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.Liptonek

Apr 28 @ 9:54am

Schedule 1 is not a game.

It’s an experimental therapy where you find out just how much suffering you can endure before uninstalling with tears in your eyes.

Gameplay?
Imagine showing up to a party where everyone’s playing a game — but instead of controllers, they're using toasters and hairbrushes.
That's Schedule 1: nothing works, but something is definitely burning.

Graphics?
This game looks like a failed art project by a kid who just learned that crayons are toxic.
Every color in this game is SCREAMING for help. I swear the grass tried to spell "HELP ME" with pixels.

Characters?
They look like their parents were siblings and second cousins.
Animations?
Zombie walk, depression jump, and existential crisis attack.
Enemies don’t want to kill you.
They just want you to log off and rethink your life choices.

Story?
Something happens.
No one knows what.
Not you, not the characters, not even the developers.
Pretty sure the entire plot was written by shaking a Magic 8 Ball and going with "Reply hazy, try again later."

Music?
The soundtrack sounds like elevator music from an abandoned shopping mall at 2 AM.
And not the good elevator either — the one that jerks between floors and smells like despair.

Optimization?
Schedule 1 runs smoothly... if your favorite framerate is PowerPoint Presentation.

Last edited by .Liptonek; Apr 28 @ 10:21am

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SmittyWerbenJägermanJackson has Schedule I

Apr 28 @ 9:58am

Are you restarted?

s0ur lem0ns has Schedule I

Apr 28 @ 10:06am

I've heard it's only 1 guy working on it, and it's a $20 game, not a $60+ AAA title from a big name publisher. You need to bring your expectations down a bit.

Gameplay?
'Nothing works' Such as? Be specific. Games don't improve when people are vague.

Graphics?
What are you expecting here, honestly?

Characters?
They look similar, yes.

Animations?
lol depression jump

Story?
There's a story? Oh yeah, the RV. I forgot all about that.

Music?
Turned it off. I listen to my own music, and pause it when I need to hear something. It's not bad, but there is too much of a pause between tracks.

Optimization?
My game runs smoothly. I haven't had any issues. 100 fps. Sounds like the issue is on your end.

dalton.davis has Schedule I

Apr 28 @ 10:17am

Originally posted by .Liptonek:
t’s an experimental therapy where you find out just how much suffering you can endure before uninstalling with tears in your eyes.

Gameplay?
Imagine showing up to a party where everyone’s playing a game — but instead of controllers, they're using toasters and hairbrushes.
That's Schedule 1: nothing works, but something is definitely burning.

Graphics?
This game looks like a failed art project by a kid who just learned that crayons are toxic.
Every color in this game is SCREAMING for help. I swear the grass tried to spell "HELP ME" with pixels.

Characters?
They look like their parents were siblings and second cousins.
Animations?
Zombie walk, depression jump, and existential crisis attack.
Enemies don’t want to kill you.
They just want you to log off and rethink your life choices.

Story?
Something happens.
No one knows what.
Not you, not the characters, not even the developers.
Pretty sure the entire plot was written by shaking a Magic 8 Ball and going with "Reply hazy, try again later."

Music?
The soundtrack sounds like elevator music from an abandoned shopping mall at 2 AM.
And not the good elevator either — the one that jerks between floors and smells like despair.

Optimization?
Schedule 1 runs smoothly... if your favorite framerate is PowerPoint Presentation.

Show me on the doll where Benji touched you

GDICommand has Schedule I

Apr 28 @ 10:28am

Obvious fail troll is obvious fail troll

MILFPOUNDER has Schedule I

Apr 28 @ 10:29am

Nice try DDS, we spotted you

This PC

Apr 28 @ 10:47am

Would love to see your game development output

a random horse has Schedule I

Apr 28 @ 10:53am

Ok. Don't like it don't play it.

Boooom! that Jus Happened. has Schedule I

Apr 28 @ 12:29pm

Originally posted by s0ur lem0ns:
I've heard it's only 1 guy working on it, and it's a $20 game, not a $60+ AAA title from a big name publisher. You need to bring your expectations down a bit.

Gameplay?
'Nothing works' Such as? Be specific. Games don't improve when people are vague.

Graphics?
What are you expecting here, honestly?

Characters?
They look similar, yes.

Animations?
lol depression jump

Story?
There's a story? Oh yeah, the RV. I forgot all about that.

Music?
Turned it off. I listen to my own music, and pause it when I need to hear something. It's not bad, but there is too much of a pause between tracks.

Optimization?
My game runs smoothly. I haven't had any issues. 100 fps. Sounds like the issue is on your end.

or maybe you just need to up your standards even for 1 person making the game ive seen alot better quality made stuff. look at what everyone is saying that isnt working, employees either dont work correctly and there inventory has a big issue, they dont put back what they pick up instead when something runs out if they having to use multiple ingredients they fill there inventory up all the way which results in the employee deleting anything else they pick up cuz there inventory is full, lets see the map itself has invisible object you can hit and thats just the tip of the iceburg

Lenny Bones has Schedule I

Apr 28 @ 12:30pm

who hurt you

redes

Apr 28 @ 12:32pm

are you regarded

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The Enlightened One has Schedule I

Apr 28 @ 6:48pm

Some people focus on negative too much, look at the positive, it is currently still under development. Lots of people have issues, but there is also still lots who don't and so what the characters are kind of ♥♥♥♥ and the graphics aren't grade A he didn't just abandon his game after failure, hes constantly trying to fix it, trying to add more, and possibly create a story. For a new game as well there are bound to be lots of issues, but I have seen games made by a big group of 10 to 50 people come out ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ than this game.

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David Davidson has Schedule I

Apr 28 @ 7:23pm

Originally posted by MILFPOUNDER:
Nice try DDS, we spotted you

I don't see why DDS would bother when it was their publisher doing what they were required to do by stating they were investigating and not the devs themselves.
If you think something may infringe on an IP even if you are uncertain, you need to notify the party being investigated. It was basically "We're doing our due diligence, hope you don't mind" DDS is an indie game too, not really a Nintendo-Palworld situation.

@OP
As an indie dev myself, much of what you've said isn't incorrect, however the complexity of games has risen significantly in the past 40 years. It's not the 1980s where some kid at home with his cheap microcomputer can make something that looks pretty good, runs well and is also a smash hit.

Take an example of a smash hit game from the 90s with a small dev team, we'll go with Pokemon Red/Blue, as they were basically indie Gameboy games until the pokemon craze started. Game/s had about 10 developers. Total development cost was about 200K USD in 1996 money, more than double that now.
It was two dimensional. Turn based. Used repeating tiles in the GB graphics system for all game graphics, there are less pokemon than total drug combinations in the entire game, though each pokemon has a unique sprite and backstory, hence about 10 devs, probably a single one doing story related stuff. The game takes about 30-40h to beat with most of that time being repetitive turn based battles, not that there's much wrong with that. I'll reiterate that it was made by about 10 devs, with what would be about half a million dollars today.

This is made by one guy. With a budget of practically nothing.

The game has some glaring flaws, I, personally can't stand hearing friends watering plants across the map as I'd have used FMOD which is much better for audio systems, but also takes time to learn. These are flaws which will probably be patched out as the game gets out of EA, but for a single dev, it's a pretty good game. Has about as much repetition as pokemon red/blue, costs 10 dollars less (not accounting for inflation, with inflation, 30 less) and has more to promise. Unless Tyler takes the money and runs, though he seems committed.

TempleOS looks like ass and is pretty clunky, has no networking and assaults the eyes, yet it's still a massive achievement (far more than S1 too) for a single guy to make.

Honestly I would recommend you download unity editor and try and make a simple game. Total gameplay time, fifteen minutes, about the same as a Newgrounds flash game. Then get back to me and let me know how easy that is. You can pull the audio from a royalty free audio source, as Tyler got given the gameplay music for free up-front, but is probably paying the guy who did the music now he's made money.
Making a game, getting it on steam, doing the work required to set up a business and everything else is far from easy. Most people don't understand the work that actually goes into it, telling family I'm working on a game part-time while doing other stuff didn't have them thinking I was actually working until they asked to see the game, at that point when they saw me having to switch between unity editor, FMOD studio and VS code to give a short very, very pre-alpha demo, they seemed to think it was actual work and not the same as playing vidya.

Last edited by David Davidson; Apr 28 @ 7:25pm

#12

thestile

Apr 28 @ 7:24pm

I love the art style. its cute, fun, cool etc. 👍👍

#13

Cadde

Apr 28 @ 8:10pm

Originally posted by .Liptonek:
It’s an experimental therapy where you find out just how much suffering you can endure before uninstalling with tears in your eyes.

As much as I've had issues with the game, I still find it addictively fun and easy to get in and out of. So I guess I can take a lot of "suffering".
(read, my suffering is still outweighed by the fun factor)

Originally posted by .Liptonek:
Gameplay?
Imagine showing up to a party where everyone’s playing a game — but instead of controllers, they're using toasters and hairbrushes.
That's Schedule 1: nothing works, but something is definitely burning.

Imaginary friends are still imaginary friends.
The game is clunky because (if I were to make an educated guess based on experience) Tyler has no experience making Unity games, let alone any games.
Unity is great for projects like these, the downside is most games suffer the same problem of having all sorts of badly designed and implemented controls, UI and gameplay.

Imagine showing up to a party uninvited and complaining about what they chose to drink, eat and play.

Originally posted by .Liptonek:
Graphics?
This game looks like a failed art project by a kid who just learned that crayons are toxic.
Every color in this game is SCREAMING for help. I swear the grass tried to spell "HELP ME" with pixels.

If you can't comprehend stylistic choice, then you'd do best in avoiding trying to insult the creator.
Do better yourself.

Originally posted by .Liptonek:
Characters?
They look like their parents were siblings and second cousins.
Animations?
Zombie walk, depression jump, and existential crisis attack.
Enemies don’t want to kill you.
They just want you to log off and rethink your life choices.

That's the same as above. You are basically complaining about "south park" being bad because it's not a Disney Pixar movie.

Originally posted by .Liptonek:
Story?
Something happens.
No one knows what.
Not you, not the characters, not even the developers.
Pretty sure the entire plot was written by shaking a Magic 8 Ball and going with "Reply hazy, try again later."

The "story" is (most likely) meant to be fuzzy and wacky.
IDK, I didn't play the game for the "story".

Originally posted by .Liptonek:
Music?
The soundtrack sounds like elevator music from an abandoned shopping mall at 2 AM.
And not the good elevator either — the one that jerks between floors and smells like despair.

There is a slider in the settings. You should try it. And no, not the music slider.

Originally posted by .Liptonek:
Optimization?
Schedule 1 runs smoothly... if your favorite framerate is PowerPoint Presentation.

IF you get PP frames, then you have bigger issues. Touch grass, get a job and update your rig. It surely has to be over 20 years old by now if you get PP frame rate.

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