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Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
Developer of Retro Racing and Qwak! Website: mrqwak.com Discord: discord.gg/yd73AkT Mastodon: mastodon.gamedev.place/@mrqwak
Sheffield, UKmrqwak.comJoined March 2009
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Mr Qwak
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I realise nobody ever wants to hear this kind of thing. It’s just not a thing you complain about. I want to get my game working with Google Play, it works perfectly in generic Android, but the Google stuff, is like one brick wall after another. Do I ditch Google and focus on iOS?
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Mr Qwak
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Hate to mention it, but honestly, I am feeling desperately frustrated and alone, and without relevant help. Feels like too much on my shoulders, too much for one person to contemplate and deal with: all the technical ins and outs of what seems like a million things to consider.
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Mr Qwak
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Doing stuff in Google Play console, frustration levels are off the charts. Solo game dev is unbelievably fun.
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Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
Doing what I’m doing, it can be very rewarding at times; but there’s also times where it’s killing me. I feel crushed. I realise nobody ever wants to hear that, but it’s my reality, for now. I need a new approach, it would be amazing to connect with people who can actually help!
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Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
I don’t know if it’s just me, or if other indies go through this kind of thing, seems to happen a lot. Where you run in to problems and there’s no help, and you have no idea how to resolve, and it just takes up way too much time (and you lose hair and sleep).
Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
I think I definitely need help with this. I’m making no progress at all, so frustrating, and it’s something plenty of other devs must have done before. Talking about Google Game Play Services integration (it’s an Android thing).
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Mr Qwak
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Almost spent the entire day on this, and made zero progress. Unimaginably frustrating, and zero help available to me. Welcome to the wonderful world of the independent game developer.
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Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
Sometimes find game dev a bit like repeatedly smashing my head in to a brick wall. There’s a degree a frustration you get, that I suspect most people (aside from other devs) probably don’t apprecieate…
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Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
Struggling to get Google Play Game Services integrated with Android build of my (not Unity) game. Not sure if something in my game code, or if I’ve not set something in the Play Console. Tempted to shelf Android development and just focus on iOS.
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Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
This is great. On the Google Play Console. Filling in the App Content > Data Safety section. Tons of questions relating to what data my app collects; but it only uses Google Analytics, and I have zero idea exactly what data G.A. collects, brilliant!
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Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
Without spending 5 years to become a lawyer and draft your own, what do most indies use for a privacy policy? Can anyone recommend a template or sample?
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Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
Football confuses me. Why was one of the French players running around, avoiding the ball, and occasionally waving a little yellow card?
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So I need a different approach, a better and more intelligent response to getting stuck. What do other indie game devs do when they get stuck, and don’t seem to be making much progress with the problem at hand?
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Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
I keep getting ‘stuck’. Coming up against (coding, development) problems that shouldn’t take long to resolve, but because I’m not an expert in absolutely everything, they take my a lot of time. Problems that someone with relevant expertise could solve in less than 5 minutes…
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Mr Qwak
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Trying to include libcurl in an Android cmake project. Any kind Android devs out there like to give me a pointer or two?
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Mr Qwak
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Indie devs, what do you do about App Store Optimisation? Do you get help with it? What resources are available to help you improve and do better ASO?
Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
Any recommendations for audio engines? Nothing to heavyweight, just to play sound effects and music. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Argh, we’re in a power cut! Looks like it could last around 12 hours. Something to do with an underground cable; so not a planned outage, which I guess is good.
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Anyone good with Android dev and cmake (using c++). Need some pointers, creating a library from source in subfolder, then including that library in main nativecpp library. Scrathing my head a bit, garr!…
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Mr Qwak
@mrqwak
Really looking forward to getting Retro Racing 2 out the door, and one day, I can start thinking of something new to make. Oooh, the possibilities! What to make next?
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Mr Qwak
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I'm torn. Still not sure if to make Retro Racing 2 a premium paid game, or FTP, with Ads and IAP to remove Ads. Kinda feel it has a core niche audience; not sure how a wider audience would respond to it. Decisions...
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I want to make a side-view dungeon exploration game, multiplayer, it's called 'Ducks in a Dungeon'...
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If I could go back in time, say 10 years, and you could choose, which should I develop? Qwak 2 or Retro Racing 2.
  • Qwak 2
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  • Retro Racing 2
    60%
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