Vertical Slice? | Essential Game Dev

[@DeadeGuard98]

Thumbnail 10/10! And I had some cake myself just seconds ago! Soooo, FATE~ 0:00 The cake isn't a lie! It's delicious 0:27 Hi Andrew! | *< please subscribe >* 0:38 "We Are Not Alone" | What a shirt! 0:52 *Vertical Slice* = a taste of all your game's ingredients~ 1:20 More cake! | Apt metaphor indeed 1:59 QN) What *ISN'T* a vertical slice? 2:29 QN) Why make a vertical slice? 2:48 Personal reasons; publishers & funding 3:15 Demo for Kickstarter! | way cool~ 3:41 Plus? Material for marketing!!! 4:00 Feeds back to game's presence 4:23 QN) Don't need funding? Still great for gathering feedback 5:00 You love your product; but do the audience!? 5:45 DON'T develop your game in level-order! 6:08 Start with the midpoint~ 6:22 Level 1 = Tutorial... 6:40 Vertical slice example 6:51 ** | Demo release notice! 7:08 But find ways to explain the mechanics~ 7:30 Early feedback > Fine-tune | NOT drastic changes 7:47 QN) When isn't a demo suitable? *< Comment below >* 8:12 QN) What are wishlists? 8:33 *Add "We Are Not Alone" to your wishlist* | You know ya WANA~ 8:59 10,000 = sweet spot 9:20 Got an opinion on vertical slices? | *< Comment below >* 9:30 Got a project, demo or vertical slice | *< Share in the comments OR on Twitter >* 9:46 CAT!!! All that cake talk really made me... mmm, what's the word- buttered me up! I can't relate as much with the devlog, but that said, I learnt a couple of neat things! So bravo ol' chap!! As for the opinion on vertical slices. I think what you're doing with starting at the mid-point is genius! (So long as you make it very clear that it is what/where the players are at now. Thereby not misleading them) A lot of devs do the tutorial and then cut off when something cool is bout to happen XD However, I remember feeling particularly betrayed that a game did a sneaky "tutorial > midpoint" jump which gave off such false expectations... :' ( Topnotch work, keep with the content, and good day~

[@stasisboothgames]

Thanks for the rundown as always! Glad you were still able to learn some stuff even if it isn't really in your avenue :)

[@azrhyga]

Very great video!! I like it a lot!! Good job!! Also I didn't know about vertical slices and how to use them, thanks for sharing it with us!! I appreciate it :D

[@stasisboothgames]

Glad I was able to teach you something new, thanks for watching!

[@azrhyga]

@@stasisboothgames You're more than welcome!!

[@Ambatakum229]

Keep it up man so underrated🙏🏽

[@stasisboothgames]

Still have many topics up my sleeve, so I'll be going for awhile! Thanks for watching and subscribing :)

[@eloreneloreneloreneloreneloren]

Oh, I thought that a vertical slice is something like a document with everything about your game. But actually it's like a prototype but a bit better.

[@stasisboothgames]

Yep, a more polished prototype and very beneficial in some cases :) thanks for watching!

[@Roroprin]

Yeah but what if you can't bake

[@stasisboothgames]

I should do a video on what cooking skills indie devs need then :P

[@ashuggtube]

I don’t know if it’s because the video isn’t on your channel any more but at 0:44 you point up to a non-existent gameplay overview video 😢

[@stasisboothgames]

Oh, that's annoying! The video would have been de listed during one of the major overhauls of the game. Hopefully I didn't do that too much in other videos 😂

[@ashuggtube]

@@stasisboothgames I see now that the game is released so I've wishlisted it and will probably pick it up by the end of the year 😊

[@stasisboothgames]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it when you pick it up :)

[@ashuggtube]

@@stasisboothgames yay Australian game devs! I am in Australia too.

[@greyarea_games]

Hey man, as usual great content :)

[@stasisboothgames]

Hey, thank you so much! Glad you liked it :)