About me:

Hey! I've been a member here for 5+ years and have become somewhat known for making puzzles with home-made minigames that you'd have to play in order to find a way inside a giveaway. Over the years, many people here suggested I make a real game so I did. Maybe you've even seen my development thread (now closed).


Goblin and Coins is on Steam as of November 9th: Check it out now!


About the game:

Run and jump, collect coins, confront enemies and avoid traps, open gates and find secret stashes. It's a simple 2D platformer with a twist: You're not a hero from the castle about to slay an evil dragon, you're a goblin cook working for the dragon! It starts slowly but things get more and more complicated as you go.

Story:

Your master has been robbed by a pesky rogue, and it's kind of your fault. Follow them through 5 different settings, from the dragon's lair in the Fiery temple of Doom, all the way to the Castle Keep, and return the stolen treasure! But beware, the closer you get to civilization, the more dangerous it becomes for a defenseless goblin.

Features:

  • Over 35 levels filled with enemies, traps and secrets.
  • Unique game mechanics for every world.
  • World map - know where you're going!
  • Two difficulty settings (casual & old school).
  • Ability to save & continue later, for casual players.
  • Keyboard (You can rebind the keys) and gamepad support.
  • Cool music by Kevin MacLeod

Steamgifts value:

As promised a year ago, this game will not be featured in any bundle, nor will there be mass-giveaways outside of Steamgifts. I'll do everything in my power to keep it's CV where it is for you guys (yeah it's just 2p, but promise is a promise), so if you make giveaways or simply purchase for yourself, you won't have to feel betrayed later because of the price/cv drops... which happens a lot and really fast lately with indie games.

More info:

http://www.goblinsandcoins.com
https://nb264.itch.io/goblinsncoins
http://www.indiedb.com/games/goblinsncoins
https://www.facebook.com/goblinsncoins/
https://twitter.com/Goblinsncoins
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/goblinsandcoins



Giveaways for all of you good people:

8 years ago*

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Oh, I'm to late, it already has enough votes ;-) Congrats

8 years ago
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Cool, congratulations and bump :)

8 years ago
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Congratz man!

8 years ago
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Yes. :>

8 years ago
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I remember your old thread, congrats! I'm trying to make my own game as well, but until now just a bunch of notes and a few sprites.

8 years ago
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Congratulations on being greenlit!

8 years ago
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Happy cakeday :D

View attached image.
8 years ago
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Have another bump! And thanks for the giveaway ^^

8 years ago
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congratulations for the green
how many votes did you get finally to pass through?

8 years ago
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670, But some games got greenlit with around 350 on that "batch day".

8 years ago
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Thanks for sharing that information.
That is a number which can be gathered in a reasonable time, I guess. Your assumption of needing ~3000 votes scared me :)

8 years ago
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I was operating on an old data. My game was listed for 7.5 days when approved. And I got about 0 visits from SG in the last 5 days. So I guess someone with a less-niche game (seeing mine as such because of graphics) could gather 1000 without problems in 3 days.

Anyway, what I found searching the internet after the initial post is that only top 20 games get 1500-2500 votes, everyone else gets greenlit under 1000. As I said, some games got through on the same day as mine with less than 400 votes.

Also, know that you'll probably get contacted by "group leaders" saying you can get promoted in their 10.000+ people groups for a small amount of money... Don't do it. There's no need because you can easily get greenlit nowadays, and you'll ruin your dev reputation forever.

I even wrote in my old thread that I'll never put the game in the bundle, in order to protect early supporters... and people's CV.

8 years ago*
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Wow, thanks a big bunch for being so detailed!
I really enjoyed reading and sucking up all pro this information and WLing u btw

Can't wait to add do Goblin and Coins to my library for funny lunch breaks :)

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Small update (I've been avoiding these lately, ever since I closed the dev thread and opened this one instead): Steam store page and community are live. You can't buy the game at this moment, it's not released yet... But you can add it to wishlist or just enjoy the view ;)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/551580

What I said before stands, it will not be in any bundles and I'll try to be careful with discounts so it doesn't "lose sg value" for any of you guys that might want to give it away, so you can keep your CV forever. I also won't "boost my level" with it, but there will be some smaller giveaways once it's released. I know I'm basically refusing potential earnings by doing this, but you were the part of the journey, it's only fair you be the part of the party too.

8 years ago*
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What price will it have? And if it has different price for RU-CIS, what it would be?

8 years ago
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Price is as promised in Greenlight campaign, $1.99.

I've followed Valve's recommendation on regional pricing, so some regions will get it cheaper. That's why I said I have to be careful with discounts if I want to protect your CV in the future...

8 years ago
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Are all discounts global or can you set custom discounts for each region?

8 years ago
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I saw custom discounts for different regions before.

8 years ago
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In that case you shouldn't set discount more than 75%.

8 years ago
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Well, luckily for me, making games doesn't put food on my table, so I don't really care how many copies I sell (apart from that being an indicator that would help me know if people like it or not) so I don't have to discount it a lot just to attract people who'll never even play it. Those who want to try it will either buy it or win it here from some noble soul.

8 years ago
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Bump, already wishlisted :]... eager to see what recipes the little goblin recommends and how you implemented them, hehe ;).

8 years ago
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I would love controller support on this one. :D

8 years ago
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Major update - game released: http://store.steampowered.com/app/551580

8 years ago*
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Woot! Congratz!

Thanks for the Steam keys on itch.io!

8 years ago
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I hope you like what you got ;)

8 years ago
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Congrats! :)

8 years ago
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Thanks!

8 years ago
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I got two achivements in your game so far, congratulate me!

8 years ago
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Congratulations x2!

8 years ago
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Bought it to me and a friend this morning :)

8 years ago
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Thank you for the support and the review :)

8 years ago
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Just bought it for myself :)

8 years ago
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Thank you for the support!

I'll use this opportunity to repeat that the game will not be in any bundles (already got contacted by some and explained this to them nicely) or given for free in mass-giveaways in order to preserve its (small) CV value for you guys here at steamgifts, because you were supporting me the whole time.

8 years ago
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Congrats mon! instabought 2 copies, 1 for me and 1 for GAs purposes ;) Will try to review later on ;)

8 years ago
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Thanks! Hope you like it!

8 years ago
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Gonna buy it later that day, congrats :).

EDIT: Bought it and already played up to the swamps and found some recipes ;>, liking it so far :D...

8 years ago*
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As good a place as any to congratulate you on getting your game released. Congrats, NB, you did it!
Got my key from itch.io, gonna try those new levels soon.

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8 years ago
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Bump for first GA being live :)

Edit: Second

8 years ago
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Bump, 1 hour to go.

8 years ago
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Congrats! :D

8 years ago
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Congratulations, Nikola! Wishlisted for sure. :D

8 years ago
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Thank you for all the support! You people are great!

8 years ago
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A bump for you fine folks!

8 years ago
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buying a hand full of them ^^ not, just because of the pile of poo, that has half the size of the goblin :D
btw: where are your gibs for the game? ;)

8 years ago
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Waiting for the keys from Steam... but I won't make a huge giveaway, I don't want CV police on my doorstep. :p

8 years ago
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Nasty guys they are :)

btw: can't tell how often I searched for "Goblins and Coins". It's burned deep within my brain, that goblins never come alone...

8 years ago
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omg need to change thread title lol

8 years ago
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:'-D

8 years ago
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Goblin and Coins (known as Goblins and Coins before rest of the goblins got lost during the terrible events of 2016 goblinpocalypse)

8 years ago
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A 50-copies giveaway will give it enough visibility by making it featured, while not devaluating the game itself or creating excess CV.

8 years ago
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Congratz and have a bump :)

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