Did you know I started all this as a musician? You can listen to my music at my YT channel, for free! :D
https://www.youtube.com/user/DroneLocker
And if you are feeling supportive enough and your wallet shares you point of view - you can buy my albums! :D
https://dronelocker.bandcamp.com/
If none of that fits your style, I also established a Donation button on my website.
http://dronelocker.weebly.com/

And also don't forget about my main information feeds :D
Which is Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Drone_Locker
IndieDB:
http://www.indiedb.com/games/antumbra
And Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/DroneLockerOfficial

And... Well. There's this :(
http://9gag.com/gag/a7y1Yeb

Now, to the actual NEWS!

Hi guys. Phew what a 48h of life this was. I don't even know where to start. Maybe a recap will do. And I'll take it from there.
Sadly, I failed to get into Daily 5 on NG :( I assume this happened due to initial flow of Haters and 0-bombers. Shame. On front page 10 times more people could have play Antumbra...

Gamejolt brought me an unexpected flow of YouTubers and Lets Players. And I checked all the LP videos currently up. Incredible experience. Making games is one thing, getting betatest feedback is another, reviews are a different set of shoes too. But seeing someone play my game in real time? I lack the proper words to describe it. This way I could watch and observe what I did good or/and what I did wrong. And I seriously need to get in touch with someone who could run a proper spell checking on my games... I was sure I corrected all the text, but then this amount of typos and mistakes... Whoa. I am so ashamed >_<

On Newgrounds it was (is?) a constant battle. From what I observe, Antumbra brings the extremes. People either love it or hate. Nothing in betwen. Sadly, as i mentioned above, the 2nd kind of people came first... and left a very bitter taste. The funny and sad part is - the biggest complain was the game difficulty. And just because they coulnd't figure out the riddles right off the bat - they voted low... Screw the graphics, fuck the bug-free gameplay, lets take a huge dump on the music and audio I worked SO hard to create. Yeah, fuck that shit. They doens't matter. Right? All it matters is that the guy couldn't blaze throught the game like in Call of Duty. No wonder the gaming industry is in such a state. If this are the avarage expectations - no wonder. But this is a very dangerous thing guys. Because one day, you will wake up, in a world where the only games there are to play are Cookie Clickers clones, idle game and other bullshit that hardly is a game - that dominates front page. Even as we speak.

Kongregate? Now that was a waste of time. I don't know WHEN but that place just turned into some sort of casual "paint the unicorn" sort of nest. I though, that maybe Antumbra might make a presence there, due to lack of any serious games. But no. Kongregate as of now is worse then Google Play. Its a trashyard of moneygrabs and clones. Just to milk your wallet dry. Filled with stuff made not with passion, but with dollar signs in mind. Of course i want to make money of my passion. Who doesn't? But money is just a part of the story. A major part, but a part - not the whole.

But back to me and Antumbra. My inbox in here and via facebook is being constantly bombed by player sending me feedback. Awesome feeling. I try to reply to each and every message, but i am just one person. And then theres the review which i try to address too. So if you won't recive an instant reply - don't worry. I'll get back to you. I promise.

Also lets put here some numbers, because when i cannot say i went viral - i sure left an impact.
On Newgrounds, 3876 people played. With a score of 3.59 points.
On Gamejolt, 185 recorded plays. With a score of 4.4 points.
On Kongregate, 455 plays. Score 3.02... Eww.
That gives us a total of 4516 plays. Not bad. For a game that poped up about 2 days ago.
Also for a brief moment, Antumbra was ranked #7 out of 25 000 games. Wow. Don't believe me? Here, take look.

Sadly, now I fell back a bit. But still going strong! :D

I would like to add couple of stuff at the end.
I am the owner and creator of everything Antumbra is made of. Be it sound, gfx, code - everything. And so - if you would like to record a Lets Play video, go ahead with my blessing. I promise you won't run into any copyrights problems.
Today I need to pull my shit together and think what next.
My initial plan was to finish all the projects I started but never finished. Now, when someone is actually watching - I have a reason to do so. And what is there to finish...? Well, I think a small sneakpeek won't hurt... Click the link.
http://postimg.org/image/vci4zafdd/
And those are NOT all there is!
So yeah. As funny as it sounds - I really didn't had a plan for "what next" lol. I guess I focused on the game too much.
So yeah, if you guys would like me to get busy again - rain some shouts at me will ya :D And I'll go back to work.
I want to empty my "W.I.P" folder. If this would do the trick - I'll continue pushing. If not... Well. Then I will need to face the sad reality and get a regular job. Passion won't fill my son's belly, or pay my bills. Or maybe it will...?
I wish...

Take care everyone! :) And thank you for all those wonderful events that happened, and for your feedback and support.
Keep pushing me forward. Having you beside me - I will never give up. Because...