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If you’ve got anything that matches my taste, hit me up!

hey everyone,

we made two game over animations for our roguelike deckbuilder Dead Spin. the enemy kills the player either with an electric shock or by smashing them with an arcade machine.

what do you think, and which one is more interesting?

(heres our Steam page if you're curious: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3705670/DEAD_SPIN/)

we finally dug into the country breakdown for DEAD SPIN wishlists and noticed something pretty weird: a 500+ wishlist spike from Japan. and theyre still slowly trickling in.

the weirdest part is we never specifically marketed the game there at all.

so we started digging and found the likely reason: about a month ago AUTOMATON wrote an article about us and posted the game on X.

we were completely buried in development at the time and only now got around to actually looking at the aftermath.

somehow Japan ended up becoming one of the countries that stands out the most in our wishlist data, with zero targeted marketing from us.

now we are wondering: did we just happen to hit the right audience, or have we been seriously underestimating Japan? especially for a game with visuals like ours?

and if youre curious to see the game were making and what this whole post is about, heres our Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3705670/DEAD_SPIN/

Hello, everyone!

We’re looking for native speakers to help us with the localization of our dark roguelike deckbuilder Dead Spin (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3705670/DEAD_SPIN/)

- Languages: Spanish, German, French
- Scope: a bit over 6,000 words
- Status: all text is already machine-translated into these languages
- Task: review the existing translations and fix phrases that sound unnatural or unclear

If you’re interested and available, please reply to this post or DM me.

the corolla in the picture is what i couldve bought
instead i turned those $5k into fewer than 500 steam wishlists

me and my mates are making Dead Spin, dark roguelike deckbuilder. we handled the marketing ourselves, then i had the brilliant idea to spend the price of an entire used corolla on a Jestr campaign

and... yeah, it just didnt work for our game. under 300k views, weak traffic to steam and fewer than 500 wishlists. so yeah, $10+ per wishlist. corolla numbers

turns out roguelike deckbuilders and tiktok have zero chemistry. tiktok also occasionally thought we were advertising actual gambling because of the casino setting, but only like 1-2% of the content got blocked so that wasnt really what killed it

now were back to doing the marketing ourselves. no corolla, but at least i now own a $5k opinion about tiktok marketing

posting this so maybe another indie dev tests small before converting their own corolla into wishlist data. unless youre making friendslop, then tiktok will probably love you lol

btw Jestr were great to work with, our game and the format just didnt click

and heres the game responsible for my current lack of corolla:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3705670/DEAD_SPIN/

so we've been updating our bosses and i stumbled on the early concept art. and honestly? i started wondering did it look better before?

what do you think?

hey everyone,

we already updated the Steam capsule, but we're curious about your honest opinion.

old. the Rabbit with glasses. the one that appears in the tutorial. looks almost welcoming. but something feels a little off…

new. the Rabbit without glasses. the one players actually face for most of the game. no warmth. just that unsettling smile and the button he's about to press.

both work, but they give completely different first impressions.

which one would make you click? 

if you're interested check out our Steam page and wishlist the game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3705670/DEAD_SPIN/

Hey everyone!

I'm looking for playtesters for DEAD SPIN - a horror roguelike deckbuilder.

the game is about deadly slot-machine duels in a cursed casino. You build your deck with symbols, chips, and trinkets, chase big scores, and try to outspin the lunatic gambler sitting across from you.

the Steam Playtest is open now. No NDA, no keys needed.

steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3705670/DEAD_SPIN/

what we’d love feedback on:

- how clear the tutorial and core rules are
- whether the deckbuilding choices feel interesting
- balance, difficulty spikes, and confusing moments
- bugs, softlocks, or anything that feels broken
- general first impressions after one run

a full run takes around 30-40 minutes, but even 10-15 minutes of feedback would be helpful.

thanks a lot to anyone who checks it out. We’ll be reading comments here and would really appreciate honest feedback.

a short survey opens after closing the game

Hello everyone!

Game Title: DEAD SPIN

Playable Link:  https://store.steampowered.com/app/3705670/DEAD_SPIN/

Platform: Steam

Description: Me and my mates finally opened a playtest for DEAD SPIN – a dark roguelike deckbuilder where you gamble your life on a slot machine.  DEAD SPIN blends the deckbuilding feel of Balatro with the tense duels of Buckshot Roulette, then pushes it all into slot-machine mechanics.

Free to Play Status: Playtest available

found a sealed UK copy of The Orange Box for Xbox 360 for $125. Thinking of picking it up for my collection.

any thoughts on whether $125 is reasonable for it, or is that too much?

I’ve always been into poker and slots so I wanted to combine the heads up tension of poker with slot mechanics and hopefully multiply that feeling of excitement and risk.

You’re not just spinning and hoping for the best - you build your own reels by adding unique symbols, then try to create a setup strong enough to beat your opponent’s score.

I’m especially curious what people here think about the slots side of it: does it catch your eye, does it recreate that slot feeling on screen or does something feel missing?

If you are interested, you can also wishlist the game here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3705670/DEAD_SPIN/

Hey! Me and my mates are working on a game Dead Spin inspired by the aesthetics of the late 1990s and early 2000s. It’s about duels on a weird special slot machine with masked lunatic gamblers.

We've been trying to add that creepy horror spice to the visuals and overall design unsettling, weird, with a dash of PS2-era jank charm.

So what do you think? Did we pull it off?

Hello! We’ve got a bit of a debate going on in our team and could use some outside opinions.

In our game Dead Spin, players have to fight masked lunatic gamblers. Our 3D artist recently created this rather unusual character. Now we can’t agree on one thing: does it read as a full-head mask, or does it look like that’s actually his real head (basically a giant chunk of shawarma meat)?

What details push you one way or the other? Texture, shape, proportions, vibes?

Hey! Me and my mates are working on a game Dead Spin inspired by the aesthetics of the late 1990s and early 2000s. It’s about duels on a weird special slot machine with masked lunatic gamblers.

What do you think of the art and graphics? Does it remind you of any games from that era?

hey y'all, working on my horror roguelike deckbuilder Dead Spin and we’re completely torn on the designs for our opponents.

version A: The Grandma. Looks like she’s been sitting at this exact machine since 1985. Smokes two packs a day, smells like mothballs and impending doom. Will 100% steal your soul if you pull the wrong lever, then ask why you don't visit her more often.

version B: The Bag-head Man. Silent. Breathes like a broken AC unit. You can't see his face, but you know he's deeply disappointed in every life choice that brought you to this machine. Keeps his grocery receipts in a neat little binder at home.

if you had to sit in a dark, cursed room and slots machine for your life... which one of these two would make you say "nope, absolutely not" and walk out? A or B?

Special symbols for cursed slot machine.

Here are some animations from our game you’re trying to outplay a bunch of lunatic gamblers at the slots. What do you think?