Hi everyone, I'm Stonie, the developer of WISE GUYS.
The Early Access release is a huge milestone for me, I started this journey in March of last year and to see how far the game has come since then has been so unreal!! I have some really fun plans for WISE GUYS which I will be talking about very soon, and I hope to build a community along the way that can help me shape this game over the next 12 months, and hopefully beyond that.
I have built this game from the ground up solo, however I could not have done it without the incredible support of my family and friends so I would like to dedicate this post to the people who have motivated me and helped me bring WISE GUYS to life over the last year.
To my Wife,
You have been my biggest supporter throughout all these years as a game developer, I would not be doing what I love and chasing this dream, if it weren't for your love and support, thank you, I love you!
To my family,
You have supported my work as a game developer from day one, thank you so much especially my Mum and Dad who has sat through all of my venting and brainstorm sessions when I am overloaded haha, I love you guys, and to my kids who have spent plenty of time testing out the melee mechanics on me haha!
My wingman West!
The first person I approached about WISE GUYS during a duo ranked match of Rocket League (we lost due to brainstorming haha) I appreciate your support, honesty and the hours and hours of brainstorming over the last year, we are only just getting started Bro!
To all of my friends, the QA crew!!
You have been such a huge source of motivation and a massive help bringing this game to life. Throughout development, I was so driven to make the game fun so that my friends and I can have a good time and whenever I needed help with anything, these guys would drop what they are doing and help test new features, hunt down bugs and have given me solid, unbiased feedback the whole way through. Thank you guys!!
P.S - YukoTheGreat got the first ever kill in WISE GUYS haha
To my incredibly talented friend, Jack James Troisi, who composed all of the music for WISE GUYS from the announcement trailer to all of the gameplay loops, alongside Hayden King who played the horns across the gameplay tracks, I cannot thank you guys enough!!
To the insanely talented Nate Charles Karagiannis Troisi who did all of the hilarious voice acting for the Wise Guys, thank you so much!! I was a fan of yours from the moment your character showed up in The Land That Time Forgot, your voice acting has really brought the Wise Guys to life dude!!
Thank you for reading this and If you have bought or played WISE GUYS, THANK YOU!! and I hope you stick around for the ride.
Cheers!
-Stonie