My first game or how much can a solo game developer earn 

Finally someone who knows this shit ;) Thanks!

@@miniyeti88 Stay out of the war.

Слава Україні!

@@Stopinvadingmyhardware and Слава Україні! to you too.

"In game development, half of the time is spent on making 90% of the game, and the other half on the other 90%" That would be out of 180% ...180% of what? Of 1000%. If game's completion is 100% then it can't be over it +80%

Yeah😂best moment

@@miniyeti88 lol you said you made 90 percent and then another 90. I think you meant 10

@@gisketch Well, technically first you create 90% and then you create 90% from the leftovers, leaving you with 98% game done ;P Isn't the idea that a game can never be finished developing?

@@iskariotas But that's not what he meant.. You just made that up to save him. He did a mistake and im not shaming him for it because we all understand. lol.

@@gisketch aye, but my point was that technically even with this mistake it works out ;p

there was that scary mention of 90% and then the other 90% though :)

$700 per month doesn't sound like good motivation to me. I would think most western's would not engage for only $700 per month.

@@ShiYuMeng2 it's okay for a first try

@@gigngamer Ok? You mean terrible and not worth the time considering you will make just about the same min wage in 1 week.

@@ShiYuMeng2 It's calling starting a business, he develop a game library don't loose his rights with a publisher etc...he work for himself not for someone else. so it's harder at the start.

is this a joke

Am afraid the rwoosh

@@vegalight196 I'm undecided too. He did give all the facts I wanted in under 10 mins so I can't complain.

I agree with you. Many here would tell some kind of tales or others while this sir actually told his own experience from beginning to the end in quite a simple and understandable way, while promoting his own product. Definetily worth a like at least

That was the to the point? I've been looking for the 'tl;dw' comment before the 5th minute.

Thank you for this comment. Side note: if the $700/Mo keeps, that's about 3.5 months to recoup invested budget.

@@ashleyanne2056 7:55 "First month was much better. It was around $1,400 .. uh ... $1,500. It's getting lower as I don't use any additional posts to promote it anymore."

@GAME CHANGER • yep. He earned $1400 the first month and was averaging about $700 a month after, every month the profit was getting lower. 700,650,600,550... eventual reaching 0 revenue. That's basically what he was saying. He assumes it will reach 0 based on the trend of the revenue stream.

@GAME CHANGER • he basically covered the cost in 3 months and got passive revenue each months around 400-700

The numbers aren’t bad. If you have a vision and a passion, it works out.

hey you are here also?😂😂😂

@@apnadekhtu I'm everywhere bruh

@@codinginflow It's great to see you here 😁

THIS IS CRAZY.. YOU HERE TOO!!

@@codinginflow R U h🤡cker

nono of course not! :D :D LOL

lol

HAHAHAHAHA 10/10!!!

Stay out of my territory.

Everyone has it's own skills so, if you knew drug dealing was easier or best for you, but yeah, cleaner jobs are better most of the times.

yeah but thats what companies use to pay you next to nothing :'D So people who have studied game development please don't work for peas charge reasonably for your skillset don't ruin it for everybody

The problem is, most basic skill sets can be learn in 6 months, knowing enough to do 80% of the work. So its not hard to replace someone if they're asking for too much $$$. Generally speaking, the long it takes to train to do a particular job, the more you get paid.

It's my dream and I want it to be my job.

@@TeddyboyRnR13 similar idea with fashion. rich kids will work for top designers for 0 pay cuz they want the title. leaves trained designers with little pay or completely out of the field.

@@averagegamerscollective define "basic skills" and define "6 months" please. Knowing just enough is one reason why people get paid pittance and a defining factor of this new AI era, we're coming into.

LOL :D

@Thunripper bru

You agreed to it own that

@Manannan anam I just use pale moon and ecosia :)

thank you for writing my exact story

How it went with your game? Did you manage to release it?

I love russians? (Am probably punching myself in the mouth here)

Thanks 😊

RemyBlack maybe don’t put your finance breakdowns on a resume…

It is interesting to know that a game engine is used for regular app development, I am curious to know how this has turned out for your company. Is it stable or a complete disaster?

That sounds like a weird idea given how many frameworks for native app development there are nowadays! Mind sharing what is it that you're working on?

same thing here

Im Really glad man! Good luck!

Thank you man! keep it up!

Thanks 😊 I’m super glad! Good luck!!

so did you do it?

I'm also curious if he did yet

I wish you patience and good luck! Thank man!

Thanks man! Totally agree!

Thank you! And good luck!

Good luck, buddy

How are those numbers inspiring? That's not a lot. Making me thinking of giving up on my game

@@Yoni123 thats a passive income dude that prolly last for 3-5years

Thanks! Good luck to you as well !😊

Ahahaha, thanks Ryan!

Thanks 😊

LOL

@@miniyeti88 ivan bro how did managed to avoid copyright in sounds and stuff like that ¿any problem with that? or u also made all the sfx and background music. What an adventure dude!!!.

@@Damian_h I paid for music ;)

@@miniyeti88 noob

@@neonueOf course! That's what Im saying in the video. LOL

Thanks 😊😊😊

No worries!

He gave them thanks in the description of the game on the appstore

@@mixer8774 that's basically nothing

If you don't have to give back, you don't.

@Farouk Chahal thanks for the encouragement bud hopefully

@Farouk Chahal I wish you good luck too then, I've written some c# scripts for gta iv mods and some simple scripts for unity, I think it's pretty easy to follow along with the tutorials there is just so many resources available for unity and I've purchased a ton of assets. I just dont have any free time right now, I'm sure I have enough assets to do pretty much anything I want to do when I find the time theres just so much i want to do

Thanks William! And good luck!

You are the real hero here.

Wrong

So TL;DR to that is: game dev is poorly paid job xD

@@beatinggustawo007 yeah paid peanuts to do seriously difficult work.

Downloads and revenue drop drastically after first few months. Would say this was a total waste of time... It's crazy polished too.

Exactly!

Thank you, yeah I know its hard, I have permanent job too, at the moment making games is my hobby, but I enjoy it a lot!

Thanks!

I will do video about that very soon!

I’m very glad 😊

What engine are you planning to use?

Ahaha thats amazing! Yeah I think its very important to do something not only for money but just because you have flame burning in your chest ;)

whats the name of the book

@@sanicmovie4894 Origyn Dicing with Demons, its about two protagonist who - together with their teams - have to fight eachother in the middle of a big conflict. The reader will see both sides of the conflict and get the opportunity to decide which is righteous. (epic fantasy action genre). However there is still a lot off work to do as i think the story is fine, pacing is quite ok as of now. Grammar is bad (but working on it) and character development not fully fledged out yet.

Visual Novel Arts thanks dude stay cool

Visual Novel Arts you just earned a sub

I mean this guy also didn't provide us with any of his actual living expenses... It's very incomplete data. Him saying that $700 a month is great is nonsense... He worked 8 months on this game. Assuming he put in at least 40 hours per week on it (which might be way more or way less) then he's making $175 per week, RETROACTIVELY. Meaning he worked for NO PAY for 8 months only to then be getting paid $175 per week. This is peanuts. Most games require minimum of 1 year to develop and that's going to need to cover the costs of at least one person's living expenses. So at minimum like $30,000 a year for the average adult or more depending on your location or your circumstances (if you are taking care of an entire family or have large medical bills or whatever) I'm not saying every game needs a million dollars but if this guy even worked a $15 an hour job for 8 months he'd have made $19,200 which is FAR more than a measly $700 a month (which is dropping every month)

@@k0nidiasWell he did say at least twice in the video that he was working full time on the side and doing the game on his free time. And if thats still the case, then considering it was basically a hobby project, an additional $700/month isn't too bad.

If I learn to do all of the game dev skills out there, I could make a game like that for free (not including advertisement costs)

​@@ArtisticScratch Free in what sense? That it costs nothing to make? That would be 100% wrong. You need a computer, the software, a place to work, you need to feed yourself and stay healthy, and it's costing you many hours of work. Time is money, after all.

@@k0nidias uh, those are things youd be doing even if you werent making the thing. Living costs should be accounted for if by chance if it is your only job and source of money but whether hes doing this or not a mans gotta eat. Now if you say needed consulting or medication or something for stress i can see what you mean. But time is money doesnt mean anything on the instance that him not doing this means hes objectively making less. Tldr; if hes not spending money on any resources he is making it for free because the costs needed to make the game are solely living costs, things that would be payed for with or without the project. Which would be far more a cost if he didnt have another full time job.

Thank you James😊😊

That’s great! I’m very glad man!

thats a great business idea.. cashing on the existing customers, will be a little easier compared to the first paycheque since the customer acquisition costs are already paid for !!

Thank you Ali, I guess I was just pushing my self a lot, and as it was new to me, I got super excited I released it for pc on Steam 23 of October for 5.99 but since then i got 18 sales... I dint do any advertising for PC version, that's the result. Also I think it's still too simple for PC. For mobile it's okeish

ok i just finished the vid and trust me you don't need a publisher, i heard so many stories of people having their ip stolen, money taken away even by multi million dollar companies self publishing is perfectly viable today and you'll need minimal polish for the pc version and marketing you can contract for that early bump so its not worth it, good luck with the game buddy

@@aliatef7203 yeah, I don't really want to go with publishers, want to try on my own and see how it goes

@@miniyeti88 Hi Ivan if u put it on Steam and only get a few sale at first, don't be discouraged. PC games can take a long time to get rolling bc there are so many games on Steam store. But it's fun & once a few ppl play it, then the game will have more sales. I'm same artist as u & sometimes worked on small project that start slow like this but eventually get over million downloads

I dont wanna pretend like im an expert but ive been marketing digital products for a couple months now and now im learning how to market games organically and trust me ill try to get you sales since I.need the practice and I really like the game, im not gonna ask for a cut or anything since it wont cost me but if it works that means im learning and my favourite mobilr game is getting known so win win, you're a cool dev Ivan, keep going

As hard as it may be to work alone sometimes it is best, you feel more excited when things start to work.

Спасибо!

Thanks!