AnkleBreaker Studio

Our first game earned less than 1% of what it cost us. So we pulled it from Steam. The whole story, in 16 minutes: the failure, the years of working two days in one, the tools we built, the AI, and why we threw away a version of our MMO that already worked. #gamedev #indiedev

Our MMO has three capitals. For now, just grey shapes. The full film, The Beginning, is pinned on our profile. #gamedev #indiedev

Why did our first game fail? It started with us. The full film, The Beginning, is pinned on our profile. #gamedev #indiedev

We knew this trailer would get us attacked. The full film, The Beginning, is pinned on our profile. #gamedev #indiedev

For years, we worked two days in one. The full film, The Beginning, is pinned on our profile. #gamedev #indiedev

We pulled our own game off Steam. The full film, The Beginning, is pinned on our profile. #gamedev #indiedev

We gave our AI eyes. Not hands. The full film, The Beginning, is pinned on our profile. #gamedev #indiedev

What you see is what floats. Beautiful Water: oceans, coasts, lakes, rivers and waterfalls on one wave field. The swell a player sees is the swell a boat feels. 8 sea states, breaking waves, 8 styles. 50% off for launch. assetstore.unity.com/package… #unity3d #gamedev

Our game worked. We still did not release it. The full film, The Beginning, is pinned on our profile. #gamedev #indiedev

Fake curators offered to sell us Steam reviews. The full film, The Beginning, is pinned on our profile. #gamedev #indiedev

Publishers called. We said no to every single one. The full film, The Beginning, is pinned on our profile. #gamedev #indiedev

The film is also on YouTube, with chapters: youtu.be/N63HJHufczg Wishlist Mithrall on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2…

There is a very specific silence when you take your own game off a store. We know it well. Our first film: how a dwarf game that failed became a 10-person studio building an MMO. Full film (16 min): youtu.be/N63HJHufczg #gamedev #indiedev

A gap in the map is a quest waiting to happen. Bridge Master: stone arches, timber trestles and rope bridges, built in the Unity Editor or by your players at runtime. Pick two supports, preview, build. 50% off for launch. assetstore.unity.com/package… #unity3d #gamedev

A storm you can see coming beats a storm that just starts. Beautiful Sky: 20 weathers that roll in from the horizon, 9,096 real stars, 11 styles. Every player sees the same storm: a client syncs in 19 bytes. 50% off for launch. assetstore.unity.com/package… #unity3d #gamedev

With Unity's Input System, M for the map lands on the comma key of an AZERTY keyboard. Keyboard Adapter detects the player's keyboard. Each binding follows the position (WASD) or the letter (M stays M). 50% off for launch. assetstore.unity.com/package… #unity3d #gamedev

Blood Knight, Glacier Guard, Shadow Wizard, Spring Druid, Teal Corsair. And 35 more. 40 stylized elves, dressed and animated, with faces that act: 22 facial poses, blink, brows, gaze. 50% off for launch. assetstore.unity.com/package… #unity3d #gamedev

A rock you can only use once is a prop. 46 shapes in 4 colors is a biome. Stylized Environment Rocks: stones, boulders and spires in Basalt, Brown, Grey and Sand. Optional colliders, 4 LODs. assetstore.unity.com/package… #unity3d #gamedev

Unity culls what you render. CullMaster culls what you run. Animation, audio, particles, physics and hidden AI ticks, driven by visibility. Then it measures your whole frame OFF vs ON, in your own scene. 50% off for launch. assetstore.unity.com/package… #unity3d #gamedev

A good boss fight is readable: the ground lights up, the warning fills, then it hits. Telegraph draws those warnings and tells your game who was inside at impact. 7 shapes, 32 styles. 50% off for launch. assetstore.unity.com/package… #unity3d #gamedev