CheesiMoon's Dev Talks #4: Why the new name "Astropods: Starside Glaze"?
Welcome back to Dev Talks! Dev Talks will be a time to talk about my thoughts on the current game being developed and anything else that's potentially relevant. This is the 4th episode, but each episode is self-contained, like a slice-of-life show. Recently, the name of the current game project I’m working on, previously known as “Hallegen: Starset Glaze”, was just changed to "Astropods: Starside Glaze". This is a pretty big deal, as the name of a game (or any piece of art in general) is incredibly important not only for identity's sake, but also to somehow describe the experience and vibe of the game. Keep in mind, this is very, very in-depth, so a TL;DR is at the end if you don’t wanna read through all 3000+ words, which is very understandable. I’m also gonna try to section this one into subcategories as well for the sake of readability, so bear with me. SEGMENTS: Why change the name to begin with? Rules for the new name to follow The processing process Why a subtit...