Ex developer at Bethesda quit his job after 14 years and made this heavy metal horror game as a solo dev with no publisher - eviltoast

The Axis Unseen free demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1807810/The_Axis_Unseen/

It took about 3.5 years, but now it’s actually coming out in less than two weeks. I’m really excited to see what people think of it and it has been cool watching streamers react to the demo. Somehow my two story tall tree guy is really good at sneaking up on people. :D

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  • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Okay but I don’t see how it’s a net positive credential, how it even actually means anything?

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      1 month ago

      What specifically are you disagreeing with? Bad games are bad largely due to design and monetization reasons, both of which developers don’t participate in deciding. But, they do witness all of the good decisions that get cut from the design. Buggy games are one thing you can partially attribute to developers, but saying Bethesda devs have a net negative credential without explaining is willfully obtuse and borderline troll behavior.

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        1 month ago

        Good developers CAN make good games but good games require more than being just good at development… And bad developers can produce fun buggy games

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      Well, at least he is able and have experience to work well in open world sandboxes with fps mechanics. Something people tend to like. I didnt olqy starfield but y es new vegas, and if a game like this is bad is more because the level desing, progresión, npcs and such are bad done, and any of that things have something to do with a developer.