End of the Night

Можно выпасть за карту через воду, если постоянно использовать аптечки :)

I've finished the game, and I have feedback to provide and improve the game's quality in several ways :)

Where should I do this to avoid spoilers?

I read your mail and it makes me sad. 
I really enjoyed your games (That Crocodile Maldido was so f****ng scary)
Best of luck and hope you start doing games in future because you have potencial.
There goes my last 5€ for you mate.

For the record, I'm no professional. so please take everything I say with a grain of salt. I likely originally got your games as part of a bundle or from the subreddit r/freegamefindings because I'm a digital hoarder.

I saw your emails just now and it really hit me hard. This is a tough life and path we choose. I understand if you need to stop gamedev permanently or temporarily. No judgement there, everyone has their own path they need to take.

Just from the itch.io pages and screenshots, this is your best-looking game so far. It has a proper logo and more cohesive looking screenshots. I'll see if I get around to playing them later, but lately I've been avoiding FPSes due to my hand problems. When it comes to "first impression" sales, I think it's mainly about how it looks on the storefront if you aren't running any ad campaigns and all that.

There is a bit of an issue where several of your older games just frankly don't have a great thumbnail. Being 3D and likely store bought assets, they seem like products I'd normally not buy.
I'd perhaps bundle your older entries into one itch page with a big ol zip file and call it "Wenudu's retro collection" or "early days" or something, just to clean up the store page and ensure your best and most recent stuff is what shows up first.

I'm assuming this entry is your latest, as it looks the best as a complete project.

I just want to say that it's heartening to see your improvement with each game's storepage. So likely, you'd have to keep making more games, but there seems to be a pattern of improvement over time.

Don't forget that you've released 7 games on itch. You already have me and so many other game developer wannabes beat! There's pride to be taken in having put yourself and your work out there like you have.

If you still have it in you to get back on the gamedev wagon after you've settled the more difficult external factors in your life, you have a major head start on other folks starting out. I hope things will go for the better in time.

Just some remarks about your latest email.

I followed you because I liked the graphic style. I didn't have the opportunity to play your games much, because of IRL stuff. So I procrastinated gaming a lot.

Game development is especially hard in a recession like the one we are having right now. And it's, in general, highly competitive.

That said, I recommend you'll get a (part time?) daytime job to fill your monthly expenses. No reason to get into debt for a 'dream'.

And you can work on your future games in your spare time. So you have less stress and financial security. No reason to get a burn-out by working inhumane working hours.

The book 'So good they can't ignore you' from Cal Newport was an eye-opener for me. It explains the difference between 'passionate work'  and sustainable work in the long run.

If you want more possible customers, you have to get frequent feedback and have to think very hard, what the people want. Almost no game or book or movie was an instant hit on the go. There were countless incremental improvements.

Of course, if you want to stop developing completely, it would be fine, too. You can 'heal' yourself and look what you'll do in the future.

Code for first door? How many tires? Tried 60-100

Send it to me to play, I want to help promote your game?🙏🏻💖🥹