My name is Florian and I live in Austria. About 2 years ago I started my own business in game development. I originally graduated with a master's degree in mechanical engineering and worked in that field for a few years, but I wanted to do something that was more fun. I taught myself programming and pixel art and it took me a few years to get good enough to do it professionally.
The idea of the game somehow grew organically.
Felbound is an action roguelite in which you play as a paladin in a long-forgotten temple and try to eliminate the evil shadows in it's depths with sword slashes, spells and your little wisp companion.
-procedural generation
-action-packed combat
-free npcs
-collect resources
-craft your equipment
-fulfil the wishes of spirits in your own temple.
The development journey is quite pleasant as I earn enough on the side to not get stressed. I would like to see more wishlists on steam, but that requires more work in the marketing area, which I don't like to do :D
I use the Unity Engine. Mainly because it is very common and when I started I learnt a lot from tutorials on YouTube. It also supports cross-platform builds, which can be quite useful.
Probably learning what makes a really good game. When you play games you get the impression that it's not that difficult. But often what you imagine and what you realise are fundamentally different. I also underestimated how time-consuming everything is.
Only do it if you really like it and start a small project that you can finish.
I think that's all.
-Florian
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