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Beat Fisher is going away
Well, It’s been a week since the last update and I learned a lot about game design. It’s fun to mix and match genres and try to create something new, but sometimes you have to just admit that things aren’t working. My original idea was to have both a fishing and cooking rhythm game with tons of recipes, upgrades and songs. After spending 5 days wrestling with the cooking portion of the game and changing my mind about the fishing part of the game, I just don’t think it’s going to work. The fact is I think I have a great style and start to the game I want to make, but the rhythm part of things was causing me such a headache. So, Beat Fisher, as it is, is dead. I’m not going to be updating it in the current form and I will be taking it down soon. Two pieces of good news, without the rhythm part of things I think the game will turn out really nicely, but as such it will not be my entry to the music contest. Fear not! I have a new game that I will be releasing tomorrow and I’m really excited to bring to everyone: Pulsar. Stay tuned.
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My 2 cents as a big fan of you, of the game and as one of the people behind Upit. Sometimes the process drives you in a direction you don't expect, especially if you are vybe coding. That should be totally ok. A game should not necessarily end up being what you had in mind. I understand this happens in the context of a contest and you may want to stick with something else. But by no means you should take it down. This game is beautiful, it's an absolute blast, and either if decide to participate with it in the music contest or not, it's a great showcase of your talent and creativity.
Thanks very much! I totally agree with the process driving you places you don’t expect, but this time it’s just been frustration and not being able to take the game to where I want to go. I appreciate your compliments and I hope to end up with two really great games instead of just one!
Maybe I was too hasty and I can still salvage a decent game out of Beat Fisher. Working on Pulsar might have revitalized me.
Beat Fisher is one of the coolest latest additions to upit. I absolutely love it. I think your frustration biased you a little. Happy to hear you are reconsidering it :)
Thanks! Can you just give me one opinion, is the fishing the way it is fun? Was it better the other way? I wanted to make it a bit more challenging and also limit fishing numbers for cooking, but I think it needs something…
The fishing is super fun. I love the combos with the numbers and the arrows. Music games go very well with combos :) The graphics are stunning as well. Everything feels super smooth to me.
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Music games are hard. Inventing new concepts is hard too…you can guess that mixing both is challenging 😥 Graphics are very cool and the map is on par with a pro game, you could surely reuse them. Looking forward to see that Pulsar. Good luck.
Thanks Djam, I appreciate that. I surely won’t let the work I’ve put into it go to waste. One of my greatest weaknesses when making games is over complicating things before I have the core game play loop to a strong enough place. I actually think both games will be stronger just being what they are instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.
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I think beat fisher is a nice game and it looks amazing... You have done a great job with it. I'm also learning a lot and struggling with making a music game for the contest.. it's been quite frustrating. I've had plenty of ideas and different projects on the go at the same time, but ultimately nothing that has come together how I wanted it to. I'm looking forward to seeing what 'Pulsar' is like mate.
Thanks @eskpizm! I think I just had a very clear vision with this one and it just didn’t get there for me.
