[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":541},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-10756640":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":45,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":98,"maker_in_thread":253,"shape":266,"grid":270,"attempts":501,"same_week":502,"maker_shows":32,"maker_hidden":532,"reader_version":533,"card":534},"10756640","BoxByte Lyte","I spent 6 years making a cool free game","title","Show HN: I spent 6 years making a cool free game",null,"isaiahg",1450412999,2015,151,93,134,2565,6,"notable","games","arcade game","game",[20,23,24,25,26],"one button game","color matching","3d arcade","indie game","curious",0.138,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},13,32,1,7,53,{"pricing":36,"privacy":38,"docs":40,"performance":41,"design":42,"execution":44},{"positive":32,"critical":37},0,{"positive":37,"critical":39},2,{"positive":37,"critical":37},{"positive":37,"critical":32},{"positive":37,"critical":43},3,{"positive":37,"critical":32},[43,43,43,43,46,46,46,46,43,43,37,46,46,46,46,43,32,43,43,46,46,32,32,43,43,43,43,37,43,43,32,43,43,43,43,46,43,43,32,37],5,"Hey everyone!\n\nLong time lurker, first time poster. I've just reached beta in my game BoxByte Lyte.\n\n-What is it-\n\nIt's a free 3d arcade game for hardcore players that uses color matching in interesting ways. Also it's a one button game, well movement and one button. Cool huh? The final release will be free too.\n\n-What I need-\n\nThis is a very challenging game, so I really need to balance the difficulty so that it's still hard but not impossible. It would be great just to hear your experiences of the game and how far in it you got.\n\n-Where can I report bugs?-\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fbitbucket.org\u002FZayWolfe\u002Fbox",{"problem":9,"audience":49,"pricing":55,"motivation":59,"time_to_build":68,"stack":72,"openness":95,"stage":96,"team_size":97},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Hardcore arcade players who want a challenging game","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",{"value":56,"source":51,"evidence":57},"Free, final release will be free too",[58],{"id":54},{"value":60,"source":51,"evidence":61},"Making fun games; hopes for a career doing this",[62,65],{"id":63,"by":10,"text":64},"10757907","Hard to say really because I did get bored a lot. I just kept it in my mind and always came back to it. I'd really like a career doing this so I guess having a wager on it is…",{"id":66,"by":10,"text":67},"10757948","Thank you so much for your kind words. It really means a lot to me more than you know. You can bet I definitely would like something to come from this. I'm working on it full…",{"value":69,"source":51,"evidence":70},"6 years",[71],{"id":54},[73,79,83,87,91],{"value":74,"source":51,"evidence":75},"Unity3D",[76],{"id":77,"by":10,"text":78},"10757766","It's mostly just Unity3d and lots of elbow grease. I used blender for the 3d objects and animations. I used inkscape and the gimp for a lot of the texture work. 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Give http:\u002F\u002Fitch.io a try.",{"value":113,"source":102,"evidence":114},"Day-one Linux support appreciated",[115,119],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"10760697","himlims","Congrats isaiahg on your project and public release! Shared your story on my website: https:\u002F\u002Frootgamer.com\u002Fdownload\u002F12170\u002Fdownload-boxbyte-lyte - hope it helps getting word out.…",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"10762410","destroythecore","Made an account to give thanks for day-one Linux support. We're a small fan-base but very vocal. :)",{"value":124,"source":102,"evidence":125},"Story of solo developer is inspiring",[126,130],{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"10757968","JabavuAdams","Ignore all the people here telling you to open-source this (for now). You have a product and a compelling story. This could be one of the rare games that actually makes money.…",{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"10757990","strttn","I think this thread is a bit of a showcase of the best things about HN. It's a place where someone without existing distribution can get what they've made in front of people. The…",[135,142,149,153],{"value":136,"source":102,"evidence":137},"Tutorial text boxes animate slowly and are annoying",[138],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"10757672","notnownikki","Hey :) Well done on reaching beta! First bit of feedback - I'm running through the tutorial, and text boxes animate on to the screen, slowly, every single time. It's really…",{"value":143,"source":102,"evidence":144},"Windows firewall warning and worry about network requests",[145],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"10760118","krapp","Congratulations on shipping. Most people who want to get into independent development never even make it past alpha, if that. Really, I think the basic idea is alright, but the…",{"value":150,"source":102,"evidence":151},"Difficulty and movement feel artificial; enemies small",[152],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},{"value":154,"source":102,"evidence":155},"Download links hosted on Dropbox are unsafe or blocked",[156,160,164],{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"10757588","contingencies","Self-reported \"Long time lurker\" to HN: \"run my binary, look it's ported to all platforms!\" Excuse me if I don't.",{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"10757731","crypt1d","While I'm pretty sure you don't have any bad intentions, you may want to consider how this looks like to someone [paranoid] like me: - New HN member makes his first post claiming…",{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"10757744","aswerty","Currently getting: Error (429) This account's links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!",[169,184,192,199],{"value":170,"source":102,"evidence":171},"Put up a proper website with screenshots or video",[172,176,180],{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},"10757496","nopslider","Friendly advice: Getting a simple site up and running describing your game with a few screenshots or a gameplay vid and providing download links takes no more than 2 hours.…",{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"10756948","viraptor","Screenshots? Not sure I want to download this without some idea what it is.",{"id":181,"by":182,"text":183},"10757904","LittlePeter","Make a 3 minute video of the gameplay and upload it to youtube",{"value":185,"source":102,"evidence":186},"Open source the game",[187,191],{"id":188,"by":189,"text":190},"10757558","chii","It would be nice if you put the open source the game as well (seeing as it's free atm, so no profit loss from it). I'd like to see how you wrote it, and learn from it!",{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},{"value":193,"source":102,"evidence":194},"Fix keyboard and mouse on Linux build",[195],{"id":196,"by":197,"text":198},"10759485","Mocha_Bean","Is it just me, or would it make much more sense if it switched in order of red > green > blue? 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Any tips for how you managed to spend 6 years on the same project without getting board?",{"value":216,"source":102,"evidence":217},"What technologies were used",[218],{"id":219,"by":220,"text":221},"10757546","aikah","So can you give us some description of the technologies used in order to build that game ?",[223,235,242],{"value":224,"source":102,"evidence":225},"itch.io for hosting and distribution",[226,227,231],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},{"id":228,"by":229,"text":230},"10757620","akx","You could use itch.io or Github pages.",{"id":232,"by":233,"text":234},"10761559","ntide","You should maybe look into distributing this on itch.io (http:\u002F\u002Fitch.io), which handles hosting, promotion, and pricing for you.",{"value":236,"source":102,"evidence":237},"GitHub Pages for a project site",[238],{"id":239,"by":240,"text":241},"10758140","mauvm","Why not use Github Pages?",{"value":243,"source":102,"evidence":244},"Steam via Greenlight",[245,249],{"id":246,"by":247,"text":248},"10757727","_nedR","Have you considered publishing on Steam? Its a good avenue to monetise as well.",{"id":250,"by":251,"text":252},"10758960","nacs","It's actually pretty hard to get on Steam without a publisher. Without a publisher, you have to go through the Greenlight process which requires a ton of people voting \"Yes I'll…",{"comments":254,"answered":255,"key":256},24,11,[257,260,263],{"id":258,"text":259},"10757611","Yeah I definitely agree. I actually had a website up once but I had to let it go because I couldn't afford the domain and server costs. Currently living off of government…",{"id":261,"text":262},"10757630","Oh wow I've never heard of itch.io! I wonder if they allow games in beta.",{"id":264,"text":265},"10761968","I'm sorry that it took me a while to reply. The response has been so overwhelming that I honestly don't know how to react. 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