Game Releases and Earnings Experience

[septimustitus]

Has anyone released a game and got earning (or) got funding for a game using invector ?
Can you share your experiences ?

[archieandrews]

Tumbleweed and the empty sound of air breeze ... I'm in the midst of a game dev using this asset but quite cautious of its potential and mostly the lack of any concise documentation that would encourage a developer to use it in production. You ask a question and get half an answer. I'm not saying it is a bad product but support tends to have limited content in their replies especially requesting code support. Some form of API documentation would greatly help self starters like me. Instead they direct you to working examples which are OK I suppose but trying to get s more detailed answer how to access components etc. tends to be guesswork. IF you want a supported product I'm not sure this it. I paid my money took my chance.

[and91]

We have a game released on PC and Console (Unknown Fate) made with Unity using just Amplify Shader Editor as external tool.

We're going to use Invector character controller as BASE for our next game becaue it's just the best third person controller on the Asset Store, all the other are impossible to use for a real game even with deep mods.
It's true that there's almost no documentation (both written and in terms of support) but as developer I feel comfortable reading just the code.
Please note that we're going to use Invector character as base, we already modified it so much that it could be a controller on its own xD this is a character controller and it will NEVER be production ready and this is how it should be.
I would have prefered a version of the controller with no extra thing but the melee controller is already good enough.

Back to you question the engine or the tools you are using has NOTHING to do with the quality of the end product or your ability to get funds.

[Devistute]

Is this fellow talking about Invectors Template? The rat dude that is.
You can literally access the scrips anywhere and any time, as they are marked as Public.
The fact that the Invector Scripts has "Events" Extends this further.

You can expand this kit to heavens and above, IF you know what you are doing.
I would advise to look at the products name, which has word "Template" in it.
Going bashing an example kit for the fact that it doesn't have all the things you want
is idiotic. Plus the community here is epic, they will help if they know how.

I for one started not knowing shit about this template, but as months
went by i managed to do all kinds of wonders the controller itself cant do.

You simply cant expect an paid asset, which is again an Template to do your game for you.
It requires massive extensions, all has to change.
And this template is perfect for that because how easy it is to work with.

[jrackley]

May 2, 2019 11:56:15 GMT septimustitus said:

Has anyone released a game and got earning (or) got funding for a game using invector ?
Can you share your experiences ?

Yes we have released a game using the controller. Here is a link... store.steampowered.com/app/895750/The_Adventures_of_Mr_Fluffykins/

Have we earned money...yes, Is it more than $1000.00... yes, will I say how much...no, lol.

As for the experience, well that brings a whole world of things. The experience of making and actually finishing the game all the way through to release was a very good learning experience. This game was made by myself(coding), and my girlfriend(building the levels, designing the puzzles), we did this when I would come home from work and made it out of our bedroom(since that is where the desktop PC is at).

I can say as far as the controller is concerned, you will not find a better one to work with on the store. It has extreme flexibility, the only issues you hear about are from all of the people who do not know the first thing about coding, but they think they are gonna make a game (that is not only absurd, but impossible if you are not "flipping" a garbage game).

Making a full game all the way through to production takes a lot of time, patience and banging your head off of the wall, wanting to give up, contemplating life decisions and the list goes on. However if you stick to it and see it through to the end, you will gain invaluable experience and self accomplishment, as well as motivation to make a "better" game moving forward with all of the things you learned along the way. And trust me it feels good even if game doesn't sell a million copies!

To elaborate on the above timeframe(this game took about 6 months), our other games are in process for over 2 years now.

Now I will touch on the last topic (the one everyone is scared to talk about it seems)....

The gaming community is by far the most TOXIC community you will ever deal with, they will rip apart every little thing you have done, because they do not understand the work it takes to make a game they just play it. Not everyone is like that by any means, we actually had a very nice person contact us and they even put together a PDF of any and all things that they found wrong with the game, making it very easy to fix due to knowing where to look for the mistakes, it was an awesome experience and one that will always be remembered. Other people just ripped the game apart and left negative reviews because they thought "the cat looked seedy" or because the cat walks on 2 legs....not because there were actual problems with the game itself. Some people only buy your game to make a quick youtube video of it and then refund it, with the hopes of getting views for their channels. Hence why most negatives are left from people with 20mins or less of game play.
Part of these things also came from the people thinking we are an actual studio, not just a couple of people, and once they find out it is just a couple of people they change the tune.

To end the topic for now, I would just say that if you see a game all the way to production, be ready and mentally prepared to take the good with the bad, do not let the people who trash what you have made get under your skin (they sure can't or haven't done it). We have mixed reviews because of people just mostly being "dicks" and people who trash everyones stuff no matter how good it is, but you know what... We saw it through til the end and have since been working on 3 other games that are taking forever, lol! But they will come out better due to the learning that was involved in actually doing one the first time.

[septimustitus]

May 9, 2019 16:35:03 GMT and91 said:

We have a game released on PC and Console (Unknown Fate) made with Unity using just Amplify Shader Editor as external tool.

We're going to use Invector character controller as BASE for our next game becaue it's just the best third person controller on the Asset Store, all the other are impossible to use for a real game even with deep mods.
It's true that there's almost no documentation (both written and in terms of support) but as developer I feel comfortable reading just the code.
Please note that we're going to use Invector character as base, we already modified it so much that it could be a controller on its own xD this is a character controller and it will NEVER be production ready and this is how it should be.
I would have prefered a version of the controller with no extra thing but the melee controller is already good enough.

Back to you question the engine or the tools you are using has NOTHING to do with the quality of the end product or your ability to get funds.

wow, i know this game but didn't know it was made with invector. Cool!

[septimustitus]

May 9, 2019 20:28:20 GMT jrackley said:

May 2, 2019 11:56:15 GMT septimustitus said:

Has anyone released a game and got earning (or) got funding for a game using invector ?
Can you share your experiences ?

Yes we have released a game using the controller. Here is a link... store.steampowered.com/app/895750/The_Adventures_of_Mr_Fluffykins/

Have we earned money...yes, Is it more than $1000.00... yes, will I say how much...no, lol.

As for the experience, well that brings a whole world of things. The experience of making and actually finishing the game all the way through to release was a very good learning experience. This game was made by myself(coding), and my girlfriend(building the levels, designing the puzzles), we did this when I would come home from work and made it out of our bedroom(since that is where the desktop PC is at).

I can say as far as the controller is concerned, you will not find a better one to work with on the store. It has extreme flexibility, the only issues you hear about are from all of the people who do not know the first thing about coding, but they think they are gonna make a game (that is not only absurd, but impossible if you are not "flipping" a garbage game).

Making a full game all the way through to production takes a lot of time, patience and banging your head off of the wall, wanting to give up, contemplating life decisions and the list goes on. However if you stick to it and see it through to the end, you will gain invaluable experience and self accomplishment, as well as motivation to make a "better" game moving forward with all of the things you learned along the way. And trust me it feels good even if game doesn't sell a million copies!

To elaborate on the above timeframe(this game took about 6 months), our other games are in process for over 2 years now.

Now I will touch on the last topic (the one everyone is scared to talk about it seems)....

The gaming community is by far the most TOXIC community you will ever deal with, they will rip apart every little thing you have done, because they do not understand the work it takes to make a game they just play it. Not everyone is like that by any means, we actually had a very nice person contact us and they even put together a PDF of any and all things that they found wrong with the game, making it very easy to fix due to knowing where to look for the mistakes, it was an awesome experience and one that will always be remembered. Other people just ripped the game apart and left negative reviews because they thought "the cat looked seedy" or because the cat walks on 2 legs....not because there were actual problems with the game itself. Some people only buy your game to make a quick youtube video of it and then refund it, with the hopes of getting views for their channels. Hence why most negatives are left from people with 20mins or less of game play.
Part of these things also came from the people thinking we are an actual studio, not just a couple of people, and once they find out it is just a couple of people they change the tune.

To end the topic for now, I would just say that if you see a game all the way to production, be ready and mentally prepared to take the good with the bad, do not let the people who trash what you have made get under your skin (they sure can't or haven't done it). We have mixed reviews because of people just mostly being "dicks" and people who trash everyones stuff no matter how good it is, but you know what... We saw it through til the end and have since been working on 3 other games that are taking forever, lol! But they will come out better due to the learning that was involved in actually doing one the first time.

Thanks for sharing in detail. I personally like your game and is fun catering to young audience.
I feel you, i have had such experiences too in Made with Unity showcases . While fellow developers are very supportive, some laymen gamer's words can be brutal and haunting making you rethink your decision about being in the gaming industry. It takes courage to shake it off and get up back. lol