The best way to make a great game is to play great games โ so Iโve started a new blog category for reviews of the games Iโm playing. ๐ฎ
Itโs a tool for me to look back on. Maybe itโll be useful or to you too!๐
Pokรฉmon Yellow is up first! (link in bio)
#Pokemon #Nintendo #indiegame #Gamedev
My friend @peteplaysthegames.bsky.social helped playtest Cosmic Castaway and put together this extremely entertaining playthrough video!
I know I am biased, but I think he is such an entertaining Youtuber! ๐
youtu.be/ESDi8yBwAeA?...
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Thanks for playtesting dude! I genuinely enjoyed watching your playthrough. Sorry the tutorial didnโt work out. Iโll be able to fix a bunch of bugs thanks to you ๐๐ซต๐ฅ
What I learned my Steam playtest:
Cosmic Castaway has strong ideasโbut I jumped the gun on full development.
I shouldโve nailed the core gameplay loop first.
Back to prototyping internally for a much stronger version.
Huge thanks to everyone who joined the playtest!๐
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awesome job, dude! ๐
Check out the new Graveyard! Working on some final touches and then I will have the Playtest updated to include this Halloween level!๐
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Halloween is my absolute favorite! When October rolled around I jumped at the thought of making themed levels for Cosmic Castaway.๐๐ป
I'll be updating the playtest with one of these themed levels this week!
Let me know what you think! ๐
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Obligatory #ScreenshotSaturday post!
Tweaked the level select flow based on your feedback - faster, cleaner, and way less confusing.
#indiegame
Honestly, I kind of liked it before I fixed it ๐
Working on something spooky! ๐๐ป
#indieGame #Gamedev #unity3D #pcgaming #Halloween2025 #solodev #Steam
Playtest Update #2 ๐
Over 140 of you have signed up to playtest Cosmic Castaway! It's a surreal feeling knowing people are playing my creation (even in its current buggy state).
Based on your feedback... I fixed the bridges! ๐
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Playtest Update #1 ๐
Huge thanks to everyone who completed the Playtest Survey!
One of the top requests was clearer tutorialsโso I just pushed a patch with improvements.
Steam should now let you update the build ๐๐ฎ
#indiegame #gamedev #solodev #unity3d #steam #pcgaming
๐ THE PLAYTEST IS LIVE!! ๐
I woke up today to over 100 of you waiting to join the Cosmic Castaway playtest - and I sincerely want to say thank you.
If youโve requested access, check Steam now - itโs open!
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Found myself in a flow state while play testing today!
Love seeing these little colonies become self sufficient! ๐
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I dont know how... but I already have 30 people waiting to playtest!
Just working out some final bugs and then I'll make it public! ๐๐
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its been a long time coming! The Cosmic Castaway playtest will go live on steam October 6th!
The Demo will be finalized for the February Next Fest and we will be launching early access in March! ๐๐
#indiegame #TrailerTuesday #steam #pcgaming #strategyGame #blender #lowpoly #solodev #unity3d
The Cosmic Castaway Playtest has been submitted for review! ๏ฟฝ
Playtest -> Demo Launch (likely December) -> February Steam Next Fest -> Release (March) ๐
#indiegame #Gamedev #pcgaming #steam
Looking pretty darn good, dude! ๐
Iโm taking a grass roots marketing strategy with Cosmic Castaway! Flyers are being shipped out today! ๐โ๏ธ
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The Cosmic Castaway game loop?
Crash -> build -> Survive -> Gather your crew -> escape -> repeat!
Wishlist on #Steam today! ๐๐
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I was just joking about that ๐
I was just joking with my wife โdo I fix it? Or is it a feature??โ ๐
Guys... I think I found a bug...๐
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Working on the strategic elements of Cosmic Castaway today! ๐
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Thank you! ๐
Thereโs tower defence mechanics but I describe it as a mix between catan and pikmin!
Hey, thank you very much! ๐
I really feel like 2025 will be the year I release my first game! I've been doing some internal playtest's this last week. Once I get through those bugs I'll open it up on steam ๐๐ฎ
#indiegame #screenshotsaturday #Gamedev #solodev #pcgaming #steam #unity3d
Some of the worlds and resource minigames in Cosmic Castaway so far! ๐
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I'm enjoying adding sfx to Cosmic Castaway much more than I thought I was going to ๐
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Lumber minigame sound effects.
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It has been a grind trying to get this electric grid system working properly. Another couple days and the bugs should all be squashed!๐ฅพ๐ชฒ
#indiegame #solodev #Gamedev #pcgaming #steam #unity3d
Thank you! ๐
