What 100 Days of Game Development Looks Like

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I disappeared from RU-vid for 100 days to create a game. Here it is.
Wishlist Castles on Clouds on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/16...
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About me -
Hi I'm TJ, a software engineer turned indie developer primarily developing games in the Unity Engine. I left a career in software to focus on my passion of game dev and am enjoying every moment of it.
Software Used -
Unity Version: 2021.1.22f1
Visual Studio Code: code.visualstudio.com/
Adobe Premiere Pro: www.adobe.com/products/premier
Adobe Photoshop: www.adobe.com/products/photoshop
PC Specs -
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
AMD Ryzen 7 2700x
32GB RAM
Way too much caffeine
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Lesson 5: Deadline and Realistic Scope
01:11 - Game Concept
01:37 - Lesson 4: Rescope Often
02:05 - Month 1
04:50 - Lesson 3: Don't Polish too early
06:50 - Month 2
10:45 - Lesson 2: Focus Up
13:25 - Month 3
19:40 - Trailer
20:29 - Lesson 1: Fail
#proceduralgeneration #unity3d #unityengine #towerdefense #roguelike #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #gamedevelopment #devlog #madewithunity #unity

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@Zondels 5 месяцев назад

You have a lot of technical skill. It always bothers me when I watch some devlog channels and they skip explaining the code and all that because they think it is boring to watch. Which it probably is for most people, but I personally really enjoy it. Even though I have no experience with procedural generation, I still feel like you explained it pretty well in this as well as in one of the previous videos. I still gotta learn it at some point though.

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Appreciate it, you are right it doesn’t get as many views if I explain it but idc too much anymore, RU-vid is just marketing for my game

@discountmonkey 5 месяцев назад

WE MAKING IT OUT THE HOOD WITH THIS ONE

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Yes sir!

@Seth-uh8sg 3 месяца назад

We making it out of the castle with this one

@thatonedudelive7260 5 месяцев назад

Honestly such a huge fan of all your game dev work so far. Your style is what I would aim for myself. Barely have touched game dev honestly. Love all the content man, cant wait to see more. Def looking forward to playing this one!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Appreciate this so much man, more to come!

@TheGobou77 5 месяцев назад

i know it's oversaid, but it is true. you've got to start and keep trying. (and i can confirm.) as long as you're not as lazy as me, you should be fine

@UselessFodder 5 месяцев назад

I've been following the progress on Twitter and really enjoy all of your previews, but nothing beats a good old-fashioned Devlog that shows how you stuck it all together. Game is looking really good, TJ. I'm wishlisting now!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

I always appreciate your support and likes over the months Fodder, hope life is treating you well!

@3bomb 5 месяцев назад

Love seeing this much work condensed into a short video. I think your emphasis on having a realistic outlook is the right approach. Good luck, and great work so far.

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks 3bomb, hope you’ve been well

@Black_Forestt 5 месяцев назад

Love your stuff bud, thank you for sharing your content ! Can’t wait to see where your stuff goes !

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Much appreciated!

@fantasmilfilms100 5 месяцев назад

Very cool! You are one of my favorite gamedev channels; watch all the videos you release. Keep up the good work!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Wow, thanks!

@ryanpace7575 5 месяцев назад

Very cool devlog man, I’m excited to see the final version of this project!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks man!

@PaahtimoGames 5 месяцев назад

Wow, what a amazing progress! I struggled with similar issues and also decided to do fresh and it was really helpful!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks man!

@TyrellzArt 5 месяцев назад

"This is like 30 hours of coding in one sentence"🤣 dunno why but i felt that one. Lovin the vid so far man, nice work :D

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Haha thanks, so is the life of a programmer

@owenhey3187 5 месяцев назад

Your videos are consistently some of the best Unity content out there - I really enjoy them. You approach these new challenges in a way that makes it feel accessible

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

I appreciate that! Thanks!

@SebastianGraves 5 месяцев назад

HE'S ALIVE

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

I LIIIIIIIVE

@obrooks 5 месяцев назад

Absolute banger of a video, wishing you nothing but the best for Castles on Clouds

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks dude!

@IsaacPeek 5 месяцев назад

Awesome job brother!!! Congrats on releasing on steam! Keep up the good work my guy!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Isaac!

@elderyaag3534 5 месяцев назад

Keep going dude, you are doing great work even if there are roadblocks. Your videos are fun and interesting! You are crazily talented.

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

I appreciate you watching all my videos today haha! Thanks friend

@SecondsGuess 5 месяцев назад

This is so impressive, congrats on the game so far! You're very skilled!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks man!

@fr1sti756 5 месяцев назад

You have talent! Very fun watch

@curiouspers 5 месяцев назад

Great video! Game looks very sellable, and also fun, good luck with release! ❤

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks man!

@dewythking 5 месяцев назад

Keep it up teej, i've been watching you since the beginning and you've made a lot of progress, i hope that this game is going to go really good, honestly i would pay for if any price you always make really good games. I tried it myself, and really liked it. This video helped me a lot and i wish you the bests 🙂

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Dewythking, always good to see you

@ThePoinball 5 месяцев назад

Looking good! I will play it for sure

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks man!

@foxhollowgames 5 месяцев назад

Looks like a great base to bulid something special off of! I'm sending this off to our team working on a very similar concept for the PirateSoftware GameJam. Thank you so much for sharing your progress!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks man, I appreciate it

@takaw.d8486 Месяц назад

man i havent even started on the game i wanna make, ii honestly have no idea how to start, but because of this and your progress ive found hope, thanks man

@TJGameDev Месяц назад

Anytime man! Best of luck!

@JoshMooney 5 месяцев назад

Wow amazing stuff TJ thank you for the step by step guide to not sheeping the bed in game dev, keep it up bro

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Hahah s h e e p

@chameleonedm 5 месяцев назад

Cool game, great dev log, right amount of humour. Well done man that's a sub from me for sure

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks man! It’s a tough balance to find

@UsmanDev 5 месяцев назад

Great advice bro, ur absolutely right with the tips lol. And game is looking fire🔥🔥🔥🔥

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Always appreciate you bro

@TinyTank800 3 месяца назад

Amazing work! Glad to see you keep improving faster and faster! Any updates on the tavern game? Is it still being worked on?

@TJGameDev 3 месяца назад

No not right now

@ObsessiveGames 5 месяцев назад

Great work dude! Keep it up.

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Appreciate it!

@mitzywebtoons 5 месяцев назад

nice to see your back!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks, good to be back

@zoltanpalvolgyi3655 5 месяцев назад

I can completely relate. It happened I wanted to practice web back-end development. I wanted to create a simple front-end UI just to call the APIs then I realized I spent hours on adding CSS back and forth instead of focusing on the main task, which was the main scope and the reason I even started to work on this. Then scope overshooting also a common mistake. But I would say not completly drop your ideas but do some side projects to even grow to that level to be able to make this goal then return and achive it.

@dnzzzl4853 2 месяца назад

8:34 “Remember? No polish”this felt personal

@RichardinSA 5 месяцев назад

I’m 41 but I want to be like you when I grow up…well done!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Haha thanks

@FanaticChain 5 месяцев назад

It’s finally out!!

@coobbyo 5 месяцев назад

Would love to see some more small projects and then a return to one of your older projects (unless you just need to leave them all in the past, which I would understand). Would be pretty epic to see you return to one though!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks, sorry I think they are all retired

@coobbyo 5 месяцев назад

I was afraid of that. In understand that though. Generally you just need to move on. That’s said I still would think returning to a concept after getting more experience could make for a good story to tell on RU-vid. Like a triumphant return. To clarify I’m thinking this would be MUCH in the future. Like, after a LOT of projects

@burgessbanter9683 4 месяца назад

I'm keen for this game love your work keep it up 😍

@TJGameDev 4 месяца назад

Thanks! Will do!

@sethlaske6338 5 месяцев назад

OOOOOH. I was trying to figure out where the song came from. It was so familiar to me, but it wasn't quite Kingdom Rush, or Stick Wars, or Age of War, or any other game I could figure out. Its the same song I used for my own game lol. Really cool project, looking forward to seeing it when it comes out, I loved Kingdom rush

@vakuzar 5 месяцев назад

This is crazy awesome!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks man!

@vakuzar 5 месяцев назад

@@TJGameDev For sure, Im obsessed with floating Islands and wave collapes so you partially created one of my dream projects XD

@leemclafferty5622 5 месяцев назад

Taking somthing this far is no joke. Congratulations man.

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks man!

@emberwulfz6948 5 месяцев назад

Crazy work TJ! As a developer myself I could see this taking me a lot longer than 3 months or so, how many hours do you put in per week for something like this?

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Hahah probably 40-50

@emberwulfz6948 5 месяцев назад

@@TJGameDev Wow fair enough, is that with your job as well!?

@LucasBlizzard 5 месяцев назад

Yo sick video, how did you learn to make these scripts, they look very complicated, and how long have you been coding for? Very nice video

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Been coding for 5ish years, learned a lot from Sebastian Graves Channel

@feelingweller 5 месяцев назад

I love the farms. They look like toast which is wheat if you think about it

@matthewnugent1802 5 месяцев назад

Really great video! Could you point me toward a tutorial or guide that could explain what you meant by using meshes instead of prefabs for the grid outline?

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

No tutorial that I know of sorry, I just create a new meshrenderer and assign a mesh to its sharedmesh

@oehlydeerhunting2594 3 месяца назад

You should make certain types of troops run on the roads and some just run anywhere then some ships that can move only on the rivers that can bomb your towers/king tower.

@TJGameDev 3 месяца назад

Love the ideas!

@tiptopmainiac5261 5 месяцев назад

Hes back!

@jeanjacquesstrydom 4 месяца назад

Thanks for making this video! As a fellow game developer that feels like a fraud for not making and releasing completed games, I appreciate the advice

@TJGameDev 4 месяца назад

Glad I could help!

@nahtan5855 5 месяцев назад

Holy shit, Well done.

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks as always Nathan!

@jerrebrasfield4231 4 месяца назад

I hope u did more work on the enemy ship spawn. It should look different depending on the type of enemy

@seoulpeterson432 5 месяцев назад

One thing that might add a bit more visual interest (and would be fairly easy to implement) would be adding pregenerated islands in the background. Just give a bit more to look at instead of the blue sky. Also, this may just be me, but only ever looking at one game screen kind of makes my eyes weary after a bit. I did notice a shop screen in there though 🤷

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Yes, absolutely good idea

@Zannae 2 месяца назад

2:19 I would love to see the link in the description. Probably all links from the video, if there are anymore. :)

@TheGobou77 5 месяцев назад

it's a small and simple game. but it will sell well enough. afterall, it's a game you looked the market for. a market that may be saturated though, but if the price isn't too high, will generate a correct amount of profit. afterall, there's still some new ones that works. and your game needs to distinguish a bit from the competition too, as for now, nothing is outstanding. but you may have something in mind ahah. i hope your game goes well.

@Deezy_Does_Things 5 месяцев назад

This is amazing dude, holy shit.

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much Randy!

@Deezy_Does_Things 5 месяцев назад

@@TJGameDev you know ily bb

@anon_y_mousse 5 месяцев назад

I was wondering if the thumbnail was a mockup or not, and now I see why it's not. You've got a lot of experience, you made it your full-time job and you bought some assets to make up the rest of the time. You should probably put a disclaimer in the thumbnail itself for those that have never made a game before or have a day job that your technique won't be realistic for them. That said, it looks like a pretty cool game.

@RichRaptorVr Месяц назад

Wow!

@Cjoudan 5 месяцев назад

I really hope you come back to the tavern game, it looks like a ton of fun. Ill definitely try this game too.

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks but I won’t sorry

@Cjoudan 5 месяцев назад

@@TJGameDev 😢 😭

@senjecko 5 месяцев назад

$40 in 4 hours at mc donalds? You forgot taxes

@itsbarbaric 3 месяца назад

You have a great eye for UI elements. I could use your help in my project, paid work! :D

@TJGameDev 3 месяца назад

Feel free to contact me on discord or email!

@SunshineDetailing_AZ 3 месяца назад

I subscribed when I heard you listen to Sleep token :)

@TheSpiritForceGD 5 месяцев назад

Suggestion: A magic enemy that stops in front of one of your towers and freezes it

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

I like it!

@TheGobou77 5 месяцев назад

@@TJGameDev but it's evil !

@feelingweller 5 месяцев назад

Alright I’m trying this later today

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Weller! Hope you’ve been good sorry I’ve been a little busy haha

@copperdevs 5 месяцев назад

we making it out of the tavern with this one 🗣️🗣️

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Cooper you’re the man

@cavemancam4545 3 месяца назад

Hey what microphone do you use for your voiceover? Has a nice quality to it

@TJGameDev 3 месяца назад

Fifine something

@Chris_t0 4 месяца назад

6 months is a very long time for something like this, definitely next time target 3/4 months max

@HiHi-iu8gf 5 месяцев назад

badass

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks king

@bpdhoplite 5 месяцев назад

awesome

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Thanks man

@FPLogistic 5 месяцев назад

Yoooo I also wanted to make a game like kingdoms and castles, absolutely love that game

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Same dude, work on one for me haha

@FPLogistic 5 месяцев назад

hahaha one day ;)@@TJGameDev

@PHeMoX 5 месяцев назад

The real issue with using assets is not the time investment. The issue is those assets showing up in other games. And it might not mix well with other art in the game. Anyone who is working on games solo will probably have to develop some modelling skills.

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Maybe, but I can’t think of any good games that people called asset flips, it’s usually just the bad ones

@gwydi8814 5 месяцев назад

SLEEP TOKEN!

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

Love me some sleep token

@crossout42 3 месяца назад

I’m a fan of the permanent upgrades for all runs it reminds me of rogue legacy’s system

@TJGameDev 2 месяца назад

Thanks, yeah it is a fun addition

@ExTxDreme 5 месяцев назад

Will you still work on cave game ? There is not a lot of co op games to slay monsters with friends like a witcher or sth

@TJGameDev 5 месяцев назад

@ShawnRay 2 месяца назад

What about the tavern?

@yt_superman7383 4 месяца назад

Ive been an solo dev for 7 years now, Ive never ever made a single dev vlog or youtube video at all because Ive always seen how developers who do end up opening an income door for themselves that while on paper seems like a good idea because it provides a gauranteed source of income and instant gratification and community feedback and all that jazz, in reality their focus will gradually become more and more about maintaining their subscriber base and less and less about actually making a successful game. Forever trapped in a cycle of just creating what are essentially tutorial boiler plate half games for the sake of educating other solo developers for the sake of getting views for the sake of paying their bills. Whereas for me, even though I too havent released a game yet, I dont have a shiny golden goose egg called a youtube channel that constantly requires me to split focus and consequently i retain maximum hunger as a starving artist. Time will tell if my approach of secclusion is a good one or not, but time has already told that doing dev vlogs is ironically counter productive for indie solo game developers.