In our RTS, even the buildings are alive #gamedev #indiegame

I'm pretty happy how the enemy idle animations turned out #gamedev #indiegame

In our RTS, even the buildings are alive #gamedev #indiegame

When you see a game has mixed or low reviews on Steam, do you check the reviews to see what went wrong? #gamedev #indiedev

What kind of creature would you add to The Hive? #gamedev #indiegame

why things keep evolving into crabs? #gamedev #indiegame

Someone gave a $9 tip for my game. Yay! #gamedev #indiegame

When the date is going well: #gamedev #indiegame

The Water of Life still runs through the long-dead temple cities #gamedev #indiedev

Just another peaceful day in your monster colony #gamedev #indiegame

For years, this weird alien colony building game felt like something only we truly believed in. Then 10,000 people wishlisted The Hive in 10 days. Its hard to explain how much that means to a small team. Maybe this strange little world really has a future. #gamedev #indiegame

We made an RTS where you build the monster army heroes are usually sent to destroy. Harvest DNA, weapons and body parts from defeated enemies, evolve new creatures, and carry your surviving units from mission to mission. It’s called The Hive. Would you play it? #gamedev #indiegame

The Hive is currently the third best selling game on @itchio. The only games ahead of our underground insectoid RTS are a horror game about surviving retail customers and another about escaping a murderous nun. It’s been a pretty wild week. #gamedev #indiegame

We made a strategy game where you control an alien insect army. - Command an insectoid hive mind and build your nest - Harvest enemies for DNA, weapons and body parts - Evolve new creatures and carry them across the campaign It’s called The Hive. Would you play this? #gamedev #indiegame

What happens when @itch.io features an indie game on front page? The Hive has received 6,000 visits so far, up from its usual 50–150 per day. Very little data exists on what this exposure converts into, so we’re tracking traffic, downloads and sales to help other developers. #gamedev #indiedev

We made The Hive for everyone who grew up loving RTS games and never really stopped. #gamedev #indiedev

What happens when @itch.io features an indie game on its front page? The Hive went from 50–150 daily views to 1,187 in one day an 8–20× increase. We’re tracking how long the boost lasts and how many downloads and sales it generates. We’ll share the results to other developers. #gamedev #indiegame

We are making this BUG into a new feature #gamedev #indiedev

We made a strategy game where you play as the monster. - Command an insectoid hive mind and build your nest - Salvage enemies for DNA, weapons and body parts - Evolve new creatures and carry them across the campaign It’s called The Hive. Would you play this? #gamedev #indiegame

Facebook REALLY wants to show The Hive to people aged 55–64. Maybe the algorithm saw "real-time strategy" and thought: "Show it to everyone who remembers when RTS games ruled the world." Any idea how I can convince Facebook that younger people also play strategy games? #gamedev #indiegame

Something strange happened with The Hive yesterday. Japan suddenly became our largest traffic source, sending 942 visits to our Steam page in a single day. We cannot find any Japanese video, article or post behind the spike. So… where did everyone come from? #gamedev #indiegame

The Hive is climbing the @itch.io top sellers list and is now sitting right behind Among Us. Can we actually get past it? #gamedev #indiegame

We made a strategy game where you play as the monster. - Command an insectoid hive mind and build your nest - Salvage enemies for DNA, weapons and body parts - Evolve new creatures and carry them across the campaign It’s called The Hive. Would you play this? #gamedev #indiegame

For us, traffic on a normal non sale day looks like this. Most visitors come organically by searching for The Hive directly on Steam. The second source is the “More Like This”. It’s always interesting to see how different the traffic sources can be from one game to another. #gamedev #indiedev

Has anyone actually benefited from those “show me your game, reply, like, and repost” posts? They mostly seem like engagement farming for the person who made the post. #gamedev #indiedev

Someone once bought a trading card for The Hive for $37,94. I’m still wondering why. #gamedev #indiegame

The Hive takes a different approach to the RTS genre. You control an insectoid swarm, harvest DNA from defeated enemies, evolve new creatures, equip them with loot, and carry your army from mission to mission. Would you play an RTS where you command the monsters? #gamedev #indiegame

The Hive suddenly jumped from its usual @itch.io traffic to more than 700 views, but we cannot figure out where they are coming from. Maybe we were quietly featured somewhere on the site? Interesting timing, last week we added 12 new languages and several other improvements. #gamedev #indiegames

You are not the hero. You are the monster. The Hive is an underground RTS where you command an insectoid swarm, evolve new creatures, equip them with loot, and carry your surviving army from mission to mission. #ScreenshotSaturday #indiegame #gamedev

I'm pretty happy how the idle animations turned out #gamedev #indiegame