Hello Address Knowers!
Today marks the 1-year anniversary of I KNOW YOUR ADDRESS! I started this game as a joke for a video, but eventually expanded it into a Steam release. My main goal was to finish it and have it on Steam, but I also thought it'd be cool if I was able to sell 15-20 copies in a year.
Well, it's been a year. We've sold over 300 copies. And so far most people seemed to enjoy it. I'm really thankful for everybody who took a chance on a game as unknown as this. (Bonus shout-out to the people that made fanart and the one who made a detailed walkthrough! Seeing people engage with my game like that really made my day.)
If anything, all this made me wonder where I could go with my next game...
Discord + Other Social Media
I want to share what I'm working on more. I decided a Discord is the best place this. I also plan to use other social media. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to link them here, but you can find them on the store page for I KNOW YOUR ADDRESS now (Screenshot below)!
If you check out any of them, I suggest for it to be the Discord! You can choose what to be notified of instead of only seeing whatever is posted on each website.
(I may update this list with more websites if I'm actively making stuff I can post)
You can also find them at the bottom of any news post, such as this one:
What Have I Been Working On?
A lot of time has passed since I Know Your Address's release, so I'm going to cover a couple things some of you may be interested in:
What's the future of IKYA? Will there be updates?
Kind of? I want to somewhat move on from IKYA for a couple of reasons such as the engine being limited and the collection feeling solid as is.
BUT. There are some things I want to add. So you can expect at least one content update. I don't know when it will come out. Probably alongside the "coming soon" page for my next game. After that, I may make some small updates but my focus will be on other things.
What about a sequel then?
I Know Your Address is pretty much the perfect game to make a sequel to. I have ideas for games to include, for the collection, the "story" itself, and for taking advantage of the new engine I'll be using. I won't commit to anything yet but it's very possible.
Next Blinko Gamehouse game?
I don't want to commit to my next game until I'm far enough to know I'll finish it. As soon as that happens, I'll make a Steam page, trailer, and an announcement to let you know.
Well... What HAVE you been doing then?
I haven't been the most productive but I've still been doing some things
Learned Godot, a popular and more powerful game engine than GDevelop.
Learned FL Studio, a DAW (music software) which is a bit more... of an actual software... than what I was using before. (...It was Soundtrap)
Began developing a story and music for what may be my next game.
Started the next IKYA update
Conclusion
Before releasing this game, I don't know how determined I'd be about making another game on Steam. But I enjoyed this one enough to want to keep going. Thank you for playing and I hope you stick around for what's to come.
Until next time.
