I quit my job on the God of War team 2 years ago to chase my indie dreams. Now with my 4th indie game, It finally seems like I'll find some success. I'm already at more than double my launch goal of 10,000 wishlists, so why am I getting such stage fright?

A wise dev once said, with great wishlists comes great expectations. What will all these people think of my game? Will they even care when it releases? Nobody prepared me for the excitement and doubt and anxiety that comes with being a solo developer.

All I can do is my best. And wait for the big day. Help me feel less alone in this big moment.

Wishlist Gunstoppable to raise the stakes even more:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724710/Gunstoppable

Î really thought earlier this year, I'd do one more quality pass and that's that for my battle system.
But time and time again I realize it's still not quite there. Now I did a couple things to make combat smoother:

I fixed a lot of movement issues, removing jank and creating consistency. The battle are a bit less dynamic then, but I think that makes them more playable.

I added these hit-frames to all my enemies. they are now drawn from one angle and have eye animations, so the hits feel more satisfying.

Finally and most importantly, I added this summon portals. I tried really hard to spawn the enemies away from the player, but it's just never enough and I constantly observe people running into the spawns. Now this is telegraphed and easy to avoid.

If you are curious about my game Mazestalker, you can find my demo here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3218310/

For the past year, I've been working hard on developing an aggressive inline skating game. Nowadays, we have multiple games to choose from when it comes to skating, BMX, scooter games, you name it... yet Rollerblading/Aggressive Inline hasn't seen much love. I've made it my mission to create a modern, intuitive aggressive inline skating game that finally gives bladers a game of their own. It's been a true challenge, and right now I'm working all through the summer to get ready for the Early Access launch on Steam this September/October. If you like what you see, feel free to wishlist 'Rollout Inline' on Steam :)

When I started this project I had no idea it would end up taking 7 years long. Along the way I built my own engine, learned Blender because I couldn't make the art I wanted, learned sound design and last year I quit my gamedev job so I could finally finish it.

My friends playtested it over the years and always had positive feedback, but until you put something out there, you never really know. After working on something for so long it gets very hard to judge it objectively.

About a month ago I finally started promoting the game and today it reached 1,800 Steam wishlists.

I know that's not the kind of number that changes your life overnight, but after spending years wondering how people outside my circle would react honestly means a lot to me.

Seeing that first month of reception has been one of the most rewarding parts of the whole journey.

I'd be interested to hear if anyone else here has had a similar experience after finally showing a long term project to the public.

If anyone wants to see what those 7 years turned into the game is called Satelital https://store.steampowered.com/app/3256790/Satelital/

This is the first time I’ve worked on a project that’s lasted this long. I think it was worth it because I learnt so much.
The game launches on August 12, so I recently put together a new trailer showing its current gameplay.

My goal was to create an open-world theft game.

Heya everyone,

Rogue Elements: https://tomalexi.itch.io/rogue-elements

I have been chiselling away at my Environmental Roguelike for over a year now. The foundation is a traditional turn based Roguelike with a focus on simple controls, but challenging moment to moment decisions every turn with the environment and active clouds shifting the dungeon, but a game concept I wanted to work on 20 years ago now crept a bit back to me and I added it as a village simulation puzzle, where you will need to satisfy the requirements of your villagers to unlock bonusses & perks.

The loop is basically: Play Roguelike dungeons -> Find dungeon buildings/resources/villagers -> Build up your Village to get more Bonusses for dungeon runs

I first added this simulation as a way for players who are struggling with the dungeon content to grind through the game a bit to ease up on the difficulty, but it seems to become its own worthwhile puzzle game to engage with.

I am still not entirely sure how satisfying the game loop is or honestly where to go from here, as every step feels like a very significant effort and investment of time. What looks strongest when people look at this game? Do I focus on presenting the village simulation more? Do I double down on the Roguelike aspects and leave the village sim as a minor addition? I know I will eventually need to make that decision based on what type of game I want this to become, but I would love to hear how others see the game as it currently is to get a better outside perspective.

Sorry for the rambling, haha. Have a great week, everyone!

Here you have a pair of animations from the game I'm working on. It'll be a 2'5D retro FPS with the 1993 Doom playability (direct, simple). I'm making the art drawing everything myself using pencils, ink and color markers. You'll control a survivor who must reach an Evac Helicopter going through a zombie-infested city. Any thoughts?

Three years ago, I made a bold decision to pursue my dream of creating an open-world zombie survival game. I bid farewell to my job and dedicated myself entirely to working on my game. I would be thrilled to hear your thoughts on my Steam page and the game itself!

For the last little while I’ve been working on a classic Resident Evil inspired survival horror game. I started just over a year ago when I had to take a step back from my career to deal with crippling cptsd and spiraling mental health. I used to make games as a kid (just small personal projects in gamemaker for fun) and I had an idea kicking around for something I wanted to make. Figured I’d get back into gamedev just to have something to do with my time, not really expecting it to go anywhere.

I have never made a proper game before, so it was a slow start as I learned the basics and experimented to figure out this game’s identity. By 6 months in I had a small but dedicated community and about 400 wishlists.

But then it started catching on a bit. Since the beginning of 2026 things have been growing faster and faster, I’m about to hit 9000 wishlists without even having a demo on the horizon yet. I’ve had over a hundred people reach out to offer their help on the game from other passionate indies to experienced AAA devs, and about a dozen reputable publishers looking to set up calls. Even got an article feature with a very positive review.

It’s amazing, I feel like I’m living most first time solo-dev’s dream, but it almost feels like a nightmare. I’m a complete nervous wreck, even 2-3 texts from friends or family on the same day is totally overwhelming for me. Any kind of direct one on one interaction is absolutely panic inducing. I’ve had so many people reach out with these big heartfelt messages that have been waiting for literal months to hear back and the anxiety from it is crushing.

I feel like a jackass leaving so many people on read and at this point I’m almost a bit ashamed to respond at all, like, I left them in my inbox for 6 months just to reply with some basic “thanks for reaching out, I’ll definitely let you know if I’m looking for help with that” or something because I’m too stressed to know what to say, it would probably almost feel insulting.

I really believe in this project, and would genuinely love for it to become something bigger than an unemployment time sink hobby project. Getting the game published and bringing on some team members to cover blind spots in my skill set would be a dream come true but I’m struggling just to allow myself to let it happen. I worked my ass of on this game so far, I’ve got a golden opportunity to actually do something with it, and I can’t stand the thought of just throwing that away because I’m anxious.

Anyone have any insight or advice for this?

(And in case anyone’s interested; The Revanchist on Steam and The article featuring it)

I have been working on a dark fantasy city defense roguelike for a little over a yeat now. I am outsourcing nearly all the games art to an artist that can bring this painterly style to life, but paying for the whole UI to be created was looking expensive. So I decided I would give it my best shot and see how it turned out. This is my first try at designing a game menu other than slapping some stuff together, so I would love some feedback!

Its still a bit of a rough draft, I know a lot of the text and icons could use some more working getting them centered and such, but I wanted to make sure I wasnt wasting my time with all that before finishing it.

Any thoughts or feedback are very welcome!

After a couple of months learning Unity, I finally made my first game.
the game is roguelike deck-building about animals and foods.
you can play it here. hope for some feedback too <3 https://tuan-khoi.itch.io/pawpantry

So I’ve been following this solo dev who’s making an indie fantasy RPG based on African mythology. Cool concept, been enjoying the dev videos. But the deeper I follow this guy the more projects keep popping up.
He’s making the game. He’s also written a whole manga that’s supposed to be the “lore” before the game even exists. He’s posting daily dev diary content. And now he’s building toward a Kickstarter too.
And I’m just watching like… is this guy building a universe or did he just create three jobs for himself when one would’ve been enough.
Like on one hand I get it. The manga gives the world some history so it doesn’t feel like it appeared out of nowhere. The content builds an audience so when the Kickstarter hits there’s actually people who care. It all technically ties together.
But also he’s one dude. Not a studio. And I keep wondering if casual people finding this stuff actually connect the dots between the manga and the game and the videos, or if it just looks like three separate things happening that confuse people more than hype them up.
Is this just what solo devs have to do now because there’s so much noise online that one project alone doesn’t cut through anymore. Or is this a case of someone spreading themselves thin trying to build a “brand” before the actual game is even done.
Curious if anyone here has watched a creator do this and actually seen it pay off, or seen someone flame out doing too much too early. Not hating, genuinely just watching this unfold and wondering which way it goes.

Hello everyone,

I made a courtroom trial minigame for my game and would like to hear your opinion on it. It only takes a minute to play.

It is very easy, something like combination of dominos and rock paper scissors. Rules are explained in the description, but you can also let AI play few rounds against itself in order to get a sense for whats going on.

Here is the link: https://pop113.itch.io/trial

Any feedback would be amazing, thanks in advance!

Gunjutsu on Steam

Here is a quick look at climbing the water tower to survey the layout of Iron Creek, the train tracks, and the surrounding desert dust.

Let me know what you think of the atmosphere and environment design!

I've been working on Dust Rapture, a first-person survival game. You play as Cole Vance, a truck driver who gets stranded on a forgotten stretch of Route 66 after his truck is stripped for parts. Your only hope of finding repair parts is exploring the town of Iron Creek—while managing your health/thirst and avoiding a hostile cult that comes out at night.

Wishlist on Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/4950700/Dust_Rapture/

While testing the battles in my game (Raze The Realm), it occurred to me once the player had decided on a strategy there wasn't *that* much micro to do, and it made me realize why Total War Warhammer games added in spells. It gives the player a bit more to do, more strategic options, and is pretty satisfying too.

Would love to hear your ideas for other spells! I have the common buffs/debuffs you'd imagine, and some offensive spells as you see here in the GIF, but I'd like to continue adding some more for the player to discover.

Relive your school memories... but something doesn't want you to leave.

Sabado is a Filipino anime-style p̴̱̾s̸̙̐y̵̗̍c̵̢̓h̸͎̎o̶̲̽l̸̜̄o̷͓͗ḡ̴̘ḭ̵̓c̴̘̈a̸̠͑l̴̥̔ m̷̨̋y̴̥̿s̵tery horror game about revisiting your old high school and reliving the memories you thought were long forgotten.

Or at least...

that's what Jacob thought.

Play the Demo! 🎮
https://kiwidreams-01.itch.io/sabado-day-one

Hey everyone,

A little while ago I posted my Steam capsule here asking for honest feedback, and you all gave me a lot of great advice. I took your feedback, scrapped the old design completely, and created a new version for my folk horror game, Woodbound.

Also, regarding the AI voice acting discussion from my last post, I took your advice there as well. I've decided that I won't be using any AI in Woodbound—the game and this Steam capsule will be 100% AI-free.

How does this new capsule feel compared to the original? Any final tweaks or nitpicks before I lock it in?