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[@blackdoc6320]

Watching this a year later and I just love the "Unity's not stupid".

[@HeadwareGames]

Just a little correction: Steam festivals (next fest, curated events etc) are one of the best ways to get an influx of wishlists on your game. There is no 'winning', it's not a competition. The standard practice among indie devs is to submit your demo for Next Fest when it is in its most polished state prior to release, Steam will boost your store page and demo within its algorithm and generally you will see an increase of 4x-10x on your daily wishlist numbers. Email subscribers are great but they are not a substitute for Steam wishlists, if you launch without significant wishlists your game will get buried.

[@ArtwithAmarBrisco]

I am older than most of your viewers and most of the software you mention I have mastered but for decades I have put off the dream of making games. I would say the hardest block was getting past the coding part. I was a software developer but game coding is a different monster. Thanks for the advice and I do remember Flash I used to teach flash 4 and I used flash back in 2001 - 2008. My goal is to complete a game this year. I have accumulated many ideas of games and started them but I have not completed them. Coding was more the issue than the fear of completing it and releasing it. I already have the thick skin but I will start releasing crappy games. Even at my age it can be a learning experience. We will see at the end of this year how many games I can release.

[@jeffjupiter9475]

It’s definitely hard but as I’m sure you know consistently and mindset is the most of it. If I can support just let me know 👍

[@isatche]

I'm in the exactly same position. Glad to know I'm not the only one

[@iainkey5102]

Lol yes you’re not the only middle aged “old timer” here Totally agree about the difference with game coding, apart from other highly specialised industries, games require such a broad range of knowledge and in-depth skills

[@MrKylePopovich]

18:50 I'm scared to release a game because I don't see the money path, not because of bad reviews. It's hard to spend your time finishing something if you know it won't pay out because it's "crappy". So then I want to make a good game and scope creep sets in... I think I need to find a balance, or be comfortable with making a slice of a good game, or a 1-level demo of a good game?

[@CrossCoderDev]

Great Q&A! Thank you for your advice Thomas. It has helped me a lot on my Indie game dev journey.

[@steveom23]

I'm so excited to officially release my game

[@mattg1345]

My goal this year is to release my first game, thanks to people like David Wehle and yourself.

[@curaxu]

photoshop can get quite expensive - for most users that want a free alternative that does most things equally well is krita. it is what i use

[@selfimprovement5873]

Thank you, kind citizen.

[@OnlyRealCloud]

Thanks for the inspiring content

[@DarthMerlin]

The thing I'm concerned about making an online course is the amount of additional time that would be required afterward. I heard the reason David Wehle quit making KZbin videos is because he was burnt out over the amount of support he had to provide on his game dev course. Can you give us an idea of what kind of work is involved after you put out a course like Fulltime Game Dev or Game Dev Unlocked?

[@Expiee]

I’d think the best choice to make would be to hire some assistants to help with the community. I could only imagine how rough that would be.

[@sureshchavan4827]

Yeah I seen bro!

[@martinstrnad641]

the game release high is real, one gets it even more with bigger games when you get tons of streamers rushing to stream your game asap after release.

[@BrianHallmond]

I tried to start a game Dev company 14 years ago. I tried a few times. Ahhhh, I wish I just kept at it and had good mentors and plans. I spent so much money and I just refused to release a bad game. :( Had 10k followers on facebook for the game I wanted to release back then.

[@superanimeboi6547]

Go back to it, it’s never too late.

[@saugatjarif8272]

GO BACK!

[@Gorguruga]

Anyone can release a game these days, a lot changed in 14 years. I'm going to release one soon as a solo dev with limited programming ability. So that option is always there for you too. And you're probably a better dev than i am.

[@superanimeboi6547]

@@Gorguruga I agree, I’m a solo dev working on project. Keep pushing forward, you can accomplish being a great solo dev.

[@Dailyfiver]

It’s only over when you never touch it again! You did it once you know that it’s possible I believe in you

[@onioni510]

I like your video a lot

[@heatedsnail]

Greate work. How do I know at what age my game is rated when releasing? Like in my country it might be 16 and above but maybe laws in other countries say otherwise. Is there a way or company to rate the recommended age of my game?

[@kegsfx8603]

Thanks for the info! "Unity has a lions share of the market". If ONLY looking at 3D - might Unity still have the lions share? any suggestions as where to view this data? For more context - I'm making 3D game assets for the Unreal marketplace, wondering if I (potentially) would get equal or more sales on the Unity Asset Store?

[@TheDustmeister88]

I have a question. Would it be possible to take a game genre, such as First Person Shooters, and turn it into a sandbox live service business model?

[@linuxrant]

why use photoshop when there are wooonderful alternatives like gimp and krita, which are totally free?

[@owencoopersfx]

I’ve gotta say man, you should stop using Audacity except for super basic destructive audio edits. Outside of that it’s a pretty horrible audio editing tool. Reaper is offered for free and has WAY more capability. Please give it a try 😉

[@PapaEnjoi]

Affinity is a cheaper alternative to Photoshop - if you have access to an iPad I used procreate to create assets for a couple crappy games.

[@atifahmad6457]

Hi, Do you prefer any publisher for Mobile platforms? I heard many publishers steal the money earn from my games or sometime the whole game idea.

[@stefanwszyszynski1405]

will publisher help me with patends related things? for example will tell me "dont use this because it is patented by other game "ABC", or dont use that because you could be sued or something like that?"

[@ProtestTheTi]

patents are always for technical invention. Copyright protects intelectual property.

[@thejethrow8867]

I use gimp as a photoshop alternative. Its free

[@blackestbill7454]

Blizzard university is a genius idea

[@greenviewmedia6186]

"Go through every line like it was written by Satan himself" Lol, best quote.

[@nixantcreatives]

I want this on a T-shirt

[@AlfredBaudischCreations]

46:45 40k people in a mailing list is something that only the 0.01% will manage to get, unfortunately. It's extremely rare to get these numbers. My game went viral in August, with a reach of more than 30 million people in Brazil, and I got precisely 125 mailing list subscribers. People won't open your website or mailchimp link and subscribe. It's sad. I know the value of a mailing list because in 2015, my startup MVP also went viral, and I got 8k companies into the mailing list. But it was a B2B product, not B2C or even less entertainment. Everything was an immediate success because of that. But for a game that is being insanely hard for me.

[@pavi013]

What if my first games are good? start saving money and invest smartly on things that helps you get forward. If you are a beginner, it can be a harder thing of course because you may not know how things work and where to start.

[@SimonSlav-GameMakingJourney]

Don't quit your job/school, just to set expectations the median game on steam made 4000$.

[@Domarius64]

Sooo many people who don't know what they're doing always bring down those kinds of statistics. Plenty of opportunity for people

[@felipezymor9970]

4000 in my country means 25000. Worthy.

[@dusklightcreations3951]

Yeah, but it's value in my country is about 3,20,000

[@middleway1704]

Don’t quit indoctrination camp? LOL you couldn’t pay me enough money In The world to stay in a concentration camp

[@cybershellrev7083]

This is the flaw with the "realistic" mindset. You set your expectations low, you'll do less. The focus isn't the reward, it's how effective you can design your game to be enjoyable and marketable.

[@knightingirl]

But how do you get ideas for crappy games?

[@wesleylima5723]

Watching your daily tasks/routine is a good start. I'm not joking, also I'm not saying your routine is crappy. I am saying that the best inspirations come from, or comes at, your routine's tasks. It is true for me and for some people

[@felipezymor9970]

Take a character, let's see, a watermelon. Make it shoot seeds into vegetable enemies. You have a top down shooter crappy idea

[@selfimprovement5873]

@@felipezymor9970 it sounds like a very family-friendly game.

[@felipezymor9970]

@@selfimprovement5873 sure, but it's a starting point

[@timmyers9798]

How easy is it to stand out on steam these days??. If it's anything like the apple app store, my guess is it's a waste of time i.e. you would be better off working for the man or flipping burgers.

[@gatheringwolves8267]

My only issue with this video is advice to release 2 crappy games, that is the worst advise to give a new game dev in 2022, never ever ever under any circumstances release a crappy game just for a payday, that goes against game development. That will follow you forever.

[@ScaryScarab21]

Don't quite understand this either, except that it's to teach you to get your product out the door instead of remaining stagnant?

[@amberpiper7603]

I also think this could be said in a better way than 2 crappy games. I get what he's saying about getting 2 small projects released while learning the engine but I wouldn't just say, "release 2 crappy games THEN focus on getting your next game perfect" I would say work on keeping a small scope on your first couple projects to learn the engine and get them out then look at making a broader scale game with perhaps more funding.

[@ScaryScarab21]

​@@amberpiper7603 Summarized perfectly, instructing someone to release something purposefully crappy comes off very unprofessional.

[@amberpiper7603]

@ScaryScarab21 thank you I wish he would rephrase that but it's something he's said since he started this channel, I follow a lot of his advice even though I use unreal and he's very open about his experiences though whenever he says release 2 crappy games intentionally.... I just don't quite agree with. 2 small manageable games on the other hand I agree with. But it's just what he thinks works I guess

[@pavi013]

I wouldnt focus on that, game development involves money and you usually fail if you dont have the right tools.

[@Spridonculous]

Another video where you incorrectly state that Valve made Fuse. Mixamo made Fuse.

[@styloo_]

Fortnite?

[@achilles1373]

Don't ban your customers lol. We are a safety net for your developing failures. How to get rich? Make a book about how to get rich. That's the basis of your existence here. You're welcome for my valuable time here, BTW.

[@Crankpie]

Thomas see you in 2024 pin me

[@wildricknarcissot6031]

I follow you and your content but how you expect people to support you when you don't even answer or a like to any of the comments on your youtube channel even to people who give you props 🤷

[@CarrotHawk]

I think he’s stretched fairly thin right now to be responding to every comment. He’s working on a 3d game which is a huge learning curve for him, he’s working on his game dev school material, doing other marketing things, and being a husband and father on top of all that. I think that’s why he has mainly done live webinars like these for the last few months rather than recorded videos. He can’t do it all.

[@wildricknarcissot6031]

@@CarrotHawk you are right maybe I'm a bit to critical but I think few likes dropped here and there to supporter or even have a community manager to do it once a while would be a good choice and appreciated by his followers I really appreciate Thomas and his videos he's a great guy and his content is great but seeing in his videos that he was not dropping any likes to his followers leaving nice comments got me a bit disappointed...but you are right he is very busy and I was not saying to like every comments of course

[@CarrotHawk]

@@wildricknarcissot6031 totally get you man. Nothing wrong with wanting a lively community when you’re supporting a channel!