldfish]

Thanks so much Ponty! I really enjoyed your game and so I uploaded it to my channel and so far my channel has grown because of it! Please make more games in the future because you are actually the GOAT.

[@FossilApostle]

Congrats on the release! Was surprised to see my kids watching the game on KZbin. Looks like it's picking up some traction! Just bought it on steam to support you bro! Good luck on your game adventure

[@HenriqueCarrasco1]

Regarding the thumbnail pictures for your own character, not sure what engine you developed it. But in Unity there is something called RenderTexture, where you can render an image based on a camera projection. So you could even make it be animated rather than static.

[@Vide501]

It's pretty easy to see its unreal, at least for me.

[@EchoYoutube]

For anyone who’s new to gamedev, I have REALLY solid advice for you all: When you’re creating aspects, and learning new things to put into your game.. just remember how long this game took to make, because watching clean looking videos for their quick impulsive information is actually going to *blindside* you on the reality of what you’re facing. The menu song alone took him TWO DAYS. TWO *DAYS* FOR A SONG. And for most people, that’s really fast! Considering he hasn’t had much experience in making music, this is impressive. You really gotta compare that with how slow/fast a single day goes by to you in order to understand the scope of how much thinking goes into creating something like this. And this game has been getting worked on for years. Look, if you’re really serious about making something.. follow some basic guidelines. First off, Eat and sleep well. You need to be energized and feeling good in order to get a good days work in. Your entire body is made of cells CONSTANTLY working to keep you alive, so treat them well and you’ll develop a whole lot better! Second: if you aren’t making much progress on something specific, or you’re lacking the *big brain* energy to figure out an issue.. then that means you need a CLARITY BREAK. That means you step away from your entire setup, go somewhere else(not your bed or somewhere you typically lay down or relax), bring a notebook with you, and start looking up videos or websites to teach you more about the subject you’re getting into. If you’re trying to learn something (ex. 3D sword animations, combat, setting up damage/health systems, or whatever you want in your game), then you need to dedicate some research time away from the game to learning how that stuff works! You need to understand how addition works before you even attempt 2+2, because otherwise you’ll have NO IDEA how to fix or problem solve if you’re wrong. If you have no idea how to link animation nodes(which you wouldn’t if you didn’t research), then you shouldn’t even be trying to follow a tutorial telling you how to make a character do kick flips for your skateboarding game or some bs like that. Read the manual of the game engine you’re using, Learn how the system works and what you can use to make something happen, Practice the script language if you feel like you’re struggling to read the code, Create a list of everything you’ll need(items, environment objects, clothes, interact-able buildings like how a Minecraft Crafting Table works), and separately.. solve those problems!!! You can ALWAYS optimize things later. The important thing is recognizing when you’re failing, and not understanding.. then taking the next step, by literally stepping away to prepare to tackle it again. You don’t keep punching the damn door, you figure out how to get/find/make the key. Step back, realize your problems.. and always remember one thing when you inevitably forget the rest of my comment: “When you don’t know where you’re going, you don’t just walk down the damn trail. You’ll get lost. Find a map. When you don’t know how to make a cake, you don’t just throw bleach and sawdust in the mix. You’ll poison yourself. Find a recipe. When you don’t know how to fix a game, you don’t just keep messing with the code/components. You’ll break it and get confused even more. Find a manual. It takes a while to figure out and piece together what you need to do, but that’s why you step away from the problem so you don’t mess things up. Just step away, take a notebook, and start reading/studying. You already know the benefit; It’s that your game will work the way you want.. the only problem is right now, is that you need to learn how to do it. It’s not like it’s finding a cure for cancer, the answer is already there right now. You just need to wade through the unnecessary bits, write down the parts you need to know, and bring it with you when you go back to creating.” I don’t want you to even THINK about fiddling with that damn project until you know what you’re doing. Now get back to that beautiful work of art, and remember to step away when you don’t know. I’m going to do the same thing when I’m done watching this amazing pointy pants video.

[@KashmirGresham]

This is much appreciated, as a beginner developer + music producer of 6 years. Very insightful. I start to feel though sometimes if I hadn’t started programming I would have more time to dedicate to my love for music. But ey, from watching this video I can see how it can be beneficial in the future.

[@Min1bin]

THE ONE PIECE IS REAL

[@annabellemccall9966]

IT ISS

[@RJA.08]

BROO this is so crazy, this series actually made me want to get into game development so its amazing that this is finally released and i just wanted to thank u for making this game.

[@Niaka_]

I usually crack "one player" games but I've watch ur videos and followed ur adventure and since I wanted to encourage ur work, I bought ur game and it's a pretty cool one ! Good luck in developing indie games !

[@Skeffles]

Congratulations you made it! It's been great following you create punch a bunch. I wish it all the success and can't wait to see what you do next.

[@charlesgillespiev]

Just beat the game. It took just over six hours, with a fair amount of time spent practicing on the earlier fights and earning cosmetics. The final boss was a wonderful surprise, and a very satisfying capstone to the experience. The hardest boss was the puppet, that spin move comes out crazy fast and really forced me to keep my distance. My favorite boss was Black Jack, I guess I just appreciate a solid grasp of the fundamentals, he's where I did most of my learning and experimenting. Congratulations, you made something really impressive. Thanks for the game and I'm excited to see what you come up with next.

[@Nimbleninja86]

watched all vids and rewatched them again. Congrats on the launch, cannot wait to play this!!! Congrats to you mate!!!

[@GameoverGamedev]

Congrats on the release!! Looking forward to your next project!

[@nekoons]

Cant believe ive been here since day 1, Congrats Ponty, wish I had money to buy it, but pls know you were one of the biggest inspirations to my GameDev Journey. Much Love!!

[@amirhm6459]

Congratulations for the relase, awesome journey!!

[@pigWarBE]

I would love to see you tackle the parkour genre. Your way of working out mechanics ( the punching in this case ) is quite intriguing and if you would be able to find something like this in the parkour genre, it could be amazing. PS I loved the dev logs, I've been watching for quite some time and it's nice to have been a part of the journey. Sadly every journey comes to an end... But Punch A Bunch will be a journey to be remembered for quite some time. I'm curious what the feature brings for you, and if it is making youtube videos, be sure that I will tune in. Good luck with your next project and congratulations on the release!

[@verboxinho]

Followed you since last year. Its nice to see you pulled though this project. This video gave me a little more faith in completing my own game. Good luck in the future

[@lvanoss]

Yo Ponty much love man, i've been on your journey in developing this game from the very first epsiode when you lived in Vancouver which is where I also live. I downloaded your game and its so damn good and fun, I just passed the basic training and already I can tell that you put in so so much efort just from watching the trainer (the old pops) in basic training the one with the mustache who is like a grandpa, also the sfx in this game is so so good!. much love 10/10!

[@darionfox3601]

I cant believe its finally finished. I've watched your progress from the beginning. CONGRATS and good luck with the release.

[@PhriekshoTV]

Oh this one popped up in my discovery queue and I shared it on my discord Hope it gets some online functionality at some point -- got a lot of friends that love skill based fighting games

[@vasilistoxo]

Congrats! Just finished the beginners cup. It feels great when you turn the tide and the crowd is cheering!

[@franenciso627]

The music sounds kinda similar to Animusic's style! I love it

[@randombotdude9103]

A brill journey. ❤ Can’t wait for future ventures

[@mr_duck_roll7820]

Wow, this is amazing how it's turned out. It's been a while since I last saw your video. Congratulations on a fun game 👍

[@flameboy3378]

Congratulations, that is an amazing thing to achieve.

[@themoocow7718]

Congrats! It’s been amazing seeing your journey.

[@tokiyami1195]

Congratulations mate , been following for the start. So happy for you. Thanks for inspiring me too to start a project

[@katywings]

Congratulations to your project! 🙂 Quick idea about the player/enemy face icons: I think it could look very fun, if the face icons are not static images, but instead realtime cameras close to the real ingame face of the figure :).

[@KWhite2191]

That's amazing!!! I've seen so many of your videos and to see it finally coming out it so cool! Congratulations!! 🎊

[@aweidenhammer]

Congratulations! I’ve been a lurker, but I’ve loved the updates. Sincere respect for carrying through with the project and releasing. It’s not easy. I’ve been behind the keyboard as a newb releasing small projects on psvr and steam. PS is not for the feint of heart;)