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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP

@innkeep.bsky.social

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He/Him | Boardgamer (heavy euros) | (日本語OK) | Living on noongar boodja. Developer of 🍺INNKEEP (宿屋の主人). Steam👉 https://mythwright.gg/Innkeep Discord👉 https://discord.gg/q5nyWXRmqU Mailing List👉 http://eepurl.com/gzRndT

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hey Blue-sky! I'm working on Innkeep, a game about being a sneaky innkeeper! You get to:

- Serve ale and food. 🍲🍺
- Eavesdrop on guests to learn their secrets. 🤫
- Develop a silver tongue and turn on the charm. 😏
- Sneak into bedrooms and steal trinkets. 💰
- Summon demons?? 🕯️🔥👹

#screenshotsaturday

A demon standing in a glowing pentagram. The player stands nearby, shocked. A sorceress in a purple and dark blue robe is raising a heart to the air. It is in a pixel art style.

Theft mini game screen. We see a sleeping guest in a bed, a backpack nearby, and a cursor hand holding a sword.

The common room of the Weary Pilgrim inn at night. It is in a pixel art style. There are four tables, around which sit eight people in three groups. The player character is wearing an apron, and listening to a conversation at one table.

An alpine vista is in the background. In the foreground the player character is walking along a muddy road, towards the Weary Pilgrim inn.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 14h

Start from the experience. What is the fantasy you're fulfilling?

Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 1d

Great video on how most games don’t need a gameplay hook, they need to create an experience people want to play.

It’s like how lots of game trailers have title cards like: “harvest, prep, cook, plate, serve!” without ever stating a goal of say:

“Make your dream Taiwanese food restaurant!"

What Sells on Steam: You Don't Need a Hook

YouTube video by Jonas Tyroller

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 19h

Jack Black, best known for his role as Bart 'Zero' Liquori, in the X-Files episode D.P.O. (1996)

Jack Black alongside Giovanni Ribisi in X-files episode D.P.O. S3E3

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm. I'll have to check it out!

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

Soon I hope! :-)

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing like being able to listen to awesome music produced for your own game to get you motivated! 🔥🎶

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

I remember trying the steam version (or was it the gog version?) and running into some issues. Do you use some patches or something?

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

Holy smokes that's some amazing work.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be honest I never played #1 or #3 so I've nothing to compare it to. But it felt to me like a nice blend of light strategic fiddling and siege / battle mechanics.

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

I can still hear the music.

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

This was peak gaming.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck! We just gotta keep at it.

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

Second time out the gate I'll be putting a lot of focus on proper prototyping and playtesting as early as possible.

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

During my walks recently I've been mulling over what game I'll be doing next once Innkeep is out. Basic requirements:

1. A game I could feasibly make.
2. A game I would -want- to make.
3. A game (enough) people would want to play.

I think I've got two strong candidates.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, he aint wrong.

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Kommander Karl @kommanderkarl.bsky.social · 2d

AI still can’t do this

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

A roller blading 6 year old said "Hi oldie" to me when I was taking a walk. How do you come back from that?

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 1d

groan

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 2d

Hoping you get some Balatro sized success after all these years in the dev mines!

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine you're at a writers' retreat with the lads and you're all showing off a draft after dinner and then your mate's girlfriend goes here is the novel Frankenstein which I just wrote

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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 2d

Citadel and storm

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 2d

🙏🙏

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 2d

Will you wear wigs?

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic! Well deserved indeed.

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Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 3d

Exercising when you’re younger creates a good bedrock that will help you when you’re older.

Even if you end up falling off your routine when you’re older, you won’t be starting from zero if/when you resume.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 3d

The most popular entry in the Innkeep devblog is a tutorial on eight ways to improve your pixel art characters. Here I analyze how @threeohfour.bsky.social improved on my basic sprites. People are still finding and reading it every day.

innkeepgame.com/development-...

#gamedev #pixelart

Two pixel art characters side by side. The right side version is much improved!

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