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NateG

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About NateG

Hey HN! My name is Nate and I'm the founder of Outcast Games, an indie game studio. If you like strategy and management style games you can check out our game Pit of War (www.pitofwar.com).

You can email me at nate (at) outcastgames (dot) com

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    http://www.pitofwar.com is an online browser game I created that targets a niche audience who likes strategy/simulation/text heavy style games. EMAIL LISTS When I first launched I …

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    I did some of the UI art myself, but for the character art and gear I hired artists to do that. I directed them but they made the magic happen. If you're interested in making a gam…

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    I created an online game called Pit of War ( http://www.pitofwar.com ). It's a strategy/management game that puts you in charge of a stable of gladiators. You train your gladiators…

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    I cut my teeth on games like Zork when I was a kid and never looked back. Text based games have always captured my interest and I often tell my friends that there is no better grap…

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    What is true is if you chased the mobile game craze there was a small window where little indie games had traction. A well developed indie game (I would call it an exception at thi…

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    I've been programing games since I was 10 years old and games are the only reason I went into Computer Science. I started off at a smaller studio out of college and accepted a sala…

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    Another great recent adventure game is Gemini Rue. It provided me a good deal of fun and the story was very clever. http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/games/gemini-rue/

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    I often go to install an app but then abort when it asks for what I consider to be overreaching permissions for what the app is. I'm sure the majority of the apps need the permissi…

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    The game has two currencies. Hard currency (Trophies) that are mainly bought with real money and soft currency (Gold) which are found in game. It is a fairly standard practice for …

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    I created a web game called Pit of War ( http://www.pitofwar.com ) about three years ago and it has been generating enough monthly income to pay all my bills and affords me the abi…