When I started this project 1,5 years ago, I didn’t think it would end this way. But today, I’m shutting down the development of Mechanical Difficulties. Looking back, the project started in October 2017 when I had just quit my job as a software developer. I remember being SO driven, on fire even! Nothing could stop me. I was going to create The Next Indie Phenomenon! So I just jumped right in, having no clue of all the mountains I…
After a long period of silence, I’m letting you know why I’ve stayed away for so long. There have been some tough challenges that led me to new decisions…
My latest business endeavors have gotten me to take part in a local start-up accelerator program called Ajujaht. In this post, I will share with you how I came to partake in it and what has happened so far. At the beginning of October, I attended a local entrepreneurship event called Tallinna Ettevõtluspäev. In the midst of listening to different talks, I noticed a familiar booth in the hallway. It read “Ajujaht” – and I immediately remembered my grandmother encouraging me…
There might come a point in any start-up’s life where the founder(s) see that in order to finish the product they need outside financial support. They realize they need to hire more people, pay themselves salaries, pay for services or pay rent. Whatever it may be, it is quite common for start-ups to find themselves in a situation where they need funding. Venomite is going through something similar right now. I’ve realized we need to hire a full-time team to proceed…
Time to show you some of the awesomeness I’ve been working on! There are a lot of new features, bug fixes and changes made to Mechanical Difficulties since I last made a game development update. (But if you follow me on Twitter you might have already seen some) Because I have also been focusing a lot on business development, this update was finished a bit later than usual. That is for a good cause because the Venomite family will be…
Project Number 2: Mechanical Difficulties has changed quite a bit from the last time I wrote a development update post. This current one, in fact, might seem a bit confusing if you didn’t read my last post, where I wrote about the game’s core features. To sum the mentioned post up – I’m creating a game that is a hybrid of RTS and FPS style. It will play similarly to RTS in that you can build a city, gather resources and…
