I've never head of your game, but your video popped up on my recommended page. Your game looks amazing man, congrats on publishing it on Steam. Looking forward to playing it.
Congratulations on finishing and publishing a game! That alone already puts you in a small top percentage of devs, who actually managed to finish what they started. And thanks for sharing the info about your launch. For myself I decided early on that if i were to make a game it would be 3D for sure.
your game looks good! one thing I'd note though is, most things in it look like they lack *texture*, everything looks very smooth - and the font's used are default. it makes your game lack a coherent "identity" (as in, it feels inconsistent - the world is so clearly stylized and awesome looking, but it all feels just a touch off finished). and maybe some polish, like the death screen being instant. over all though, looks awesome! good job on the release bro :D
50 sales is way more than what some people get. My first game only made 10 sales in 5 months and 3 were returned. I actually removed it from steam and refunded the people who purchased it. While waiting for steam to fulfill my request I got 150ish sales in 2 days and almost 200 wishlists. I have no idea why. I think it was because I was refunding people so they were all trying it out before refunding? Out of the 150ish sales, only 2 more people refunded. In the end, my partner and I realized that the only way you make good money on steam making games is if you have a huge following already, or nail the lottery. Either way, your take home will be rougly around 33-38% after everything is said and done. Meaning if you make 100k, you take home ~35k as a rough estimate. While that is a nice chunk of money, if you spent a whole year doing game development you only made 35k in that year. That's ~$18 an hour here in the US. That means your $5 game needs to sell 20k copies to even get that much. Edit: Also @Pre Dusk, don't get discouraged man. What you should take out of this is that it was a learning experience that you know more how to do what you've already done thus far. These kind of projects are good supplementary income and can eventually lead to finally hitting big or even getting the crowd.
Game looks great, bit more marketing and out reach to streamers could have probably increased sales a lot. Not sure how big it is content wise, but think the price could have been a bit higher near the $8 or even $13 price point - so that you could have done more interesting discounts in the future and keep the game selling for longer.
you learned a good lesson. whatever genre you work in doesn't matter because you have to compete with the best of the best of that genre. focus on quality of life and what draws people into the game you're making. does your art draw people in more than not? does your gameplay draw people in more than not? you can do it!
My game got about 200 sales from the first 24hours, I had 1200 wishlists at the time of launch, (which is now around 3000 slightly over a month after launch) I spent 6 months making it solo including the last month which I spent on marketing. I'm still updating and marketing it, the game cost $5.99 and had 10% off at launch, I put basically no money into developing it.
How did you get this 1500 wishlist? I'd be content with this level of sell. At least for my first game, so that I got some money to spend on the next publish. If my first game got no sell at all, I'd have to save up money for several months before I could publish again but that's all cool since the second game gonna take more than several months anyway.
Actually trying to start my own game too at the moment, just got recommend this video and wish you the best of luck, also i believe you may overlooked the marketing aspect, i do believe on top of having a good game you also need to know how to market it and do good publicity 👍 also if its the first game, also consider it a learning experience for future games 👌
Good job making your game, most people don’t make it that far. This is just the start of your game dev progress. I think the guy who made fnaf made like dozens of games before he got some traction
I hear you with the 2D Platformers. I started there thinking it would be 'easier' than dealing with 3d, but it is not & so competitive. You have a good start though, those sales numbers are most indy's dream. The feedback you've had is positive, so you know you have a good game to promote. It's all about getting it in front of people now. Like the below comment says - Marketing & soon.
I don't know why people keep making 2D action platformers and expect success. It is literally the tutorial genre, oversaturated would be an understatement. Pick another genre guys! Be a needle, not the haystack!
The same reason sci fi novels keep selling? It's not about being the tutorial genre or not. People make things they like and connect to and it will still find It's audience. Take Broforce. Simple mechanics. Everything looks simple in that game. But it's such an amazing and fun game to play
@@purejoymind1705 this is a very naive take. Extremely few games on Steam make even 100k$ a year, all others will be financial losses. Of those games, a really huge portion of loss-making games are side-scrollers. You'd have to really really luck out to stand out. Expecting success when the odds and saturation are so out of whack, is really poor planning. I agree, works of passion are why people make games, but they're not going to guarantee a game that actually sells. People should really think hard before trying to make a game if they actually plan on selling it and aren't doing it as a hobby
Congrats on your first official release. A very honest review of your game and it's numbers. Can I ask, what did you do to market your game and get wishlists?
Thank you so much :) since I started I used to do RUclips videos on other RUclips channel I stopped RUclips the moment I started working on the game but I told my community I am gonna make a game I was always posting on twitter and reddit (new things I added to the game)
Congratulations on your game, I'm also a game dev and just had one question, since I know you're algerian. where did you receive your revenue? can you use wise for receiving money? or does steam force you to use a local bank account?
I personally don't understand why so many game developers make 2d games ... I got many game ideas, but still havn't start, maybe in few months. This is one of my game ideas: A 3rd person action adventure made in Unreal - it plays in a dystopian but cozy world, but it would be totaly different than most of the "normal" games ... a beautiful female character escapes from a laboratory without nothing, she got no idea what's going on, she knows nothing (can't speak, can't read, got no idea what clothes are), she learns nothing, she is immortal but extremly weak, also very clumsy and looses often the weapon while fighting, extreme falldamage would exist, in the game would be no inventory only what she can carry in the right and left hand, climbing would not be possible with something in the hands that means throwing everything away, no UI (no menu, no lifebar, no map, no tutorial), the enemies would be others escaped similar like her from the lab, zombies, robots, animals and many traps ..... the whole game would be a torture to play, in the game would be permanent nudity but no sexual content. I hope not but there is a chance that that this game could be banned at Steam. lol
there no problem making 2D games every year we see really successful 2D games and maybe u are not the target audience for these kind of games. Aslo good luck with ur ideas just start
@@LostAntGames Don't get me wrong, I also play many 2d games ... but all of them are free to play browser gacha games. On my Steam wishlist are arround 300 games (most are on it just for inspirations and to look at the designs), arround 50 of them are 2d ... but I think Contra: Operation Galuga is the only 2d game that I would buy if it will be one day on sale 70% off. Thanks, I will start soon with game development .... I just need to oder a new big SSD just for my game projects. I wish you also good luck with your new game ....... and if you want to make it really successful, make a game with anime girls who deliver packages. ^^
اللعبة ممتازة و ممتعة لكن ملاحظة بخصوص غياب الترجمة للغات أخرى مثل الفرنسية و الإسبانية و لما لا العربية لا أدري اذا كان ممكن تنزيل تحديث مستقبلا لدعم اللعبة بلغات آخرى
if ones who got your game for free would leave the check box that ask if got game for free leave it empty it would help boost your game cause steam dont count those reviews even if they are good and thats not fair to devs
Hi. Do you know if I put a game on a platform like appstore and people can buy it there or people can buy extra things in the game. Will I have to keep the game there on appstore forever? You know, so that people always have access to their product. Can I not remove it again if I five years from now dont want to pay appstore for having it there anymore. Or can i run into legal problems if I remove it later
hows the game on steam deck? Maybe this is a stupid question considering it is a 2D platformer. But maybe someone tried it? Price is really low and game looks good, so I would consider buying it just for playing on my steam deck.
tbh I don't have a steam deck and I don't know anyone who has it but some ppl tried it on it some of them got bugs I guess and other ppl played it perfectly so I don't know if its a good idea to play it on steam deck for now
Put it on google play and make it free. Thats what I did. And put in app purchases or run Ads I found that to be the most profitable way of making a mobile game. But if its something very complex like with a story like GTA or Online Multiplayer like NOVA 2 then you can charge to buy the game. If you want money quick like this year is all I care about to profit in the game then make it pay to play but if you want small but consistent revenue for the next 10 years just make the game free and add Ads + in App purchases. And keep updating.
Im almost sure, that this game would sell pretty good if you made it for mobile, maybe with some added microtransactions. My first thought after seeing it was that it looks like a mobile game. Dont get me wrong, i dont consider "mobile" looks as something negative. But this alone would make me skip this game when looking through steam, because i don't like playing mobile-like games on PC. I asked 2 of my friends and both of the responses were the same - ("Would download it on google play" and "Looks like android Hollow Knight"). I wish you the best in your game dev journey, and i hope this game will sell great in the end.
I was thinking why he made it so cheap, like batel XD Still didn't try it cuz I don't really play nor i am a fan of 2d games, but i am so proud that i know someone achieved this And I will try it later I think an easy project you can make it top view RPG fantasy game, open world now that's a game i get excited about I love them but they are based on the story, so you need to make the story good.
I believe your game looks good enough to market it. You've spent 3 years building it, don't let it die. Investigate how to Market your game
2:14 your game is actually worth the experience you gained so far, this is the most crucial thing to consider at this stage of your career.
I hope this experience will lead me to better projects !
@@LostAntGames Of course it will !!! Inchallah !
@@LostAntGames It will man. Every project gets better and better. This can also apply to sales.
I've never head of your game, but your video popped up on my recommended page. Your game looks amazing man, congrats on publishing it on Steam. Looking forward to playing it.
Congratulations on finishing and publishing a game! That alone already puts you in a small top percentage of devs, who actually managed to finish what they started. And thanks for sharing the info about your launch.
For myself I decided early on that if i were to make a game it would be 3D for sure.
Thanks
3D is not for me personally but if I was good at 3D art I will do it ofc
*Good luck, Okba. Whatever you do, make sure it's something you enjoy.*
your game looks good! one thing I'd note though is, most things in it look like they lack *texture*, everything looks very smooth - and the font's used are default. it makes your game lack a coherent "identity" (as in, it feels inconsistent - the world is so clearly stylized and awesome looking, but it all feels just a touch off finished). and maybe some polish, like the death screen being instant.
over all though, looks awesome! good job on the release bro :D
50 sales is way more than what some people get. My first game only made 10 sales in 5 months and 3 were returned. I actually removed it from steam and refunded the people who purchased it. While waiting for steam to fulfill my request I got 150ish sales in 2 days and almost 200 wishlists. I have no idea why. I think it was because I was refunding people so they were all trying it out before refunding? Out of the 150ish sales, only 2 more people refunded. In the end, my partner and I realized that the only way you make good money on steam making games is if you have a huge following already, or nail the lottery. Either way, your take home will be rougly around 33-38% after everything is said and done. Meaning if you make 100k, you take home ~35k as a rough estimate. While that is a nice chunk of money, if you spent a whole year doing game development you only made 35k in that year. That's ~$18 an hour here in the US. That means your $5 game needs to sell 20k copies to even get that much.
Edit: Also @Pre Dusk, don't get discouraged man. What you should take out of this is that it was a learning experience that you know more how to do what you've already done thus far. These kind of projects are good supplementary income and can eventually lead to finally hitting big or even getting the crowd.
The art is just splendid ! Congratz !
Game looks great, bit more marketing and out reach to streamers could have probably increased sales a lot. Not sure how big it is content wise, but think the price could have been a bit higher near the $8 or even $13 price point - so that you could have done more interesting discounts in the future and keep the game selling for longer.
You made us proud my friend, I hope that the field of games will develop in our country. There is a light of hope :)
you learned a good lesson. whatever genre you work in doesn't matter because you have to compete with the best of the best of that genre. focus on quality of life and what draws people into the game you're making. does your art draw people in more than not? does your gameplay draw people in more than not? you can do it!
Big fan of the game 🔥(I gave up on the first boss) YOU DESERVE MORE RECOGNITION 🔥
this is great man ! so happy for you congrats for the release
yah yah
My game got about 200 sales from the first 24hours, I had 1200 wishlists at the time of launch, (which is now around 3000 slightly over a month after launch) I spent 6 months making it solo including the last month which I spent on marketing. I'm still updating and marketing it, the game cost $5.99 and had 10% off at launch, I put basically no money into developing it.
U did absolutely great job
how did you get so many wishlists?
how much revenue❤?
Just come over this video. Have not seen the game before. looks good. :D
How did you get this 1500 wishlist? I'd be content with this level of sell. At least for my first game, so that I got some money to spend on the next publish. If my first game got no sell at all, I'd have to save up money for several months before I could publish again but that's all cool since the second game gonna take more than several months anyway.
I have been always sharing my game on reddit and twitter
I heard if you make your game go atleast 20% off it'll notify every single person who wishlisted it
Actually trying to start my own game too at the moment, just got recommend this video and wish you the best of luck, also i believe you may overlooked the marketing aspect, i do believe on top of having a good game you also need to know how to market it and do good publicity 👍 also if its the first game, also consider it a learning experience for future games 👌
😂 I can describe it in ONE word - really decent
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Congrats on releasing its a big accomplishment 🎉
This the path I'm taking too so you've got all my support :D
Good job making your game, most people don’t make it that far. This is just the start of your game dev progress. I think the guy who made fnaf made like dozens of games before he got some traction
Hollow Knight Algerian version🤩
Do marketing for sure your game is great, and underpriced 100%. Contact some big youtubers to play the game etc etc etc
I hear you with the 2D Platformers. I started there thinking it would be 'easier' than dealing with 3d, but it is not & so competitive. You have a good start though, those sales numbers are most indy's dream. The feedback you've had is positive, so you know you have a good game to promote. It's all about getting it in front of people now. Like the below comment says - Marketing & soon.
The level of quality of your game is amazing man. Great job 👏
I appreciate your comment much love
I think we can get this to 7500 wishlists
does it really help when u already published the game ? I have 2300 wishlist now
الله يبارك ربي يوفقك
كيفاه قدرت بصح تحط لعبة في ستيم و تدخل أرباح ماشي الجزائر مايدعمش بايبال؟
لازم فيزا
المطور جزائري ؟
@@waleedtheXIVth نعم
Congratulations on releasing your game! Not many people/studios archieve that goal.
Nice game btw. So far
i like the work of puppet combo check them maybe u should try making small horror games
Horror games has big competition too so its hard to make a successful game in this genre
much love Woozie
Great and honest video man!
By the way i`m making 2d platformer 🙃
Great video. I like your art.
Thanks for sharing your experience :)
Congrats
I don't know why people keep making 2D action platformers and expect success. It is literally the tutorial genre, oversaturated would be an understatement. Pick another genre guys! Be a needle, not the haystack!
The same reason sci fi novels keep selling? It's not about being the tutorial genre or not. People make things they like and connect to and it will still find It's audience. Take Broforce. Simple mechanics. Everything looks simple in that game. But it's such an amazing and fun game to play
@@purejoymind1705 this is a very naive take. Extremely few games on Steam make even 100k$ a year, all others will be financial losses. Of those games, a really huge portion of loss-making games are side-scrollers. You'd have to really really luck out to stand out. Expecting success when the odds and saturation are so out of whack, is really poor planning. I agree, works of passion are why people make games, but they're not going to guarantee a game that actually sells. People should really think hard before trying to make a game if they actually plan on selling it and aren't doing it as a hobby
You need to translate the game into at least 5 major languages of the world. This way you will increase your sales.
Congrats on your first official release.
A very honest review of your game and it's numbers.
Can I ask, what did you do to market your game and get wishlists?
Thank you so much :)
since I started I used to do RUclips videos on other RUclips channel
I stopped RUclips the moment I started working on the game but I told my community I am gonna make a game
I was always posting on twitter and reddit (new things I added to the game)
I like this, keep documenting it you'll look back at it when you make the next among us
I hope, the next project will be better in all aspects
you may dream of money, but do it for the fun. dont beat yourself up with this, maybe youll get some sale boosts or not. Enjoy making the next one!
Congratulations on your game, I'm also a game dev and just had one question, since I know you're algerian. where did you receive your revenue?
can you use wise for receiving money? or does steam force you to use a local bank account?
Local bank account
I personally don't understand why so many game developers make 2d games ...
I got many game ideas, but still havn't start, maybe in few months.
This is one of my game ideas:
A 3rd person action adventure made in Unreal - it plays in a dystopian but cozy world, but it would be totaly different than most of the "normal" games ... a beautiful female character escapes from a laboratory without nothing, she got no idea what's going on, she knows nothing (can't speak, can't read, got no idea what clothes are), she learns nothing, she is immortal but extremly weak, also very clumsy and looses often the weapon while fighting, extreme falldamage would exist, in the game would be no inventory only what she can carry in the right and left hand, climbing would not be possible with something in the hands that means throwing everything away, no UI (no menu, no lifebar, no map, no tutorial), the enemies would be others escaped similar like her from the lab, zombies, robots, animals and many traps ..... the whole game would be a torture to play, in the game would be permanent nudity but no sexual content. I hope not but there is a chance that that this game could be banned at Steam. lol
there no problem making 2D games every year we see really successful 2D games and maybe u are not the target audience for these kind of games.
Aslo good luck with ur ideas just start
@@LostAntGames Don't get me wrong, I also play many 2d games ... but all of them are free to play browser gacha games. On my Steam wishlist are arround 300 games (most are on it just for inspirations and to look at the designs), arround 50 of them are 2d ... but I think Contra: Operation Galuga is the only 2d game that I would buy if it will be one day on sale 70% off.
Thanks, I will start soon with game development .... I just need to oder a new big SSD just for my game projects.
I wish you also good luck with your new game ....... and if you want to make it really successful, make a game with anime girls who deliver packages. ^^
We want this game on the Play Store to play it on the phone and for people who do not have a pc
May I what tool you used to paint ??
I use photoshop to draw
@@LostAntGames 👍Thank You :)
اللعبة ممتازة و ممتعة لكن ملاحظة بخصوص غياب الترجمة للغات أخرى مثل الفرنسية و الإسبانية و لما لا العربية
لا أدري اذا كان ممكن تنزيل تحديث مستقبلا لدعم اللعبة بلغات آخرى
if ones who got your game for free would leave the check box that ask if got game for free leave it empty it would help boost your game cause steam dont count those reviews even if they are good and thats not fair to devs
very fun very cheap would recommend
Hi. Do you know if I put a game on a platform like appstore and people can buy it there or people can buy extra things in the game. Will I have to keep the game there on appstore forever? You know, so that people always have access to their product. Can I not remove it again if I five years from now dont want to pay appstore for having it there anymore. Or can i run into legal problems if I remove it later
3:50
This.
Also, Animal Well JUST came out, so that doesn't help either.
Your game looks very professional, but so do dozens of others.
wait did I miss something, or you didn't actually tell use how much it made?
150 sale *5$ -30%
@@LostAntGames thankyou, I guess I did miss it lol.
Kinda scary tbh
Bro the gmae looks nice
Thank you for sharing
amazing sir.
Why u don’t publish your Game in PlayStation Store (i played ur game its so amazing btw)
why dont you try to make a quick horror game? streamers always like some cheap thrills
Well done. Your game looks very good so I hope you find the success it deserves.
Neat - well done
Have you thought about publishing your game on mobile or web?
I don't think Pre Dusk will be really great for phone cuz of the controls
@@LostAntGamesweb?
hows the game on steam deck? Maybe this is a stupid question considering it is a 2D platformer. But maybe someone tried it? Price is really low and game looks good, so I would consider buying it just for playing on my steam deck.
tbh I don't have a steam deck and I don't know anyone who has it but some ppl tried it on it some of them got bugs I guess and other ppl played it perfectly
so I don't know if its a good idea to play it on steam deck for now
nice bro!
انت الجزائري لي صنعت اللعبة
What did you use to create your art
Photoshop
@@LostAntGames thx
you need more work about marketing it is very important for you and the game
I hearded u r Algerian
Realy ?
I am yeah !
ولد بلادي 💪❤️🩹
👏
Your game looks like every indie game ever
yeah cuz its an indie game ? lol
Are arabic?
Yeah I am from Algeria :)
@@LostAntGames im from morroco🇲🇦❤️
support comment
Put it on google play and make it free. Thats what I did. And put in app purchases or run Ads I found that to be the most profitable way of making a mobile game. But if its something very complex like with a story like GTA or Online Multiplayer like NOVA 2 then you can charge to buy the game.
If you want money quick like this year is all I care about to profit in the game then make it pay to play but if you want small but consistent revenue for the next 10 years just make the game free and add Ads + in App purchases. And keep updating.
BRO I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUR GAME WALLAH 🦾🦾
Cool looking game! Hopefully sales pick up, the level of detail and quality looks amazing.
Im almost sure, that this game would sell pretty good if you made it for mobile, maybe with some added microtransactions. My first thought after seeing it was that it looks like a mobile game.
Dont get me wrong, i dont consider "mobile" looks as something negative. But this alone would make me skip this game when looking through steam, because i don't like playing mobile-like games on PC.
I asked 2 of my friends and both of the responses were the same - ("Would download it on google play" and "Looks like android Hollow Knight").
I wish you the best in your game dev journey, and i hope this game will sell great in the end.
I was thinking why he made it so cheap, like batel XD
Still didn't try it cuz I don't really play nor i am a fan of 2d games, but i am so proud that i know someone achieved this
And I will try it later
I think an easy project you can make it top view RPG fantasy game, open world
now that's a game i get excited about
I love them but they are based on the story, so you need to make the story good.
Game looks good!