Captain Disaster and the Two Worlds of Riskara demo - Steam Deck compatibility confirmed

Since I don't own one myself I have to rely on reports from other people to know that this and the previous Captain Disaster games are compatible with the Steam Deck. One of the test team for Riskara has kindly created a video showing the demo being played on it.

Apparently the Steam Deck did show a message saying that the game might not be playable, so I don't really know what that's about, but it then worked. I'm not sure if the warning message is in relation to certain redistributables possibly not being available.

Anyway enough waffle from me, see the video below! With thanks to Ramon.

Captain Disaster featured in upcoming adventure game lists

Captain Disaster and the Two Worlds of Riskara was featured in Iago Lake's report "The 50 most promising Graphic Adventures of 2024". (Native language Spanish but Google does a decent job of translating it.)

The game was also featured in Adventure Game Hotspot's video "Upcoming Adventure Games 2024...And Beyond!"

It was especially nice to be featured by AdventureGameGeek, who’s built a strong reputation as one of the genre’s most enthusiastic champions. His coverage is rooted in a genuine love of adventure games, old and new alike, and that makes this sort of spotlight particularly appreciated for indie projects trying to find their audience. 

What's even nicer is that he's actually a tester and voice actor for my forthercoming game, Captain Disaster and the Two Worlds of Riskara!

We've joined the one thousand club!!

Very happy that Captain Disaster and the Two Worlds of Riskara has reached a thousand wishlists on Steam. Obviously this is nowhere near our final target but it's an extremely important milestone along the way.

Reaching 1,000 wishlists felt like a worthwhile milestone, even if it was never going to put Stomping Boots into blockbuster territory. There is no single official definition of what counts as “good” for a small indie game, and Valve itself says there is no minimum wishlist number required before a game starts being shown to users. Even so, wishlists do matter: Steam notes that they can affect placement in areas such as Popular Upcoming, and wishlisters can receive notifications when a game launches or goes on sale. Current market analysis also suggests that the majority of Steam releases still launch with under 10,000 wishlists, so 1,000 is at least evidence of genuine pre-release interest rather than just background noise.

The often-repeated figure of around 7,000 wishlists is best understood as industry rule-of-thumb rather than an official Steam requirement. In indie marketing circles, that sort of number is commonly cited as the point where a game has a realistic chance of appearing in Popular Upcoming, which in turn can help create the stronger launch burst Steam tends to reward. Valve does not publish a formal threshold, though, so it is safer to think of 7,000 not as a magic pass mark, but as one widely discussed benchmark for giving a small commercial indie a better shot at visibility.