Show HN: A Demo for a Strategy Game

47 pointsposted 8 hours ago
by joegibbs
(store.steampowered.com)

9 Comments

latexr

4 hours ago

You should clarify if it’s Real-Time Strategy or Turn-Based Tactics. Different audiences.

georgeecollins

3 hours ago

For sure-- they want different things. But this looks great.

latexr

2 hours ago

It does look great. But while that warrants an upvote it doesn’t warrant the effort of having to turn on my old machine with Windows on it and going through the effort of installing the demo just to then find out it’s not the kind of strategy I like.

Steam has tags for both kind and that’s how I search. I want the OP to have more people of their intended player base finding and enjoying the game.

JMiao

33 minutes ago

Cool demo, good job releasing it. What are you hoping to get from demo players?

z3t4

3 hours ago

was kinda hoping for a open source game when I saw the Github link, but it's just a zip download with an .exe

If you are thinking of open sourcing, it can still be a good idea because users will pay for the convenience of not having to compile/build themselves.

aniviacat

3 hours ago

> users will pay for the convenience of not having to compile/build themselves

But another developer could republish the game for half the price, no?

mholt

2 hours ago

Yeah, that doesn't make sense. Players will pay for your game.

FrustratedMonky

4 hours ago

You are one person?

This is pretty impressive for one person as a hobby in spare time during Covid.

Nice

Congratulations on making it this far.

On Steam, I'd suggest adding a video of some sample play.

laconicmatt

3 hours ago

This looks very cool. Kind of giving me total war / warhammer vibes. Wishlisted and I'll give the demo a go.

Good luck with the project.