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I've been working on Abaddon, (a first person Lovecraftian horror game) for Almost 4 years now, this journey has been amazing, I can't believe It's almost ready for release! If you are into horror games please consider wishlisting it as it helps me out a lot! Thank you all so much for the support โค๏ธ

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[โ€“] undrwater@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are two upcoming games with the title "Abaddon" in the store. Both are horror fps.

Were you aware of this?

I put the one that looks like yours on my wish list.

[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Yep someone decided to name their game Abaddon also (my game page and demo was up at least a year before) I have no idea why steam would allow two games with the exact same name ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Thank you so much for checking it out and wishlisting it! It helps a lot!

[โ€“] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Quick feedback on the experience of casually browsing to your steam page: the trailer that autoplays spends the first ~20s being mostly just black. First person view of running and then hiding in a closet, then black, then a very dimly lit room, with cuts to what looks like the player inspecting a doll. I can't have sound on right now, so I don't know if there is interesting audio happening.

I highly recommend those first few seconds of the autoplay trailer showing something more compelling. IMO the best case outcome for someone in my shoes is, I see something in those first few seconds that makes me go "oooo, hell yeah, that looks interesting" and I click Add to Wishlist. Instead my first thought was "there's no way this has just been black for 20s" and checked my brightness settings to see if I was missing something.

[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hi thank you for checking it out and thank you for the feedback!

I am working on a new trailer at the moment, Although I must say, I think you might have a bug, there are no more than 3 consecutive seconds where it's all just black, it may show things differently on some devices.

Either way this trailer is temporary, I'm not that good at marking / trailers and stuff, and I know it is very important.

Will try to put up a more impressive trailer soon , thanks again ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ

[โ€“] albbi@piefed.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is an old game with the same name, just so you know. https://www.myabandonware.com/game/abaddon-bwy

[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep I found out about it once it was too late to change the name haha, did you play it?

[โ€“] albbi@piefed.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

No, pretty sure I haven't played it, but the name rang a bell. Probably because alphabetically it shows up pretty early when you're looking for games back on the 'ol warez listings.

[โ€“] end0fline@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Was this in any way inspired by Hell House? Iโ€™m only asking because of the name Abaddon. Haha. Iโ€™ll check this out once it is released!

[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

It was not, although I do have it on my watch list after a lot of people mentioned it to me ๐Ÿ˜‚

Thank you for the interest! I appreciate it ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ

[โ€“] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wishlisted it too! Looks pretty great from what i can see :-)

[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you so much! I appreciate it ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ

[โ€“] luthis@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] lnklnx@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you so so much! This means a lot! :)

[โ€“] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for adding a demo. Which seems to be a dying thing. Wishlisted just for that ๐Ÿ˜Š

[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I know right?! The demo had been up for a long time, I feel like it's important for players to have the chance to see if they can enjoy the game before they pay for it, it's the only right thing to do, especially if you are an unknown indie developer ๐Ÿ˜„

Thank you for the support!

[โ€“] frozenfoxx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Congratulations! I'll pick up a copy, wishlisted!

[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you so so much! I really appreciate it ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ

[โ€“] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wishlisted. I love horror so I'm always looking for something new.

[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm so happy to hear this! Horror is the best! Thank you so much! ๐Ÿค—

[โ€“] addie@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Still wishlisted from the time you posted before! Good luck, FirsTimeDev, hope it goes well, and looking forward to it.

[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thabk you so so much! It means a lot! I hope youll have fun playing it!

[โ€“] mrbutterscotch@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nice! Wouldn't even know where to start, so cudos to you!

[โ€“] FirsTimeDev@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you! And yes, I also didn't know where to start, I just did ๐Ÿ˜‚