Topic: The Developer Thread

Hello all,

This thread has been created for developers to share their Wii U projects, and new info on them. I have created it due to the high amount of indie developers appearing/signing up to this site.

Share away!

Lol "hey indie developers, here's a cool way for fewer people to see your posts"

Well, this could be a nice place to put their personal development stories, learning process and smaller stuff.

I don't think each new developer should just create a new thread for themselves, only for the games they'll really release.

I think Nintendo's NDA would prevent that sort of discussion occurring on this site.

This is basically a place for Wii U developers to show off trailers, screenshots and other info

Well in that case, wouldn't this thread serve the same purpose:

https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wiiu_eshop/all_upcoming_es...

That thread is different, as it has a list of upcoming games. This is for trailers/screenshots/Q&As.

If the games are enough into development that they already have any of those things, then they can have their own threads.

Not to mention that indies are very unlikely to have retail releases. So having it on the eshop forum seems more fitting.

Sure, and hey it's not my site. Nor am I an indie developer so it really doesn't affect me.

I just thought there was fairly widespread agreement that the way indie games stopped being treated as some kind of lesser format, which I think started with Steam, has generally lead to a lot of great things. Surely we're all better off if we treat games based on how good an interesting they seem to be rather than how big a budget they're using?

Just curious: how many NL forum users are Nintendo Wii U developers?

Well I am registered and able to develop for Wii U, but I haven't released anything on Wii U... yet

I see this site have become more game developer friendly.
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Cool! If you don't mind sharing, what kind of things have you had bustling in your mind? I've always been curious about the indie scene [something that one shouldn't just observe but drench themselves in. But ya kno]

I am not really sure what you mean, but the main reason I haven't released anything is time. I don't have much time to put into development sadly. Between my Job and Family development time is almost nothing. I feel like each time I get development time I have to spend most of it just catching myself up with what I did before and remind myself what I am trying to do.

I guess I'm mostly just curious what kind of ideas do you have if you were given the time to develop a game. This applies to all peeps, not just DefHalan.

Well, I have a few ideas, but I'm not sharing them just yet.

Should I post here if I'm planning on releasing my game to Wii U once it's finished? I'm sure people would love to hear about the trials and efforts put into development itself.

Yeah, sure! That's what this thread is about.

@Haiassai

I have tons of ideas. i think everyone can come up with ideas pretty easily. I can tell you right now I am working on a Twin-Stick shooter that I am mainly using just to learn Construct 2. I am working on the basics and can take it in two directions. 1st an action game that wouldn't be difficult but could be pretty funny and I could market it and possibly make money off of it (just not much) 2nd more of a experimental game that would require the Player to think about the actions games normally tell you to do without giving reasons. It wouldn't be something I could market or make money off of but if I got the right people to play it, it could get known enough to possibly get me a real job.

@DefHalan I like that you're dabbling into the experimental area. I feel like that's what all developers should do, not just indies

Also, if you'd like assistance with doing music as you're creating these games, I am a composer. While I've never done anything for games, I definitely know my way around music and would love to help out anyone else who's starting out. I know creating games isn't your focus at the moment, so it isn't like I'm banking everything on this, but I am totes open for assistance to liven up whatever you (or anyone here) wishes to create