Big news! Sink or Skim is officially on Steam! Go and add it to your wishlist, it's coming out January 12 2018!

Steam Page: https://goo.gl/2tsVGk

Download the demo on Itch.io: https://goo.gl/zdmF9t

You can play a short demo of Sink or Skim on Itch.io! Check it out here:

https://chefseth.itch.io/sink-or-skim

I haven’t been posting to Tumblr as much because I feel like it’s a bit of a dead end exposure-wise. The community here for weird not-pretty indie games just isn’t big enough and my project isn’t special enough to capture a large audience despite that fact. I want to do everything I can to get my name out there though, so if you can tweet about this demo or reblog it or anything, it’d be helpful. If you’re gonna tweet, tag me 

twitter.com/@chef__seth 

Thank you all for your support, I’m looking forward to release!

https://twitter.com/chef__seth

Hey you should all follow me on twitter, there’s only a few days left until some big news!

https://twitter.com/Chef__Seth

Sorry I haven't been active as much, I've been finalizing the last bits and pieces of the game! It's so crazy to me that I'm this close to done. Just a text post for today unfortunately, but I wanted to say that all the art is done. I won't show off all of it in screenshots, I want there to at least be a few surprises when the game is out. I’m putting together the last bits of story, maybe a few easy to implement art pieces, and then it will be done! It’s so close I can taste it. So close I’ve already started thinking about another project when I really shouldn’t be because the last thing I need is to get distracted. I still plan on releasing in January, I don’t want to be overshadowed by the Steam Winter sale even though the game would be ready by then, and I want to give myself time to reach out to everywhere on the internet I can and market this game. I’m putting together a trailer I think will turn out pretty well, and hopefully some good reddit posts that gain traction. 

If you know anyone I should contact, or if you’d like to cover my game, connect me with someone who might cover my game, anything that would assist in marketing, just DM me here or on Twitter, I could really use the help. Thank you!

Also here’s a small gif of the new dialogue boxes that’s too big for Tumblr because I didn’t edit or optimize it

It’s here! $10 Patrons on my Patreon can check out all the crazy stuff I’ve worked on since October, there’s a lot! Everything is starting to feel like a real game, I’m officially in the polish phase now and I’m excited. Can’t wait to really get things looking nice and feeling complete. If you play the build, make sure you report any bugs you encounter to my twitter 

https://twitter.com/chef__Seth

Check out the build on my Patreon: 

I’ve changed the name! It’s official, as is my push for exposure starting now! I’m stepping up my presentation of everything and I’m going to really try to get myself out there, anything you can do to help would be great! Here’s some screenshots, enjoy! 

PS: the monthly build is coming out tomorrow for Patrons and it’s gonna be pretty cool, so look out for that

Leading up to my deadline today of being feature complete and ready to start marketing, I’ve worked on everything BUT NPCs, I wasn’t even sure if they’d be in the game. I’m pretty proud that I’ve gotten to make Rockthony though, and I’m fairly confident he’ll play a big role in the final game. Also Happy Halloween, sorry I don’t have halloween themed stuff to show off, I was busy making the game work properly :(

    The last phase of development has begun, the most difficult part. It’s been so insane working on this game. Now all that’s left to do is polish, playtest, add in a tiny bit more content, and release! It’s exciting and terrifying!

    I’m going to describe the timeline for the remainder of development, but first I want to say that making a game is very very stressful and it can be very isolating. If you have game developer friends, make sure you reach out to them, keep in contact, be supportive. I had friends who did that for me and it made all the difference. 

Timeline:

-All major content completed by October 31st

-Playtest, polish, and market throughout November, minor content additions throughout

-Release either December or January, depending on demand and other game’s that are being released in that time frame

    Sounds simple, will definitely be the scariest and most difficult two to three months of my life. I hope that all this work I’ve put in will pay off and I’ll at least be able to make another project. You can help make that happen though, and it won’t cost you anything! 

    If you want to support me, show this blog to your friends. Reblog some of my posts, any of them. What I need more than anything, is exposure, and that’s something that anyone can do.

Thank you all for sticking around, I’m getting close-ish to 200 followers in less than 8 months, those are pretty good numbers for blog that isn’t about art and is very inconsistently posted to. Let’s get some more!

https://patreon.com/chefsethdev

And the whirlpool got turned a lovely slime green.

Here’s the intended material setup for reference, and a slight spoiler of things to come