Releasing Our Indie Game 

I doubt you remember it, but I made a comment on an early archvale devlog. You replied to it and it made my day. I forgot about archvale for a while, but when I saw it on game pass I remembered and downloaded it immediately. I was blown away by how engaging and fun it was. I just want to congratulate you on the amazing journey you've taken. I wish you well on all the other successful games I'm sure you'll work on in the future. Cheers!

This game is criminally underrated, hope we get DLC or even a sequel someday

Amazing content, awesome to hear about your experience creating a game as it's often hard to really imagine what goes behind something. Thanks for making this 🙏🏽

I wish more devs made stuff like this. It’s really hard to stay objective with things you’ve done, but you and your team did a really good job! A friend of mine bought me the game last christmas and while I beat the game over the course of a day, it was a really fun day where every second I wasn’t playing, I was looking forward to playing. When I was playing, I was looking forward to the next boss, the next area, etc. You made a good thing, be proud!

This is such an amazing achievement for you and your team. I can’t imagine working on one project consistently for this long. I’ve been following these devlogs since the very beginning and this is still my dream game. Thank you so much for this!!

This has to be one of the most unique games I have heard and played, even though I had it on my xbox gamepass I had decided to buy the game because of how much i liked it, you and your team's hard work has paid off heavily! I'm interested on what projects you will be working on in the future and hopefully with more people. Everyday I create myself a challenge whether its getting every single best kit in the game, lets say melee or ranged or even attack speed, or creating new save files and playing in a different way. I really enjoyed this game so much and I hope in the future you and your team will create maybe a sequel or heck even a way better game (if it's possible considering this game is REALLY good). I'm so darn impressed that you managed to create such an amazing game with such a small team and haven't given up on it! Also the characters, THE CHARACTERS ARE INCREDIBLE THEY ARE SO GOOFY THANK YOU PHOPS. Anyways, I'm really curios on how you created all these amazing aspects of the game, and what game engine you used! If by any chance you are free to respond then please do tell me I would love to know, heck even if chatting is an option I'll take it! (PS. I just found the discord for Archvale and i got my answers, wow GMS2 really is this good)

just wanted to say how much i loved this game when i played it. I remember looking for stuff to play and saw this game, and was like 'wow, this looks pretty cool, let me give it a try', and 10 hours later i was incredibly impressed. I'm an aspiring video game developer myself, and seeing that such amazing games can be made by such small teams makes me confident me and my friends can make it. Archvale is amazing, and I look forward to whatever you have planned next!

love these videos, thanks for sharing your experiences. being objective with ones art is really REALLY hard, but the levels we can push ourselves to when we're not afraid of something "sucking" anymore is incredible. accepting that learning process really makes you realize that anything is possible with enough smart effort!

I've never done anything even close to the scope of Archvale, but whenever I make a game I get really good at it over the course of development, to the point where it's extremely hard to judge difficulty. Levels start to blend together and it gets hard to know what is and isn't fun. I can't imagine how hard it was working every day for a game you're not happy with. What you've done is a monumental task, and you're an inspiration to many of us hoping to get there one day. Be proud!

I love this game sooooo much I have played it trough six times now, Thank you for creating such a Masterpiece!

The moment I saw your first devlog pop up on my youtube homepage, I was so inspired by the game, and I gotta say, playing it for myself has been such a joy, as I had been following the devlogs for such a long time, and getting to play it right when it came out was a huge pleasure. Thank you for inspiring me and many others to create games. You did an amazing job, and I can't wait to see what you do next!

"new project and update for Archvale" that's music to my ears ! :D Great video, nice to see those type of contents

Thanks for this video. It helps put some things into perspective for me about my own game. I just tossed archvale into my cart so I can get it and try it out next time I checkout :)

I finished this game the 2nd day it was out, and I loved all of it. I never knew it was you and the small team who made it, I expected a lot more people. Be proud of Archvale

Archvale was a great indie game. The time length was perfect for me. Just a fun game. Thank you for uploading.

The fact that you made all of this in such a small group is mindblowing to me. Great work guys!!!

Congratulations on finishing the game! Crazy amount of work, been following for a few years now and yeah, really well done , I can't imagine the amount of dedication and work that has gone into this! Wish you guys all the best :D

This is so amazing. I've been following development since like episode 10 and I completely agree with all of your points made in the video. Can't wait to see what you do next!

Dude this game blew my mind. Beautifully simple and complex all at once. I was traveling for work and this game kept me company. PLEASE never stop making stuff.

Great devlog! Really enjoyed following your whole dev journey. Amazing work and 10/10 documentation. I tip my hat

Man, watching the development process of this game in realtime, and then finally playing and experiencing how awesome the game is, it really inspires me to continue my own gamedev projects.

Congratulations once again on the release! You guys really created a good game and I hope that you are proud of what you’ve done. I look forward to your next projects and updates!

That's so cool! I remember watching a couple of the early devlogs and really liking it Congrats on releasing Archvale!

That's game design experience. All you explained is what every good game designer feels.

You guys are amazing. Such a great inspiration. Thank you for sharing your journey all along. It was AMAZING.

My best Game Pass surprise. Archvale's my favorite coop game of the year, I've had so much fun exploring, fighting, trying to find OP Combos with weapons and badges. I've loved every aspect of it and seeing this video makes me realise how important it is to congratulate and thank the makers of such good entertainment that I'll remember for a while. You managed to bring such a good mix of arcade combat, exploration and platforming. Thanks a lot and I'll look forward to your future installments

Been following this game for ages now, possibly the most objective review of a persons own game. glad you talk about the hurdles that come with game dev, not many do. Good job!

Your vid popped up on my tube this morning and inspired me on the video alone to purchase your game when I get home from work this afternoon. I'm really excited to play it just based on what I've seen here. Looks well polished. Sadly, I had never seen anything about it until now, but it certainly looks fun and it seems like you put a lot of heart and time into it. I wish you and your team the best on the next project!

this gets so real 10 mins in. Glad you got over this hill, getting updates was so exciting but I guess that's what happens when there's much less resting on your shoulders

WOWOWOWO, it really been 4 freaking years? I remember randomly subscribing to you on a different account after one of your devlogs on archvale popped up, it was like the second one or something. And then i completely forgot about it only to have the youtube algo show me this video again. The difference between the first few devlogs and the current game is phenomenal. I am gonna give this one a try, and also best of luck to you for everything in future as well, subbing with this account as well

I LOVE ARCHVALE

Thank you for making this, you put so many thoughts into words that I've never been able to properly say before

I had just re-watched the dev logs a couple days ago. Such a beautifully thought out game. I promised myself that I’m getting the game as soon as my December exams are over. I can’t wait

I kept smiling and nodding throughout the whole video. You summed the dev experience PERFECTLY. I think I'm still in the 'go back to the beginnings and rework' dangerous phase, at the same time adding content... And the initial vision, after 5+ years, gets blurry. So now I feel the skillset changes into how to achieve focus, discipline and some kind of objectivity. Huge respect for you guys for the work you've done.

Thanks for sharing your experience, we are currently in the final stages of our own game, and this kind of post mortem can really help us for the coming months! Great video

I really appreciated your raw honest commentary on your process in this video. It's really refreshing and helpful to see concrete examples of what tasks need to be completed and which ones were difficult and why. They might not be the most difficult for someone else, but that's why the why matters so much, and offers so much insight into the process as a whole. Look forward to seeing more videos from you, and learning about your next project.

I've been following the devlogs since the beginning, congrats !

You guys have made one of the most polished and well thought games I have ever played. Everything feels so fleshed out and good to use, and every mechanic is super fun! Thanks for such an awesome game!

What an amazing story! I’m excited to see what the new project is as well as the next update for Archvale. I’ve played the game a lot on my Switch so to hear new content will be added excites me! Best of luck to you guys!

I love Archvale and your videos in general! I’ve been here a long time and I can’t wait for your next project! You’re doing great and you have a bright future ahead of you. Thank you for being such an amazing creator.

Needed to see this because a lot of people truly don’t understand the depth to a dream so, gratitude and again congratulations you are inspiring 🚀✨✨⭐️

When playing through archvale a year ago I couldn't but notice how much love you put into the game. The beautiful art style, the tight gameplay and how everything was tied together. And god, I loved the sometimes very difficult, but fair badge challenges. Procrastinated Uni work to play this game but every second was worth it. This is the first game I've played that exceeded my already high expectations. Just wanted to say thank you

Loved this video and the game itself, speaking on the development process gives great insight to how difficult the process truly is so thank you for making this!

Regardless of what anyone else says about Archvale, I remember seeing it come up on my RU-vid feed and as soon as I opened it I instantly fell in love with the game and after having played it I am confident in saying that Archvale is by far my favourite indie game that I've come across. I absolutely loved every moment of experiencing your game and I've finished it 3 times already and would gladly play it again and again and again. Well done and congratulations!

Excited to see what your working on next! I really feel it when you say you nearly hated your own game while in the middle of that content phase. That shit is real, almost have to go insane for a little while to get through it lol. Glad you made it out the other end brotha!

Thanks for making this video didn’t even realize it was available

The game looks really great, I also absolutely love the art style! It was really cool to hear about the creation of the game and your personal journey with it, even if I have never heard of this game before RU-vid showed me this video. It is safe to safe that I have wish listed it!

Loved the game! It's great to hear about the the content grind and how hard it can really be. I'm glad you were able to pull through because you created a really fun experience!

It is a great, bravo 👏 Watching the development was very exciting and I hope you continue to do it for future projects

Great video! I have to say that your effort payed off. I played Archvale in the beggining of 2022 and i loved it, it's definetly in my top 3 games i played this year.

I hope you make more videos more frequently in the future. I learn a lot from every one of these and it's a really unique perspective you don't find on youtube that often

Such a great game 😍 Loved it since the first devlog!

This game looks amazing - I love the pixel retro look with the smooth high frame rate and really swift, expressive animations and it clearly has tight control - I'm gonna go buy it right now. Well done!

I really liked Archvale, probably one of my personal favorites from 2021, you guys work pretty hard and i'm looking forward to the new update for Archvale, a new game, and more videos in the future

Beautiful video man, and congrats to your success with Archvale! The description of your journey really hits home for me and it's very very inspiring. You have a VERY bright future as a game developer and I can't wait to see what you work on next :)

Congratz on releasing the game and thanks for releasing high quality videos. I can relate with a lot of this stuff you talked about, making games is really hard.

Thank you for the journey!

Biggest "YES! EXACTLY!" moment for me was "developers usually burn at the start of the content phase" and thats so true, I got lots of shelved projects that were shelved right at that point. I hate opening and working on the game that feels like shit, and sometimes I do pass that barrier but there is new phase of content. So far I didnt release any of my games but current one is quite promising cause I have lots of content. Its fun and Iam happy but still, very afraid if I will encounter another anxiety of content phase. And by the way this video is inspiring, very. Few of these videos actually already pushed me to pass that content phase, this one helps too so thanks man. On non developing side of the game, that game looks like MY type of game, I will pick it up.

I’m starting to make games myself in unity, and man, this is very inspiring I know you basically just talked about how hard it was and I realize that, But I can definitely relate to finally feeling proud of a project It’s nice to see this after having so much fun a few months ago while playing it, thank you and god bless

Great Video! I first saw this game last year and was instantly hooked on it. Thank you for making such a great game! Everything about it is just amazing!

I have been folowing the devlogs for quite a while and played Archvale a week after it got released and I enjoyed it quite a lot. It‘s very inspirational to hear about the process of making the game, and I‘m very excited about whats to come :)

I've really been too busy to stay up-to-date with this project loyally, but I've wanted to say the work you guys have put in is really commendable! The part in the video about the reviews shows the massive risk too-- there's no guaranteed pay-off or reward. That level of uncertainty definitely can't help boost morale. In the end, I hope gamedev stays a fun and sustainable way of work for you.

Bought Archvale on steam because of this video. Thank you for your dedication and honesty - good fortune for you and your team

I remember watching your first devlog, you got me so interested in game dev. I just recently stumbled into game dev again and I remembered your game, purchased it last night and it's better than I expected! I found it to be a bit tough at times, but that may have to do with me being unfamiliar with the genre. Anyways just wanted to say that this game is inspirational, you've done a lot for the community, and can't wait to see what comes next!

Great to hear your final thoughts on the game. Burn out is always an obstacle but I'm glad you powered through and made such a fantastic game!

Really nice experience! Thank you so much for sharing it.

Beautiful game that taps straight into my nostalgic feeling for old games

Wow man, what an emotional rollercoaster this video made me feel. As a game developer myself I often feel overwhelmed by my analysis paralysis about what should added to the game, if the designs are good if all things are balanced. It's relieving to see that over developer went trout it and made it out well. Thanks for sharing your jorney.

I think all the hard work definitely payed off! Archvale was my favourite game from last year and I know has been an inspiring project to follow for many 🧡

That core part of the game creation process trips up so many. Sometimes even right before they finish that and move on to content. Congrats on the gane

Found your videos years ago (not even this series initially, your rotmg fangame) as a huge rotmg/bullet hell fan I enjoyed your early projects, but archvale was on a different level for me, probably one of my favorite games in recent memory. Ended up seeing my friend streaming it and it all clicked, I remembered the dev logs, immediately bought the game and completely beat it in the same sitting. (On a side note, I have done some content work for rotmg private servers etc. and it's amazing how much unique content you pumped out, the weapons were unique, many enemies types, absolutely mind-blowing for indie devs)

I had been watching your devlogs for I think around a year or two before the game came out and when I played Archvale I think day 1, it was an extremely great time and I had a blast! I truly could feel the care and polish in every corner of the game. I have been wanting to make video games for a long time now and I have finally found some friends in college this first freshman semester who are significantly more determined and talented on the coding side of things and wanted to make games too(I prefer game design, level design and writing so this is perfect). When I played Archvale, I knew that my dream is possible and can be done, and your devlogs showed me how getting through the tedium of the boring stuff will follow with making fun content. And this video emphasized that and more; it showed the dark side of development and warns of traps in development. Before watching this video, I finally made my first but super short and small concept for a mechanic for a game idea I've had for a while now and this video felt like a blessing to encourage me to continue in this journey, no matter if it ends in a week, or for years to come. Super long comment, sorry about that, but I wanted to share how important your stories of making a game and other's inspires me! I cannot wait for your next project!

Game looks polished and fun as hell! And props to your editing skills video was amazing too!

Dude, this game is effing awesome. I’m glad you shared this. I’m going through my own dev journey. I hope it can be half as good

It was an amazing didn't know about the devlog when finished the game first time just wanted to see a sequel 😁 of this game and found you channel the maker himself just wanted to say, thankyou

I had so much fun playing this game with my friend, thanks you for creating a masterpiece.

thank you so much for this masterpiece. 10/10

Great video! I’ve been making games for 10 years now and this is incredibly relatable.

Thanks for this, I really needed it at this point in my current game development

The combat feedback looks polished to bonkers, such juicy hits and screenshakes.

I enjoyed following your devlog series back when it was running. And I enjoyed playing Archvale when it was finally released. I like a game I can just pick up and play, and it's fun right from the start.

Been following this for a while. Your videos are inspirational! 95% of games don't ever make it this far nowadays.

very helpful insights as a hobby dev myself. thank you

The sound makes it feel so good

Thanks for the perspective. Indie game devs need to know this!

This is one of my favorite games of all time, an instant classic, I played and finished on gamepass, but I didn't get any achievments due to xbox being bad with achievments, so I bought it on steam and played again. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with in the future, keep up the awesome work!

I'm excited to see what y'all come up with next!

I got 26.5 hours of fun out of your game, and it was really exciting to play through! I was really new to bullet hell type games and it let me kick off a new genre with an amazing game to start off. I'm excited for the update and what you're planning to make next!

I've downloaded Archvale on Xbox day one. I've practicaly fallen in love with it, the dungeons and even with a generated map it feels so perfectly planned. The art bosses and functions just work together beatiuly! My own game takes a lot of inspiration from Archvale. I hope I can make a game just as uniqe as Archvale.

Lets gooo, i loved archvale soo much! Cant wait for your next project!

I've been following Archvale from the start. As a game developer for both AAA and indie games I just want to say, well done! Your understanding of design and development is incredible. And I applaud your commitment and talent! I honestly can't wait to see what you do next

I have always considered You a great game developer. You see the bigger picture and consider very important things that I don't see other people even thinking about. As someone that struggles with perfectionism himself, things that you mentioned hit close to home. Good luck on Your next project and I hope that You will find fun ways of doing what you're good at

Had so much fun with Archvale! I think you nailed it!

Your brutal honesty is amazing... 'if we didn't have a publisher' kinda heartbreaking, but it's part of it eh and shouldnt be glossed over 😓 thank you so much for sharing, well done again and again for such a good game💚

This was a wonderful video! I always assumed that devs dealt with this sorta thing, where they'd get burned out from working on one project and it would be hard for them to look at it objectively, but I never saw someone talk about it in such an objective manner, this was great! And I'm really happy that yall got it out the door and it WAS a success. That's just great. Looking foward to those followups you mentioned! I haven't checked up on this game in a while (and also didn't get it when it came out, oops), but when I saw its state after release... I was VERY impressed! And I still am! The game jsut generally looks great. Also I'm a fan of that mushroom castle. Very fun area concept wise

Been here since day 1!! I can’t believe how much the game have grown!!!!!!

I stopped the video at the 3 minute mark. You convinced me you have a good understanding of what a solid game should have and do. I purchased Archvale yesterday, got my first Arch piece, and had to turn in for work. This morning it's been all i could think about doing

The pacing is perfect. It respects the player's time. Loved Archvale, have to think about its good game design very often! Keep up the amazing work!❤

I feel like if people complain about your game being short, it has good reason- the game is good and they'd like more. It's a kind of a good problem to have, but the problem is people tend to leave negative reviews easily. Maybe it didn't meet what they expected length-wise, but if they were able to get through it, I think it's kind of a better problem to have than other problems (the positive side of it). Glad that archvale blew up the way it did. I hopped on a livestream a couple of times back when you were developing it. It's exhillirating to see my youtuber gamedevs have success in launching their games. And yours was like one of the best and most polished (and quite frankly one of the most gorgeous) and also one of the most celebrated (I remember a twitch streamer a friend) saying it was super fun. I think it's one of the better roguelikes out there. And I hope this makes your day. Was wondering what happened after you launched the game, but it's a nice surprise to find a new devlog

I'm excited for the next adventure, good luck.