Welcome to Hated Space

If you have read the previous post I bet you are wondering what happened. Well, while working on the title images for my game I realized I couldn't get it all to fit and look nicely. I was frustrated. Looking around for fonts gave me an idea, start with the style first. So I got to making a cool title, this time starting with the lettering and then allowing that to grow into a title. So, welcome to Hated Space:

The name gives a very retro-space vibe to it, which is what I am aiming for (it being a pixel art space game). It also has reminded some people of Dead Space and the SCP-610 "The Flesh that Hates" which are both relevant because I get a lot of inspiration from those sources.

In other news, I have bought hatedspace.com which for now redirects here. I am hot on progress for doing all the things to help sell my game once it is actually finished.

One of the things I love about Indie Game Dev is that you have to wear so many different hats, that it means you always have something else you can be doing. Get sick of programming? Work on art. Sick of art? Switch to social media marketing. Maybe write a blog. Do some dialogue or story. Maybe playtest your game. If all else fails you can look at or play other games under the guise of "market research" haha.

With that I am gonna wrap up this post. Good luck, have fun 😃

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