Fuz
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No GOG?
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MindSeize | A Metroidvania game I'm working on. Out February 4th on Steam
- Thread starter Temathael
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No GOG?
Temathael
Member
As expected, some things were a bit... rough on the release thanks to the intensive last stretch of development with too little time for extensive QA. Anyways, just updated the game with a patch that fixes a lot of the problems. Here's patch notes: https://steamcommunity.com/games/851280/announcements/detail/1697230590064895983
Not yet, but we are working on that.
Fuz
Banned
Tried it briefly at a friend's place. Not much, we just played a few screens before going out. I find very weird - and very unpractical - that there's a button for diagonal shooting, I'd rather just "walk diagonally" and shoot. A "stand in place and shoot" button in stead of it would have been nice. Controls are good and responsive, but kind of cumbersome at the same time - there are too many buttons and combinations.
Absolutely love the graphics and animations. The game seems really solid overall, definitely gonna pick it up once it's on GOG.
Absolutely love the graphics and animations. The game seems really solid overall, definitely gonna pick it up once it's on GOG.
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fatty
Member
Congrats Temathael, that is quite an accomplishment getting your game not only finished but published on Steam (and soon Switch). Good luck, hope things work out great for you, I might have to pick it up on th Switch. Would be cool reading some of the challenges that you encountered while making the game.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Happy to leave a positive review on Steam.
Good challenge, a fun throwback. 9 hours played so far, mostly between my break from Grim Dawn binges
Good challenge, a fun throwback. 9 hours played so far, mostly between my break from Grim Dawn binges
Kamina
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Temathael
Member
Hi!
I've been pretty much away from here since the release, which didn't go like planned at all and took my mood down quite a bit. Work has constantly continued, however, and we did manage to fix the plethora of bugs and issues the game was riddled with in the release. It was not ideal launch, but we were pretty much forced to do it financially.
Reading the responses here, some of you have played and liked MindSeize, even if it was far from perfect in the release. Makes me very happy
After a couple of months of work, the game''s finally in the shape I had hoped for it to be in the release. Probably partially because of the nightmarish first release week, the sales haven't exactly been great on Steam, but the work continues on the Switch version now that we have the PC version in satisfying shape. The Switch version is currently planned for September, like the Kickstarter update that
Kamina
shared with you a couple of weeks ago states. The porting job is in very good shape, now I'm just fighting to get the frame rate of a couple of problematic areas in control.
Some of you were asking for GOG, but as they refuse to answer to us, it's probably not going to happen for now at least. There's itch.io version available, however.
And yea, Steam Summer Sales just started, which means MindSeize is available for half the price. Hoping for the sales to pick up, so the road to the Switch release would be bit easier for us.
To summarize: release didn't go too smooth, but we didn't give up and the game's in good shape now. Work with the Switch port is soon ready. The physical release will happen sometime after.
Peace^^
I've been pretty much away from here since the release, which didn't go like planned at all and took my mood down quite a bit. Work has constantly continued, however, and we did manage to fix the plethora of bugs and issues the game was riddled with in the release. It was not ideal launch, but we were pretty much forced to do it financially.
Reading the responses here, some of you have played and liked MindSeize, even if it was far from perfect in the release. Makes me very happy
After a couple of months of work, the game''s finally in the shape I had hoped for it to be in the release. Probably partially because of the nightmarish first release week, the sales haven't exactly been great on Steam, but the work continues on the Switch version now that we have the PC version in satisfying shape. The Switch version is currently planned for September, like the Kickstarter update that
Kamina
shared with you a couple of weeks ago states. The porting job is in very good shape, now I'm just fighting to get the frame rate of a couple of problematic areas in control.Some of you were asking for GOG, but as they refuse to answer to us, it's probably not going to happen for now at least. There's itch.io version available, however.
And yea, Steam Summer Sales just started, which means MindSeize is available for half the price. Hoping for the sales to pick up, so the road to the Switch release would be bit easier for us.
To summarize: release didn't go too smooth, but we didn't give up and the game's in good shape now. Work with the Switch port is soon ready. The physical release will happen sometime after.
Peace^^
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Nickolaidas
Member
Good to know! Hope to see this game on a PS4/PS5 soon!Hi!
I've been pretty much away from here since the release, which didn't go like planned at all and took my mood down quite a bit. Work has constantly continued, however, and we did manage to fix the plethora of bugs and issues the game was riddled with in the release. It was not ideal launch, but we were pretty much forced to do it financially.
Reading the responses here, some of you have played and liked MindSeize, even if it was far from perfect in the release. Makes me very happy
After a couple of months of work, the game''s finally in the shape I had hoped for it to be in the release. Probably partially because of the nightmarish first release week, the sales haven't exactly been great on Steam, but the work continues on the Switch version now that we have the PC version in satisfying shape. The Switch version is currently planned for September, like the Kickstarter update that
Some of you were asking for GOG, but as they refuse to answer to us, it's probably not going to happen for now at least. There's itch.io version available, however.
And yea, Steam Summer Sales just started, which means MindSeize is available for half the price. Hoping for the sales to pick up, so the road to the Switch release would be bit easier for us.
To summarize: release didn't go too smooth, but we didn't give up and the game's in good shape now. Work with the Switch port is soon ready. The physical release will happen sometime after.
Peace^^
Saber
Gold Member
Hi!
I've been pretty much away from here since the release, which didn't go like planned at all and took my mood down quite a bit. Work has constantly continued, however, and we did manage to fix the plethora of bugs and issues the game was riddled with in the release. It was not ideal launch, but we were pretty much forced to do it financially.
Reading the responses here, some of you have played and liked MindSeize, even if it was far from perfect in the release. Makes me very happy
After a couple of months of work, the game''s finally in the shape I had hoped for it to be in the release. Probably partially because of the nightmarish first release week, the sales haven't exactly been great on Steam, but the work continues on the Switch version now that we have the PC version in satisfying shape. The Switch version is currently planned for September, like the Kickstarter update that
Some of you were asking for GOG, but as they refuse to answer to us, it's probably not going to happen for now at least. There's itch.io version available, however.
And yea, Steam Summer Sales just started, which means MindSeize is available for half the price. Hoping for the sales to pick up, so the road to the Switch release would be bit easier for us.
To summarize: release didn't go too smooth, but we didn't give up and the game's in good shape now. Work with the Switch port is soon ready. The physical release will happen sometime after.
Peace^^
Happy for you dude. Hope all ends well, sucess with your game.
Temathael
Member
Hoping so too! Everything depends on the sales of the Switch version. If that doesn't sell decent enough, then it's game over for MindSeize^^
Thank you!
Fuz
Banned
Sorry to hear the game didn't go well, for the little I have seen it's quite good. And the pixel art is phenomenal.
Any way we can help with that? Maybe we can request it somehow?
Temathael
Member
Thanks! There's still hope for the Switch release to be more successful, though.
Not sure how much there is to do about this, didn't find any way to directly request a game on the web page, at least. They are just very picky about what they are accepting to the store and outright state, that they might not answer to everyone due to large number of applications. In any case, we tried applying again now that the game is majorly updated from a couple of months ago. Let's see if we're lucky this time.
Temathael
Member
Oh, haven't been here for a while so I missed this. By now you probably saw the newest Kickstarter update and the mail we sent!
We'll have an announcement for the final release date very soon! The Switch port turned out very well
Kamina
Golden Boy
Yeah I saw, thanks. I sent you guys a mail for an European Switch Key.Oh, haven't been here for a while so I missed this. By now you probably saw the newest Kickstarter update and the mail we sent!
We'll have an announcement for the final release date very soon! The Switch port turned out very well
Fuz
Banned
By the way, there's this: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/mindseize
Bonsaibäumchen
Member
Yay! We finally have a release date!
MindSeize will come to Nintendo Switch 30th September
New trailer:
Didn't hear about that game yet. Good it has been bumped and I've seen it. Gonna take grab that soony
Temathael
Member
Awesome!^^Didn't hear about that game yet. Good it has been bumped and I've seen it. Gonna take grab that soony
Temathael
Member
We've ordered the Kickstarter reward keys from Nintendo at the beginning of this week, so all of you who are backers will get them as soon as they arrive to us. Everything seems to take some time, but they should definitely be ready to send before the release date.
Oh and the physical version released by First Press Games is still in plans, but we will share more about it once there is something to tell.
Let's first get the game out on eShop^^
Oh and the physical version released by First Press Games is still in plans, but we will share more about it once there is something to tell.
Let's first get the game out on eShop^^
Beer Baelly
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Temathael
Member
Yea, the shoulder button for shooting diagonally was directly inspired by how Metroid does things, as are actually many things in the control scheme. Our way of having you hold a trigger button to do various specials is a bit different and might take some time to getting used to, but once the player can handle that, it also allows for a fast control over any of the special abilities.
Oh and yea, we did change the control scheme a bit since the original Steam release and added the possibility of just holding the dpad or stick diagonally while shooting to shoot diagonally (obviously only when moving, stationary you still need to hold the button).
Portugeezer
Member
That's for the better.
Temathael
Member
I hope as many players as possible would give the game a chance. I admit the original Steam release was very rough. We had to release with very limited QA time and the end result was sadly buggy and a couple of features did not make it in.
The game's improved a lot with patches throughout the summer and especially with the extra development time we had for the Switch version. Now I can finally be a bit proud of what we've managed to do with our small team
Bullet Club
Member
The game looks good. I'll grab it for the Switch. 
BlackTron
Member
I initially rolled my eyes a bit because Metroidvania's seem a dime a dozen these days, but when I actually took a look, this game seems to have two aspects I usually find lacking. Good sprite work, and tight control.
I might actually pick this up, good job making me actually notice a title in this genre.
I might actually pick this up, good job making me actually notice a title in this genre.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Oh wow I completely missed this. It looks awesome. Gonna check out the Switch version later today.
Portugeezer
Member
Nice, downloading now.