Yeah, no BS - no "Welcome youtubers...." or "Omg here are my 20 thousand sponsors blah blah blah" or "omg memememmee for 1 hour then last 2 minutes -- heres the conent". THANK YOU!
@NoseKey The way I see it,game jams will help me force myself to learn to work faster,once I figure out how to *develop* a game in a short time,then I can focus on the *design* part.
If you think game jams are useless for game development, you do not understand game development and didn't even pay attention to this video. This video talks about making and finishing games in a small scale, which is all about what game jams are about. They make you work quicker and force you to be productive, which are core abilities on your kit.
@@priestoffern1608 I gotta say, making games is hard, but criticizing someone for a bad attitude is not bad. At the same time, it really hurts sometimes (depending upon the situation) to hear criticism. Especially if it isn't constructive. Edit: Also, I barely know anything of Yanderedev. I just know it is a game being made because my girlfriend was watching videos on it.
I love how, you just tell people to do it. Theres no like, uncertainty about it. Just "yea do all this" atleast for me personally, it gave me a feeling of "I can do this" you dont give people doubt on whether they can do it or not. Love it man.
As someone who learned to make games by starting with a bunch of gamejams, then a bunch of week projects and now game-a-month for like a year or two. I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH how incredible this advice is. Finish games! I love your channel and you are a real breath of fresh air. Thanks for this video!
It's been 1 year since i finished a game. But today i finally joined a Jam and finished making a game in 1 day. It feels amazing. I immediately realized i need to do alot of 1-day game jams, then move to 3-day jams, and slowly increase the time it takes to put out a game.
@@deathpresent101 The algorithm can work against good tutorials like this though, there are a lot of 10:01 min long filler videos, 'content' creators, an empty word describing vacuous filler, ballast but no substance. I agree with kilravok, subscribe to see more of stuff like this, whether they make a career out of it or not.
I am so mad right now. I want him to spend 5 minutes on a joke about something unrelated to the topic or go 10 minutes talking about how other tutorials are terrible.
Holy shit dawg this is the first "How To" tutorial that I've actually found useful. Keep doing what you're doing, cuz what you're doing is pretty damn great!
I really appreciate this point of view. I've really been avoiding learning programming because it is just the antithesis of everything I like and am good at (math was always my worst subject) but it really seems like basic programming is necessary for what I want to do. I tried learning before but it was on weekends while I was working full time and almost nothing stuck. I guess starting April 10th of 2022 I will do my best to follow your advice and learn as much programming as I can per day for 3 months and save the art for my free time.
goddamn this has to be a video that I wasn't that excited to watch as I kept game developing at a later point in my to-do list but this has to be the most well explained video that already makes me want to start working on it because of how rigid and believable the plan is
Excellent advice. If you want to be an indie game dev, programming is no more important than the ability to set realistic goals and finishing stuff. There is sooooooo much more to it than people think.
Yeah! A lot! Actually now I'm working at a small indie studio from my country but we're growing together! I'd learned a lot from those small projects I was creating, and I'm learning much more from my new working experience, specially about the gaming industry, scope of projects etc :)
'watch one or two tutorials a day for two months. THEN start making small games' - this sounds like a great way to find yourself getting rapidly disinterested and giving up. Watch 1-2 tutorials a day AND make small 1 week games for two months is going to help you a lot more.
There was a lot of information so I just broke it down Ok 1st you watch 1-2 tutorials a day for 2-3 months then make a very simple game in 1 hour. Look at the 1-hour game, estimate on how much you can get done in 2 days, make a plan, then make the game Same thing but it's 1 week now, then 2 weeks. Go back to making a game in 1 hour, then 2 days, etc. for a total of 8 games Now time for game design skills. Make 8 small games, ideally in a week for each one, get an idea for a game, make 5 levels and experiment with the ideas/levels. Get feedback from other people. Now It's time to make a full-length game with 100 levels You can add 1 thing to a level then play it then repeat until the level is done or put random mechanics in a level, play it then rearrange it until the level's done. You could also put a bunch of stuff out there then try to beat the level and take one of the solutions that didn't work then make it work.
I'm still pretty new to gamedev but I started out with it by first, finding an engine that I like (for me, that was GameMaker Studio 2) and then learning it. I watched a lot of tutorials and then experimented with what I learnt. My first big milestone was making a box move around the screen. Then I challenged myself to make an Asteroids rip-off in 48 hours and then I experimented more and then I remade Flappy Bird in 10 minutes and I just experimented more, made weird prototypes, etc. Now I'm working on my 2nd game that I'm gonna release. Also, when I was first starting out, I Googled a LOT. So this is just my experience/some advice
It really bugs me when RU-vid throws me unsolicited game dev advice, but after seeing this video in my inbox for the third time this week I finally caved in and went to watch it. This video....was really good. I am glad I watched it and I will look back on it the next time I am feeling lost.
Thank you for making these videos. I'm not exaggerating when I say they've been a major part of pushing me to finally get work done on my game dev goals.
What I like about this video is there’s no flashy title intro. It’s just straight to the point. Now what I really like about it is how you recommend starting small. I think where most aspiring game devs fail is they come in with some big game idea, try to create it while learning which of course is overwhelming leaving them to quit. “Maybe making games isn’t for me” There was an article I read a while back of a study done on some pottery class. Half the class would be graded on quantity while the other would be graded on quality. The half graded on quality took there time, focused on creating just one pot that semester. Essentially the quantity half came out of the class as better potters than the quality half. I’ll bet the first couple looked like crap, but eventually their pots started getting better and more refined. Takeaway: Make a lot of crap pots! Focus on execution not perfection.
3:09 So Super Shoot Bros.? This would actually work pretty damn well, I can just see people go flying when getting hit by a grenade, after softening them up with full-auto, which gradually pushes them around more with it's high rate. Probably put in some heavy aim-assist and homing so it's not completely insufferable to be on the receiving end, and have good defensive play options like knocking them out of your line of sight yourself, so you get a moment. Verticality would be a big thing in the map design too, I'd love to see this, tying mechanics to positioning is a good way to create cohesive games.
I know of at least one "3D smash bros" kinda like that, and it is a really neat idea. I've always wanted a Smash Bros game that was in 3D. The possibilities are exciting!
Bit late to the party, but this video made me remember a mod for Team Fortress 2 appropriately named SMASH BROS. You could watch a video from STAR_ titled "TF2: Bone Zone Smash Bros" to see some gameplay. It honestly looks a bit clunky and slow, but then again it's just a mod and not its own game. Building a game from the ground up with this idea in mind sounds like an interesting idea though, people like shooters and smash bros so a combination like that *might* just be the best of both worlds (or it might create something horrible, you never know when combining 2 good things).
@@Azumongo Ooh, I'll check that out! Yeah, it's particularly tricky since getting crowd controlled can be the worst feeling. Maybe there would be some meter that has to fill up before you get staggered at all, allowing for some strafing and running to cover etc. If it's a class based shooter, there could be like a heavy class that is a bigger target, but has a bigger stagger resist meter. Or, if it's an arena shooter, there could be power-ups for that! I really like the sound of the latter, since map-control could be particularly interesting in this kind of game. Edit: When I say stagger, I actually mean knock-back. Perhaps ''back'' is misleading though, maybe you could lob a grenade at their feet and launch them upwards at an angle relative to location of explosion etc.
This seems like good advice for many creative outlets. I've already thought on how I can apply this to so many other things. In gesture drawing class, we start at 30 seconds, then 1 minute, then 2 and usually going to 5 and 10. I never really thought I would scale up this concept to the way you explained. Thanks for the mind blow!
That's actually a really great point! Like I use figure drawing websites that basically do that untill I can get back to classes. It's honestly a good system for learning you just gotta finish what you start
Finishing games is a super important skill! It took me 10 years to get there because I’m a perfectionist. I would scrap games like crazy when I didn’t get them right. Even if it’s not how you want it. Please just finish it. Don’t get caught in this loop it’s really frustrating.
hey man just wanted to say this video is still out hear wafting fat waves of inspiration. I've just begun to learn and will be doing my best to follow this didact
You’ve made my fantasies of being a game maker feel so much more achievable. I thank you from the bottom of my heart because this is my passion n I’ve for so long thought I need millions of dollars and a team of experts. Thank you so much
wow, life really got in the way of my game lol but I am about ready to make a small video on it, and I will be releasing all source to my project, all scripts, textures and sound effects I use as well Right now I have built a rather solid BUILD ENGINE (duke nukem 3D) like clone in Godot. right now I have working : Enemy units (right now I got 12 different ones, mostly bug types) all with 8 directional sprite matrix. At certain distances they will chase, you, closer they will shoot at you, and up close they will melee you. They have multiple different attacks, range, physical, get hit animations, sound effects (each effect has 4 sounds that cycle) that drop items on death. (able to hurt each other) I got health, armor and ammo drops of different sizes, breakable barrels that can drop items, exploding barrels, grenades, breakable items such as chairs, desks, tables. I have 2 levels made so far. Got a gold and inventory and item drop system, and right now I am just finishing up the door and key part. My goal with this project, is I want to make a base of a game I can get my kids making levels for. So by creating everything needed to make a game, so that when my kids make their first levels, they can just make a level, copy and paste some enemies in, put some breakable items in, some exploding barrels, a couple doors with keys, some health and armor and ammo drops laying around, without out needing to actually code it yet. Then my plan to teach them coding is first start off with MODIFIYING the scripts we are currently using to achieve what they want, then slowly showing them how to make new scripts and make their own. After my BUILD ENGINE clone, I will be focusing on building a very very simple game that the player controls a rolling ball, and get the kids to make interesting levels using the physics, and use each level to focus on something simple, like one level focuses on making rotating platforms, where another focuses on making bouncy pads to jump high, then another one focuses on pressing buttons to open up paths, ect ect I am very excited to show off the start of my BUILD engine like project.. I never thought I would ever make it this far... It is very rough, and not pretty, as I am focusing purely on functionality, and getting core features working well. I have a lot of weapons, items and features planned, but I am focusing on getting the basics done. Majority of features in this project are things I have learned from your videos. I will share the video probably next week (work getting in the way! >
short video to the point and very good advice I should somehow get myself to set time aside to follow instead of endlessly starting new projects. 10/10
I started to learn godot this week, I always wanted to learn how to make games, but my spare time isn't very long. Will try what you said, it makes a lot of sense.
You know, this kinda gave me a bit of perspective. I need to stop thinking big and make some things with a very narrow scope. I often have a decent idea and build on it, but never finish, probably because I'm trying to do too many things.
Great video! I agree, its worth it to understand and know how to make a game, and how to understand how different ideas work with what you know and what you want to expand on. me personally I collect xbox 360 dev stuff, and therefor can see early copies of games that i use to get an idea of how things are done, after a couple years now i love loading up a build of a game and get down into the mechanics and try to replicate them. after i can replicate something, say like a camera that moves with quick time events, i will then get screen shots and try to replicate the environment. doing this i get alot of experience in how devs get it figured out :D
"If you don't have programming experience, watch 1 or 2 tutorials a day for 2 to 3 months"??? That's how you become a mediocre programmer with bad habits tbh
If no dev experience: 1 or 2 tutorials a day for 2-3 months (like Brackeys' tutos) Get comfy with tools using generic public assets: Make a game in 1 hour Make a game in 2 days Make a game in 1 week Make a game in 2 weeks Make a game in 1 hour (again) Make a game in 2 days (again) Make a game in 1 week (again) Make a game in 2 weeks (again) Hone your game design skills: Make one experimental game a week for 8 weeks Release a big game: Make a full polished game with a hundred levels in 4 months, get feedback Make a full polished game with a hundred levels in 4 months, get feedback (again) ... and so on TOTAL: 8 + 8 + 1 + 1 = 18 games in 2+2+4+4 = 12 months (+initial tutorial phase)
I subscribed to Brackeys moments ago. The first video I saw there was: (15 hours ago) "Goodbye and thanks for everything!" 🤣 Well. Is there anyone else you would also recommend?
I'm learning Godot, new to programming so i use GDscript. 2 weeks in parttime, almost done finishing my first game, a topdown arcade pixelart spaceshooter.
My dude, this ignited my motivation! Went off the game dev route after focusing on web tech for a bit. Lost some sharpness in some crucial skill sets, so I was pretty discouraged on catching back-up with it. But this kind of provided me a decent plan to get back to it. Thanks!
Careful, i jumped into a gamejam, only to get hooked on the project and a year later, still working on that gamejam game! Not entirely against my will ofcourse, But also not part of my original plans lol. i did quit for a couple months only to pick it up again. (DriftKing 2D on Steam, sorry for the ad.) It's basically a endless random generated racing game.. But i don't even like cars or racing. Just wanted to make a car and have it drive around a bit. Now it's with me for life! People bought the game and i see myself doing a random update 5 years from now when i feel like making a random car again. or a new biome or whatever. Currently working on adding a 3D mode to this 2D game! XD But the verdict is: Pick your projects carefully! Think of the endgame: Your plan was 6 months, but actually.... the game will be on stores for years/life. you're not gonna be done with it in 6 months. Pick projects that last. Anyone interested in a Steam key [Early Access], Just send me a PM anywhere!
@@jambie I hear you, But it really is just for anyone who's interested in specific details. I didn't drop a direct link which i would consider "marketing". :)
I really loved how precise to the point you were, no bullshit or tangents. Hopefully this will he the thing that gets me onto a game designer road. Thank you!
