Friday Rambles and Game Dev Update 2025-04-25

It's the last Friday Rambles of April.

Gamedev Stuff

I'm preparing for the two year anniversary extravaganza for Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines. I made a comic. I lost some steam at the end.

But yes, there will be a Steam sale!! And...

I announced the Switch version of Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines! Huzzah!

I already showed this here last week, but here it is again.

So beautiful. I feel like I've been downplaying how excited I am about this. My game is on a Nintendo console, and I put it there! And it works!

And people seem to be excited about it too, but I'm unsure how many of my followers will actually be buying it. I guess I'll also be spamming my email newsletter subscribers. I think it's worth doing for this. I also looked into doing some press release stuff, but decided against it, since it's expensive and I'm not sure how effective it'll be right now. I think the best thing to do is just get this out, not expect a huge jump in sales, and hope it has a decent long tail after Game 2 is released.

I also fixed a few minor bugs and submitted a patch, but it needed to be approved (a big annoying thing that really sets Steam (where I can release an update whenever I darn well please) apart from the console platforms). Luckily it got approved in time for a day one release. Otherwise, also got approvals for the eShop in all regions, except Hong Kong, because I guess I don't meet the requirements to sell there (related to localizations required for the game), but not much I can do about that now. I want to do more localizations at some point - I need more money first because localizing 100k words is expensive. Maybe when Game 2 sells 100k copies.

I'm pinning a lot of my hopes on Game 2, here. I sure hope I can make a good Game 2! But after making Overtime, which I consider an improvement over the base game in almost every way, I have a little bit more confidence about it. My goal is to just release new games with a regular cadence, gain a bigger audience bit by bit, and hope that each new fan will buy the back library.

I've also been getting lots of questions about whether there will be a physical version. "Not unless Fangamer-sempai notices me," I answer, secretly hoping that Fangamer-sempai namesearches on Twitter.

Other Stuff

I added a BG to the happy Blythe pic. It's just the office BG from the game. I'm efficient, gamedev style.

People keep commenting on my posts that they miss when I used to post drawings. Me too, friend. Me too.

I also pre-ordered a Switch 2. I need it to um... check if my game works on Switch 2. That's honestly my justification for getting one, it's for work!! That's right, I spent Wednesday night spamming the checkout button on the Target website for 40 minutes until it finally went through. Seems it's pretty popular.

As for whether my game will get any new Switch 2 functionality - I don't know, don't ask me, only Deltarune-tier indies get that kind of cool access, and I ain't no Deltarune... yet....

A bunch of good games on my wishlist came out this week too, but I won't have time to play them (Although I really wanna try Clair Obscur and Hundred Line rn) and ANYWAY I can't justify paying more money for new games with a Switch 2 size crater in my budget. So it goes.

Remember the Penny plush? I do too. I haven't heard from Makeship in a while after they said they were addressing my feedback, so I'm hoping they're just getting the details perfect and the new results will look good. We'll see!

The End

This week was spent drawing comics and posting things on social media and begging people to care about my game. Next week will be spent releasing the Switch version of the game, and refreshing sales charts to see if I make enough to cover rent next month. Wow I sound really grumpy, but I'm not! I'm very excited but also being realistic, as they say. Don't worry, I'm not in any real danger of starving to death, as I have plenty of rice and dried seaweed to subsist on. Okay, thank you for your support, as always! See you next week!