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TIFU by releasing my Halloween game...after Halloween...

So this fuck up is currently ongoing, and might be saved by a miracle, but I doubt it.

I have been working my nards off on a fun cute little indie game called Consume Thy Flesh: The Pumpkin Smashing Sim.

You roll your gargantuan gourd over moonlit rooftops, and hurl yourself into a group of trick r treaters, exploding your candy filled insides for their consumption!

Sounds a little silly and morbid, right? It sounds like a fun little formula that could get some laughs and internet attention, right?

Well, I worked by myself diligently for weeks, over 8 hours a day to get this finished.

Hell yeah! Right?

Well, I put the game up on Itch.io a few days ago. That took all of 10 minutes.

However, the real goal was learning how to publish on Steam. The publishing process was way more involved than you'd think, but I got it figured out.

I'm smiling ear to ear, and extremely proud of what I had done...unit I get to the end of the process...

THE FUCK UP:

"GAMES CAN BE PUBLISHED 2 WEEKS AFTER APPROVAL"

Excuse me?

Wait, so I have to submit my game for approval, and then wait another 2 fucking weeks to let the game go live?

I seriously swear to God I searched Steam's publication process, and nothing I found stated the two week wait time haha. I really thought I had this planned out, and going smoothly...

Well,the good news is that the game was approved and the page is up.

The other slightly good news that may save my ass, is that I contacted Steam directly, and am now begging for a pre-Halloween release haha.

So yeah, I am really proud of all of the work I did, and everything I learned along the way, but I still totally fucked up.

Granted, if you are a game dev, or in the development scene, you know a lot of games are really unsuccessful. Some only get a few hundred downloads and nothing more, even with marketing and streamers promoting it.

I would have gladly accepted that, but I do know that releasing a holiday game on its intended holiday would help haha.

Here's to hoping the project and what I learned at least opens up some doors for me.

TL;DR: Worked my ass off on getting a Halloween holiday themed game published before Halloween. Steam requires a 2 week waiting period to go live, thus probably killing its potential.

Edit: Am I allowed to post links?

https://hippymule.itch.io/consumethyflesh

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1802620/Consume_Thy_Flesh_The_Pumpkin_Smashing_Sim/

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