How I Made A Game - from Start to Finish! 

Should I make an in-depth video on a particular side of game development? (Like Coding, or Art?) Comment Below!

The idea of spending years on something only for it to flop or not even see the light of day terrifies me but man what you've done with this is really something special. I remember seeing this project way back. Great to see the end of the road!

I'm studying game art right now and your story is honestly so inspiring. You don't shy away from talking about your failures and instead show us what we can learn from them. I really hope your game will be a success and that I might also be able to develop one in the future.

patch quest is probably one of the most refined gaming experiences i've played recently. being part of the community throughout the development was great!

I saw this video at the perfect point in my game design journey, I just started my "last 10%" of menus, options, and all the other minutia. As another first time dev, thanks for the motivation.

genuinely insane that this is your "first" game. The quality of it is truly something to be proud of, Lemon.

You should make a video where you explain the creation of a monster. Like what was the original concept, how and why you changed it over time and go more in-depth in the little design choices.

It's been a fun ride, happy to have jumped on the beta when I did

Really excellent video, so many great messages, sounds like you learned a lot from this journey both about game development and about yourself. Congrats on making an excellent game and reaching the finish line!

Might sound funny but when I moved to another country for my PhD last year, your videos really helped me settle in and I got super immersed in those alone, without ever playing the game. Those videos alone have helped me a lot on my personal journey, so thanks! Definitely gonna buy the game

Yesss! It's amazing to see all the changes the game has had, and can't wait to see new projects!

This looks like something Nintendo would take years to make with a whole team! You somehow managed to do it all by yourself!? Props to you man (:

It is really hard for me to play games now as I am always drawn to trying to emulate what they have done. It is a very dangerous double edged sword. It is comforting to hear another developer going through this issue. I appreciate your advice.

Thank you! What a champ. Just know that now there are indie devs looking at patch quest and thinking "how can my game ever match this?" Like you did with games like hadies and slay the spire just a couple years ago.

I'm so excited that Patch Quest is finally getting a proper release! By far one of my favorite indies, and I can't wait to continue to see it grow :)

Amazing to see the project coming to an end! Been following your journey for a couple of years now!

Your game looks very polished! Well done! Good luck!

you are amazing, kudos for your game and your journey!

Congratulations on the launch!!

Your monster designs are SO GOOD.

Really great to hear it all worked out for you! I loved your other video about having to start over.

20:58 The quote " Don't compare yourself to other people. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday " is by Jordan Pearson. Great guy.

I was watching your devlogs for a long time, played early access version, and I will come back to it at full release. Great job so far - good luck, fingers crossed!

I am really excited for the launch and btw great video 😊

Great video, and you should be so proud of your game. It looks fun and beautiful! I'm literally just dipping my toe into game making, but im a bit older and basically starting from scratch

I'm currently watching your video while I'm developing my own game. Its really inspiring to see your journey up and downs until your final result. Amazing work ! Great Video

Fascinating video. You've made an amazing game to be very proud of, it's incredibly fun! I've been hooked ever since I bought it. I'm sure it was rough, glad you didn't give up. Great job!!

You are such an inspiration for me. I've loved patch quest, and I'm super excited for what comes next!

This game looks fantastic, already shared it with my friends and all of them are interested. I fully support you , and I love how fresh the idea is . KEEP IT UP MY FRIEND !!!! 🤩

Brilliant video. It's great to hear your retrospective thoughts and the whole story!

Congrats! I’ve had Parch Quest wishlisted for so long. Literally just about to play for the first time on my Steam Deck. Looks like you’ve hit that perfect balance between being punishingly difficult and yet never frustrating.

Thank you for sharing your journey with us! I’ll revisit this video when I need it ❤ I thought that Patchquest was created by a larger studio, so kudos for you, your skills, patience and love for your ideas.

I am starting my game dev journey your journey is really inspiring.

I’d love it if you made a video on each of the topics you listed at the end. But even if you don’t, I can’t wait to get Patch Quest. It looks fun and unique. You’ve taught me a lot about game design which has been so helpful! Thanks and good luck for the launch and your future projects!

Your videos really make me feel quite excited for the future. I'll def. keep my scope quite small. Had some experience with PHP a few years back so I hope I have a good idea on how to not go overboard with my ideas. Thanks a bunch for your videos and talking about mistakes and lessons learned. Was a blast and you most certainly saved a lot of people a lot of time and frustration

Hi, i just bought your game on steam. it's freakin awesome. thank you for diving into your dev philosophy

I just came back from one of Retromation's plays of Patch Quest. I didn't realize that the world of Patch Quest is so large and complex. I really enjoy when some of his comments run parallel to your descriptions of the game. Very cool game!

I think in-depth vids would be an awesome follow-up across the board :) The learning curve for every one of those hurdles you jumped, smashed through and tripped over would be a great thing!

Thank you for this video!😍 I'm starting out with game dev and your experiences you provide are sooo helpful to here!🥰✨ Please keep updates us about your journey, this video was so much pleasure to watch😍💫✨👍🏼

Really proud how far this project has come and how much you have learned and share it with us! You nailed it with monster design and understood appeal, which many other monster designers seem to miss. I'm also trying making game and it is really hard!

This is my favorite game in general. You did amazing

Really beautiful video, made me tear up a bit. It must feel really great to have a release date after all this time. Been following you for a few years and the game has never looked better. Can’t wait to play through it again when it finally releases v1.0

Struggling along on my own solo journey while I try to simultaneously learn Unity and C#. Your video helped me feel less alone and gave me some inspo. Thanks for that!

Great video! It sounds like you've ascended to a level of understanding of gamedev that not many do. Congratz on your achievments and I'm sure that your next games will be great, as you are on the right track.

congratulations, awesome journey, awesome guy. and hopefully awesome game

What a great success story, your game looks beautiful. And the video is so well made. Congrats on all the success. ♥

Very enjoyable video i like how u explained divided into chapters and how sincere u was not hidding any details. about the game inself the "lasso" idea is a very good innovation since it require some skill to dodge the bullets and keep completing the circle.

I found this game through your ant game videos and just have to say I bought the game and I LOVE IT! It's so fun you really did make something special

Great video, cant wait to play your game!

This is like a whole book's worth of information all edited and packaged perfectly. Amazing content!

Congrats! First time seeing a video from you and I luckily stepped on such nice achievement of yours. It was trully inspiring for me to know a bit of your journey, since game dev is my dream, but currently busy with life challenges as a programmer. Hope you doing well with your projects, cheers!

Thanks so much, I really love this video. I also love the game, absolutely adore it. You did an amazing job and really turned everything around!

So inspiring and cool! Def one of my fav devlogs out there. I cant wait to see your well deserved success! ;) And I cant wait to finally play the game too

20 minute - 23 minute mark was beautiful. I am a college professor and director of data science courses while also working on my PhD in AI but I have been making games on the side for years, doing consulting work for indies who don't underestand economics / econometrics for their games. I have been working on my dream game for years and I redo it from scratch each time I learn new skills. I can walk miles around adobe products and game engines, but I am solo so it gets discouraging when I run into breaks where I see new completed games. I teach my students growth mindset and I'm here living it. I also think back to the fact that I am trying to also tell a story and immerse the audience in an environment. I am also reminded that a lot of games exist and are fun to play now even though their style and concept are almost 40 years old.

Great Video! Ive always wanted to be a game developer and you’ve really inspired me! I sincerely hope your game does well, you deserve it!

That animation trailer looks great! This was an awesome journey to watch evolve over time, and congrats on finishing it to the end!

Dude this is very inspiring. Downloading PQ right now!

Thank you for sharing this uniquely useful experience!

This video was insanely well put together. Awesome game!

WOW What a crazy video!! Thanks for the motivation!! Wishlisting the game right away

It was great to watch your journey. I started seeing your videos 2 years ago and I’m so happy patch quest is almost completed

Love that you used Donkey Kong Country music for this video. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Excited to try your game. 💕

I am watching your dev logs for a while now. I am impressed that you could keep up the motivation through out those years. So, I just bought your game and played it for a few hours. I realy enjoy it so far. It has fun game play mechanics and it is very polished. Great work!!!

I've been following your journey on Patch Quest for years now, learning from your experiences as you developed all these things and explained all your Dev Logs and... I don't design video games, my focus tends to be more on the tabletop: TTRPGs, Card Games, Board Games. And I've learned so much from seeing you fight to finish this game that I can apply to my own projects. I didn't realize until I'd discovered your videos that I'd made much the same mistake, and overlooked what the core of my game was and had to restart from scratch several times before I was finally able to settle on something. My own projects are still in development, but I wanted to take a moment to thank you for all the advice, guidance, and inspiration you've given me over the years. I *finally* remembered to subscribe today, and you can bet I'll be buying a copy when Patch Quest Releases next month. Thank you so much for everything, and congratulations on your upcoming release.

Very inspiring, hope you will make it big! I relate a lot about the artist's part and desire to create that dream project. I respect your dedication toward making your journey because I see a lot of myself in it.

I have been following along for some years and it has always been exciting to see Patch Quest evolve and being even more enjoyable to play!! Tracking the progress in the great dev log videos and having a go at it for each new update has been a blast and the game have managed to impress me with new brilliant features every time becoming even better (For instance when underwater and all the music and sounds become “submerged”. Especially PAC’s bibs and bops xD ). I look much forward to the launch and how it all ties together!!

This video was truly inspiring. There are many "how to game dev" videos out there, but this video really got to me. Your passion is incredible and I'm so proud of you for not giving up for so many years working on this project. Personally, rougelite is not at all my genre. Your game definitely looks awesome, but it's just not my kinda game. I bought it anyway to support you, as I think passionate, dedicated artists like you are definitely what this world needs. I'm sure many players out there will greatly enjoy your creation! Good luck

I remember seeing one of your videos ages ago, I'm so amazed that you've come so fare :)

2 years ago I watched your old video, installed your game on the discord app store, and then when I saw this I was so happy

Really great video, learnt a ton from this video. I really liked the flowers, animals and randoms videos in between which tied the whole thing together. Will definitely give the game a try

This video was absolutely incredible. You did such a fantastic job distilling down the indie game creation experience, and your game looks like an absolute blast to play! Best of luck on your launch, I’ll be picking myself up a copy!

I saw your game on Steam and I was like - wait... I remember watching a RU-vid video about a game similar to this. And wouldn't you know, this was the video! Immediately bought it :)

Cool! I would love to be able to make this journey and upload a similar video in the near future. Looking back at something I made and share it with people. Congrats on making one of your dreams come true! Haha, I hope to find and work with someone like you on a game like the PKMN TCG for the GameBoy! That would be a dream come true!

ohhh really interesting, i did never thing about the main thing in the game such as jumping in mario, it's actually gonna help me so much, already love this video so far

This game has become really fun and it feels complete imo

Your story is really inspiring, thank you!

This video hits crazy hard nice job dude.

Congratulations Lemon!!! Thank you so much for making Patch Quest ❤It's given me and my family a lot of fun :)

Thank you for sharing your awesome journey. It's inspired me so much. 🙏

This video came at the exact right time! I literally just rediscovered your channel just as I'm starting to take game development seriously. Thanks so much for being so transparent with everything! Your story is very helpful

Congrat, you did a good job for your game

Thunbs up for DKC soundtrack use. Stickerbrush symphony

Super inspirational. Could not agree more on learning that the things worth doing are often the hardest. Can't wait to try out the 1.0 version of the game!

Thank you so much for the video. Helped a lot.

Very few games have such a focus around its monsters/pets. I love things like pokemon and monster hunter so I'll definitely check your game out. You are hitting a niche thats targeting me hard. Hope your game does amazing!

You make great videos :) Please keep it up!

Congratulations !! Publishing a game is a huge achievement. I work with big teams to make and deliver and it's already hard, making one all by yourself is a humongous challenge. Thank you for sharing your experience both now and along the way.

i want to become a game developer when i am older and have been learning and exploring for 2 years now and you have taught me a tonnnn of life lessons thanks!! my favorite video

Your story is so inspiring, this video He taught me soo many things, what to do how to do, and your game is truly a work of art. And thanks to you i now have a reason to start game dev too. Thank you Sorry if there are speling mistakes, my english aint very good

That was a great animation/trailer👍

this game you've made looks amazing. it's amazing that you made this while also working and you did everything on this without a team?? incredible

Just bought the game, so excited to play it!!!

YOU FINISHED IT?? I'M SO PROUD! I remember watching your update video years ago.

great ideo! keep the good work!! hope you will add content and dlc .. the game is awesome :)

Great video! Thank you so much for putting it out there! But I think you must've talked more about the publisher thing - you just skipped through it as it was nothing, but I'm sure it wasn't an easy decision and IDK even what the process was. Would love for another video explaining your process with the publisher and how it started. Thanks again! 🙂

scrolling througt steam and found this game, the art is remind me from dev log videos on yt. congrats for the release

I'm in the middle of reworking a game i've spent years on right now. Thanks for inspiring me to continue onwards!

This game has been such a joy during early access, I can't wait for the full release 😊 I'm rooting for you (and your numbers)!

Your game looks pretty cool man.

Just found out this beautiful game, hopefully I will be able to buy it at the end of the month. One Toy Idea: Flute (actually amazing if is playable but I think that is too much), when sounds all the pets in ranch make a little dance at the same rhytm maybe even march in line . Looking foward for more news!