#Steam darq free#

If you have any sound related questions, be sure to tag him in the post and he'll get back to you asap (he's here live, participating in the AMA).ĭARQ DLC's. All sounds (except music) was made by Bjorn Jacobsen ( u/CujoSound), the sound designer who previously worked on Cyberpunk 2077. While most of the game was developed by me (about 95% of modeling and animation, all texturing and all coding), I decided to outsource sound design completely.

#Steam darq free#

Feel free to ask about that.ĭARQ Sound Design. While I have nothing against publishers, I felt it was not the right move for DARQ and I'm happy I decided to go my own way. After long discussions / negotiations, I ended up rejecting all offers presented to me (over a dozen at this point). When DARQ became one of the most upvoted titles on Steam Greenlight (back in the day when it was still around), a lot of publishers showed interest in the game. I think I answered most of the questions you might have in my medium post, but if you want to ask about why I rejected Epic Exclusivity deal or anything else regarding that, feel free.Īvoiding Publishing Deals. The launch of the game came along with quite a bit of controversy regarding this topic. I learned coding, texturing, modeling, animation, game design from scratch while working on this game.Įpic Store Exclusivity. If you're looking to get into game development, I can answer questions about how I got started. Now looking back, it's been a hell of a journey and I'm glad I did it. More 100+ hour weeks than I'd like to admit.

Making this game took a lot of hard work and struggle. It's my first project and I started it back in the late 2015 knowing absolutely nothing about making games. DARQ launched on August 15th and was profitable within first couple of days. I'm the developer of DARQ - a spooky puzzle / adventure game set in a lucid dream.