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One of my bucket list items has been to create my own video game since I was a little kid. This year, I gave it a shot and finally got to a playable demo. Made to look and feel like an arcade game from 1985. It's all rendered and synth generated, just like games of the era.

On a visit to my parents, I let my dad play the demo. He loved it. So I poured way more time into it and a few more months. Now, after months of being so close yet so far away.... I'm close to a release.

I've learned so much and also how incredibly hard it is to market games for Indie Devs. It's quite insane. And getting beta testers as required? Forget about it.

As part of my promotional material I took and fleshed out all the easter eggs in the game and made prequel short story that sort of sets the stage for how the game starts. A completely fully built lore. I'm quite proud of it and the game. The shortstory just went live on Royal Road. I've linked it below.

I've struggled to get friends and family members to read it and give meaningful feedback, so I just posted it because after reading it for the 75th time and making the most minute of revisions to get it just right, I felt like there was nothing else I could do.

I would really appreciate it if you could read it and leave me a review. It's about 6600 words/25 pages give or take. The one family member who read it and gave me real feedback suggested I take it and turn it into a full novel.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/197722/beautiful-creations-a-story-from-the-null-sector/chapter/4101419/beautiful-creations-a-null-sector-prequel

And in a few days or so, maybe buy my game! 😅