"DS Inspired" Precision Puzzler Reflectile Targeting Switch Release

This has a vibe I can not describe, but I love it!

@Cashews Not everyone has the start up capital/means to get their project going. Not everyone can be Concerned Ape, nor should they be.

If you don't wanna donate to help a passion project breakout, then don't. But that's no reason to step on their dream.

The aesthetics are cute and the gameplay reminds me of Chu Chu Rocket, but way more caffeinated. I'm in!

Looks super peppy!
Not sure I'm backing, but I'll keep up with it.

@Cashews
$35000 is not a lot of money.
Most of it will disappear into the campaign itself.

And they're not just begging either.
People backing will also get the game.
For a lower price than what Stardew Valley launched at. ^^

This is probably more of an awareness campaign.

What a world we live in when people justify asking for $35,000 from strangers to finish their hobby that will be a drop in the sea of games.

@SteamEngenius
They're merely asking strangers to help pay for the game.
Same as everyone else selling video games.

@Pod I agree it isn't a lot of money. Which is why it is okay to wait tables while you make your non-technical game.

But hey, nothing wrong with asking for it - just as there is nothing wrong with critism when you do. I'll go to the grave attacking anyone who uses the end consumer to fund their projects.

@Cashews

This is both an incredibly cruel and hateful comment and a perfect example of the unfortunate problem with sprawling passion project games like Stardew Valley or Dead Cells: it leads to the notion that every indie dev should “just do that”. Stardew Valley had a publisher when it first launched and was a massive viral hit, to the extent its years of further development could be self-funded. It didn’t just launch in the state it’s in now… but more importantly, especially in the indie space, a game doesn’t have to be as content-rich and dense as Stardew to deserve to exist!

This kind of rhetoric has been around since around the time Shovel Knight was crowdfunded and it always annoys me. Donating to Kickstarter isn’t compulsory, you’re completely free to decide a game isn’t worth your money right now and move on, but making it a personal goal to shout down the idea of crowdfunding as a whole is just needlessly hateful.

@Cashews "I'll go to the grave attacking anyone who uses the end consumer to fund their projects."

Isn't that what consuming is? I suppose you mean having them pay upfront, but that's just a business model.

The name is certainly DSi inspired: Reflect Missile + Trajectile.

I'd have mixed feelings about using a blurb that says "an actually good indie game." Anyone saying that ruins their own credibility as a pundit. Perhaps they mean to exclude games like Hades that have pretty big budgets. But even if they meant to say something like "an actually good actually indie indie game," there are enough examples of that to hurt one's credibility.

Looks cool I like puzzle games like this from time to time. Can't support it but if it comes to a platform digitally when it's finished for sure. I had my flash game period in time. I enjoy a few DSiware/PS Minis.

@Cashews
In this particular case, the money isn't funding the game.
The game is apparently almost done, but needs testing, launch prepping, and marketing. But I understand what you are saying.
Plenty of inexperienced or completely unproven hacks out there thinking they can coast on other people's hopes while making their game.

Did they get the name by combining the North American and European names of the DSiware classic Trajectile/Reflect Missile? Gameplay doesn't seem to be inspired by it.
This actually looks really cool, may pick it up.

The graphics look...noisy.

I was instantly hooked on the "DS Inspired", then I saw the gameplay and, well, it's not for me, probably.

So Nintendo can approve shovelware scam games but quality games/devs like this need to prove they can port?

WTF they don't need a KS, this game looks great!

It reminds me a lot of those cool dsiware puzzle games so I'll keep an eye on this one.

I like the feel of this one! Cute and pixely so that got me excited right away, seems like a nice game! I think I'll get once I have a bit of extra cash!

This looks like it should be on playdate.