Onslaught, Audio Asteroids, released for macOS, Windows, and Linux

Neat, please let me know if you do. I'm not doing a demo version for this game, so I'm counting on streamers for early promotion and feedback, and I'd like to do a roundup of whatever coverage I get. Thanks so much--very appreciated!

Thanks, good feedback. I'd been wondering if those delays weren't a bit long. In the game, there's a 5-10 second pause between lives, but maybe those could be a bit shorter in the tutorial. Kind of wanted to give folks time to integrate whatever they may have learned, but maybe they don't need quite so much of it. :)

Thanks again.

I'll just drop the tutorial delay times in a day or two. I really don't want to add a setting. If an idea doesn't work, it doesn't work. :) If you're using the Itch app or following lightsoutgames, you'll either get the update automatically or get a notification of the patch.

I'll try to pop into your Twitch stream if I'm around. Thanks again!

I think I've fixed the Discord link everywhere. I'm new to running a server, and accidentally posted an invite link with an expiration time. :) I should have edited the release announcement and the post here with the changes, but if it still doesn't work then please let me know. Wouldn't be a real launch if something didn't break. I just hope this is the only thing that does. :)

Thanks again for all the early feedback!

Maybe I don't understand how this forum works, but it looks like you're claiming VoiceOver isn't compatible with my app? I'm confused, because as a blind developer myself, I've been able to run this app on my Mac Mini without problems. Under what circumstances are you having issues?

To be clear, this app uses an engine with its own screen reader. So once it runs, VoiceOver shouldn't be a factor. But I'd appreciate feedback from those of you with more Apple experience as to whether this is an issue.

Thanks!

I'm sorry, can you please explain what it is that you are trying to do?

I'm an Android user, so the Apple ecosystem is fairly new to me. My Apple hardware was donated in August, so if there's something I'm not doing there but should be, then I'm happy to change that.

Thanks.

Mentioned this on audiogames.net, but the challenges with a global scoreboard are:

* I'd have to host something. Right now everything is hosted by third parties--Netlify for a static website, Itch for the game-and it's nice not to have the burden of managing a database, hoping no one hacks it, etc.
* I could potentially use a Netlify Function for this, but then someone could just post a score of 2 bajillion via curl and it'd be useless. :)

I'll consider it, though. Definitely agreed that it'd be nice to have.

It's not dumb. There's just a lot of complexity to be thought through.

I.e. how do I build a system that keeps folks from picking snibblybiggles69? (Sub in whatever phrase offends you the most there. :) I'll need an account system, which is going to take some time. There are probably services to help with that, but they all require a bit of duct tape to keep them together.

Would you be willing to use a scoreboard system that required you to launch the game from the Itch app to participate? I might, emphasis on might, be able to use the fact that launching games from the Itch app starts the game with you logged into Itch. So Itch could be my account system, and then I store the scores somewhere else. But you'd have to launch it from the Itch app to get that, and scores would be tied to your Itch username. Would that work? I may be able to put that together on the cheap, and run it in a way that minimizes my hosting.

https://itch.io/app Under Windows, it is reasonably accessible. It's an Electron app. It downloads your games, keeps them updated, etc. Unfortunately, you need to launch games from the launcher itself. It doesn't support creating game shortcuts that launch them from Windows' start menu, or whatever the macOS equivalent is. You can still download the app manually like you have, the Itch app just makes the experience a bit more App Store/Steam-like.