Solo Japanese indie dev becomes a millionaire over night
im tired of friendslop
>>741338127good for him
What's the tax situation for a case like that
>>741338171Have you tried having friends?
So none of those are gonna be jap sales since if you rip off anyone else's ideas you get lanponed also nintendo own most game mechanics so you can't make anything original anyway.
>>741338236pretty high i think, I'm pretty sure this guy didn't think about minimizing his taxes.
>>741338261No
>>741338281Nintendo lost an got BTFO in court, troon
I had no clue it was made by a japanese devneat
>>741338127>Millionaire>JapaneseSo like 10 bucks?
Why do 4cucks hate indie devs so much?
It's just... prop hunt? I don't get it.
why was this pushed so heavily on the steam storefronti kept seeing it suggested in the search before it actually came out
>>741338261How do I get friends>>741339747You get a paint tool so that you can color your little dude and blend into the background.Sadly most of the great spots end up being you hiding in either darkness or clipping into an area where you're barely visible that doesn't trigger the anti-clipping mechanic
>>741339825You dont get any points if you do that though
>>741338127how did this explode anyway? vtubers?
>>741338127>get lucky win (((influencers)))>winyeah sounds about right
>>741339825>>741339747Its prop hunt except you actually get to be creative
>>741339621because they are black or spiritually black, they have the crabs in the bucket mentality and are sour when they hear someone escaped the rat race, or they are just completely suicidal waiting for death while they cope being a NEET is good in the sea of shit games.
>>741340347It's funny how 4cuck despite hating whining about "modern" games all the time avoid playing indie and classic games like the plagueLike I'm a typical zoomer and I've probably played more Boomer Shooters(the real one and not the 2020's copycats) than most millennials here whose personality is "i hate the current thing"
>>741338127He successfully streambaited, good for him. I don't care, not in the target audience remotely, but it's a little gratifying to see that it's a novel hide and seek concept instead of another clone of a clone of a clone.
>>741340487>Clone of prop hunt>But with paint toolYes, very refreshing and creative I'm glad streamers like it and it will last a very long time.
>>741340552How old do you think prophunt is at this point? 15 years? More?That's almost a whole generation.
>>741340552>clone of prop huntIt has entirely different hiding mechanics, only the base concept of "find and seek" is similar and at that point you may as well still label every shooter a Doomclone, you're being disingenuous.
>>741340552I mean yeah it's fun. It actually encourages people to do silly shit instead of just copying the same old prop.
the concept is cool and in practice it's not great. you can never truly blend in because of how 3D the player model isyou have to hide out of sight in corners or behind objectsit'll get very dull very quick
>>741340426if you want to know why that is, check out picrelthey get pleasure from nothing but porn so they go to the other extreme and hate everything
>>741338127>game called mecha chameleon>no mecha chameleonwtf?
>>741341029It's meccha, a kansai dialect expression meaning over the top.
>>741340886Yeah, it's just a flavour of the week, but that's fine.Since light sources are static you can paint out shadows with lighter colours to offset it a bunch, though.
>>741340886>it'll get very dull very quickIts dirt cheapEven just a couple of hours with your bros already makes it worth
>PC gaming....What about GTA6?
>>741341197>Its dirt cheapSo is Peak & Battle Golf, and I play both. Problem with this game is you need to put some effort into painting every round to win. Easier for those of us using tablets too.
>>741338127Only problem is that the best techniques and hiding places were spoiled in the trailer. You can't even go near a painting now without arousing suspicion. Poisoned the well.
>>741338171I found this game before streamers did and have fun without friends in it
I've been having fun I think the maps are a bit weak but theres workshop
>>741338127Not a fan of the phone-gamefication of PC gaming
>>741341662The workshop saves the gamePlaying on iconic vidya levels really elevates it
>>741338127Game doesn't seem fair, since a simply shift in perspective will reveal even the most talented artists attempt to hide
>>741341729That is what the workshop is for.So many friendsloppers have good fundamentals but lock their game down hard so you can't deviate from their own intended playstyle
>>741339825>most of the great spots end up being you hiding in either darkness or clipping into an area where you're barely visibleThat's a map problem imo. The best spots for me have been disguising myself as part of a wall>>741340886>>741341803this is true, I think it can be helped with game settings so hunters are time limited
>>741341803The game really needs flat lighting for this whole concept to work.
>>741341886>>741341662these are some of my winning plays
The best hiding spots are when you curl up into a ball and literally sit in the middle out in the open
>>741338236If he makes $8 million, minus steams 30% cut = $5.6 million, minus 55% japan taxes, he keeps $2.52 million
>>741341927(Forgot image)
>>741340905I mean let's be real going outside would be torture if you're American
>>741341979imo the best is to camouflage and break up your shape
>playing on de_dustKINO
>>741341979okay where in the fuck are you dude
>>741342073
>>741342096he's hiding behind the tubes
>>741338127looks ugly like most modern games
>>741342126
>>741342123too obvious
>>741342126>>741342156https://youtu.be/XNJ1RHUnX9s?si=AFFGUDS76ffoT3-H
>>741341893That would be too powerful for the people hiding. It just needs maps that aren't so flat and barren that people can stick to a wall and can look at everything from the side. The main maps have a few parts like that and you just don't hide there, while many of the workshop maps are entirely like that and are terrible to play because of it.
>>741338127>utilizing live texture painting in hide-and-go-seekVery innovative, really.
>>741341893I was thinking more like thisbut then the different poses would lose their charm, so I dunno
>>741341893>>741341803When in paint mode press.V to hide your shadow. Blending your arms with a shadow (i dont mean a deep black dark one, I mean an object casting a shadow onto a wall) works.This game reveals you dont need to be a perfect artist as long as you can trick the eyes of the hunters to skip over you. Ive gotten away with being a poster- its highly detailed, but I used colors and shapes roughly so that when hes glancing around the room he doesnt notice. His eyes are looking in the dark corners, under the tables, behind the dressers, up on the ceiling corners.Ive also done some paints where I vary the darkness slider by 0.02 starting from the lighter area and adjusting down to create a gradientYou also should think about how the hunter views you from his eye level if he is entering the room or looking around on a flat surface standing as thats the most common angle he will look at you from. Many will see you if they are coming at you from an odd angle or prone looking up at you but thats the nature of the game
>>741341972>55%Wtf, that's crazy
>>741342182I've won all 3 times Ive done this spot. It actually works insanely well
>>741342314He's getting paid in american dorras, so he's still making a little bit more than he would
>>741342192The maps also need more organic elements. Not things made out of cubes or cylinders.
>>741341979Where mogus?
I think he should include like two propsso you can two things that you can more into basic shapes to cover up your gapswould add to it
>>741342182It's obvious when you're not moving.
>>741342429Hah yeah he could include oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food
>let's check out the workshop...oh
>>741342156
>>741338171This, multiplayer anything needs to fuck off. Games should be single player only.
>>741338127Thx jap indie dev. I don't play your game but at least getting spammed with the clips doesn't make me wanna die and doompost. You deserve every penny.
Does it have a server browser, or are you stuck dragging people into a session like Peak?
>>741342629
>>741342629>>741342747Fuck me and I was just thinking man it would NOT work hiding on that bright white graffiti.
>>741342728yes
>>741338127Even if the idea is novel of panting to hide in the surrounding, I will never respect friendslop indie devs compared to any other one out there. Friendslop devs don’t make these games because they think they’d be fun, they make them only for money. Other devs do the same of course, in fact I’m sure most want some return - but the friendslop is just so egregious to act as if you put actual care and effort into product
>>741343280Only thing I'll say about friendslop garbage, is they're at least distinctly different from one another, rather than say, having 200 clones of Peak.
Any limitations to the painting other than time?
>>741343319We must be living on different planets
>every thread on /v/ is a whiny faggot from the game dev threads. There is a reason why agdg moved to bant.
Solved genre
>>741343280I thought friendslop implied co-op.
>>741343686It does. That nigga don't know what he's talking about.
>>741343686Not him, but you join the seekers when you get found, and points and wins aren't even kept track of between rounds so it's extremely non-competitive and more of a shits and giggles game like other "friendslop" games.
>uuuugh, fuck competitive scene! What about playing games just for fun?>no, not like that!
>>741338127good for himbut this is basically like winning the lottery, it's pure luck (and catering to streamers by making friendslop)
>>741344263It's not pure luck, he had to be buying the lotteries in the first place to be able to win it.
Does the workshop allow for gameplay scripting?Eg. I want to set the game up where first round you do painting and hide as normal, but come the 2nd round....you get assigned a random paintjob from the 1st round and have to deal with making the most of it, and same for the following rounds.
>>741338127Man I fucking hate streamerbait dogshit and the retards that play it in the offchance they get to play with le ebin streamerman
>>741344701For $5 to play a different take on prop hunt (of which we're still lacking a good dedicated game for that isn't in CoD), I'm not complaining about getting in while there's still a playerbase.
Friendslop makes me mad.My friends are picky and only want to play one game that I'm so fucking bored of.
>>741341662>maps are a bit weakSomeone needs to port old CS 1.6 maps, like rats or everything by nipper
>>741338127the japanese clips farmed from this game are so much funnier than the gaijin ones.
>>741344960Because the Japanese playing it aren't kids.
>>741340357>>741339825>>741339747Yeah its prop hunt where instead of a handful of good props, and it being a memorization game, its about blending into existing pieces and hoping people are over concentrating and not seeing you in plain view. There is a term for it but I can't remember, used to happen when working retail that I just couldn't find something right infront of me despite knowing it was there. Or similar for people who are looking for their keys but they put it their pocket.
>>741345062nah american/euro streamers are so unfunny, forced and inauthentic, just to put clips on their youtube/ig/tiktok clip channels
>>741342314>Wtf, that's crazyIt's a progressive tax system.The first X dollars are tax free, the next Y dollars run at tax rate A, the next Z dollars cost tax rate B and so on until you hit the top bracket, where everything that's over that is 55%, apparently.It's a lot less bad than it looks, if you are clueless and it actually helps stabilize society, because the government has money to do things like fix roads or build trains.
kojima invented this.
>>741338127>where you paint your white body>whiteextremely problematic, offensive and traumatizing to PoC.
>>741339793amount of wishlists and wishlist velocity(aka daily additions are substantial) telling steam it's a likely hit. they want to make money via their cut.
>>741339793The new algorithm advertises your game, its to incentivizes devs to make a good game or get hidden.If your wishlist is at 10K+ you're good for the algorithm and if its in the 100K+ you're guaranteed sales, if its in the millions which is this game you'll be a millionaire.
>>741345583Also I was seeing this game pushed on both japanese and western twitter accounts, so he had the budget to do the elusive "marketing" that so many indie devs failed to do
>>741345583>If your wishlist is at 10K+ you're good for the algorithm and if its in the 100K+ you're guaranteed salesNote this only works if those wishlists get converted to salesThwre are games with tons of wishlists that immediately fell.off because they sold like shit
>>741345634Marketing, you gotta do it
In the hallway maps I had better luck running through halls than hiding in placeIt’s ok with friends but even 5 people didn’t feel like enough. This is like a game for a party of 7-8 people
Good for the dev, but it's genuinely a bad sign for games that the only things taking off are streamerbait friendslop meme games that lose their charm completely after one or two sessions.
>>741338171fpbp
>>741346389No it isn't, you don't have to play what the streamers play, Anon.You know that right
>>741345189That sounds like communism. They should be sending trillions to our greatest ally instead.
>>741346389Friendslop gets headlines since they're shallow and gimmicky enough to spark Discourse, but plenty of other genres sell fine.It's like pop vs rock. Pop gets all the headlines and gossip and rock still fills seats, just because it's not getting "MUSIC IS OVER" articles doesn't mean it's not selling pretty well.
>>741346571I don't, but since those are the only indie games that break out it's going to be all we're getting in the future. It's already noticeable how badly a lot of non-streamer-friendly games are doing.
>>741346723Oh, it's this /v/ thing again, only people who don't play games thinks this way
good for him, although it's clearly a streamer bait game, the mechanics are very fun and it's actually creative instead of being yet another prop hunt game
>>741338127How's the mech combat?
>>741347513Not Mecha(Me Ka)Mecha (Me Cha), meaning very, as in mecha yabai or mecha eroi.
>>741338127>Make garbage game 0 effort put into anything>Become millionaire because le streamers can le shout while playingMan...Good for him, but people are fucking retards
Its FOTM, once people exhaust the hiding spots they'll get bored of the maps and quit
>>741338127hololive played it, it will sell
>>741341029Justice for the best ever Maverick!
>>741345189Isn't nippon's current government giving their tax money away to other countries and immigrants?
>>741345265What? a red wall?
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>>741345265>kojima invented thisNo, he came up the idea. Get it right.He came up the idea called "camouflage".
>>741341972average Japanese salary is 30k USD/year, this guy is living like a king now.
>>741348814>bored of the maps when steam workshop custom maps are being generated every hourBased retard
I cannot in good conscience support a game played by racist chuds like TheBurntPeanut, who calls it Meccha Cahmerreon in a very problematic accent.
The maps are all static i hope the dev quickly implements other shit in his game like moving, animated objects.Like a carnival with a horse carousel
>>741338127novelty and fun for others is much more valuable than anything else a man can ever make in his life
>>741350367I'm sure the dev is dumbfounded by the massive popularity. If he actually likes the game he is sure to add more maps and things, but it can be overwhelming for a solo dev to deal with sudden huge amounts of attention.
>>741349564no
>>741341662ez
>>741341886ez
my kids love this game, and I don't mean that in a negative wayits a good mix of creativity and tension, and the lack of actual violence (debatable I suppose) means there isn't a serious negative feedback loop even if you lose
>>741350483He's already made one new map, but yeah. Thankfully, there's workshop support. Most of the maps are shit, but at least it's not dependent on the dev.
>>741349564No, that's not happening.Of course, there are allocations for social security and healthcare, as those are the bedrock of a stable and harmonious society.
>>741338261yes, very exhausting
>>741350483Seems like it should be easy to keep the game somewhat alive for a while with new maps and more model poses, maybe new game modes as well.
I need the patch tool from Photoshop. Just let me outright copy from the textures around me.Also need them to fix the bugs where some players just aren't showing, or you get the bug where a shot player has a corpse left behind that confuses players.
I remember seeing this game as a meme on X a couple months back, surprised it's doing good.
>>741338236>>741341972jesue, like its not enough that this fat fuck gabe takes 30%.cant a game developer overcome these ridiculous taxes in their countries by registaring their "company" in a tax haven or something ?
>>741345634it costs money fren
>>741338127It's a Roblox game
Would be cooler if you could gmod pose your character.
Can you write nigger on your character?
>>741352421nah that's lazy and defeats the purposemaybe as a limited one time use powerup
>>741338127>will pay 80% of that in taxesSAD.
>>741354594Gabe also hosts the servers, advertises for on the front page, and makes available a digital storefront for the indie dev. Dont like it, why dont you go back to retail publishing and sell it at gamestop and see if it sells a million copies. 30% is fine for steam to take to maintain the excellent service and make games available to download forever if you own it on your account.Maybe you could shop at some shitty clunky online store app like EA where you can have a game on your account with a CD key but be told sorry the download isnt availble anymore or you only get 5 lifetime downloads due to DRM. Eat shit, steam wins for a reason
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>>741345189>the government has money to do things like fix roads or build trains.Yeah right
>>741341972The revenue split has changed30% of the first $10million revenue.25% after $10million of revenue until $50million revenue.20% on all revenue above $50million.
>>741357158yes, there's no moderation or report feature as of now, you can go all out. The Japanese dev doesn't understand or care anyway.
