The line from Escape from New York is “you flew the Gulfire over Leningrad. You know how to get in quiet. You’re all I’ve got…” More an explanation of “Why pick Snake?” than an example of a throwaway line.

Funny, that, your anti-lesson is my lesson. Whenever I tried to use a done asset, I spent countless hours trying to adjust it to my project, editing it, cutting out things that do not fit in the style...Then by being tired of trying to find and seek on sketchfabs and turbosquids models I finally decide to make the model exactly the way I want it. Sure it takes an hour to a day to make the object. But then I'm done with it. And I am satisfied. And I know the ins and outs of that thing. and additionally I made few alternative versions which fit the style of the game. And I learned how to make other models quicker, by learning these two ultra useful blender keybindings... I will never underestimate the power of "Just do it yourself, now". But I have another rule. "It's good enough".

I think your game looks cool! Great knowledge comes from experience

I just stumbled upon this video because I'm looking to transition into the games industry as a tools engineer/tech artist and this was really insightful, thank you!

When UDK faded on I about died laughing. 🤣

Best of the Worst in the background? Nice.

Thank you! What a well made video!!

"In short, i'm a delusional idiot" I don't see how this concept is idiotic or delusional. Apparently i am.

Starts talking about wasted skills, But when watching the video it seems like nothing was wasted? You just learned what you needed for what you wanted. Thanks for making this video. It was a lot of fun watching this.

I've learned UE5 a month ago, and I can already telll i'm delusional idiot :D But for some reason, I just like being an idiot, and I like you being an idiot. It made this video, and this great parkour system

Thanks for the tips in your video. I really enjoy your content.

Oh forgot tell beginner... you need to live grandma or grandpa house in order to make a game. Just do their groceries, shopping, etc. Start making game. Don't get distracted by stupid KZbin video(pranks, waste of time videos, mr beast, etc). finish your game project.

Anti-Lesson 1: Check. In my gamedev I do build everything myself from scratch myself. Anti-Lesson 2: I spend considerably more time looking up stuff than working on stuff. But my looking up stuff is usually not goal oriented either. My strategy is that if I know everything about everything, I will be faster when working on it, as my problem is simple in comparison. Anti-Lesson 3: I completely failed at this one. Technically not, because I make little enough progress so that the throwing away is not really an issue yet. Anti-Lesson 4: Pretty much the same response as lesson 3. Anti-Lesson 5: I completely fail on anti lesson 5. The only customer of my game is myself. Anti-Lesson 6: I also completely fail at anti lesson 6. Although here I would like to add something to your lesson. I think listening to advice is helpful. Because your instincts have to be trained too. Advice from other people can give new options and can point out those places where the instincts are counterproductive. I think you make a contradiction out of something which isn't a contradiction. Taking risks and spending time are not two ends of a single spectrum. You can make a very short game and take risks in game design and you can take a huge amount of time and stay so safe, that you basically reinvent the wheel for the n'th time. Here is my lesson 7: If you intend on creating a game, make a clearly defined goal with a reasonable scope. Or my Anti-Lesson 7: Just start making a game with the first idea that comes to mind. The grander it is and the more emotional you feel about it, the better. Just to give background on my game. I have a gamedev on my second channel. My goal when starting it was to learn python and to recreate a browsergame that doesn't really work anymore. And I intended to make everything from scratch because I like to learn how things work. But the scope of the game is somewhat reasonable, although large enough that it may never see the light of day. Also I have to battle my constant temptation of being distracted and loosing motivation. So it can't be anything that requires too much research. And to finish off my list of problems, Once I roughly understand how things work, I don't care on giving it the polish. So chances of me finishing the game would be low anyways. But ever since I started my masters I took a break with working on it. So the current progress is basically zero. edit: I wanted to write down antilesson before posting the comment but forgot: Lesson 8: Start with the essential aspects of the game which creates the core gameloop. Anti-Lesson 8: In the beginning invest a lot of time into something that appears flashy. That lesson 8 may depend a bit on the game. For example Prismadev says that te artstyle may inspire you to get the direction going, while others say you should just greybox your way through the early stages of developpment, until you have a working prototype running. But I think in either case it is detrimental to start by spending a year in creating 100 iterations of high detailed character designs of your main character. If you do that you should perhaps work on selling character skins or gameengine-plugins instead of creating games.

You radiate a certain positivity that innately makes people want to root for you. Subbed and very interested in keeping tabs on your progress.

4:48 So, I agree that you shouldn't feel like you _need_ to do things yourself, but even if there are things available to use, I think it's still valuable to build things yourself if you feel like it, even if you end up throwing it away - it's not necessarily wasted time. Now, that comes from someone who does like to reinvent the wheel, but I think one gains a lot of insight/understanding of that thing and makes it easier to work with then and one can potentially gain knowledge that can be applied elsewhere. So, I'd actually recommend doing it for some things, especially if you are new to it. :) But maybe don't start with building your own (3D) engine. 😅 It depends on your end goal though; if you have a deadline or want to get into market ASAP, it will be a hindrance, but if you want to get good at what you're doing I think it's a good idea. BTW: Congrats on getting 2,9K more subs in just the last 12 days! :D

Awesome video man. There is a mind teasing game , d emo is available on S team, it is called : Homam An Inventors Fist, please try it !

I'm so glad that you covered burnout. I've been struggling with motivation and burn out for a little bit now now don't get me wrong I certainly haven't dropped my project and there is some consistency but I often find I need to take one or two weeks break between coding sessions because I've hyper focused on one given problem for too long neglected my basic need for rest

Hey man, I was actually afraid of that also happening to me when I started gamedev and thats why I put my first ever game on steam. It might not be the best but it helped me much more than making a lot of prototypes and not releasing them. Your game looks fire. Keep it up man ❤

cool~

The visuals are so cool! looking forward to ur game :) gd luck !

God bless you sir.

As someone getting into coding, this is very helpful (although I will probably still be a delusional idiot sometimes, it’s all part of the process lol) and this video was great!

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3:02 the switch here is too relatable

those pieces of knowledge are true treasures to who can grasp them, thanks for your time and advice good sir, I wish you the best for your endeavors as I'm going to pursue my game development aswell !

I like this Game

i came here for advice and found art philosophy, splendid ❤

in digipen the first thing they tell you is NOT to build such a huge game and to keep iterating your POC. you dont care about art asset too, just you cube, sphere and planes to test your game logic and get your single slice up and running. and also to not do feature creep did all of that change since then? I'll be really disappointed in the school if it did

5:04 I feel another factor is how the online (at least on YT) gameDev community reacts to people using store assets. For the most part, especially if it's models, people treat your game like an "asset flip" even if all the code is your own

It felt like a lil too long video, but overall it was amazing 🤩 Thanks for the tips and advices too 😎

Ive been trying to make a game and its been 5 yrs. Ive been scammed, ghosted, and have switched up things so many times rewriting the story and everything

Very well said! I've been working on my own game for 5 years now, and I'm careful to allow myself to go off on a tangent and do stuff that isn't super critical because it's fun. And having fun is what inspires me to finish the game.

The point about actually doing things by yourself for 15 minutes (Or whatever amount) and tweaking values is so true. Btw the music is kinda loud relative to your voice audio which also happens to be a bit echoey. I wish you the best of luck Sai!

Thank you

Nice Video. Well Paced and Balanced in terms of Perspectives. Well Done

Haha it feels like every solo developer has a cat, an orange one specificly. Nice video to say the least :)

The last footage looks like a rhythm game like audiosurf, great work!

Great Dev vlog! Thanks!

I'm learning goldsrc modding before I jump into unreal. I feel like it will give me a good foundation. I'm almost finished coding the ai for a monster npc with a shotgun and shield. I'm exciting to start making my own models and making custom animation sequences and NPC logic. I have lots of experience modeling and mapping for counter strike and I'm a color realism artist also so I think im bringing a good amount of value to this :P By the looks of it unreal looks a bit more complicated lol

Thanks for sharing your story :) I like your anecdote about the movement system: It shows that you first have to understand the problem space in order to structure your code appropriately, instead of abstracting it "neatly" according to all the rules by the books before hand. That is the most valuable lesson from your journey.

One of the best indie dev logs and tips ever

Finish Game project first than have kids.

really good video, enjoyed every second of it! I love hearing from people who speak from a place of experience, I can tell the advice you give is the result of your own journey and not something you have heard someone else say on the internet!

Great video, brother. Looking forward to seeing your game finished, I'll be one of the first to buy it!

Loved this!

6:31 😀

Your cat is a cutie

bro i look up to your content! Awesome work on Gilgamesh!

very well done video. hope u increase the volume of your own voice next time. And definitely look forward to the next log

good points brother. however this mentality just require so much willpower, and so much spare money. imo, doing small projects, becoming progressively complicated will net u more sustainability. thankyou for appearing in my recommendations