We are Amaro and Arleand, from Brazil. We met in school and always loved games. We started making our games in university and eventually began working together on AOKAKI as the dev team 'Concha Indigo'.
At first, I created AOKAKI as just a small game prototype for college: a Castlevania clone starring a roly-poly samurai. Three years later, I contacted Amaro and we started developing that prototype into a full fledged game. The result is a project that has inspirations from all sorts of other games and overall media each of us love. In a way, AOKAKI is a big love letter.
It's been awesome, but not without its challenges. It's hard to work on a project for almost a year, balancing life, university, work, and not making any money from it 😅.
We chose Godot because I had some experience with it and quite like it, we don't regret it one bit.
ARLEAND: Time is a constant worry. And burn-outs.
AMARO: Especially handling the scope. If we had infinite time we could do so much, but we don't. We are just two people. Stuff needs to be cut, other things needs to be focused... Being the guy who is constantly cutting stuff out is not fun.
Don't overwork yourself. Take breaks, be careful not to burn out.
Also, don't be afraid to start! Making games is fun, even if you make a small clunky one.
Please wishlist AOKAKI on Steam!
-Amaro and Arleand
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2925520/AOKAKI/
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