u/Euphoric_Cause3322 — reddlx

Inverse relationship between effort and response?

Is anyone else experiencing this thing where the less effort put into a game, the more people are liking it? I've released like 6 or 7 games now (Some complete garbage) but the games I made the fastest with lowest effort are by far the most played and highest rated. I just released a Hamster game that I made with my kids. Put hardly any time or thought into it and its like 10 mins of gameplay and people seem to love it. Right after I released a game about llamas throwing bombs and I personally love it and am putting a lot of effort into it and doesnt seem to resonate with people.

u/Euphoric_Cause3322 — 4 days ago

▲ 35 r/incremental_games

Made a game with my kids for a game jam. Hamstronaut

https://angrypickle92.itch.io/hamstronaut
We made this for the very serious juniper dev jam.
I did the art in "excallidraw".
Sound effects made from my 7yr old recording noises into MacBook voice memos
Its like 10-20 mins. idk my kid likes it a lot but shes 7.

https://preview.redd.it/ugn1l2tp3h9h1.png?width=499&format=png&auto=webp&s=c9479ef8774a6e3d6b936518b315d7eb747d177d

ai disclosure: we didnt use ai

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u/Euphoric_Cause3322 — 10 days ago

▲ 4 r/incremental_games

Hue. a simple color incremental I made (very early, free)

I've made a few games now and most of them haven't done great. I kept trying new stuff and throwing together games that always felt like they were missing something.

So I thought about the incrementals I actually love, and they're all pretty simple. A nice game loop, numbers going up, starting simplicity that slowly evolves. I know everyone's got different tastes, but that's the kind of thing I enjoy.

So I made Hue: https://angrypickle92.itch.io/hue

It's very early but there's a decent amount of gameplay so far. I'm actively working on it and genuinely want suggestions.

I've tried the complicated route before and the games never came out with much clarity, or honestly much fun. I tried AI art to make stuff look nicer (people REALLY didn't like that, fair enough). I tried doing my own art but didn't love where that game was going. And anyway, my favorites barely have art. Antimatter Dimensions, Idle Bouncer, that sort of thing.

Give it a shot if it sounds like your kind of thing. It's free and always will be.
AI Disclosure:
Ai was not used in this project

https://preview.redd.it/hxu8t4412j6h1.png?width=630&format=png&auto=webp&s=eb6b15daabebcc56e875ec0bd0d81089c99c0489

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u/Euphoric_Cause3322 — 25 days ago