{"id":90,"date":"2022-03-08T14:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motleypixels.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2022-03-08T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T03:21:08","slug":"why-am-i-releasing-a-game-so-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Why am I releasing a game (so soon)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"396\" src=\"http:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-will-smith.gif?w=498\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to ponder what&#8217;s been motivating me to release Gravity Flux, a game I&#8217;ve made, on the Steam platform. It is a simple game that I made at a game jam, that can be quickly added upon to be in a state that is releasable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sat down and wrote a few dot points as to why I thought I was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Experience that I may not be able to get otherwise<\/li><li>Experience I can share with others (eg. Tas Game Makers)<\/li><li>Personal achievement and satisfaction<\/li><li>Quicker to release than my other game, Wizards with Rockets<\/li><li>Curiosity &#8211; how well will it do?<\/li><li>Beginning of a strategy of releasing games\/software to earn passive income<\/li><li>Bragging points<\/li><li>Improving the reputation of game makers in Tasmania &#8211; another Tasmanian has released a game!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But it hit me after that. I think the reason I am releasing <em>this<\/em> game, is that well, this game isn&#8217;t a really big game, like Wizards with Rockets was aiming to be. I know some local developers, Myriad Games, who released Where the Snow Settles. That took them about 5 years to make. A relatively big project. For many of them, that&#8217;ll be their last game they release on their own (or as a part of a small indie team) for a fair while. I don&#8217;t want to do that. I want to get into the habit of <em>making and releasing<\/em> <strong>multiple<\/strong> games! Starting with Gravity Flux. I&#8217;ve got to start somewhere, and that somewhere should be simple and easy, as opposed to a larger game. So the reason I chose to finish this game off and release it was to build myself up as a &#8220;game making person&#8221; akin to Cheeseness and others I know who have a similar approach. Now, I may not spend as much time on game making as Cheeseness, but I will be just as persistent. Slow and steady wins the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, with the <em>hopefully<\/em> inevitable release of Gravity Flux, it will mark the beginning of my &#8220;professional hobby&#8221; of making and releasing games. It&#8217;ll be quite an exciting launch party for me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to ponder what&#8217;s been motivating me to release Gravity Flux, a game I&#8217;ve made, on the Steam platform. It is a simple game that I made at a game jam, that can be quickly added upon to be in a state that is releasable. I sat down and wrote a few dot points [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plans"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motleypixels.leofebeytech.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}