Jagriff - Gentoo Rescue dev

Surprise Saturday stream!

Starting with DD and RoA2, then IDK. Maybe I'll add sound effects to my upcoming free witch game?

www.twitch.tv/jagriff

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Going live now with the rest of Stig.

www.twitch.tv/jagriff

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Are there any puzzle games participating in Steam NextFest that I should consider streaming? I prefer games that are deductive (in the math sense).

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There's no explicit tutorial. The game doesn't even say "A to move left" and "D to move right" in-game. Instead it'll just have A and D shown on the screen, and expect players to experiment to learn how it works. Same goes for the others.

It was fun! I should be able to finish up the game tomorrow.

Stig on Steam A sokoban-style puzzle game about finding a path through colors.

Going live in ~20min. I'll start with a few Devil Daggers runs and a few RoA2 matches, and then continue my playthrough of Stig by @bergberggames.bsky.social .

store.steampowered.com/app/2834830/...

www.twitch.tv/jagriff

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You Are The Code on Steam Programming puzzle game, but YOU CAN'T TYPE. Navigate and run pre-existing lines of code! Watch out for bugs eating away your program!

You Are The Code is part of the Ada Lovelace Day event!
No sale unfortunately because I released it too recently, but great time to add it to your wishlist!
store.steampowered.com/app/3333330/...

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I'll probably throw this up on itch for free in the next few days. Not sure if I should bother with sound effects or anything since it's just a silly prototype that I don't expect anyone to play.

Controls menu showing A, left arrow, and left dpad mapped to "Move left" and D, right arrow, and right dpad mapped to "Move left". There are 4 more actions that only appear as "????????". Their binds are also shown as "bind hidden".

I made a simple rebind menu that will hide binds the player isn't supposed to know about yet. I use non-standard binds, so I had to do this even for a small prototype.

I can repurpose this for any other Godot projects as well, so the time hasn't been wasted.

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I know I won't stop Godot posting, but another thing I like about it is that it is identical on Linux. So I can develop on my Windows desktop, and then switch to my Linux laptop without missing a beat.

Gentoo Rescue on Steam A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.

I'd love to get in if there's still room. I released my first game this year, and already in the process of prototyping potential 2nd games.

store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...

First I made a top down puzzler using Unreal Engine 5. Now I'm considering making an FPS using Godot. Why am I like this?

Starting Stig now! @bergberggames.bsky.social

Starting now. Axe Ghost for a bit and then who knows what else. Maybe RoA2 or Devil Daggers, or a puzzler like Stig?

www.twitch.tv/jagriff

Oh no, I think you might have caught me at the tail end of stream while I was "just chatting" until I got the urge to play Devil Daggers for 10min.

Anyway, thanks for the shoutout! I had a rough time on Axe Ghost today. The daily kicked my butt.

No boss after many many turns

I think I found an Axe Ghost bug

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@thinkygames.com
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@puzzlejunkies.bsky.social
to this magnificent group, for when you’d rather watch someone else being puzzled.

Going live with more Glowkeeper! Then maybe RoA2, DBT/QL, or some other puzzler like Stig. Not sure yet..

Say hi if you stop by :)

www.twitch.tv/jagriff

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I'm pleased to announce that my talk proposal for the upcoming Thinky Con has been approved! The event is hosted by Thinky Games on November 5-7.

I don't have the talk fully fleshed out yet, but I think the title will ruffle some feathers.

This game is wild! I'm kinda hoping we have a "2 nickels" situation with an 18-inning Mariners elimination game at home.

Good news: It looks like Epic is willing to refund my $100 dev fee!

Day 4 of Glowkeeper: www.twitch.tv/jagriff

I actually have some time tonight, so many some other games later? Come say hi!

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Glowkeeper day 3

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It's happening

As far as I noticed, EGS does not acknowledge the existence of Linux. I was only asked about providing binaries for Windows and MacOS.

Oh yeah, and one part that makes this even funnier is that I am using Unreal Engine. That's right! I'm using Epic's own engine. Yet releasing on their store is 100x more difficult than Steam or Itch.

Long story short is that I cannot release on EGS because of a combination of requirements, some of which were poorly communicated and are very unreasonable.

I've requested a refund of my $100. *fingers crossed* getting this money back won't be too difficult

If any minor thing is wrong with any section of the application, the whole thing has to be resubmitted. EAS is not a requirement on its own, but for me it is (because of achievement requirement), so it was not flagged at all until it was time to release.

But the worst part is the entire process. There was no hint that this would be a problem until release day. Any minor change I make to anything (like fixing a typo on the store page) requires an entire review process where I have to wait for hours.

Anyway, integrating EAS requires another application process. Part of this is "brand approval", where I need to have an approved domain that defines an approved privacy policy. WTF, why? I'm just a solodev with a hobby project. I don't need or want ANY user data.