r/SoloDev

Hey Reddit! 👋

I’m a solo indie developer and I just published my very first mobile game this week on the App Store — Space Adventure: Cosmic Storm, an endless arcade space shooter.

🎮 Gameplay video: https://youtu.be/MdsSvUFWq78

📲 Download (iOS): https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/space-adventure-cosmic-storm/id6760046666

What the game is right now:

•	Endless space shooter with simple one-hand controls  
•	Dark atmospheric space setting  
•	Multiple ships to choose from  
•	Free to play

What I’m already working on:

•	Level system with unique stages  
•	Boss battles  
•	More ships and upgrades

This is my first released game and I honestly just want to make it better. I’d love to hear from anyone who tries it:

👉 What feels missing?
👉 What would make you keep playing?
👉 Any UI/UX things that bother you?

Any feedback — positive or brutal — is welcome. I’m here to learn and improve 🙏

Thanks for the support, it really means a lot for a solo dev just starting out!

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This is not generated by ai so my post might have some mistakes so bear with me

I am frontend dev by day and builder by night. For past 3-4 months I am building personal finance assistant not because there are not any available on play/app store but because nothing makes me stick

My requirement was simple I don't want to fill lengthy form just for logging expense or income

So started building what I wanted and here it comes... We are just live on play store appstore is currently in review

What smira does

1. type amazon 100 or Starbucks 15 and our parsing algorithm parses the entry into appropriate expense or income table

For auto categorisation we have trained local model on 18 k global finance category entries so it mostly assume correct even if it fails we give tap to categorise option so user can have correct category

2. you can set budgets and goals... If you overspend our algorithm detects it and you will be notified... Till now no ai comes I picture..

3. chat page - this is entry of ai.. You can ask all kind of financial questions on your data... Log multiple entries in one go delete entries or update with natural language.. Ai just plays with number we do not share any user details with llms

4. insights page will be your mirror on your financial

situation. It will tell you what's going on it will take you next projection on current spending pattern where you are overspending etc

5. reports are integral part and you can download reports anytime.. Though this is pro feature but it will give you day wise entry wise expense and income report which you can export as pdf or csv

My goal was simple I needed something simple to track my money so I build it for my self hope it will also solve your problem

Tools used - gpt 5.4 for coding and gpt 5.5 for architecture.. Reviewed the code so it's not 100 percent vibecoded

Not afraid of failing though... If this app fails to gain traction no worries I have Iearned a lot during building process... Will try again

Open for questioning

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a quick look at the (current) special mechanics and chaotic cubes from my upcoming solo indie project, Cubalance, which officially releases this Sunday, May 24th on the Google Play Store (Can be wishlisted on steam as well).

The game combines traditional match-3 strategy with active, physics-based scale balancing. As you can see in the clip, there are some special fellas like weightless feathers, explosive mines, designed to either save your strategy or completely disrupt your balance.

While the initial launch version dropping this Sunday is fully complete, I am already coding the next updates to expand special mechanics.

I want to hear from the community: What kind of helpful or completely ridiculous mechanics would you want to deal with on a tilting scale?

Thanks for watching, and I look forward to reading your ideas for the next updates!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4277100/Batelus/

Making this LoFi horror game called 'Project Looking Glass'. You explore dozens of creepy and liminal spaces trying to uncover the mystery of what happened to you. Been using my dreams (nightmares) a lot as inspiration since most of the levels are little vignettes like this. Got amazing feedback last time I posted so wanted to share more!

I am an indie developer. I built an Android app. Code worked. Design worked. Then Google told me I needed 12 testers for 14 days before I could publish. I did not have that.

I tried friends. They forgot after day 2. I tried test for test groups. People disappeared. I failed three times. Wasted over a month.

So I built RealAppTesters.

You add our testers emails to your Google Play Console. We provide 12 testers who use your app every day for 14 days. We track daily activity. If someone drops off, we replace them. After 14 days, you apply for production access.

No app to download. No system to learn. No testing other people's apps.

I have helped over 50 indie developers pass closed testing so far. All customers came from Reddit. No ads. No paid promotion.

If you are building an Android app and stuck on closed testing, this is for you.

https://www.realapptesters.com

Who doesn’t want free stuff? Plug this into your game, use it as placeholder art, play with color options to figure out palette, etc. Want to see more added to this pack? Your feedback is always appreciated. What could make this better? Comment below.

Don't look behind you!

Making this LoFi horror game called 'Project Looking Glass'. You explore dozens of creepy and liminal spaces trying to uncover the mystery of what happened to you. Been using my dreams a lot as inspiration since most of the levels are little vignettes like this. Demo is on Steam if you're interested!

About a month ago I posted a rough concept of this menu background animation while I was still experimenting with the vibe.
Now it’s finally part of the playable alpha build for DEADRIFT.

Still polishing a lot, but seeing ideas slowly turn into an actual game screen feels unreal honestly.

Also — what do you guys think about the font/UI style?
Tried going for something minimal, chemical/lab-inspired.

DEADRIFT

woman characters should be a friendly companion in games, it's a rule
but the era is change, they need to be proactive with own perspective

so here are they who fit perfectly in my game Saga · The Circle

a head of invader leading you to heaven earlier
a princess leading you to realistic perspective in mystic Britain

what do you think?

Hey everyone

I'm working on Peak or Die narrative game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain.

Been heads-down preparing a demo for itch lately. It's the first time everything — the UI, the characters, the backgrounds — is coming together in one place, and I'm genuinely happy with how it looks.

Still a lot to do, but it's starting to feel like the game I had in my head when I started. Will share the link once the demo is ready.

If you're curious in the meantime, you can wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4273370/Peak_or_Die/

Anyone else find that building a demo is weirdly motivating?

I just finished implementing a football projectile for the pets. Since the game is still a work in progress, I’m looking for suggestions to make the arsenal even better.

What should the next power-up be? Let me know your ideas!

You can support the dev process by wishlisting it on Steam: Tails Island

Hi Survivors,

I have been posting here for a while now and with my new trailer I would like to ask all of you that can to jump in and playtest my game. I really really need the feedback in any shape or form. I am sure there is a lot that can be better but I need help spotting it. So if you got he time. Please try my game and get back to me with feedback.

Since last time I made a lot of updates including steam deck improvements. Performance improvments. Hardwaredetection. More upgrades, customizable projectiles, mega elites and more, updated UI, narrator tutorial and more :).

I just pushed the newest update.

The playtest is open and no keys are required. It's on Steam just search for Master of Chaos.

Thanks to anyone whoplays the game and gives me some feedback :).

How is the pacing? (5 in difficulty is low for new players)

Is it fun?

What do you miss?

Huge bugs?

What can be improved?

What grass and details level looks best?

Anything else! Any feedback is much needed! Im all alone on this project so after some time it really becomes hard to see the flaws with noone to sparr with.

Also if you got feedback and the new trailer thats also good but the playtest is where I really need the help :).

I’m a solo developer currently working on a psychological horror RPG called The Sin Of Fabien.

Yesterday, the trailer for my game was featured on the GameTrailers YouTube channel and also posted on IGN.com. Honestly, it made me really happy. It felt like maybe my game looked interesting enough for people to actually want to share it.

To make this happen, I emailed a lot of YouTubers, content creators, and gaming pages. Most of them never replied, but GameTrailers did. It wasn’t shared on IGN’s YouTube channel though — I guess the game isn’t big enough for that yet 😅

I also wanted to give a small piece of advice to other indie developers:

I didn’t keep my emails short or generic. I wrote a longer but attention-grabbing title, added a proper introduction explaining the game, and included a Press Kit that I specially prepared for it. I tried to give the feeling that “I actually put effort into this for you.” I think approaching people this way feels much more sincere and professional.

GameTrailers video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J17frhH-0rE

I’d genuinely love to hear your thoughts about the game. If anyone has questions, I’d be happy to answer them. I’m completely open to criticism and negative feedback as well 🙂