Two strange characters, both sharing an unfortunate fate.
You'll discover their identities when the Demon Bluff demo comes out tomorrow 👀
Uzabi | UmiArt | Demon Bluff
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Artist and indie developer, creating a variety of card games. Currently working on Demon Bluff: store.steampowered.com/app/3522600/…
![Kwiatkowski decided to leave the mobile world behind and go indie in 2024, but the runway he gave himself could only last so long.
"I was just funding everything, and … my funding ran out,” he said.
So he did his best to contact publishers and find new sources of funding, but the initial reception was icy. Then the Secret Sauce showcase and Northerlion happened. Suddenly, the floodgates opened.
"After Northernlion played, I had a flood of publishers and investors [express interest], and then the people I messaged started messaging me back,” said Kwiatkowski. “I had a few occasions where I messaged a publisher, and they said they weren't interested. Then after Northernlion played the game, they said 'Oh, we just didn't have the space, but we have unlocked space for the game.'"
This is, unfortunately, par for the course if you’re an indie developer in this day and age: "In our case, it was all on the wishlist number and really nothing else," said Kwiatkowski.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreicehmmv5qv5gpsiu72ygpkbrwm2txdldrixu4ndydktz7rr6i6koy)