I could NEVER finish a game UNTIL THIS... 

Hey guys, I hope you liked the video! Make sure to check out the game if you're interested! Be warned, it is very difficult. As usual, if you have any advice, ideas, criticism, make sure to let me know!

This reminds me of a Jim Butterfield quote when talking about having fun while programming. "Why else would someone stay up til 3 o'clock in the morning, cursing, and then claim to have had a wonderful time the next day." I think the humor of the quote is in the fact that we can relate to it. Those moments when you just want to push through and finish the thing and sometimes that means staying up late to do it. I liked this video. We've all been there. Keep it up.

The biggest issue I have with game jams is that I end up making games noone wants to make and noone wants to play. I don't do well under pressure and I need to do things at my own pace. I ended up doing jams because I was desperate to finish a game, but after a whileI realised that my issue is not about not finishing projects, after all I can finish tiny games if I want to and that have tiny scopes. The issue is that finishing projects of any size is not what is bringing me joy, but having fun with the creative process, so I can reap the satisfaction of a job well done. Working something I care about is much more satisfying than a game I was FORCED to come up with. Having someone else to talk to and show your daily progress is extremely motivating aswell, since a lot of my thoughts are always "I barely made anything at all, this will take forever". I'm not concerned over lacking ideas, in fact, I have too many of them. For me it's about not beating myself up about being "lazy" and just doing what I love.

this got recommended randomly but i really enjoyed this style of video! DevWhale has just earned +1 subs!

The game looks amazing! Also, your story-telling is great! Nice video!

Great video! Finishing games can be really hard and frustrating when you just want to make something small and move on, but its never that simple. Game dev is challenging and takes time. I agree with what you said at the end, just gotta create without so much personal judgement. As the saying goes, “perfect is the enemy of good”.

"Art is never complete, only abandoned." -- Somebody said once

Your so underrated! Videos like these are awesome! I also like how you talk about how difficult it can be to develop a game. As an indie game developer myself it’s super inspiring to see your content. Keep it up!

Very interesting and down to hearth video. I liked how humble you were about your game because it shows that nothing is perfect, or perfectly made every time. You show that we learn from our mistakes so we can be better the next time. Earned yourself a sub 👍

I love the way you tell the story of the game creation!

I feel you. It's absolutely the worst when are working with so much enthusiasm and the ball just drops. Leaving you with no motivation to work. But it's great see you Getting Over It. I hope we all will at some point. Great video btw

Well done on finishing mate and a great placement in the jam.

Almost 1k subs, you really deserve it! Keep up the good work ;)

This is such a high quality video! Really enjoyed watching it.

upvoted and commented soley for the clean and clear audio, many devlogs are unwatchable bc of poor audio or clumsy speaking

This is really good video not only for other dev but everyone working on a project . The game looks cool will give it a shot

This is so beautiful ❤

Very nice video! hope to see more videos of you on my feed!

That “it was mine” line was really good

I grok your pain. Great job getting it done. Sub earned.

Great video man, really enjoyed it.

This game looks like so much fun!!! Also congrats on 18th place.

Amazing video and game! Well done! Thanks for the inspiration!!

Great little game! Love the optimism despite the hardships, excited to see more.

Love this video👍 great work man❤

under rated channel, keep up the good wrk!

Hey! Great work on the game. The video was also really well done. I noticed a lot of similarities to some of the videos I've made in the past, especially in regards to the audio visualizer along with some sentence structure and word usage. I'm actually really impressed by the quality of both, and you did a really good job. I just wonder if maybe you could put a more unique twist on it going forward. I'm flattered by the attention to detail in the similarities, but in the game development space I really like hearing other people's voices and seeing other people's styles. I want to hear more of your voice, not a mirror of mine.

very good storytelling!

I needed to hear this friend : ) ty for the vid

The game looks cool. I like 2D games as I am making some too, so congrats to you for not giving up and finishing one. - Dan

I really like the cannon jumping mechanic. Good work finishing it.

Congrats on ur first game!

Nice job man!

Thanks for kind words man, Been same like you, I have a project to finish but 0 motivation to do it whatsoever, but after thinking about it, but one of the good ways i did was setting a deadline, setting a deadline where this project should have all of the things i planned to do, which worked for me I hope it will help you, and thanks again for such a cool video, if i could press like buttons million times, I WOULD 😃

why are the game dev youtubers with less than 100k always so good???

congrats! you earned a subscriber!

That deep breath followed by the classic music was gold hahahaha. If its too difficult then its orefect for speed runners

This writing is so fucking good

I love your video style! And very nice game!

U came on my recommended, nice vid 😊 new sub

Great video!

i love your video good job keep going

This was a very similar story to my first gamejam except instead of worrying about staying up late, i was out for half a day. Which was really hard on me to not think about it. But when i got home i think i stayed up until 2 doing everything i could to finish the game. But at the end i realized it was my first semi-complete game. Even if it was like a McDonald’s happy meal toy quality. I just felt happy after. And its why i want to do it again, I just need the time and the right jam to do so.

great video! Subscribed!

nice video. you derserve more subs!

Bros anxious at 11:30 while its like 4am and im thinking I stil lot an hour.

this video is amazing, how do you only have 2k subs.... what????

really cool vid, i cant even make a simple game as i only recently started unity

Love your content, keep it up. One question tho... Did you get the Game Title from ChatGPT? 😂cause it wont quit suggesting me "Escape Velocity" / "Velocity Escape" as a Game Title.

bros the biggest lazy alarm clone

I enjoyed this video,I have trouble finishing games I always create the first level at start something new. I've been trying to get out of that routine lately. Anyway I've subbed you have loads of subscribers then me, but I think it's cos I don't talk in my videos explaining things... The Main reason is that I live in Liverpool, UK and my Scouse Accent is horrible lol

Your videos are really good and you are better than me I am just making simple game like ping pong. I have a question, how you made this spectrum analyzer?

Congrats! This game looks really neat! When did you start learning game dev?

how do you make the UI pop out at the end of the level like that? Are you using Tweeing for it? I'm experimenting with this myself but haven't quite managed to get that effect. Great video - subbed.

very cool video 👍

Hey. This is amazing. I was just wondering how you made the recoil work?

Cool video, you're such a great story-teller. Btw, how old are you? Why do you make games? What's your goal? I wonder, cuz I'm also a teen and have been making games for like 3 months.

kind of off topic but how did you edit the Wave Visual of you talking in between clips? Is this through After Effects? Great video!

Congrats man. There is something special about completing. Build and close the book.. ive been doing personal 3 hour challenges. Build a game, to completion... then whatever is there after, its done... next challenge next day.. the idea is to make fun games, not complex.. having a million items and quests can make for a very long, boring game... but then flappy bird and fruit ninja explode... why?.. so the idea is decrease the scope to 1 mechanic.. and try get a play loop. At first i failed epicly.. and got nothing working.. (it really highlights what you think you know, but dont).. my last one was something like the dino jumper chrome game made from blocks - i strongly recomend this challenge

Wow.. cool 😃

Also how did you make the sound wave effect. it looks awesome

love the game its super fun

The idea of the game is very fun, and the gameplay has potential. But the black wall and especially the part that it teleports when the player moves far away from it, is the worst feature I have ever seen in any video game. It makes it incredibly frustrating in parts when you take a really long double jump, fall in the void and return where you jumped, only for the wall to be a few inches away from you, and also when you have to backtrack like at level 2 where you spiral down or at the start of level 3. Overall with some tweaking I could see it easily on mobile, and a "watch an ad to continue without having to restart the level" button could make you some side cash. I wish you the best in your future projects.😄

Awesome video the last speech you gave was inspiring. But uhh how does it feel finishing a game 😏

It's called ADHD, my friend.

you experienced a tiny bit of what is called CRUNCH in a game dev sweatshop

Eating and sleeping? Weakness disgusts me! Anyways, nice job

I saw you commented under one of my videos! Really good channel tho.

Nice vid

underrated

Nice vid. I have never finished a game.

Kinda like rocket jumping in tf2 and quake

I have the opposite side of the coin of your problem lol. I'm constantly having ideas, game worlds are always popping up in my head and I have loads of material from transcribing those worlds onto paper. The problem I have is I don't know how to implement them, I have all these ideas for gameplay, mechanics, and settings but I'm currently not very good at programming. I'm working on it, but It's frustrating lol. If you're open to it, would you be willing to work on a game together? It feels like we could compliment each other's skills well. Let me know what you think!

In 3 days one can make a platformer in an engine for the platformer games.

The game has a very cool concept and movement, I really would like if you improved it would be so great you would only need to make the levels a little more interisting and unique and improve the art

Are you still working on the metroidvania? No pressure just wondering

or you could argue that without judgment, criticism or just general toughness, there is no reason to really push yourself

W video

good video

what do you use to make games

Vehry nice

Why the video is showing "The video is unavailable"?

What does this have to do with survival?

did anybody see the man in the background at 9:15?

Skip to 8:27 for solution

I found the secret to motivation. Smoke some weed and you’ll be coding for hours lol

Make a discord. I want to chat with you.

try Milanote

You never finished a game until what? 3:39

P R O M O S M

stop

Bro its not that deep