One month of Zyl: revenue, bundles, and a new game announcement
One month after Zyl's release, I look at proceeds, pricing benchmarks, bundle sales, and share a first look at my next premium game, Phantom Words.
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Practical notes on game design, production, launches, and what we learn while building games.
Zyl is out now on iOS
Zyl released on June 18. Two days later, I look back at its App Store feature, early chart position, revenue, and the path to launch.
Learnings from an 8-week App Store feature
A transparent look at downloads, proceeds, and player behavior after an App Store feature. The post turns eight weeks of data into lessons for small indie games.
🐑 Sheeping Around is back + A brand new game
A double update announcing Sheeping Around's return to iOS and the release of Hue Rings. The post points players to both games and what makes each worth revisiting.
GRAVEFIRE: The Story in Chapters
A chapter-by-chapter outline of the GRAVEFIRE storyline, told as an alternating timeline that cuts between the burned present and the world before the grave fire.
Notepad Games
An early look at a side project idea I have been tinkering with: a series of procedurally generated games you can play on a plain paper notepad, complete with a few hand-drawn prototypes.
GRAVEFIRE: Art and Mockups Archive
A visual archive of project-owned GRAVEFIRE images: key art, map, cutscene sketches, dungeon mockups, battle UI, characters, elites, monsters, and card concepts.
GRAVEFIRE: The Opening Scene
A walkthrough of GRAVEFIRE's opening sequence: Crow waking in the forest, meeting the Messenger, the road to the Carnival, and the horrors waiting inside its gates.
Curse of the Cards at Game Access 2022
A short travelogue from taking Curse of the Cards to the Indie Showcase at Game Access 2022 in Brno, with a playable iPad build, last minute fixes, and some conference memories.
GRAVEFIRE: Timeline of Events
The full canonical timeline for GRAVEFIRE, from the ancient ossuary beneath Mt. Bleed to the year the grave fire devours Ekothis.