The Hobo Dev

One coin. One name. Forever.

It’s raining. You’re in a back street you probably shouldn’t be in.

There’s a man standing there.

Stay a bit… don’t be afraid.

Five minutes

That’s how long this takes, and it isn’t pretending otherwise.

No combat. No puzzles. Nothing to fail.

Just listen to this strange man.

Relax, there’s a fire to stand near. A radio you can turn on. A stool, if you’d rather sit.

One wall is covered floor to ceiling in post-it notes — a name on every square.

The man hands you a pen.

Your name will go up, with a number that belongs to nobody else.

Why it costs a coin

I’m a solo developer, and I’m building a bigger game called SCRAWLERZ.

This is a way I’m paying for it — one coin at a time, from people who stopped.

The wall is the receipt.

The small print

Your name stays on the wall for as long as you own a game copy in your library.

If enough people stop, this might end up as the longest list of names on Steam….

But that part isn’t up to me.