What a real video. I dig it. I will say, after seeing so many game dev videos, you should wait to do Steam Next Fest until you’re about ready to launch your game. That’s when most of the interest towards your game will be generated and you’ll wanna strike while the iron is hot. And I would make sure you get a really interesting mechanical hook into your game. Give it some kind of gameplay mechanic that you haven’t seen before in a ninja game that people would see 3 seconds of and immediately wanna play it. You got this! It’s time to make it happen and I believe in you!
Thank you for sharing your experience! I'm 39 and have a computer science degree and somewhat similar situation as you. I told myself im going to be an indie developer while keeping my full time job. I'm going to definitely be looking into making horror games with my 7 year old son giving inspiration and also teaching him. Best of luck brother, you have just as much chance as anyone else in this world to make it. Have you thought about buying assets to cut down on some tedious stuff you are trying to create yourself? Obviously dont asset flip , but im surprised you didn't speak about that. Also .... you teamed up with your brother and that's awesome! I was thinking about doing the same with my Cousin. Overall , I do appreciate listening to your feedback and will definitely take some of your advice ;)
Hey, thanks for sharing and thanks the encouragement! I’ve thought about buying assets but haven’t really come across anything that fits my game. If anything, free assets are good placeholders for now. In the future I may commission someone to redo art, and a OST would be awesome. Good luck with your horror game!
I appreciate how real this video is. Been a solo dev for the last 5 years or so working with Unreal Engine and it has been one of the most difficult and yet fulfilling things to ever happen in my life and that’s without having come close to publishing anything.. It was a heartwarming moment hearing you went back to the project that really interests you and that you’re making progress with it. This was my first video from your channel that I’ve seen but I have subscribed and hoping to see more! Wishing you all the best brother and looking forward to playing this on when the day comes for release!
It's cool seeing youtube recommend videos like this to me, of other people trying to make something cool, after I've started uploading my own short devlogs in the last couple months. I've still got a ways to go but it's interesting seeing people at multiple different stages in development. Keep on working dude
I feel this. Went from making game maker and flash games with 100k plays decades ago, to releasing mobile games with a handful of downloads. Now just making an over scoped metroidvania dream project aiming for steam, watching next fests go by as i am not ready. It's tough and so is the competition so i do believe in fairly ambitious passion projects to have a shot, if you have the experience. I don't have the energy for RU-vid, but these days it is the best way, best luck!
I use gamemaker to make my dream game as well. Please make more tutorials ur coding structure is very solid far better than mine, keep pushing I will support you all the way as a fellow game dev.
I've put my dream game on hold. Either i make it with the smallest scope possible, or I wait to make it later after making other small games. Anyway, I can't finish a single game yet, this S***t is hard. Keep it up!
I met Tom Fulp once. I was working at a liquor store in NJ and one random night he was in my checkout line. It was soon after I posted Trapped 5 actually. It was kinda surreal to suddenly see him in person. This was like 20 years ago.
dont hope on 1 game, fast make fast release, no count ghost money. set 6 month dev cycle thats it go on shelf, move on next game. platformer will sell poorly. 97.6% confirmed. steam no like. steam like horror, cozy, crafting, survival, strategy and anything streamer/audience friendly = much ez mode difficulty success rate. good luck i wish u best in your quest
