A Day in the Life of a Game Developer with a Full Time Job

[@Nick-Games9]

Make sure to SMASH that subscribe button for games, wings, and better special effects than The Last Airbender movie! What special effects do you want to see next?

[@G_Terang]

Lets create a game that others can merely dream_of😎. Keep it up 👍 Little brother’s love from India🇮🇳

[@santhoshdeepu4293]

Need tutorials for game development using unity bro...... Need basic programming video for using c#

[@aceorking31]

Yo man are you in Los Angeles ?

[@Nick-Games9]

@@Zeuswashington I had someone draw it for me for my upcoming game :). The scene is of one of the climaxes of the first part of the story

[@Nick-Games9]

@@Zeuswashington You can download it on my discord if you'd like =) discord.gg/cXyvjH9sZY. Still early but lots of good stuff coming soon!

[@swallowedinthesea11]

I'm glad you didn't show yourself eating salads and drinking Starbucks 90% of the time, but actually showed your work. Great content, subbed!

[@Nick-Games9]

Hahaha thanks! I've seen a few of the Starbucks and salads "Day in the Life"'s floating around 😂, got a lot more great stuff coming!

[@SherrieE196]

Lmfao 🤣

[@swallowedinthesea11]

@@SherrieE196 Merry Christmas, Christina!

[@SherrieE196]

@@swallowedinthesea11 Merry Christmas to you as well ! :)

[@swallowedinthesea11]

@@SherrieE196 Thank you!

[@tyronereddy]

Working on your job, working on your own dreams,managing a KZbin channel and spending time with the family. Mad Respect Bro. Definitely got my sub

[@Nick-Games9]

Appreciate that =) got another crazy vid for ya'll tomorrow!

[@Bladebreak3r]

Sorry to say, but this guy lives like a frat boy. Your bar for respect is pretty low.

[@tyronereddy]

@@Bladebreak3r lets see how you live and the type of work you do and the code you write. who knows you might earn my respect as well :)

[@thepandaboySTanimations]

@@Bladebreak3r Stop the negativity!

[@matthewpicardi3816]

He’s a smart man! Now many who watch the video will check out his game. He’s marketing on top of everything you said, he’s going places

[@mattiecastle7105]

dude it's amazing how much you were able to balance so many things in your daily life I envy it!

[@Nick-Games9]

Thank you =) Many more videos to come!

[@LoneWolf-gl8sk]

Love seeing people do what they really enjoyed doing. Thumbs up.

[@citizengoose1342]

Looks like this channel has been blessed by the algorithm, God speed my friend

[@dreamisover9813]

Found the channel today through Reddit. Admirable to see people who do full time work and find discipline and will to work on something else like a game on the side. Also: "How can I horizontally center a div" is a classic, haha.

[@Nick-Games9]

Haha those horizontal divs always get ya!

[@vivarantx]

use a parent flex container with flex direction column and justify content center

[@ecayeta]

@@vivarantx Or you can just use align items center without flex direction

[@GravityGamingCo]

This dude has a dream setup..... but then a family reunion lawn chair. That's the definition of I can do what I want.

[@Nick-Games9]

Haha not to mention the 12 dollar mouse and keyboard from target

[@vashstampede8523]

@@Nick-Games9 if it gets the job done and you are happy with it why not :)

[@ikeys9633]

@@Nick-Games9 I mean target has pretty good mice

[@sameerdas2468]

@@vashstampede8523 💯💯

[@一本のうんち]

I had dumped 2 expensive gaming chairs for a 20$ function chair. Productivity through the roof. Gaming chairs felt too comfortable to the point of just me wanting to chill in them.

[@Link-Link]

That's awesome man, I wish you the best of luck for your games, Im still young but I really wanna be a game designer when I'll be older, so watching that kind of videos gives me more hope to achieve what I want.

[@Nick-Games9]

You can accomplish anything you put your mind too! It's going to be difficult and challenging, but it's incredibly rewarding in the end =)

[@marcnacionales7786]

That was a lot of hard work. Subscribed!

[@Nick-Games9]

Thanks! I've got a lot of great stuff coming!

[@Skip-bk4gg]

No over polished, the real Hard Life :D i like it, subbed and greetings from Germany.

[@Nick-Games9]

Thank you! Welcome aboard, I've got a lot of awesome stuff coming =)

[@moscatelbotelho]

This is one of my favorite all time videos! I am also a Game Developer so this makes me so happy. I love the chips in the sandwich and I also love wings! Your game looks amazing Nick! Thank you for this video the music sets the perfect atmosphere :)

[@Nick-Games9]

:) thank you

[@BME-dj1ox]

Ah yes, relaxing and satisfying content from a simple man. Absolutely love it. Ofc subbed.

[@Nick-Games9]

Thank you :)

[@vogita78]

This was super refreshing to watch, thanks for this. I work in retail and I’m currently working on a fighter and I recently got all 6 of my characters working! I’m glad game dev is just fun for you! Cheers!

[@CherikoSol]

Keeping pushing man!! I hope the best for your game devolpment!

[@404GameAndMusicProducer]

As a independent game developer and game tester I approve this video

[@Pulpified]

your room seems like such a vibe spot

[@zecheriahdavinci508]

I really love your video and I love how relaxed your job is

[@roxannafabiolastefaniuc3606]

Glad to see a realistic life of an solo indie dev. Thank you for making this video. 💯🥰

[@KillerKingdom]

I subscribed for the reason you showed reality in entertainment manner,. I love it ♥️

[@Nick-Games9]

Glad you enjoyed it :) I've got a lot more stuff for yall coming very soon!

[@AIAnimationandMusic]

New to this lifestyle, and trying to learn as much as I can so I very much appreciate this

[@rat3446]

Thank you for this video I'm making a essay on game designers and this helped so much!

[@dreamcometrue3894]

Hard working man ! respect

[@DyLightedCatan]

Once again amazing stuff. I’m proud and confident to say that I’m here before you blow up! Well edited, well paced, and well shot (even with a meh camera). I know you’re going to succeed. Keep at it.

[@Nick-Games9]

Haha gotta love that cell phone camera! Thanks for all your help, gotta keep pushing =)

[@saveushiral]

Wow... You are amazingly dedicated and focused

[@Nick-Games9]

Thank you :)

[@seancstudio]

Watched Avatar TLA as a “farewell to Netflix” then IMMEDIATELY watched it again. The only other animation that gets this love is Transformers Prime. Thanks for this great “A day in the life…” vid.

[@chester0415]

That character illustration is amazing bro if you add more texture to the grasss it would look even crazier.

[@armiesofganivar3320]

Love the special effects!

[@victorvinicius8907]

You are very good with it. Amazing!!! I'm from Brazil. I'm here understand life of games developer. Thanks for the content!!!

[@giv_cookie]

I remember when this video had like 100 views now it has 76k views just wow!!!! I remember when your channel had 770 subscribers now over 5k... Good job man and keep up the good work!

[@Nick-Games9]

A lot has changed haha, lots of great stuff coming soon as well!

[@rvmb]

I don’t know why KZbin suggested this but this video made me happy. Subscribed

[@Nick-Games9]

=) Welcome aboard!

[@rvmb]

@@Nick-Games9 thanks Nick, apparently it’s been about a year since this video. How’s the game now?

[@larrypendleton8195]

Talk bout a productive day! Great video! Subscribed!

[@Nick-Games9]

Gotta get a lot done! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MauratenHoopen]

Begin a game music composer is truly great! But it must be so cool to be able to make games!! Nice video!

[@Nick-Games9]

Thank you =)

[@MauratenHoopen]

@@Nick-Games9 you're welcome, have a great week!

[@brianwerner8718]

I never comment on videos. However, this video is AMAZING. Great music! I'm a fresh out of college Computer Engineer. I also train Jiu Jitsu and Avatar is amazing!

[@Nick-Games9]

Glad you enjoyed it! =D Haha BJJ is so much fun

[@charlize__]

loved this, thanks for showing the real thing

[@neil9151]

i suggest you lower the background music when you talk.

[@FieryRed_BE]

When you have a black screen at 2:42 , you start explaining to an imaginary person and forgot to setup your mic lol

[@reubenjacob4499]

YES FINNALY THE FIRST GAME DEV THAT SHOWED HE USES STACK OVERFLOW!!!!

[@Nick-Games9]

Nothing beats a good ole stack overflow copy paste lol

[@F.Ray97]

Awesome video bro, would love to see more daily vlog type videos like this, subscribed 👍🏽

[@Nick-Games9]

Thanks! Absolutely id love to do more of these types of videos, let me know if you have any suggestions!

[@JRHockeyTV]

This is my first time watching you and I already love you!!!!!!!!!

[@Nick-Games9]

Welcome aboard! I've got more great stuff coming very soon :)

[@thecodingkeet]

Wow this is so inspiring! keep it up :DD

[@henschelinc.500]

Way to go Nicholas ... so Proud of You! Keep reaching for the stars 🌟 😘

[@hxh9472]

Hey dude..I am an Indian game programmer and I know how hard this work is...BTW..good luck for your games..❤

[@lraoasisbottle3052]

Yeah you wish

[@hxh9472]

@@lraoasisbottle3052 say what?

[@lraoasisbottle3052]

@@hxh9472 Who asked

[@crakked6600]

@@lraoasisbottle3052 why u so mean ?

[@MladenMihajlovic]

Hahah the life of any developer (especially in these days working from home): typing and eating. Love the disposable plates too so no clean up necessary lol

[@Redlegion.]

Nice work this inspired me to keep working towards my dreams

[@Nick-Games9]

Glad I can inspire! Always a good time to learn and follow your passion!

[@onepiece9937]

bro that sofa look so goddamn comfy 2:39

[@Nick-Games9]

Its the best! Haha

[@mattiecastle7105]

amazing game it's looking great dude!

[@nicecutie]

can you make a really violent video game? those are fun. i think video game developers are amazing. you guys bring so much fun and enjoyment to people. thank you

[@TheARTY50]

heyo! fellow game developer here. this is almost exactly what i do on a day to day aswell. except i end my workday cursing technology and vowing to quit to go live in a forest... and then i just play games all night. i try gym, take walks and read often to b "hEaLtHy" here and there but most days ...make games, play games lol

[@Nick-Games9]

Playing games seeps into my daily routine as well! 😅

[@Riodragon1]

no mechanical keyboard, you deserve my like

[@Nick-Games9]

Haha love it! Some people have been trying to get me to get a mechanical key board, but I like my simple stuff

[@kinggstergaming4136]

I love your monitor is way bigger then the TV 😂❤

[@DylanKGreen]

Putting chips on sandwiches? Absolutely the best! Great video Nick!

[@Nick-Games9]

Gotta love chips on sandwiches! Thank you!

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

thanks for sharing this with us

[@padybeats]

1:14 ah yes, only the best off full time programmers search how to centre a div xD

[@Nick-Games9]

What's a div? XD

[@fullmetaltheorist]

"Good morning USA. I have a feeling that it's gonna be a wonderful day."

[@nilsgundlach6467]

This only shows you staring at a screen 30sec, then tons of material where and what you eat :/ would have been nice if you explained what you are actually doing and working on

[@Adragos17]

This was really cool.. I often have wondered what a day in the life of a video game developer looked like. This was very inspirational and eye opening. 🤗

[@mohammadtausifrafi8277]

Your music choice is very good. Usually music is entirely terrible, or only one track is good, the rest are terrible. All the tracks in this video is good, which is very exceptional.

[@Blaze_796]

Who knew making games was chilled

[@Blaze_796]

I also subbed

[@Nick-Games9]

=)

[@The_OriginalChris]

How can you code so much without burning out? @_@

[@Nick-Games9]

Gotta keep going if I want to finish the game!

[@imhayatunnabi]

Man loved your show. Amagine

[@liolio1230]

Such a productive day. Almost no time goes to waste. Keep it up!

[@mulexawikjo8207]

no way am rewatching it too now

[@wightclaudia]

I was gonna say “I hope this dude works out” and then boom you put on the gi

[@nierautomata9654]

Cool..love the art style.

[@Nick-Games9]

Thanks! I'm loving the art as well :)

[@PobzebArmerding]

Did you really just copy some CSS and then ask "What's a DIV???", lol! Love it!

[@ZorelankLoL]

Deberías tener más subs, sigue así!!!

[@Nick-Games9]

Gracias!

[@AnimalMother98]

Great video, but just a little suggestion: Sometimes it is hard to hear you speak over the music, so maybe for your future videos you could adjust the audio levels :)

[@ManishSingh-mk3nv]

Bro. This was my dream job. I want to start my own game developing company. I would like to made games like GTA.

[@ricardopino941]

Hahahah, the clasic feeling when the bug it is fixed, at the minuto 6:42, i really know that feeling...

[@Nick-Games9]

The best feeling

[@milk497]

bro has a full time job, sick proructivity setup, and still a folding lawn chair

[@caitlinsam8879]

Knew it was Study town the second I saw those floors + squirrels. Maybe we’ll run into each other one day!

[@Nick-Games9]

Ah we've moved to Hoboken since! But Stuytown was a great place!

[@makoakaleo4653]

Nice video! Thanks for sharing :)

[@putulbaidya5384]

I too want to be a game dev. Great vlog keep it up

[@Nick-Games9]

Thank you! A lot more to come

[@GamerMickey87]

I like your videos very much. You should start a devlop, following a personal project, so we can see how you progress on it and publish it.

[@Nick-Games9]

That's coming 2 videos for now! And it's EPIC!

[@robertfrost765]

You are so cool! I Love this.❤️❤️❤️

[@sachinjoshi3780]

Stackoverflows: How to center a div? Him the next second: Wtf is a div?

[@kintory444]

Woow the quality of the voice 💥💥

[@darthkai3621]

If it wasn’t for College, I’d be doing this type of things. Can’t wait for this lifestyle during break 😁

[@raphaelramos4016]

you dont wonder how much I feel confortable as I looked at you surfing on stackoverflow lol Thank you!

[@gamemakingkirb667]

Everyone: … Me: NO DONT RUIN THE DESK WITH THE WINGS-

[@Nick-Games9]

NEED MORE WINGS

[@rosannemaselli9539]

Great video !!!!

[@fartnugget4220]

Good video man

[@tsheposepadile]

Dope video. You have a new subscriber.

[@Nick-Games9]

Welcome aboard!

[@lilydelacour]

Cool video. It‘s great to see a realistic day in the life. ☺️ and is it just me, but somehow you remind me of Joey from friends? 😄 Maybe I should just stop binge watching the series... 😅

[@Nick-Games9]

Haha ill take that as a compliment 😂! Glad you enjoyed the video! I'll probably make another video like this once the whole pandemic situation is over

[@lilydelacour]

@@Nick-Games9 Awesome news! :) And yeah, it is meant as a compliment. Perhaps I should have said that your looks remind me of him and not his character :D

[@rbanavarro]

Don’t you need to make a lot of notes? Post-it, sketches, brainstorming... I guess maybe not everyday (?). But when you need, what’s your favorite tool/app for that?

[@Nick-Games9]

I'm actually SUPER old fashion. I have a small notebook that can easily fit in the front pocket of a backpack if needed. I'll usually mark pages that I list as "big things i need to do" and then have several following pages for scratch work, brainstorming, algorithms etc. I've tried apps but I never follow through with them, a nice notebook is always there hard to avoid! :)

[@rbanavarro]

@@Nick-Games9 nice :) thank you!

[@barryallen8217]

Great video!

[@scryptyc4295]

I love the way you use paper plates. Save you afew minutes on washing.. I know that isn’t solely intention but it’s evident.

[@Nick-Games9]

Hahah yep thats one of the reasons

[@chiranjitdey1430]

That's the same keyboard I use. hehe :D Great video bud.

[@Nick-Games9]

Haha thanks! One time my keyboard broke so I stock piled 4 of them in my closet 😂

[@chiranjitdey1430]

@@Nick-Games9 Dat's a good idea XD

[@casta1776]

Nice Vid!

[@tomdev6103]

Nice video! You get a lot of work done In a single day, I need to find that kind of motivation haha

[@Nick-Games9]

Thanks! I get a lot of motivation knowing that putting in the work will eventually yield results =) It's still a long ways away, but if you stick a plan, and adapt to outside changes good things will happen!

[@swapnalitanpure2160]

Bro i am your 292nd subscriber 🎊🎉💯🔥👍❤️

[@Nick-Games9]

Welcome aboard!

[@josephvanwyk2088]

Do you mind giving us a pipeline process video. When starting a new game, what comes first 1, 2, 3... the ABCs. Even if it's a powerpoint presentation?

[@ruchisfamilytalks2371]

What would you do if you have free time? playing video games or watching tv shows?

[@ruchisfamilytalks2371]

I rather play video games...

[@ruchisfamilytalks2371]

how much do you earn in this game developer job.....

[@Nick-Games9]

I usually code videogames 😅

[@ruchisfamilytalks2371]

@@Nick-Games9 yeah you do but am asking you what will you do if you are free. like playing video games or just watch some movies or anime

[@ruchisfamilytalks2371]

@@Nick-Games9 and am planning to become a game developer so that is why am asking that how much is the salary?

[@sujalkapoor4845]

Ur cable management game is unmatched

[@AnnamariiBerta]

Is it a stressful job? Good content btw :)

[@kenk684]

Holy crap! Do you really turn off the PSU switch on top of just shutting down? If so, I'm impressed. I can't be bothered to do anything beyond put my system to sleep lol.

[@Nick-Games9]

I actually do hahah, my friend who builds these computers said it would help it last longer so I just made it a habit. Haven't really looked into if its true though 😅

[@bin4ry_d3struct0r]

Might I strongly suggest you get a TV tray since you insist on eating at your desk? That way, you don't have to eat on your desk and risk spillage on your beautiful equipment.

[@g-wm6392]

most ppl looking on the outside don't realize the journey it took to reach this kind of "day in a life as a developer" flow hahhaah

[@thygrrr]

Triple Display Gang.... REPRESENT!

[@Pulpified]

im impressed that he almost never looks at internet for his codes