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Jakub

@koobazaur.bsky.social

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Founder & Creative Director at Unbound Creations. We make games about fake news and crows. Making "Table Tactics", a physics-based tabletop strategy game! Past: Just Crow Things, Rain on Your Parade, Headliner http://unboundcreations.com

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · Aug 7

📣New Game Announcement 📣

Cleaning Up - Turn huge messes into sparkling spaces! Feel the satisfaction of restoring them to order with your super-powered cleaning tools. The quick, cozy joy of tidying up!

Wishlist & Play the Demo Here: unboundcreations.com/games/cleani...

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 12h

Just a little saturday Unity & Chill...

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Epictellers Entertainment @epictellers.bsky.social · 5d

This is it, this is now, KICKSTATER IS LIVE!

Starfinder: Afterlight is funded for its core vision. But with you, it becomes legendary.

Support this Kickstarter now!

👉 http://epictellers.com/kickstarter

#StarfinderAfterlight #Kickstarter

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SAmaryllis @samaryllis.bsky.social · 6d

Cleaning Up by @koobazaur.bsky.social at Unbound Creations is a satisfying game about tidying up! I had a great time with the demo 🧹🫧🥤 #VideoGames youtu.be/I0_WZDoCm7g?...

[LET'S PLAY] Cleaning Up! | DEMO | "Chipper Cleaning Contractor"

YouTube video by SAmaryllis

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 9d

Is the second bullet point going to be: "and why you should be, too" ?

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BáiYù 🏳️‍⚧️ he/they @baiyu.tofu.rocks · 9d

Industry Events Have COVID Protections Challenge failed

A purple Tshirt mockup that says, "I went to GDC and got Long COVID but still don't have funding for my indie studio"

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 9d

The thing about living in Seattle for almost a decade, is that I never got seasonal depression.

My depression is not affected by seasons. It's strong depression, quality depression, man-made in Poland over many years to highest standard. Not something that'd be swayed by little bit of darkness.

Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 12d

If grocery stores can have an easy mode, why can't Dark Souls?

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Henke @henrikhermans.bsky.social · 12d

BIGGEST discounts yet on STILT FELLA and POGOPPL in the current #SteamSale! #indiedev #gamedev

store.steampowered.com/bundle/53110...

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 15d

Great minds think alike!

Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 15d

Definitely, games became easier & more accessible to get into. Perhaps the "demand" increase is just lower than "supply"?

Also distribution is uneven, heavily skews towards big hitters like few liveservice games (pareto principle in action).

I think it's true for other art forms too (ie Spotify).

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 15d

I've come to think of all my game ideas as a venn diagram of 3 circles: thing I want to make, thing people will pay money for, thing I have resources to make

always trying to find the sweet spot of the triple-overlap

Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 15d

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 15d

Email is so critical, if we ever get a request that seems genuine (as rare as it happens) and we can't verify the email, it goes straight to the SPAM folder :|

Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 15d

Perhaps it is time for Communist Steam, where all games are distributed equally between every player.

Comrade Devs, let us seize the means of distribution!

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 15d

Too many games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games

A crowded September for video-game releases illustrates a broader challenge in the market

www.bloomberg.com

Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 15d

Also, games bring in more revenue than other art forms now (like Movies or Music), so there's a lot more investment in the space (maybe not as much in current climate, but overall)

The caveat is that half of it is mobile, and from the rest, most of it goes to just several liveservice big hitters

Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 15d

My first indie game was an isometric 2D adventure that could be beat in half an hour and took me ~2 years using C++ and working with several artists.

Now I could make it in like 2-4 months in Unity + getting assets from the Asset Store, and it would have more features and support more platforms.

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 15d

My anecdotal take: mix of games/nerd culture growing in popularity and getting destigmatized, plus constantly lowering barrier to entry

Games are no longer uncool boy hobby that gets you bullied (ex: majority of Pokemon Go players are women) + you can whip up games in mere months with Unit/Godot

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 19d

I think I may need to add my own name to email block list, because the only people who email me with my name in the subject are spammers...........

Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 21d

Why can't I go to a restaurant and order just one loaded nacho

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 26d

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 27d

Tbh, this is how I felt about "Sea of Stars", dropped into a world with no exposition to assume role of two blank-slate characters, and somehow I'm supposed to care about any of it?

And I pretty much unlocked all skills 10hrs in and realized there's 20 more hours of the game left, oof...

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 28d

Holy shit, my "Headliner: NoviNews" game is one of the top sellers of the Steam Political Sim Fest 🤯

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Jakub @koobazaur.bsky.social · 29d

It is impossible for me to wear a white shirt and drink coffee in the same day

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · Sep 10

Posting this for everyone to keep in mind for the next 24 hours (sorry, I don't have time to type the ALT image data):

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Henke @henrikhermans.bsky.social · Sep 10

Stilt Fella is -55% on Playstation and Switch for another day! #indiedev #sale

store.playstation.com/fi-fi/produc...

www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

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