Online Networking

Our UE4 guru, Michael Lee, just finished his finals last week and of course couldn’t wait to get back to work. In a few days, he got the online networking to work! Woo! Trying to get this to work has been a huge pain for Chris this past week; apparently, it’s because of the way our router is set up.

Integrating online play is still up in the air. Mind the Traps is a party game that you enjoy with your friends, and if your friends are around you as opposed to behind the screens then it’s even more fun. Playing online actually does more damage than give convenience. There are a lot of games out there that only offer local play, e.g. Towerfall Ascension, Spelunky. It’s not an all-or-nothing option for the player.

Plan for Next Year

Chris and I will be finishing up the technical portion of Mind the Traps by the end of January, and our artist will come onboard around the February timeframe to touch up the game, add in new characters, design the bosses, etc. His artwork will be a strong tool for marketing and building up hype for our Kickstarter campaign in the summer.

Profit Sharing Plan

The elephant in the room. Running a business means everybody has to get paid! We’re very fortunate to be working with a flexible group of people that isn’t worried about being paid in the immediate term. Kenneth has been working on a profit sharing plan, which is a payment model in which everybody is compensated only when the game makes a positive profit. Everybody takes a percentage of the profit sharing pool based on how much time they can commit to the game’s development.

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Judging is still ongoing for another week. If you’re a current participant, it would be an awesome Christmas present if you vote on our game!