[b]Question: Can you describe the journey you took and how it feels taking the game from a concept to a nearly completed title at this point?[/b] [b]Ivan[/b]: Before Iron Meat, there were several attempts to make games in different genres, but none of them were even 5% complete--that is, there wasn't even a prototype for those. And the current version of Iron Meat was originally a quest, much like "Lone Survivor." I wanted to make a scary game with an interesting plot, but the feedback from friends showed that I wrote the plot and dialogue EXTREMELY poorly. Therefore, I abandoned the strong plot and began to develop a combat system, instead. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//36596640/75bd3810c4a19a2534c93d31cc1741e750531ffb.png[/img] In general, I positioned myself as a self-taught programmer, and used free assets for games. In this particular case, I decided to simplify my life and abandoned 3D, and used pixel art, instead. Even with mediocre drawing skills, it was possible to edit assets to match the style of the game. But in the end, I came to the conclusion that I would have to draw everything myself. There are catastrophically few good free (and paid) assets and they are all in different styles. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//36596640/63178555385b754ad24ef78d475f29fa39d993ab.png[/img] I painted pixel sprites for several months, and eventually realized they were bad. So, I had to read about the theory of pixel drawings, and it helped, but it took some time to increase my own art skills. I couldn't afford to hire a really good pixel artist, and I didn't want to take amateurs--I'm an amateur myself, why would I need another one? [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//36596640/e969a056b1f9a7fa3b5e51add991b795b6ef931c.png[/img] Well, in the end, it turned out that it was good pixel art that attracted attention to the game (I believe that at that moment the gameplay itself could have attracted so much attention with mediocre graphics). [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//36596640/d256cc1bba751d2c72645048eba826936cb9e5a7.png[/img] We'll be following up with more from Ivan's response to this question next time! Wishlist [i]Iron Meat[/i] and play the free demo NOW!