6 Months of Progress on my Unity Indie Game, N.E.S.T!

[@DanielLochner]

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for the recent support on this video! It really means the world to me! :) I just want to address a few things quickly which I have been getting a lot of messages and comments about: 1. There unfortunately isn't a demo available anymore. I ended up having a smaller private demo just to test out whether the game-play mechanics worked well, and to decide on what the game needed to for the future! There will be a *closed alpha test* available to testers soon, however there is currently no deadline for this! A notice will be added to the Discord server with a list of everything that needs to be completed before then, as well as a set of instructions on how to apply to become a tester. 2. A lot has changed since this progress video, so check out the latest devlog for an update! 3. Yes, that's right, we have a discord server! Chat with the community, and take part in the weekly challenges to win in-game prizes for N.E.S.T! Thanks again for the everything, and see you all in the next devlog! :)

[@rozumov]

Also 5:39 its wondering not wandering

[@bubberiffic]

Not to burst your bubble but the selecting mechanics that you deemed original are used in a game called Ark Survival Evolved which is a huge game and it was released in 2015.

[@Mestik78]

Mucho texto

[@DanielLochner]

M3M3 Life - Nope, it is “wandering” 😉

[@rozumov]

@@DanielLochner guess you're not from the uk then? Over here its wondering

[@bip_studios]

Oh, yeah. It's all coming together!

[@Spaafy]

You were chosen by KZbin AI. I love it.

[@Jojolinul]

There's so much work that already went in, and so much more to go! It's really awesome to see how invested you are and can't wait for the demo 😄

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks Jojo! I look forward to letting you try out the demo! 😁🥳

[@IlyasKhan-ep7nx]

My first android game.. Made with unity... play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dndsdevelopers.boost

[@SamHogan]

Congrats on all the progress, can't wait to see how it turns out! Keep it up and I can see it doing quite well on the mobile markets :)

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks Sam! Appreciate the kind words! 😊

[@heyyounotyouyou3761]

It all makes sense now

[@ThisIsFez]

Everyone: talking about how cool this video is and appreciating him Me: actually sad by watching this video cos i have a long way to go in game dev.

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks haha, I really appreciate it! You’ll definitely get there though! It just takes a lot of hard work and perseverance! 😊

[@daryldeguzman8873]

same here!!!

[@russellguinto2808]

Same lol

[@akhilpandey]

That weapon selection widget is AMAZZZING! We need that in every game!

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it! :D

[@ashwinj9879]

Me still working on character movement ._.

[@shreeshind8388]

Nice I am making menu restart

[@shreeshind8388]

Hi who is online here

[@-shwarp-5996]

I feel you completely

[@heroalireza90]

I'm stuck on spawning my powerups 😂😧

[@ashwinj9879]

@@heroalireza90 so u finished character movement?

[@errolcat469]

This game looks so fun

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! 😄

[@DualWielded]

This is very cool to watch! It really shows how much goes into making such a game. Every minute of the video you see something completely different you worked on those weeks. Great stuff! :D

[@DanielLochner]

Ayyyeee! Thanks bro! Appreciate the support! 😊

[@MythicLegionDev]

It was really cool to see how much progress you've made!

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks Mythic! I really appreciate the support! 😊

[@mahmudmizanfahim4270]

I think we all would like to have a zombie survival game like "last day in earth" but with your this game's exact design,animation, camera style and a beautiful weather and day-night cycle! And an average storyline!That would a dream game😍

[@DanielLochner]

😊😄

[@PixelConflict]

Gz, it's always awesome to see someone that keeps believing in his project and keeps working on his idea! Hope the best for N.E.S.T.

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I really appreciate it! 😊

[@joshmabry7572]

Hey, this is looking great, I love the weapon change widget, super clean. Just started on a game dev journey myself and your video was a great source of inspiration. Cheers

[@acfacf2720]

Josh Mabry 3 minutes ago

[@DanielLochner]

Awesome to hear man! Best of luck! 😄🥳

[@dimensional7915]

man this is so much work to be done by one person

[@waynekirton8927]

I know a South African accent when I hear it :) game is coming along nicely, bro

[@xtramindofficial8227]

Also a South African here, Game development is actually challenging but I managed to publish my first game on Play Store called Scoreit play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ScoreIt.ScoreIt

[@str44thond71]

is ja n SA aksent ruik soet

[@TonsOfHunStudios]

We made like the same video on the same day :D Great video Daniel! It's awesome to look back at the evolution of NEST so far. And I can't wait for the demo!

[@DanielLochner]

Whaaatt!?!!? We’re so in sync! 😂 Thanks for the support Garrett! It really means soooo much to me! 😊

[@AzrestYT]

I don't even have any Laptop/PC, why am I even watching this. *It's too entertaining*

[@DanielLochner]

Haha thanks, but it’s a mobile game! 😂

[@KumarSauravliving]

you my friend did amazing work, best of luck brother

[@RobLang]

This is an awesome run through the last 6 months! What a huge amount of work you've put in; it's really impressive. BIRTHDAY DEMO RELEASE! Yay! Although at the same time you're loading up your birthday with a lot of expectation. 😂

[@DanielLochner]

Haha, thanks Rob! I’ve really appreciated all your support throughout the journey! 😁 And yeah... 😅 It will be my birthday present to all of you! 🥳

[@jahangirakbar4524]

Amazing. You got a subscriber. I'm going to watch every single video of this tutorial. Love and support from Pakistan 👍

[@SebastianGraves]

Excellent progress my friend! Nice project.

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks Sebastian! :)

[@hunerbun4681]

This the best game ive seen so far on dev blogs youtubr

[@DanielLochner]

Haha thanks! Really appreciate it! 😄

[@steved.1091]

6:26 Where did he keep the gun again? 😂

[@DanielLochner]

Haha xD

[@Wuddigot]

just found you and, I gotta say, this looks amazing. I'm readily waiting to play. Also I am learning to make games now and want to for mobile so this has been my greatest inspiration to stick to it. Thank you!

[@marledanimefan7186]

First video i see from you ! Wow man! Just wow!! Its clear you've invested alot of time and heart into it.. Too bad i couldnt join for the demo ... Anyways! Enjoyed this rundown of the current state and the future of the game ! That's a new sub from me bro !

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks so much! I really do appreciate the support! :D

[@Mahanelevate]

Saw this on my recommended, good job!

[@DanielLochner]

Thank you! I really appreciate the support! :D

[@_digi_arts3533]

4th aug is my birthday, by the way love your videos...😁😉 EDIT: THANK YOU SO MUCH DANIEL SIR FOR HEARTING MY VIDEO

[@DanielLochner]

Haha awesome!!! 🥳🎉 Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

[@_digi_arts3533]

@@DanielLochner i like how you reply to the comments so fast...i have not seen any youtuber reply so fast... by the way sir can you please make a tutorial on how to make games in unity?

[@KMOONN]

That is really some impressive work right there , it's looking amazing man good luck with it !!

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I really appreciate it! :)

[@mlgsquirrel]

really like this video, good luck with ur game :)

[@jordiolsson]

great to see a South African developing games!!! good luck bru!

[@DanielLochner]

Shot man! Appreciate it! 😜

[@indieprogress7170]

Good work and dedication. Keep it up!! Almost 500 subss

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks so much! 😁

[@zeelo7141]

Amazing work! I wish I was as good as you as I started unity about a month ago. Keep it up bro !

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I appreciate the kind words! Good luck with your game dev journey! 😁

[@zeroXverse]

i have one word for you &it is Beautiful. i'm already a fan now

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I really appreciate it! 😊

[@cirillparno2770]

Very very good work Man!👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! 😁

[@naolshow]

Hey! I have a question, which software are you using for your "todo list" at 4:21 ? Thank you so much :)

[@Elphax]

this is amazing for 6month progress!

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! :)

[@TheAwesomeShaz]

This is exactly the type of video after which dani became popular and this is exactly the kind of video I will make after 4 months, because this is exactly the kind of video the youtube algorithm picks up really fast!

[@DanielLochner]

True! 😄 Good luck with your video! I hope it does well! 😁

[@SealDev]

Awesome progress :)

[@bruhvioli]

great work man! a tutorial on the wearable items would be so amazing! not many of them on youtube

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I really appreciate it! 😄 Sure! I’ll talk about it in more detail when I add funnier wearable items in a future devlog!

[@j-nelflow5543]

Keep Up The Good Work..This Is Coming Out Great...I will download this game when its done 💪💪

[@DanielLochner]

Thank you! I really appreciate the support! :D

[@nickelhydra3262]

This is my first time watching you and oh my God this is cool keep going!!!

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I really appreciate it! :D

[@Josh-hl8jl]

The enemies look like zerglings and hydralisks from StarCraft

[@gabethesage2465]

Great progress!:) I was just wondering what kind of progress-tracking software did you use at 4:15? Keep it up

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! It's called Trello! I spoke about it a bit more here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6K7YYZvba1pjas

[@gabethesage2465]

Thank you! I will definitely check out the video :D

[@_danny_idk]

I can't wait for the demo!!!!!

[@DanielLochner]

😁😁😁

[@あれくす]

Any chance for tutorials on any of them systems? I'd love to see the spread mechanic and projectile mechanic.

[@gamedevmode]

Great Progress!🧡

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! 😊

[@neofilomata3254]

this is so great and heartbreaking at the same time. I would love to be able to create games, but i´m strugling so much with coding... Still, i´m going strong, Love the video man!

[@DanielLochner]

You’ll get there! It just takes time and practice! 😊 Thanks for the support! I really do appreciate it!

[@neofilomata3254]

@@DanielLochner Thank you very much for the words of encouragement, sir!

[@tony.collections762]

It looks like am not alone...

[@mathiasbrofalk8688]

Also i saw the first video, and the story is awsome.

[@vinaciotm]

This is real? Omg you are so good. Congratulations dude

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks so much! My new game is releasing soon (kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJi7eYObhs14jtE). I'll get back to development on this afterwards though! 😄

[@elandharmawan4521]

Hope to be an indie game developer. Now i'm start to learn blender 3d. Keep inspiring other:)))

[@DanielLochner]

Great! Good luck, and thanks for the support! 😄

[@umairjamshaid2173]

what a legend

[@maxifire32]

6:46 is that the sand monster from desert skyes?

[@LeonardoLazarteAMVcreator]

OMG Did he just say... "Slap that like button"? ÉPICO

[@DanielLochner]

*DO IT NOW!* xD

[@dar0hns]

looks at thumbnail: Sweet another indie dev making a game! Sees mobile game: ...🙃 all jokes aside, nice job.

[@tiimo]

This is awesome, I love it!

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! :)

[@Cyancat123]

Can we just appreciate that he used assets from Fortnite as placeholders?

[@mathiasbrofalk8688]

Wow, the game seames awsome! I like the grapics. Are you gonna fix vechles or somthing? Becuse that would be nice :D

[@umairjamshaid2173]

I really want to play this game!

[@Konitama]

Just a little thing to note here... this one video that has 10x more views than all your others has one glaring thing standing out from the rest... and that's length. This is your only video that hit over the 10 minute mark. Might be something to consider. :)

[@DanielLochner]

You’re absolutely right! 😅 I’ll definitely need to look into it for future videos, however I can’t see myself drawing out a video just for the sake of it being over 10 minutes haha! I want everyone to know that I respect their time, and stretching out my video would feel like a slap in the face to them! Thanks for the support and feedback, I really appreciate it! 😊

[@kicha6213]

Really Impressive bro

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! 🥳

[@Cyancat123]

3:41 why does America take up half of Canada? What kind of map is this?!

[@ali_new_world]

It's the war, kid

[@sleepsleeper4466]

@@ali_new_world There are no wars inside Canada, son

[@ali_new_world]

@@sleepsleeper4466 sorry i didn't know that grandpa

[@SunilNmb]

@@sleepsleeper4466 maybe outside the canada son

[@sleepsleeper4466]

@@SunilNmb eat more vegetables.

[@vedo1059]

You made me start making a game Thank you

[@DanielLochner]

Awesome! I’m glad I could help inspire you! Keep it up! 😄

[@kevinnguuyen]

Damn, the progress is showing :D

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks Kewin! :)

[@atifarshad7043]

Damn it's looking great man 👌

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks!

[@pronobroy8389]

Did you use new input system for touch input? If so can you make a video how or any resource

[@branidev]

WoW man you do a such progress in 6 months congratz, but you have some knowledge before you start working on this Project? or you start from scratch? I just starting learning blender because i need to know how to do items/accessories and stuff by myself I finish a 2Dplatformer and when i look on your game man we cannot compare your game look amazing like and sub right away bruh ;)

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I really appreciate the kind words! 😊 I’ve published 2 mobile games before, however both were 2D, and one was made with GameMaker Studio. I’ve also made a couple of smaller games, however none are as large as this one! I’m technically “self-taught” from watching KZbin tutorials and reading the Unity Docs! All the information is out there! 😁 Best of luck with your game dev journey!

[@alexanderroos1509]

I have been researching the topic of gave dev over the last few days, and this really has my interest, is there anyway that we van look into the source code?

[@BRBBRNC-ug6xw]

Omg, Nice work Man, How long have you been coding and using unity?

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! Check out my latest video! I went through my whole game-dev journey! :)

[@kintarios]

So in order to create games you must: 1) learn C# 2) learn 3 modeling, texturing and animating in blender 3) learn unity. Is that correct?

[@berkcan3475]

I love people making portrait game for mobile but it is so unorthodox I wish you succeed

[@miguelcorreia6357]

very good job for a starter

[@DanielLochner]

Thank you! 😊

[@HuskIsDum]

This game looks like it should have a co-op mode with friends and multiple phones

[@qusifarhan9744]

IMPRESSIVE

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! 😄

[@BestZ8]

Uau, congrats. Excelent Job

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! 😄

[@kartikeyvhebbar]

It has come up to be really good considering the time has just passed over 6 months. Good job. Can u tell how much time did you take to learn Unity in order to come up to this stage of development?

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I’d recommend checking out my latest video! I answer some questions, and one was how I got into game development! 😁

[@kartikeyvhebbar]

@@DanielLochner Sure man. I'll check it out as well. Keep up the good work!

[@GamesInHouse]

Cool, I also did a retrospective video after 6 months. It's also cool to have for those who just found your project but don't want to go through a huge amount of videos.

[@jujuthethird4602]

I'm struggling with depression so I thought game design would help me because even though I knew it would be hard I didn't care I loved the way coding games were and I was so dedicated I wrote every tutorial I saw on KZbin in a book before I got unity but after I made my first project unity stopped working we don't have wifi so I needed data so I bought enough data to download it and data is not cheap for a 13 so after unity stopped working I had depression again because without having game design to distract me I was thinking about cutting myself I pulled myself together and decided to download unreal engine 4 but that also did not work so I got depression again I then learnt that the laptop I was using could not handle downloading those apps so that may be a reason, I became depressed because even though I have a computer that is fast and capable I don't have money for data and I don't want to ask my parents because I don't like asking people for anything that costs alot of money I don't know do u guys think I'm overreacting by being depressed about this?

[@lionnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

That’s it I’m playing it now

[@sixaj]

Will you release your weapon models?

[@rayyan7818]

at the beginning when u showed the weapon switching animation i thought he was doing hand signs lmao

[@mapleatmorning]

Just a idea, make the crates for getting weapons shake a bit when opening to add more emphasis. They feel like they're missing something

[@DanielLochner]

Great idea! I’ve put it on my todo list! 😄

[@NathanRech]

UNITY!!!! THIS WORD IS SO FUN LOLLLLLLL

[@SaySquan]

this is super cool

[@DanielLochner]

Thank you! 😁

[@dylanjamesramsden]

Ay a fellow South African game developer

[@FoxPulseGameworks]

I want to help all the game developers in the world btw u got a sub 😃

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I really appreciate it! 😄

[@digieragames3767]

Good to see another fellow developer making good game, I am also making a shooter Android game but just first person perspective not 3rd

[@rubenoosting5739]

+ 1 sub, looks nice man

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I appreciate the support! 😁

[@jujuthethird4602]

I've been trying to make a fps game but tutorials on KZbin is so outdated that the code doesn't work can someone help please

[@GRXM-qs5zu]

I was just here to try and download the game but I cant find the download

[@nakul3561]

Any suggestions for unity and android setting plz.. helpe

[@vinaciotm]

Do you have a unity course?

[@zacattack8123]

Loved it

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! :)

[@Yagashu]

nice one brotha

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! Appreciate it! :)

[@theJ1B1A1]

You might want to add some squashing and stretching if you can, makes things seem more lively in animation

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks for the feedback! I’ll look into it! 😁

[@sleepsleeper4466]

So this is for mobile only? Its a lot of work, without sounding too negative is the platform you're developing for, going to pay off? As a developer as well I'm sure you're aware of the shooter genres limitation on mobile- yes fortnite etc have been ported, but again I hope your game gets the attention it deserves !!

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! I really appreciate the support. 😊 While I’m focusing on mobile, it will also be available for the Switch!

[@hans8616]

high quality !

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks Hans! :D

[@mr.ak.nation8987]

This is cool dude. Do u have tutorial for this stuffs?

[@jax4193]

yes very nice

[@DanielLochner]

Thanks! 😁