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How to Become a Successful Indie Game Developer

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49 responses to “How to Become a Successful Indie Game Developer”

  1. Guilhem Ané Avatar
    Guilhem Ané

    Focus on the GAMEPLAY before the art

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  2. ZackRj Perm_Aux Avatar
    ZackRj Perm_Aux

    Tips and tricks: Be a business man wear a suit wirh blood in it and make sure that u haveto go diareha and dont wash ur bitt and told to go make out and go put ur butt on her face Boom!!

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  3. pro masterchannel Avatar
    pro masterchannel

    but first u need money

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  4. TwisterLord Avatar
    TwisterLord

    I have some questions:
    1. For the social aspect, does the GameJolt leaderboard API count?
    2. Does the game design have to be good models or can I just worry about good gameplay and fun gameplay?

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  5. its ninjamax Avatar
    its ninjamax

    WOAH WOAH WOAH you say are first game is going to be shit which makes sense but then you think we can put in a multiplayer

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  6. Anonymous Developer Avatar
    Anonymous Developer

    i am making game in unity+cryegine+ue4 and that game is advance realistic does i call myself indie game developer.
    its my first game ever.
    i only have knowledge of modeling and level design.

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  7. Botond Koncz Avatar
    Botond Koncz

    thank you 🙂

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  8. Korean Takeout Avatar
    Korean Takeout

    Did that game ever release?

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  9. SpeedKunG Avatar
    SpeedKunG

    hey can you judge my game this link to download : http://www.mediafire.com/file/vli9pd4ad3hvtro/Dodge+the+wave+DEMO%282%29.exe

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  10. RJ Videos Avatar
    RJ Videos

    Good point about design, I've made the mistake multiple times of starting coding directly without taking the time to properly think about what I'm trying to achieve, lost a lot of time

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  11. Wintercloud Games Avatar
    Wintercloud Games

    I've been working on a game it's coming along nicely but how do I get more exposure?

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  12. Athaariq Ardiansyah Avatar
    Athaariq Ardiansyah

    3:00 "you need to create a game.. under 6 months"
    well… I had worked on my game dev project since 1 year ago, with 2 times of epic fail that I must get start over. but my dad told to me "never give up.. even it's seems impossible, happiness of hardworks awaits you". so.. what I gonna do? I just finished approx. 63% of my project, i dunno what's future looks like :s

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  13. ChaseNetwork Avatar
    ChaseNetwork

    I have a question for ya, mate. Do yall have a specific way of setting your environment when you do your work? For example, is there a temperature yall feel more focused in, or a genre of music that keeps you going? Established game developers have that next pay check to look forward, to expect. Before even getting that far, what free resources are you using? What resources have you found yourself paying for? How are you funding the resources you do have to pay for?

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  14. ChaseNetwork Avatar
    ChaseNetwork

    1st: Thank you for keeping your eyes on the road.
    2nd: I can pretty much echo the same things, as I've been given the same advice too.

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  15. Notorious Avatar
    Notorious

    Far from home was such a good game to bad they gave up developmeny

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  16. team 89er Avatar
    team 89er

    you were right, just make simple game first mybe html5 games , try every genre types of games out there while making long term project

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  17. Μεη Μεης Avatar
    Μεη Μεης

    (sorry for my bad english )
    So
    Im just 20 yrs old , as all people like to create and build,i like to create and build something too…
    from my 18 thinking for game developing,watching videos tutorials how games made and all that stuff
    then i get a job in a bakery making breads at night :P( yeah ) make a lot of money from the next 2 years ( its a lot of money for me because i don't have responsibilities ) i bought a nice setup for 3D design with good hardware 2 monitors ,Digitizer and all that stuff… i did some lessons for 3D modeling & programming c# ( i start with Js but i left after 2 months)
    and i have good skills on paint art and photoshop ( we learn it on school for 3 yearts) okay i sayd too much lets get to the point of the question
    -DO i have a hope to be a game developer with no degree? is that posible?
    Can game developing be my actual job? i love this job

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  18. Pixel Quadrant Games Avatar
    Pixel Quadrant Games

    You should really call these types of videos when u r in the car "Drive N' Discuss"

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  19. Java the Hut Avatar
    Java the Hut

    You remind me of a young Cliff Bleszinski. I am cracking up at how you talk about game design, and people being too interested in programming. Programming to me is nothing but a barrier. I am completely into game design. It's just, who respects a game designer with no experience? You basically have to start out as a programmer. Unless you are a millionaire and can fund your ideas. Steps 1 through 3 for me right now are programming. I know that if I can program that I can make great games. For me though, programming is hard as hell. But I suppose the truth is that I just haven’t put in enough hours yet. I will cry when I have 10,000 hours and can’t code.

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  20. Egoitz Sanz Avatar
    Egoitz Sanz

    what program are you using to design your game?

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  21. Abdulbasit Saidu Avatar
    Abdulbasit Saidu

    very useful info thank you!

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  22. Jason Loh Avatar
    Jason Loh

    Hi, i hope you can answer me based on your experience. Me and my friend, we are still in developing a puzzle game for android well maybe 70% complete i will say but the problem is we had gameplay and we had game progression but our game's UI and layout just look suck.We both did not know or even had some talent of drawing, we suck at drawing so what we doing right now is take image or asset from some free source and put in our game and not to meantion about the bgm and sound effect of our game. Of course that did not look nice so how do you tackle this problem or maybe someone who reading my comment can help me thanks. >.<

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  23. NanoCake Avatar
    NanoCake

    i'm not gonna lie this is me when i''m Programming
    ~SoFlo

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  24. RAMPAGEGAGE Avatar
    RAMPAGEGAGE

    Dude, why the fuck are you recording this while your driving?

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  25. Supercalifragilistic expialidocious Avatar
    Supercalifragilistic expialidocious

    I just realized that he says "RealTutsGML" not the "Real Touch to HTML" at the beginning of the video .

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  26. deadtrix 17 Avatar
    deadtrix 17

    why are filming this in your car

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  27. Lucas Oliveira Avatar
    Lucas Oliveira

    My first game was lame xD

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  28. UnsensoredGaming Avatar
    UnsensoredGaming

    May I email you ? In need of help learning Java

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  29. The Floppy Bird Avatar
    The Floppy Bird

    My mom has the same car.

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  30. Andrew Pullos Avatar
    Andrew Pullos

    I just release my first indie game Dashi Dragon on the App Store only a few days ago. I have received good reviews from those who have played it. It has a built in leader board the game took 5 months to complete. The biggest lesson I have learnt is that you can't rely on the App Store for downloads, my game is pretty much invisible.. you need to start marketing the game for the moment you start developing build a following and hype so that when its release you already have people interested. It's was worth the time just for the experience but I'll defiantly be prioritising marketing for my next project! I'm not sure if the App Store is to saturated I may need to try other market places. Can you give any advice on this?

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  31. Satyr Games Avatar
    Satyr Games

    First Game we developed got little promotion and got 480 downloads! 4:41

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  32. 朱琳 Avatar
    朱琳

    Does there any game design tools helps alot?

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  33. XxPoN3dxX Games Avatar
    XxPoN3dxX Games

    my biggest problem is trying to find people to share the work load with me. more minds create better games.

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  34. King Delta Productions Avatar
    King Delta Productions

    If at any time I can't keep an idea floating in my mind any longer, I write it down on a mass idea list on Google Drive. If an idea won't work out well (or simply shouldn't even have been thought about for the current project), I mark it red, and save it for another project.

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  35. Fraser Lee Avatar
    Fraser Lee

    How does this have so many views but so little likes

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  36. IvanKeyz Avatar
    IvanKeyz

    Do you make a living off game development?

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  37. Stunts & Stuff Avatar
    Stunts & Stuff

    how do you create a game

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  38. Ajwad Imran Avatar
    Ajwad Imran

    Thanks man 🙂

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  39. Talent Lost - GameMaker Tutorials Avatar
    Talent Lost – GameMaker Tutorials

    Good advice man, I think we've all dived head first into this at least once and failed as a result. Designing is super important.

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  40. Cal C Avatar
    Cal C

    OR if you wing it don't stop trying to wing it and eventually you'll get good at winging it.  No matter how you come at it don't complete drop a path because it's hard.  #No Single Path To Game Production

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  41. ANAMIK MAJUMDAR Avatar
    ANAMIK MAJUMDAR

    Thanks for your advice. Really helpful for us. Thank you.

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  42. Ignacio Faccio Avatar
    Ignacio Faccio

    i need a desinegr / Artist to creat sprits all work will be done in gml

    Reply
  43. funkeymonkeyedc Avatar
    funkeymonkeyedc

    thanks for this video!!! But do you know what would be a good price to sell it at maybe a free game with in game purchases or $5 maybe completly free only for your 1st 1-3 games

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  44. Alfie Giles Avatar
    Alfie Giles

    How did you learn coding fully because I'm struggling with the YouTube videos.

    I want to be able to have a game of my own to say I made that and have something on my cv when I go to get a job and "ohh yeah I made that and I enjoyed it"

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  45. All Natural Spingus Avatar
    All Natural Spingus

    This was incredibly helpful. Thanks man! 🙂

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  46. DOOM RAPTOR Avatar
    DOOM RAPTOR

    This is how I think I will become a better game developer:

    Make a game using construct 2
    Learn javascript
    Try to make a simple 3d game using unity or unreal engine (both free)

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  47. spawn1390 Avatar
    spawn1390

    Is it possible to make a decent title with Unity? I lack programming experience.

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  48. Jordan Aaron Smith Avatar
    Jordan Aaron Smith

    So i have unreal engine 4 and stuff, and also have Maya, should i model stuff in maya, texture it etc, then import it into unreal and make a game? 
    Sounds like a good starting spot to me? 

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  49. Michael M Avatar
    Michael M

    My first game I made with gamemaker:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tangerine.mrrunfree

    Please help a fellow developer by leaving some feedback 😉 (I'll do the same XD)

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