r/gaming • u/FriendlyBergTroll • 30m ago
Gun Monkey - The game that is perhaps too difficult for most people!
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4515150/GUN_MONKEY/
Okay, maybe that title is bait.
But I’m also kind of serious.
I’m the solo dev behind GUN MONKEY!, and I’m convinced about 80% of people who see the game will think “yeah, that looks easy.”
Then they actually play it.
Turns out our reflexes and coordination might be a little rustier than we like to admit 😅
That’s basically what made me want to build this game in the first place. I wanted something that tests your aim, movement, timing and coordination at the same time, but also makes you noticeably better the longer you play.
At first you’re fighting the controls.
Then something clicks.
You start moving faster, reacting without thinking, pulling off jumps that looked impossible 20 minutes ago and suddenly you’re telling yourself “one more try” at 2AM. At least that’s the goal.
This is also my first game and I’ve been building it solo, so seeing people actually play something I’ve spent this much time on still feels pretty surreal. I had a demo up recently and there were mostly 3 categories of players.
1.People who were stuck on the first few meters for almost 30(!!!) minutes before they eventually gave up.
2. People who picked up the controls quickly and finished the entire demo within 15 minutes.
3. People who were genuinely cracked with their skills and finished within 4 minutes.
And if it looks like your kind of suffering, a wishlist would genuinely help me a ton as it releases in 2 months! It will cost less than a starbucks coffee!
Any feedback is also more than welcome. Good, bad, brutal, whatever. I want to make this thing as good as I possibly can.