Pump Away! — demo

Hi everyone!

More than a year ago, I released a shoot 'em up on itch.io. It got played by 5 people in total.

I eventually abandoned the project because it clearly wasn't resonating with players.

But earlier this year, after seeing the growing popularity of incremental games, I thought, why not try turning it into one?

So I took the shoot 'em up I had given up on and completely reworked it into an incremental game, with increasingly huge waves of enemies.

I released the new version on itch, CrazyGames and Steam, and it quickly reached 10,000+ players, with very positive feedback.

The final game on Steam ended up making more than $1,000 in its first two weeks, which I'm incredibly proud of considering this was my first commercial release.

I definitely made some mistakes along the way. The game is probably way too short, and the capsules could have been much better.

But overall, it was a fantastic learning experience, and seeing people actually enjoy something I had almost completely given up on has motivated me to keep going with gamedev.

Thanks for reading!

An incremental arcade experience where you pull adorable chicks onto giant slides, collect resources, unlock powerful talents, and upgrade your magnet to create ever-growing, chaotic runs.

play the demo https://store.steampowered.com/app/4567670/Chickn_Slide/