Selling My First Videogame

Selling my first videogame.

Gosh, where do I begin.

I was 12-years old when I sold my first game package for Apple ][ to A.P.P.L.E. (Apple Pugetsound Programming Library Exchange) those many years ago.

I continued to sell games to them until I was 14. At which point my interests leaned towards a different computer, the Commodore Amiga - and it was then I decided not to charge for my games, until I was 18, and sold Dragonhunt. That was still a long time ago.

All the month of October 2016, I took time to learn this retro programming game language called PICO. And I did - learn quite a bit. It was certainly an enjoyable ride.

And - I'm selling the fruits of my labor, a Halloween game for the dollar-store, cost of 99 cents right HERE:

https://dw817.itch.io/haunted-house

Complete with a detailed backstory of death, deception, and dastardly deeds. Even some hints and cheats for those who get stuck on levels.

It's a pretty busy game at that with 4-levels of play, lots of creepy sound effects, and visual surprises, the last being true relaxed play where you are given infinite time to explore the haunted house, but I'll let you read about it there and see if it's something you think you would enjoy, just in time for Halloween.

Reviews

[Luther Calvin]

Good job on the game! I've heard those can be challenging to make. I'm glad to see your years of work come to fruition in a project you can be proud of. Well done, and keep at it.

[dw817]

Thanks for your interest !

I'm working on a curious game engine at the moment. It is very mouse dependent but at the same token does not require "precision" pointing. So you can use your finger or thumb on a lazy scale on a touch-screen to enter commands.

It's an entirely different concept of input. No-one has done this sort of thing yet so it's new territory and will likely take me some time before I can post a working engine.

[Luther Calvin]

That's sounds useful, but difficult to design. Best of luck!

[dw817]

Thanks ... ATM I'm tasked to fix my Godmother's computer. She's running Windows 10. Augh ! What a nightmare. :)

If I can get Classic Shell installed, it will be so much the better.

[dw817]

BTW, you, SR, are encouraged to post poems, reviews, articles, or stories in here. For some examples, you can see some of my work HERE:
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