{"id":2,"date":"2011-07-23T11:22:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T11:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radicaldog.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-03-24T20:38:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T20:38:57","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.radicaldog.com\/blog\/sample-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Postmortem: The Man with the Invisible Trousers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings. I bring you interesting details about?The Man with the Invisible Trousers<\/a><\/strong>, exactly 4 weeks in.<\/p>\n

100<\/b>?hours spent.
\n$5180<\/b>?made.
\n1.6 million<\/b>?views est. (My stat tracker had 7 days of downtime, while the game was on many front pages. So this will forever be +-100k views.)<\/p>\n

The Man with the Invisible Trousers is a fairly generic puzzle game. What’s unique is the presentation ? a funky noir, with a dynamic murder mystery plot, and some witty dialogue. If ever I want to sell myself as a writer or designer, this should be my resume; I dare say this game would have sunk like a stone if it weren’t for the presentation. (It has more glitches than I have fingers, and the character movement is rather slippery and messy. It’s an on-par game, nothing groundbreaking.)<\/p>\n

The important point with this game was that it was created quickly. I made a series of videos documenting my creation process, and though in general I was not able to put tons of hours in per day, the entire game was produced in 32 days and a mere 65 hours’ creation. That includes all programming, art, and levels, plus time to commission a voice actor and a musician. (Here’s the link to those videos.<\/a>) I got a lot of player feedback, and made some small but important changes, totalling 70 hours’ work.<\/p>\n

I’d estimate that overall, I’ve put 100 hours into this game by now; advertising it to sponsors, implementing branding, and so on.<\/p>\n

The total profits of the game, to this point, are $5180. That is over $50\/hour, which is a fine professional salary, certainly very good for an 18 year old on a cheap laptop. (Which broke during the final stages of production, yay!)<\/p>\n

Here’s the breakdown:<\/b><\/p>\n