A Mystery/Romance visual novel by @insertdisc5
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You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attentionโ who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push asideโฆ?
Here's romance/mystery visual novel Truth Scrapper, the next game by In Stars and Time developer @insertdisc5!!! ๐๐๐ญ
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Hi intern! Hope you have a wonderful day!
What is the best way to support truth scrapper, other than wishlisting the game? Is there a way to financially help, or playtesting maybe?
Besides wishlisting on Steam, you can follow Truth Scrapper on Bluesky, Instagram and Tumblr! Sharing any posts about Truth Scrapper (such as our podcasts, our reminder posts, and other updates) across our platforms help the game a lot! ๐ฑ๐จ๐๏ธ
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In case you just stumbled upon this devlog, I am Adrienne, also known as insertdisc5! I am the creator of timeloop RPG In Stars and Time, and now am working on my next game, memory visual novel Truth Scrapper. Itโs gonna be a good one.
For this month, Iโm gonna talk about game dev events!
Progress on the game is going swimmingly! Writing Amourโs ending, as well as preparing Some Things. Stay tuned.
In a week (at time of writing) Iโll be in Japan for Bitsummit (walking around) and a break, so I figured that for this devlog Iโd talk a bit about going to conventions and events and talks as an indie video game developer!
NOTE: i have not gone to many cons or events or talks as a video game developer. I probably go to two a year, although I really want to do more for Truth Scrapper. I know developers that go to two a month. I know developers that donโt go to any! This is my own experience and what I find that those bring me. Why am I adding a disclaimer to this. I feel like some of this stuff is very โbabyโs first event adviceโ but some people have never gone to events so HERE ARE SOME WORDS!!!!
โADRIENNE WHAT ARE THOSE CONS OR EVENTS YOU SPEAK OFโ
Ok so they are different things but to me they are โmoments where I go outside and talk to people and have my developer hat onโ so theyโre the same really.ย
FIRST: the tabling events.
At some events you show off your gameโs demo and you have your little booth and you wait patiently for people to play and ask you questions and maybe wishlist the game. It is mostly exhausting and boring but it can also be an opportunity to talk to people who are interested in your game, which is incredibly rewarding! Now that I am more Famous I am getting people who come to the event specifically to see me (?!?!) and thatโs bananas and I love it. Thank you for saying hi
ADVICE FOR TABLING EVENTS: my god. Just hang on. Know beforehand if youโre gonna be standing all day or sitting all day and plan accordingly. Get a snack. Get something to do while you wait. Get ready for people to try your game for 10s and just silently walk away. That doesnโt mean your game is bad. That just means people are people. Can you tell i dont like tabling that much but itโs a way to get wishlists so we gotta do it!!! (also my very first tabling event was the Tokyo Game Show in 2022 during the pandemic and that was the most exhausting week of my life)
SECOND: the talks events.
I have slowly started signing up to give talks to talk about my experience in gamedev and to give advice! Those are so fun. People who are here usually are here to hear you talk, so youโre good to yap as much as you want. Unless youโre here to give a talk at career day for 13yos and they just stare at you like ๐๐ because they havenโt learned how to do active listening yet. I find those very rewarding because it makes me realize how much I donโt know that I know. If you ask any question during a Q&A session know that speakers out there owe you their lives
ADVICE: if you love to yap you should do talks. Online talks maybe. To shows like Game Devs of Color perhaps. If you dont love to yap but like to learn you should also go to talks and learn things. Oh GDC how I miss you (she isnโt dead she just is in the US)
THIRD: the walk around events.
Those are cons and the like where you donโt have a table and you get to just chill. Thatโs what Iโll do at bitsummit in a couple weeks! Itโs a fun occasion to meet up with developers you like and chat, and meet new people from all over the world who are making cool games. Being able to just sit somewhere and talk with likeminded people is so fun. After a couple years I now have a few devs I know are probably gonna be at such and such event and we can hang out even though usually we live like two continents away. yay!!!!
ADVICE: set up some meetings/hangout seshs so that even if you donโt manage to strike a convo with anyone, you can still feel like this trip wasnโt a waste. Go to one or two meetups too. And donโt be afraid to talk to devs that are showing off their game! Who doesnโt like to talk about their game.ย
BONUS: the local events.
Those are the small, 20-ish-people-if-youโre-lucky events that are in your (big) city. Sometimes theyโre events that have mostly people from AA or AAA and theyโre a little weird if youโre indie because those are two different industries. Sometimes theyโre indie-ish but like theyโre not queer or PoCs so itโs a little weird but thereโs usually another person like you there and that becomes a friend for life. Sometimes theyโre the Truly Indie, Experimental Game meetups that are the best because you can truly tell games are an art form. And sometimes those events are 90% students (<- is not a student anymore)
I do love the local events in the Greater Toronto Area though. I need to go to them more often. Knowing great devs that live across the world is fine. But maybe there are great devs. In your area. AND if there are no gamedev events near you: MAKE SOME! Ask your local library or school if you can host a two hour event there! Talk about it on socials! BE the social event
ADVICE: go to them and get to know your local community goddammit!!!ย
Thatโs all. Maybe ill see some of you at Bitsummit! If you see me say hi! (people said hi <3)
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That's right, the Truth Scrapper Discord is now open to the public! You can join by clicking here! ๐คฉ๐ฅณ๐
The discord offers a fun space to share and discuss the game, fan works and all things related to Truth Scrapper, the romantic mystery visual novel from @insertdisc5 !๐๐๐บ
Excited for Truth Scrapper? You can currently wishlist the game on Steam! ๐ป๐โ
That's right, the Truth Scrapper Discord is now open to the public! You can join by clicking here! ๐คฉ๐ฅณ๐
The discord offers a fun space to share and discuss the game, fan works and all things related to Truth Scrapper, the romantic mystery visual novel from @insertdisc5 !๐๐๐บ
Excited for Truth Scrapper? You can currently wishlist the game on Steam! ๐ป๐โ