Inspiring Single Developer Games! Pt. III [2019] 

Thanks for watching! For more Ask Gamedev, check out our other videos on inspiring solo developed games: Part 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lgzUHftR4Gg.html Part 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hMXKGJQLoOo.html

6:45 made by a 16 year old, so remember "It doesn't matter how old we are and we don't need the support of a major studio for a successful title". Although, major support from parents would probably help :P

Small nitpick: Project M is a mod of Brawl, not Melee

You missed Pinstripe by Thomas Brush, who is also creating Once in a Coma. :)

Man wasn't expecting Doki Doki to be on here but Im glad it is

Soon mine will be on this list

I just came by this channel and love it.

wow You made a part three I am so happy that you listen to fans about what videos to make this series is the most inspirational series in the world to developers. You even fixed the problem with the second video, which was that you didn’t mention what game engine each game was made in. It was in the first video. But not in the second which sucked. But hey look it’s in the third. Good job guys. I didn’t expect to get something I wanted to happen this deeply. I love this channel so much I will now even ring the bell to be notified for new releases. I was already subscribed so I’m updating to bell notified from now on.

Amazing video as always. I have to congratulate to those solo devs. I wish I will make my own game in the future.

I hope to see my upcoming game in your next "Single Developer Games" episode :)

All the games this time are really popular ones. Wow.

I am working on one now. Watching these give me hope and thrive to succeed

So glad that Unturned finally showed up in this. Was certainly one of my biggest inspirations for game development. Nothing kicks you up the ass like seeing someone younger than you succeed.

I need this video, thank you.

Where's the game: the first tree, it was a successful indie game

I knew Unturned was going to be on there. It was the first game I ever got on steam and I loved it and love it to this day.

oh my goodness. I had no clue to the moon had minisodes!!!! I dunno if I'm ready for that but one day when I want a good cry I'll have to check them out

Great video!

Pretty motivating.

Can you take a look at Cube World. Would love to learn more about the creation/designs of it. Its also a husband and wife game.

So cool, awe inspiring.

Wow, there are all so cool! Last year I was working on my first game with a couple of friends. We quit because it was waaaay to large in scope. Now I'm trying to make one game every week for the next few months by myself to gain experience. Later this year I want to make my first sellable game. I want it to take about 3 months. Hopefully I can manage that lol. These are all very inspiring to me! Would love to see another video in this series!

I'm a new subscriber and I would like to ask you if you have any great advice on best 2D Sprites creating techniques that make it easy for beginners. Can you make a video on Sprites creation.

God I just wanna make a square move around lol this is so inspiring

Can't wait for my game to be on that list. Releasing soon™

Aka the dudes who make the smooth clean animations

Iconoclasts reminds me of the old Flashback video game from 1992. It also reminds me a little of Moonlighter in the animation aspect.

I hope to be in a Similar List some Day :D I'm also a Solo Dev, and i'm making an MMORPG

Hi, nice series, thank you. 1 mayor fault! V & Terry Cavanagh originated on the ZX Spectrum 48. That's why he has these silly colour schemes. The Commodore versions are a port. Regards, Mac

Hello which platforms, programmes do you use for making your animated RU-vid videos?

round 4 please!!!!!!!!

Woah there's a 3rd one! well I'm still going to say Soldak's games!

i think we can now add forager in the list it's a cute small idie and idle game made by hopfrog

At least this one does not dissappoint.

Can you please make a video about ADS in mobile games? Thank you.

Hey hey can u suggest any platforms for app development rather than android studio .....

I started playing Geometry dash in 2015 im no longer playing it, but it was my inspiration to make games, I can't imagine writing a single line of code in my life if i never sow or play this game

0:36 Why did you spell below wrong (I know its a small thing but yea)

another one!

@Ask GameDev I am now studying game design at University, but once i watch thought this video i learn that to make a good indie game you need to take your time. Sadly University don't know this concept we have 14 weeks to make a high quality game and we have 4 other classes, we also need to focus on. Any tips to work faster, ps; game need to be in 3D.

I am commerce student.I want to become game development. But how to take the degree for game development

Hyperlight Drifter? Really good game

I love Solo videos)))))0)0)0)0)

David szymanski:is DUSK a joke to you

So I am planning on making a 3D game myself but I was wondering if something like that wil take long as a single developer and if it's hard?

Exiled kingdoms for android and iOS it is an amazingly complex dungeon crawler and has happily zapped away over 100 hrs of my time

To the moon was not developed solely by Kan Gao.

I have really so many great ideas for developing a game but I don't have accessories for the purpose. My PC just sukks.

Antichamber kinda reminds me of HyperCube.

Forgot about the greatest solo-developed game ever, Computer Virus Simulator. But that's okay, people keeps forgetting about that gem for some reason.

are there any best games that are developed without writing a single line of code(visual scripting)?

I love Unturned!

Best game on this list is "doki doki literature club", it's a classic, go play it.

Please make top made with unity Who agrees

By the way the source code of VVVVVV has been made public by the dev and can be found on GitHub github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV

Pinstripe is one of them Creator is a youtuber as well You should've added it

Anyone familiar with a game - it's hardly a game, more of an exploration. You fall through layer and level after layer and level, changing direction and orientation constantly, going on and on apparently limitlessly. It's drawn in simple lines, done by a single developer, over years. I don't even know if it's been released or finished. I saw it in March of this year. Anyone seen it, know its name?

Three videos on the subject, but still no mention of TimeSpinner? Sad day.

Where are my boys cookie clicker and candy box damnnn

pinstripe once upon a coma

Is Konjak losing blood from his ear?

>adoby flush

Hi, thanks for the video. You said “we’d love to help”. Ok, well I’m a software engineer with 30+ years in game development and I’m working on a big new open world iPhone app and I need an artist. Do you know any who would partner? I have A LOT of programming experience, but I’m fairly incompetent when it comes to drawing. (Like Clint Eastwood said, “A man’s got to know his limitations”)

As someone stated before: Project M is a Brawl mod, NOT a Melee mod. Please do your research before saying stuff on your videos. Other than that, cool list.

These games are major accomplishments, but videos like this continue to perpetuate the myth that games can be made by a single person. None of these games were solo developed (many of them list credits of artists and others on the team), and videos such as these continue to paint unrealistic expectations for people entering into game development.

What about minecraft?

I’m starting games at 10😶

Disapointed kenshi isnt on the list

Sorry if it's already been stated...but PLEASE! NO FLASH GAMES in your lists going forward. Please stick to modern game engines... Other than that... You guys rock! Cheers JerBear Charlotte USA

Nothing like walking in the door, sitting down to rest my sore feet from my 9-5, flip on the RU-vids, only to learn that a 16-year old made millions doing the work I want to do. If 5% of those downloads resulted in someone buying the $5 upgrade, he made six million dollars. He can literally retire now. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for the kid, just wish I wasn't such a shmuck sometimes lol

How is Doki Doki in the same video as Jet Set Willy? lol. Come on.

ddlc brought back the trauma

Spoiler so you don't think I'm just being negative from only reading the top of the comment: I've resubscribed (and hit the notification bell) and I'll tentatively re-continue watching your new videos now on. I unsubscribed from this channel and had stopped watching your videos many months ago, despite generally watching every major and minor gamedev channel on RU-vid. I'm a professional game developer (meaning I pay my rent by making and designing games), so most all of the content on this channel is hardly new information to me, but initially I still watched because I like to support small gamedev RU-vid channels, and I watch a _lot_ of RU-vid in the background while I work, eat, travel, cook, clean, shave, even shower..., etc. So I watched, and even popped into the Discord because it's cool to see and support small communities. I've certainly been in similar situations so I like to show support where I can. However, I'd find myself getting really annoyed by your videos because it felt like so much of them was filler. The most aggravating part to me was the super cringey "AKA" section at the start of the videos. It's all well and good to have a unique style and running gag, and it seemed like you guys found it fun which is all that really matters in life, but for me it always drove me nuts and put me in a very negative mood for the rest of the video. But disregarding that one specific gripe, the general feeling of the overuse of filler was very palpable for me. I just went back to check with the old video "7 Game Design Mistakes to Avoid! ", where the actual content doesn't begin until 1:22, in a less than 10 minute video. Some videos had an even worse filler-to-content ratio in my eyes. So eventually I got kinda too annoyed, realizing that watching these videos was having a more negative impact on me than a positive one, so I unsubbed, left the Discord, and stopped watching. This is the first video of yours I've seen in quite a while, and while it's still certainly the same, it feels a lot more matured, most notably to me with the removal of the cringey "AKA" intro gag. It's a seemingly "little" thing, but it's significant. The filler time could still be reduced in my eyes (Mainly, I think the sub-begging should go at the end of videos instead of start, but that's just me... I know you really have to do that as a RU-vidr trying to grow, but I think you should *show don't tell* why someone should subscribe by providing a nice video first, and then ask for subs after), but the filler is a lot less than before. From my previous example, the intro filler is literally cut in half, from the 1:20 (80 sec) intro for 7 Game Design Mistakes, to 0:40 (40 sec) before the start of the content here. I left this video with a much better impression. So, yeah. That's my "hot take". OooOooh. I've rusubbed (with bell otherwise what's the point), and rejoined the Discord because why not, and I'll recontinue watching. I know that was a lot of text, but if you're interested in the thought process of a gamedev who stopped watching your channel and is now returning, there's that. Regardless, I hope you're doing well and having a grand old time. I know the going gets tough. I hope you're handling it okay and are happy. I do genuinely wish y'all the best of luck in all your endeavors. Sincerely, G *Bonus:* If you'd like to know what would boost my respect for this channel _immensely_, please make a video talking about yourselves. I recommended this in the Discord months ago (in the #ag-video-suggestions properly not just in general or something) when I was first in there and it got completely ignored, but I'd love to hear about you guys as a game developers. In your channel intro I remember you saying that you're "game industry veterans", but I haven't heard how in any way. I don't know if you mentioned it in passing in another video (I doubt it), but I just skimmed all your videos and still didn't see anything like this. I'm not expecting a really grand backstory or a huge laundry list of successful games, but just some honest info about your backgrounds and experience would do wonders for my respect and interest in your channel. I think transparency is really important. It helps build personal connection (or a simulacrum of it). Just my thoughts. This is my #1 preference for future content of yours.

YES GEOMETRY DASH IS IN THE LIST!

i would suggest Baba is you .

Brick rigs

still no Flappy Bird? Admit it, it was a successful indie game by 1 developer, no matter how people hated it. Lmao.

Where is Sally face

im the next nelson, mark that.

brother what type of mobile games liked more by people.

yoahkim

where's undertale on this list

como assim Agar.io é br?????

How much these games earned??? Also add their revenues or earnings... 💕👍

To the moon is cool one, but others are just trash.

i heard him say ass game dev

Modern geometry dash is littered with bugs and other issues more than windows 11.

Lol sexton

why i still no see undertale UwU i am cringey yes i know

Random comment

Doki Doki wasn't made by a single dev

hellpoint a darksouls repof

You forgot yandere simulator

Ddlc?! Gets wet and makes puddle in floor..

I want a friend who was good at modeling if you then reply you email i wil send yoh mesagge

0:18 uhh...

First

what about the first tree

Since everyone and their dog can make a game now, it has all become one big popularity contest. Nobody cares bout your amazing game. Nobody. Because everyone has a game. Your girlfriend probably has a game she made in school. Your grandma has a game she accidentally put together and got more popular upvotes for it just for being old. Your dog has a game. Because who doesn't want to see a dog's game? Your cat does not have a game. Because who has time for that when you have been worshiped as a God? Nobody, cares about your game. You can have all the skills for it. All the art, music, programming. But if you don't have popularity. And you don't have a personality. Nobody... cares.