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Whoah! Just realised you’ve broken into the 20s! That’s so impressive. Welcome to the big leagues. B ) We need to think of a prize to give you for your next milestone. Aside from the skills that got you here, you’ve probably guessed that the next milestone will also be dependent on a lot of RNG lol. Wonder how you’ve done on the other modes…

Thanks so much for letting us know! Tbh, we’re so surprised that it ran effectively at all on those OS. For the next game in production and onwards, we’ll definitely consider more universalisable compatibility with other OS. One of us is wondering how much of that input lag was down to the intended effect of a certain leaf enemy catching you in their smoke. :p

https://kadormazing.itch.io/robotron

Robotron. Free arcade style punishing wave shooter

https://kadormazing.itch.io/movement

Killing Machine Movement. Long parody game.

Both are free, so will go for the free options

Nice. Someone likes Killer7 eh..

Thank you! Argh those tough tutorials! And yes, players! The most important key you need to remember is 1 or [ for health!

Thanks for taking part in the Movement experience! : D

Hugely appreciated. You had me laughing too lol. Yeah the confusion is part of the experience. Little bits come together slowly. Thanks for showcasing all the way up to 5. I've said it before, that Grenade Tutorial is our least favourite level in the game. We'll change that sooner than later. Yeah, man if you did have fun with it, the action does pick up. Though watch out. Canyon is a 2 part level. And the second part is one of us developers' 2nd least favourite level lol. Thanks so much again for all that time you put into it and for giving it a proper look. Now onto Robotron! lol : p

I'll be back when I've run properly but love the screenshots. lol even the windows desktop background plus gate one XD

so good! Soooo GOOD! TBH, so impressive how far you were able to go without tutorials (kinda glad you skipped them since they're very imperfect). No idea how you stumbled upon [ for health refill and ] for mana. Your feelings on the playthrough would've probably felt a lot different if you couldn't do that. Was hoping you'd stumble upon shift for menu and then you can rebind most of the keys (hover over an icon and hit the key you want) and do most stuff really. Also nice you chose which dialogue option you wanted with Karnage Man with the mouse. Some people don't know that you can do that. But that's our fault.

Thanks for making it to village. It's really helpful to see where we need to make things clearer for the player. Honestly did not anticipate that the optional computer would mislead people from the main objective. We've already solutions in mind for so much of this if demand ever grows enough for a patch fix update.

You got it though and the tone. "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!" So good! We've got some explanation from one of the devs about the ott amount to take in, but warning, it's reeeeaaaaaalllly wanky and pretentious.

Thanks so much again for playing! Really enjoyed it. And you did seriously well despite encountering its flaws. MORE! MORE! MORE! Level 5! Level 5! Level 5!

Ooh and for this thread, we made ROBOTRON too.

https://kadormazing.itch.io/robotron

FREE easy to understand top down shooter wave survivor with an alternate story mode as well.

Yaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwn. Oh no, look at that, I spilled breakfast and a link all over my post by accident. : (

I'm trying to find the ones I played when I was searching for free games for the first time. Have only found this. https://writingmysoul.itch.io/fragments-of-the-past

You notice what works and what doesn't as you play. I was thinking as I was playing how certain soundtracks and even just still location images could enchance mood etc. 

There was this other game I played (that I couldn't find) where I remember that it felt palpably frustrating not knowing whether the options you picked really had any effect at all. It really felt that you were just replying at every occasional prompt to fulfil the requirements of an interactive game but the story was going along on its preordained path regardless. Reminds me of that choice at the start of  Wolf Among Uswhere every option you pick leads to you tackling someone out the window. Like that Prozd sketch too.

Yeah exactly, I mean technologically, they're no longer at the height of performance capacity. You've got zoomy wooshy flash cound now wow! And text is probably one of the oldest technologies. But what should we infer that you want to go forward with after getting answers to this question? Will it appeal to a mass audience? IMO likely not, but there are 8 Billion people on the earth. Chances are somebody will like it if it can get to them. Depends on what your definition of success is to you. Will you be happy with your piece just connecting with the niche who would appreciate it?

Funny, as far as text goes, it still has some superiorities over other mediums despite its age.

Wish it would go on longer : (

Nah it probably is the right length. Especially due to how many times you give it a go.

Video game sounds tracks are so great these days. I hear Kavinsky influences obviously (grrr what Drive did to games XD) but also Peaking Lights and Washed Out : )

Clicking on the analytics page, apparently we get a lot of traffic from this post, so I'll bump it one last time.

In all seriousness though, am interested to see how far players got in the game. : D

Hey, just posted about your channel too! https://itch.io/t/5560170/subscribe-and-submit-your-itch-games-to-arlucgames-you...

That's really cool you put it that way. Kind of the niche demographic we'd welcome actually lol, those willing to endure past the modern standard first impression to get to the depth. And those who'd want a 2D Deus Ex XD. And those who wanna cheap laugh : p. Yeah, I'm really interested to hear what the furthest level people get to is.

I'll keep up to date with the channel. I really like the commentary/interview concept. It was really fun to be on the episode, I had a great time. Thanks again 🙏🙏🙏. Here's to a top 50 compilation video eventually.

You still going? Your last post was four years ago..

So,  ArlucGames recently streamed one of our games on his channel. He has a series where he makes an RPG where you can be an NPC.

But more interestingly, in my opinion, he has a series where he streams an average of half an hour of gameplay of underrated Itch games. And I think he may aim to stream exclusively Itch games - as in games that are on Itch but not on Steam, though I could be wrong there.

A cool thing that he does for the episodes though is that you can join his discord and arrange a voice call for the stream so that you can co-commentate on your game. It's a really good social feature. If you don't want to speak, you can type and lurk in the Twitch chat to add your details.

He's always looking for good Itch games, but as he says, it's hard to find them often. So, submit your best games to him and see in real time how well someone plays them.

Here are some episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOA_JbdT9v0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TackbG0Cys

More fancy things! More fancy 3D things! Am hype. Works really nice as it is for now. Was a nice surprise to get there and see it out of nowhere. Only one of us has any - and minor - experience with 3D and it's not immediately on the cards for potential next projects. Wonder what direction you'll go in playing around with it.

no worries Re Robotron. Just mentioning it case ya didn't know ; ) Saw some boss fights from Nighreign the other night actually.

So, we're going to paste the whole saving location thing from the troubleshooting FAQ on the official Movement website onto the Movement Itch page next. Totally took that for granted, was an oversight. Tbh, regardless of having a player base/audience or not, am getting more and more inclined to do a fix version later on. Solutions keep accumulating. Thanks for bringing that issue up. It's a huge one.

This is nuts! How does it feel? That is legitmately realllly good. It actually took me quite a while to move beyond 18 and 19 into the 20s. But once I was able to, I was then more or less able to get to the 20s consistently. And then at that point, you are pro. That's crazy.

Ayup, are thinking of putting up some hotkey tutorial shorts in the near future and while at it, were thinking of perhaps rewriting some of the game home description pages on Itch. I was leaning towards describing less of the gameplay mechanics and more of the 'experience' of the game, which is probably as pretentious as it sounds.

However, was just wondering what some people's impressions of the pages are/what their preferences of what they like to see on a page in general are. What impressions does it leave about the games etc.?

Am aware that I'll be getting the opionins of mostly devs here, so not sure how much insight it will be into the preferences of a player or streamer. But ey,

https://kadormazing.itch.io/robotron

https://kadormazing.itch.io/movement (Just requesting feedback on the description page, not the game itself)

You're asking questions all over the shop innit.

lol Funny how the answers to this question are the opposite to a a similar post made less than two weeks ago.

!!!🙏<3🙏<3🙏

The later part of your playing there was on point! Thanks for the video. I think you could get to stage 14 and beat Jim Zark.

I'm a sucker for tower defense games. Every year or so, I get the hunger to play one when I want to feel kind of brain dead. Usually on my phone though. But yeah, I've recently grown kind of addicted to this one. One of the reasons is that every death in the game is a lesson. So when you die, you're like 'OhhhI died because I made this mistake. So next time I must XYZ.' So, by your fifth playthrough you've acquired all these lessons under your belt.

Also the recent addition of the pause button between waves makes the game significantly easier.

BlueEagle421 is really good. I also recommend 'Level 9 access' also made by them. It's like Killing Machine Movement if it were condensed into a browser game with a splash of Hotline Miami.

Ah just SMW. But was going to say, I really liked the Pyramid and stars bit. Wondered how you did it.

Ah no way, cheers. So you got passed the dog. How did you do that? Chainsaw? Yeah I(one of the developers) haven't read that fan fiction either. There's some lore popping about here and there if anyone ever gets to their 4th playthrough of the level and just happens to be in the mood for a few pages. If you beat Manor, the levels after do get more traditional 'gamey'. There's a weird mix of it occasionally taking itself seriously.

You should definetely go for it re: a ridiculous game. Be prepared for the time it takes though lol. I can't guess what the issue could be CubeBoss wise. I do have an even older machine tucked away which isn't technically broken.

We released Robotron btw. A lot more accessible and casual for better or worse.

Still finding more. Barely scratched the surface.

Obviously gonna plug these:

Alright. Yep conserving is the key. One blockade needed per path. And you can place them after the police have already arrived and are still in the circle. 3rd level save for a bunch of activists a circle at a time and maybe two megaphones in the same circle if you're lucky.

Youtubers that don't have an email address contact on their YouTube channel. But they do have either Twitch, Discord or X pages/accounts.

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https://www.youtube.com/@DireRaven

https://www.youtube.com/@ItsReallyPoofy

https://www.youtube.com/@yuezeko

https://www.youtube.com/@maria_atalla

https://www.youtube.com/@grandon8944

https://www.youtube.com/@getmeowlax4768

https://www.youtube.com/@Kittet3

https://www.youtube.com/@DolphinTreasureArt

https://www.youtube.com/@CloudJumper01

https://www.youtube.com/@telesticgamer8251

https://www.youtube.com/@retrogamingdino

https://www.youtube.com/@Gamesalott/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@kiddichigo/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@radioparalax-sendemitschnitte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sqc75cxoJ0

https://www.youtube.com/@diziouf/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@nicegeargames/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@marcgoesblindgaming2076

https://www.youtube.com/@lastheroesgameplays/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@PatienceHere

https://www.youtube.com/@daexpii/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@rafgamer4080/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@radioparalax-sendemitschnitte/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@bandaloo7776/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@nattyboy1745/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@AGamingHead/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@palaros/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@ThrowingStarsofDavid/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@stavovich/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@aramaki_aramakigames/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@GameplayDepotYT/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@thegamingpup22/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@ezezgame/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@indiehorror/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@bakanik/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@dragankill/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@FellowPlayer/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@nicolacristi/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@tyvennagaming1474/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Flopamine/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@joncrift3274/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Seeric_io

https://www.youtube.com/iwanPlays

As for YouTubers who specialise in horror games, just pick any horror game on here and scroll to the comments. YouTube is saturated with YouTubers chasing the reaction video train. There are probably some already on this list and there is no shortage. They're easy to find. They usually go and find you if you're a horror game developer to be honest. However, they tend to be exclusive in horror content or else expand into AAA mainstream releases if not.

In general, some additional advice we would give in terms of finding your niche is to really think about what the strongest aspect of your game is or what aspect of your game you really value. Think about what aspect of your game, players will identify. As in, if they were only allowed to use one adjective to wholly describe your game, what would it be. Then once you've done that, utilise Itch's browse feature and search games using the word you've identified as your main tag. For example, for one of our games we searched the tag 'political'. We browsed a few games that popped up with that tag. We looked at the comments for those games and occasionally found YouTubers who had made a video for those games where they then posted it. That was a Youtuber more likely affiliated with the content we would make. Try different tags. We tried 'philosophical' once and 'shoot em up' for another. It is slow, gradual but slightly more accurate hunting if you need to find a content creator for an ambiguous niche.

Will do more with other websites after we've plunged into all that more deeply. And after getting Twitch and Discord going maybe.

If you find this post valuable and want to pay some form of gratitude, please take a look at the free games on my page and download the ones you like the look of. And if you try Killing Machine Movement and believe games can grow on you after the initial first impression, please try to get to level 4 and see what you think from there.

How to grow YouTuber's audiences? That's another question to then tackle.

Add to this database in the meantime maybe? *shrugging emoji*

Now I'm not saying any of this will necessarily be of use, but should save some legwork regardless. Also is a thank you for the communication of some people.

The YouTubers listed here aren't at the top of the food chain. Some have hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of subscribers. But the majority of these YouTubers specialise in small indie productions exclusively. And among those, many channels have a specific niche focus. Some of them really focus on games that go outside of the box and fly under the radar. Support your local YouTuber. Smaller Indie developers do well if these type of YouTubers also do well. We want to see their success.

In general, there are many benefits - known and yet unknown - that rise from a strengthening of community links here. Especially early access testing etc. to name one. I dunno but I'm going with it.

I haven't necessarily had any games posted on these channels but I've been in communication with a few and the creators have proved to be helpful and informative along the way.

Some of them do take and consider requests if contacted. Now be gentlemanly and respectful, people. Really take a look first at each channel and consider whether these YouTubers' content matches up with the style of the game that you're offering. You can send an email request if there's a slim chance that the preference might align, but I'd advise against blindly sending off a copy pasted blanket email to every YouTuber you find regardless of the congruity between their style and yours. Obviously, send games for free also.

My etiquette procedure is to like and subscribe to these creators if any of them deliver a reply to an email, even if that reply is a polite decline to play your game. Must say to you YouTubers, it's as validating to get a response saying no to a game, since it ratifies the feeling that we're not just sending our correspondence off into an empty void in deep space.

The legend https://www.youtube.com/@jimzark/videos No commentary. Focusses on pick up and play, visually stimulating, fast to understand fun games. Finds games with experimental fundamentals.

https://www.youtube.com/@AnaMoonGameplays/videos The queen of adventure games. Has a huge library - though not necessarily exclusively - of chill gameplay videos mostly of the point and click Lucas arts style variety. Spanish is their native language and if the option for Spanish as default language selection can be chosen, it shall be.

https://www.youtube.com/@BlancoKix/videos Has an insanely huge wealth of videos of all different genres. Variety.

https://www.youtube.com/@PrejudgedSeeker/videos Doesn't upload to YouTube much anymore but does occasionally stream on Twitch.

https://www.youtube.com/@CABROWN/videos A passion and mission statement to find truly underrated indie gems. He's gotten bigger and bigger as time marches forward and pools around Steam mostly but remains sincere in the dedication to indie.

https://www.youtube.com/@CasaIndie/videos Spanish channel. Hasn't been active for a while but still about.

https://www.youtube.com/@alexis_rambles Majority of videos focus on horror but has expanded to other genres.https://www.youtube.com/@catkostenko/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@ClemmyGames/videos  Looking for the next big thing, remains in contact to consider submissions.

https://www.youtube.com/@ChillPadGamer A mix of full longplays of different genres including games for younger audiences. Russian first language.

https://www.youtube.com/@handheldgameplayer/videos A speciality channel worth subscribing to that deals exclusively with handheld consoles. Unless your game can be ported to some sort of handheld compatible format like a cartridge for example, then this YouTuber does not take request streams. But a good connection/gateway to the handheld enthusiasts.

https://www.youtube.com/@LunaPrincessNinjato/videos Not sure if this is a 40 year old dude or an actual fairy princess because this person has some coding talent and a creative drive. Got a style at least. Posts some videos of other games of certain genres such as bullet hells.

https://www.youtube.com/@8-bitgraphix/videos

There are other YouTubers to mention but they declined to be included in the list.

Among the YouTubers below are some likely dead channels. However, I've seen some of them post new videos years after their previous.

Definitely some I've missed out among these. Sorry.

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https://www.youtube.com/@CarlolucaS

https://www.youtube.com/@Kevx888/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@MrBobbly/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Cianny

https://www.youtube.com/@MikeyBlighe

https://www.youtube.com/@natdamonke/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@KingTwizz

https://www.youtube.com/@Belbag

https://www.youtube.com/@RahatRants/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@CheckpointVibes/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@ImWithRedShirt/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@shardien

https://www.youtube.com/@mattbizzbizz/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@eatabagofdice/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@NathanSano/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@HappyHauntMike

https://www.youtube.com/@JustJamie1983/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@pilota_virtuale/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@IoriBranford/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@cperezgrin

https://www.youtube.com/@catlover_mimi/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@cousinslim

https://www.youtube.com/@watchmeplay7742/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Spudcats/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@JustBrianChan

https://www.youtube.com/@CyberwolfGames

https://www.youtube.com/@AshChen5

https://www.youtube.com/@lozero

https://www.youtube.com/@ryonam2577/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@whatsupbigmike1080/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@edboy99/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@GeminiGames/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Nookrium

https://www.youtube.com/@wanderbots/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@yakkocmn/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@LouisGalaxoz/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@FullThroughYT/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@theindiegamealchemist/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@2leftthumbs/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@IDreamofIndie/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@HigherPlainGames/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@AnAverageNerd/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@DDino/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Marxxies/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@MrMegaManFan/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@GrayStillPlays

https://www.youtube.com/@YourFavoriteSon1/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Aliensrock/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@FrazzzYT/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@5mggames/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@StellaAbbasi/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@DaturaPlays/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Highdea/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@skellfather/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@WeirdBill/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@GregtheNewt/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@BallzyGaming88/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@FamedKilljoy/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@8-bitgraphix/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@AtrumDraco/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@chaikotal/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@CorpsebombKeef/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@ArlucGames/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@GentlemensPixelClub/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@HikiyamiMorikoCh/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@blizzardsunny/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@wahwahqueenmew8953/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Tehsnakerer/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@ErrantSignal

https://www.youtube.com/@Northernlion/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@broadcaststsatic

https://www.youtube.com/@Civvie11/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@SsethTzeentach/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@DoctorDDub/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Splattercatgaming/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@GetIndieGaming

https://www.youtube.com/@Accursed_Farms

https://www.youtube.com/@JianimalGaming

https://www.youtube.com/@LukandLok/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@VoidBurgerGaming/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@CalamityCalling

editors@indiegamesplus.com

Admin@alphabetagamer.com

games@indiegamebuzz.com

https://www.youtube.com/@PrzygodoManiapl/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@ButtonBashBros

https://www.youtube.com/@ProofreadFire/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@jellythecube

https://www.youtube.com/@Maltosier/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Obbourin

https://www.youtube.com/@Kepponen/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@HiMyNameisKieran/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@FluffeyPandasWorld/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@GMVRTV/videos

I've heard this person might start doing letsplays soon but after they've recorded the games they've chosen.

https://www.youtube.com/@kelissmazing5820/videos

Admittedly, it's our first Itch game https://kadormazing.itch.io/movement

But it deals with the themes you talk about there. Also has those references to Rome, fascists etc. When it's being serious at least... At times, there's some DUMB humour.

The one thing it doesn't touch on too much is the current problem we face probably: manipulated - perhaps ignorant - people not caring about truth if they think truth doesn't benefit them. There's some in-game email I think where a cynical guy makes an axis chart and says the problems are in these four quadrents (stupid + bad people. smart + bad people. stupid + good people). Eh but it doesn't take itself too seriously. It's free. But it's long.

Ayup. Both or either of the games on our Itch, please. https://kadormazing.itch.io/ Robotron and Killing Machine Movement.

Robotron is top down 2D arcade style shooter with a wave like bullethellish mode.

Killing Machine Movement is a story based, slow burn, cutscene heavy, strategic side on 2D platformer/shooter/crazy punk rock experiment.

Both games have some flashing lights in places, much profanity. Killing Machine Movement has some heavy themes but also both can have a tongue in cheek abrasive comedic tone that might annoy some people.

Both full games are free and complete.

Will get back to you on the contact details, but feel free to reply on this thread here or the comment section of the games.

Thank you : )

Sorry, couldn't find a way to contact you. Are you still making letsplays?

Sorry. Didn't know how else to contact you. You still making latsplays?

Nice post. Time to necro this. It's still relevent. Talking about it here https://itch.io/t/5378573/a-forum-section-where-youtube-reviewersstreamers-and-d...

And since talking to you last, did Mid mention the press system. What are the lessons from its apparent failure?

On point. Seems like a structured discussion section beforehand would suppress the amount of spam for the content creator to handle. Exactly the point I recently noticed brought up in an older post

I like your additional ideas. But yes, the content creators getting flooded by crap and potentially, dangerous files is a downside I can anticipate - and at this stage, can't(haven't) think of a work around.

Hey, sorry for the late reply, I wanted more responses to accumulate on this post to see what I thought about it all. So this is interesting, the press system. I assumed one of the ways a Youtuber/Streamer/Dev network would be abused is that devs would thoughtlessly spam the streamers with rubbish. Looking at the page, I'm auessing the abuse of the press system was people making fake Youtube accounts to get free games? What was the abuse?

Also great to see you reply on this post years before on the same topic. Was this post (5 years ago) before the press system?

Coming back to your introduction point 3, go on tell us some of those negative stories : p

Any thoughts about Discord for this in general? Due to my age and the order of which I dropped off of social media and immediately felt heeeaaaalthier and never looked back - but now need to poke my head in for promotion/networking - I kind of missed Discord. Haven't seen first hand the reason for its success. I would assume it's because it has multiple features in one, streaming, video conferencing, messenging, group posting, other stuff I don't know etc.

who attends these groups btw? For example in the promotion category for Splattercat, will it be mostly devs reading like on Itch or casual players?

Good post btw

What to doooo?