every step to actually make your dream game (then sell it)

[@samyam]

You may ask: what game engine should you choose? I break it step by step down here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l37Kc2NnbdRqZ7c Sign up to Milanote for free with no time-limit: milanote.com/samyam

[@Ranger8744]

Whoa! How come this pinned comment says "5days ago"? This video was posted a few hrs ago🤯

[@samyam]

@@Ranger8744 I have the video prepared in advance :P

[@Ranger8744]

@@samyam I don't believe u😧! It's a glitch in the Matrix😨... You're one of them😱😱😱!!!!

[@wheatwhole_]

is this like free milanote premium?

[@samyam]

@@wheatwhole_ It lets you use Milanote for free up to an X number of notes. Pretty generous free tier with no subscription needed!

[@Alpha_TheBreadlord]

2:32 man, you really just googled blue screen of death and opened it in your browser without even making it full screen ...... love it XD

[@samyam]

:P

[@josueferreira2176]

I really enjoy with this cuts xD

[@Alpha_TheBreadlord]

@@josueferreira2176 agreed

[@Jonah-31]

"The biggest risks you can take in your life is not taking any risks at all" is SUCH a good quote!! Great video :D

[@chrisp7414]

pretty much

[@Biru_to]

It's a terrible quote, because it's simply false. Taking risks, inherently, is risky. "The best way to stay dry is splash yourself with water".

[@Jazengamic]

@@Biru_to ? the whole point is we cannot avoid risk even if we didnt take it so why don't just take some of that you can calculate with.

[@Biru_to]

@@Jazengamic I absolutely agree that taking calculated risks is smart, and people should engage in that. But that's not what the quote means and implies. It implies that being risk-adverse is risky. And that's simply false.

[@Jazengamic]

@@Biru_to that's just your perspective on the quotes, I clarify to you that it also can be calculated risk because its still in the context of taking any risk. Avoid any kind of risk is the one that you will never thrive and also it doesnt matter you avoid it or not - the risk is still there. Its how you look at it.Nope its not risk adverse but avoid any kind of risk you will stay in comfort zone and never improve.

[@HomeGameCoder]

Yep... that first step! My students are like: I want to make an open world, point and click, turned base battle with bosses and puzzles in one semester! Also my students: how do I download Godot? I already know html.... Great video to clear those minds! This goes to my class plan... Thank you

[@MrSalmonMC]

Heyo! I'm going into game developing class when I start school again! Wondering what engines most schools use, I already use ue5 and have made a few prototypes, my dream game is a relaxing indie, medival-ish game about fishing and taking photos of different exotic animals! Also having an emotional storyline with npcs and everything. Just wondering if I could do that within around 12-14 years, using a pretty beefy computer :D

[@eliottsmallwood2140]

@@MrSalmonMC Expect your teacher to know next to nothing. You will have to learn most things by yourself probably. maybe not though. Engine will likely be Unity or Godot, highly doubt that they'd start with ue5

[@i7zan]

G OMEGALUL D OMEGALUL T

[@Lone-Traveller64]

1:33 There is a quote I like from Kanye from an interview when someone doubted he'd make it into the NBA if he quit music, "If you're told you can't do anything you won't do anything. I was taught I can do anything." I think about it often in combination with a "Why not me?" mentality, and I think it helps me a lot when facing new challenges and dealing with imposter syndrome.

[@CibuYT]

this came in a perfect moment for me. I'm currently trying to make a game and got burned out while making art for it, and I got mad at myself for taking a 1 week break. I now understand it's normal and healthy to do so, and now I'll get back to it with brand new advice !

[@samyam]

Well deserved break!

[@DreamTitanGames]

I watched this for entertainment I suppose as I'm pretty well versed in game development, but I wish I watched this as a beginner because it is so dang comprehensive! This is a 10/10 video and I wish you developers good luck, listen to the advice in this video, can't wait to see your games :)

[@samyam]

Thank you so much :)!

[@josueferreira2176]

You did another great job. Maybe this should be the first video new game developers should watch when they decide to create a game.

[@samyam]

Thank you!

[@PreviouslyCyancloud12]

One of the best methods is too start using easy engines as pratice, like scratch, castle and maybe Roblox

[@AllOfTheAbove777]

My experience of how to make a game. Step 1 download the game Star for you want. Step 2 think of an idea for your game. Step 3 watch tutorials by from call content creators like Samyam. Step 4 do not code multiplayer at 2:00 a.m. in the morning you will most likely quit if you do that. Step 5 publish your game. Step 6 SLEEP! These are all the steps I did when I started game development back in 2019/ 2020.😅 wouldn't recommend doing step 4 late at night though.

[@bushyyido163]

What do you mean not to code multiplayer at 2 am? Do you mean not to write code that is related to the multiplayer aspect of your game (if you have one) or you mean coding in general shouldn't be done at 2am, because it's too late??

[@Brainyplanet]

​@@bushyyido163That's sarcasm i believe

[@AllOfTheAbove777]

@bushyyido163 I mean not to do coding like that at 2:00 a.m. and plus when I did that I only had 3 months of coding experience. 😅

[@_sleepyFox-oh6ob]

Game dev is a skill just like anything else. Learn and know the process, learn and know the tools, conceptualize, prototype, test, practice, improve to a high level of comfort and familiarity, then experiment with the process and tools to find tricks and workflows that work for you, blend and refine all that skill and knowledge into a fabric of your own unique flavor, then wrap all that up in a pretty pretty package that is your game. Not easy, but rewarding. You can learn anything, but tailor that learning to how you learn best. Knowing HOW you learn best is the most critical part of actually learning, otherwise you'll throw thousands of hours away as wasted effort.

[@DisCc]

AMAZING Video!! Thanks Samyam :)

[@ExploreImagineDefineCreate]

15:45 Patch Quest! Love that game tons. The dev has great devlogs for anyone starting game development or kf you just like watching good devlogs and well made content.

[@TheManOfTheHourEveryHour]

This was exactly the video I needed today. Thank you, and wish me luck. 😊

[@samyam]

Good luck!

[@t.e.e.j.a.y]

Nice Vid! Liked, Subbed & Wishlisted 😊

[@samyam]

Thank you!

[@JetBlackXtreme]

So glad I came across this, as I'm gearing up to pursue game development

[@samyam]

Good luck!

[@SilverEclipsez]

I LOVED THE VIDEO!!! you're spot on with everything you said, you gained a sub

[@samyam]

Thank you so much!!

[@CaptainCling]

All around great video. Really starting to fill the gap that Brackeys left.

[@samyam]

He's back tho 👀 Thanks!

[@CaptainCling]

@@samyam I haven't even noticed, thanks.

[@TheDoc-010]

i have tired unity and right now on godot and after this vid i watched your right keep it up samyam

[@samyam]

Thank you!

[@lonesoul1428]

My first experience with game dev was my tech class in middle school. I loved being creative and making my parachute spike game and that’s what makes me wanna do this. The problem is that it was very simple back then, at least for me using a simple program. Now everything is complex, I fear I’ll give up because everything is complex and is hard to learn now and idk if I’ll climb over that mountain. Does anyone have any advice? Mind you this was a simple computer game(like solitaire or eye spy) type game and a very simple program.

[@ItsCalmCricketYT]

here's the actual tutorial for this.From someone with recroom game creating experience but no actual game creating experience. Step 1: Have a computer to run a game creation engine. Step 2: create a game in the game engine. Step 3: If you have 100 dollars upload it to steam Step 4: TRY to profit. Step 5: Repeat

[@zyozero5292]

Great video, thank you

[@shenlong3879]

Once you reach the top of the mountain you're not done by a long shot.

[@samyam]

then you climb the next mountain :P

[@No.0.o.0]

Really really solid information and motivation.

[@iiropeltonen]

I truly hate The "How I X with no experience" titeling. No-one has experience when they start and even in these most often people are software engineers or know another engine but have "no experience" in another.

[@vast634]

Backup safety: first of all, git is not the same as a backup, a git repository on the same computer would not be a safe backup at all. A backup needs to have some external storage (be that cloud, server, external drive, or GitHub in that regard). Then there is the question if the game is worked on solo or with two or more collaborators. In a team version control is the best solution, but when you work solo, there is a cost to using version control (time spend fiddling around with git when doing larger refactors in the project for example) that might be higher than its payout. A solo dev might run with a simple copy-based backup to an external drive just as well. Important is to use it regularly, be the running a backup script or comitting to git.

[@Ni_Roku]

the problem of folowing tutorials is that codes to do one simple thing may vary and clash with each other

[@pouyansx7902]

you are best samyam 😊

[@raymondjohnson5568]

I’m lacking skill but I am determined to make a fun rpg just for me in unreal. I don’t need to make money off of it. It’s just pure enjoyment for gaming.

[@samyam]

You got this!

[@LivingGuy484]

I have zero desire to make a game, but getting positive affirmations from a cute person was enough to make me stay

[@howlgaming5201]

Creep

[@theonerm2]

I've been practicing level design lately. It's an area where I'm a bit weaker. My strength is programming. It always seemed when I got the player moving around I'm like... What now? I end up spending hours making a large open world and then it plays like crap. Then I think about all the extra work necessary to optimize and polish it up and I start thinking this is too much work and I give up. I'm finally starting to make complete levels though and they aren't playing horrible like before. So that's something I guess. I've never finished a game jam either. I spend too much time procrastinating and try to do it all at once near the end. Never can finish it like that.

[@xjobiex]

I closed this the moment you started saying "you will fail"

[@samyam]

should’ve watched a bit longer :P

[@mahkhardy8588]

She said a bad bad word; Illustrator.

[@dreamspear2159]

The game advice ones I feel also spread the negativity are the creators who make videos titled "from indie to millions, how to sell your game" then it's an interview with someone who's a 25 year veteran who's worked on over 100 games saying "use your contacts" which is disheartening to new indie devs with no contacts and no prior history.

[@samyam]

The best way is to start interacting with other game devs on twitter/discord and slowly build your own community over time, my KZbin channel is my way of doing that. Also attending in person events or online game jams. It’s not easy but worth it.

[@dreamspear2159]

@@samyam yeah, I was just pointing out how often others on this platform don't actually explain that, or act like it's super simple but are actually discouraging newcomers by making it seem like you have to have all this experience to use in order to get anywhere. Like this video is great and I was specifically talking about the negativity stopping people from trying isn't always framed negatively sometimes it's "I wouldn't have been able to do this if it wasn't for the fact my old boss works for x and they agreed to publish" or something similar

[@Sharp2006]

ate scratch is goated don’t hate 😤

[@thearrivalcyberseignister8898]

0:27 Traditional rpgs like dragon quest/final fantasy/pokemon count?

[@Maztergyl666]

17:03 Instructions unclear. Releasing game in 'Early Access' in 3.... 2... 1...

[@average_gow_enjoyer]

Where is this mountain

[@samyam]

in your mind

[@Sanik12thesecond]

Can someone please help me? I am finding difficulties learning how to code. Which site do I use(free)? Or any KZbin channels?

[@xFoulyz]

What engine do you plan to use? Unity is the easiest. There should be many C# crash courses on KZbin. Focus on basics like Hello World, C# CRUD. then when you get a feel how how it kinda works, follow Brackeys and Blackthornprod tutorials

[@christianboustani8284]

So I should climb a mountain

[@samyam]

a metaphorical one 😄

[@scotmcpherson]

+1 for Milanote

[@IstyManame]

1 percent? Sounds good enough for me

[@Raymond13557]

does it matter what engine i use? I wanted to start slow at first, I'm using rpg maker, I have the most experience with it and I am quite the event scripter. I have intent to learn Godot in due time but i feel not ready for it.

[@samyam]

That’s fine, start with what you feel most comfortable in and get experience! Godot actually isn’t too bad to learn though :)

[@mathislalonde353]

Thx a lot for this video ! But I can't found tuto for godot i need :'( so i just give up on my idea

[@jt9564]

Hi, I can't upload my unity app bundle to Google play console because it's MB's is too high, how do I create a zip file for my app bundle so I can upload that too Google play console? Please help

[@sniper44x]

I've watched several videos showing how to for unreal engine in just a couple minutes and came across some for unity by mistake, just search "publish to Google play unity tutorial" should be top of the list

[@k-6353]

ffs i hit all three in my first game. I'm two years in and nowhere near beta. Plus i made it extra painful by making it procedural ragdoll😅.. stopped it a month ago

[@Cookinbk]

Hi so I have a question I am 20 years old now and I wanna learn game development and wanted to know if game dev tv courses are good start for beginners I wanna make a top down 2D pixel horror detective game

[@samyam]

I haven’t done the course but I know Jason has some great content in general. There are tons of online free resources as well. I would start just learning the basics of the engine first.

[@noid3571]

????? The only game genre you shouldn't be making as a beginner is an mmo... go and make that shitty lan multiplayer dungeon crawler you always wanted. You will learn much more than you expected. Should have I watched a youtube video about godot networking before implementing my thingamajig? Yes, probably, but I ended up with a pretty good system either way and I learned a lot

[@hamzalounis6566]

i know unity i have story i have resources and 50gb of asset and touls don't know how to start or have long term plans or even GDD need a plan or GDD heeeeelp

[@matthewhornbostel9889]

You have a story, but you need to think about what gameplay fits best with the story you're telling, the characters, settings required, all items etc, then how to build the entire set of content that emerges from that structure (art, audio, and code) and learn the skills needed to actually build all that. It will likely take years assuming you actually are serious. The part you've done (idea) is the easy part. There are a ton of ideas floating around, and few will ever go anywhere unless the person who has them is determined to actually do the work to realize them. Actually executing it is the hard part where almost everyone struggles. That is why the 'idea guy' meme exists, that mocks people who have an idea but have learned no actual production skills.

[@hamzalounis6566]

@@matthewhornbostel9889 i am " big idea man " i have no actual real skill in game dev field need long term plan to make my big idea playable

[@timmygilbert4102]

* croak *

[@FrankStonefield]

when your video started it i the voices made me think it was ai.

[@samyam]

no that’s just my voice 😂

[@FrankStonefield]

@@samyam it was a good video. the voice just through me off as i was cleaning my kitchen, it caught me off guard when i saw it was a talking head video.

[@cherryverse23]

just want to say...thanks a lot❣

[@neenaw]

me with experience: **writes notes**

[@average-arch-enjoyer]

Fr

[@dertobbe1176]

😂

Literally me doing a web dev boot camp from the beginning rn even though I know most of it but feel like I'm unemployable in a way that would make a big financial difference for me

[@Nudtanun]

damn unreal devloper I worship

[@urikora]

Frfr

[@Thrillidas]

Great video. What I learnt ultimately, a game development project (video game, boardgame, based on paper) start with pen and paper. These steps bellow are for create a basic prototype and maybe a pre-alpha. Step 1 : Define the game and scope and goals 1. Simple game description 2. Game experience goals 3. Inspiration (Research) 4. Pillars (Main mechanics and theme in a high level description) 5. Set a milestone, for example develop a prototype (A short gantt chart is great) Step 2 : Design a very simple level on paper 2.1 Goals level (What is the purpose of the level) 2.2 Theme: About what is going to be your level 2.3 Elements (Like enemies, items, mechanics) 2.4 Sequence (Step by step what is going on in the level) 2.5 Layout (An ugly map of your level) Step 3: Prototype that easy level with low level assets (Basic shapes is enough). 3.1 Greyboxing (Basic layout of your level with grey and basic shapes) 3.2 Create all the elements you'll need in your level and import them into your game engine (More basic shapes or simple assets) 3.3 Program the basic behavior of your scene Step 4: Test it, fix the bugs and analyse it (Does it work as design ? It was fun? Did you acomplish your first goals? How to improve it) Step 5: Iterate the process from step one, with new information, new goals, new activities, new elements with the objective of improving the game, many times as needed. All the other element like music composition, artistic style, special effects, comes much later, once your game has a strong foundation. Good luck guys, It is a long journey.

[@rooodis456]

This is so good I am gonna copy it down into my notes app rn 😭

[@Thrillidas]

@@rooodis456 Thanks for your words ! Happy coding !

[@gakuyax]

Dont make a game because you wanna make money.

[@sporthighlights-sh3ex]

If you're making games full time, then making money out of it should be one of the priorities. You need to be paid for the work and time spent to make it.

[@RaghunathTambde]

Agree, but I think what @gakuyax is trying to convey is that if you start your career in game development it must be because you love making games, entering the game making industry for only money cannot take you to great heights. Correct me if my conveying is wrong

[@user-y1j]

@@RaghunathTambdeor you can start your career with the goal of it being, yknow, a career 😂

[@SuperDestroyerFox]

@@sporthighlights-sh3exI think what they’re saying is that your passion and what drives you forward shouldn’t be money, an artist doesn’t get passion from selling their pieces. Famous artists became that way because they were just doing it for fun and then started selling, they didn’t start for money.

[@peacemaster8117]

@@SuperDestroyerFox Nah that's nonsense, lots of artists get into the game for the money. If you want to be successful in the business then you have to take it seriously. The people who got into it "for fun" are the ones you've never heard of. Besides, games aren't directly analogous to art.

[@georgeml-o_o]

I never watched an interview of an admirable game dev that says that he made a game choice because of how well it would perform in the market. The best indie games are original, usually well polished and fun to play. If you aim only for the success, you'll only reach the base of the mountain(that's full of garbage). The greatness of indie games is that the devs put something that only them could do. Enjoy the ride, the end of road is an illusion.

[@PyranoStudios]

good advice

[@orang375]

I've just started on the game making journey and I can say for certain that my biggest fear right now is giving up.

[@samyam]

you can do it! :)

[@PreviouslyCyancloud12]

Code Programming: Hard Blueprint Programming: Hard Block Programming: Ez Castle Programming: Ez

[@jorispruntel425]

Absolute tripe! Can you teach me excell?

[@lockyaw]

She has a video on PowerPoint!

[@Visnii]

Firstly, avoid social medias, I'm halfway done of releasing my first steam game, it's not good, and I know it, it does not compare.... with guys that had years of professional experience and had gone solo. My game is mine, a creation of love and that's all that matter, it may not sell, I may not recover expenses, but it's my child

[@triskaideka13]

What game?

[@lnx648]

Even is its not perfect games at are over at some point. Once the player is done playing the large games, he maye give a shot yo yours and enjoy it as well.

[@nemonomen3340]

This is great advice if you’re not interested in learning and growing. Less so, if you are. I know that sounds a bit snarky, but actually I think it’s totally fine to not care about what others think of your game at all. But if you _do_ care at all, then you _obviously_ have to be able to actually take others’ criticisms so you can turn them into positive changes. (That being said, the customer _isn’t_ alway right and they don’t always know what it is they really want)

[@bomb_jaguar]

I'm doing a multiplayer game, almost 2 years of godot experience and gamedev in general. Publishing my first game soon, its mostly how much you want it to happen, not because of money or success/fame, if its a passion project you'll get it done and it'll be worth it, you just have to keep in mind that improovement is always possible, you don't have to keep a under-developed game this way forever and become sad about it.

[@palpatine6197]

What game is it?

[@Teebyzmal]

I can confirm Game Jams do really help. I just did one and it took me from barely making a prototype of an idea, to having a finished mk1 prototype of a game I now want to continue making. It's inspiring motivation really.

[@theInfra-Recon]

Awesome video, this is a good refresher tbh. I studied BsCs Game Development for 4 years, and the greatest lesson I've learned is to not give up. You will doubt, and you will get tired, but whatever happens, you will grow and be stronger than you were before. What am I making? An RPG and a Racing game...oh boy😰

[@samyam]

haha good luck!

[@unwithering5313]

Don't forget the possibility of health issues sneaking up, it can be a big momentum breaker.

[@theInfra-Recon]

@@unwithering5313 I've been there... It's not fun at all.

[@samyam]

@@unwithering5313 Yes always take care of health first!

[@Vanduo610]

I am creating a fantasy RPG with an open world in Unity. 😅

[@ascensionacademy3418]

No offense but shouldnt you prove some success before teaching other people how to do it? You have a basic platformer on steam which isnt even released yet and AI shovelware. This is kind of the equivalent of all the business gurus that make money off selling courses. Looks like you make your money off teaching other people how to game dev rather than being in the industry. Being a pretty girl in tech is like being a unicorn so im not suprised your successful and not trying to hate but dont you think its slightly unethical. Im sure your just gonna trump my comment up to sexism and ignore it but i would appreciate an answer. Thanks

[@indy2l]

When you start learning music yourself, the best thing to do (at least what I'm doing) is to search for tutorials and learn new songs to play. You'll learn to improvise as you're learning new songs and chords in them. And I believe it's the same thing with Game Development.

[@JolanXBL]

I challenge you to watch the game tutorial video of Jonas Tyroller and NOT have a game after 30 minutes. The very first one, he shows how to make a marble move, with reset and goal triggers. That's the beginning of every Marble Madness type game right there.

[@richardbloemenkamp8532]

It is not difficult to make a game. It is difficult to make a game that is good enough such that people that you do not know will buy it. I made many games but never sold one. Okay I never tried to sell any game, which doesn't help.

[@CommanderCatz]

Video ideas for you "I made a game in scratch" "I made a game in 1 hour, 10 hours, 1 day, and 1 week" "I made the same game in 5 engines 'I made the same game in different languages" 'I made a game only using 1 sprite"

[@samyam]

nice ideas thank you!

[@CommanderCatz]

@@samyam your welcome

[@farvardinmainyu1961]

I never bother to watch KZbin videos of games that were developed in a short period of time. It's impossible to make relatively complex and fun games in a few dozen hours...

[@Theystolemyhandle]

Lmfao. Then you don’t know a single thing about video games do yah?

[@richardbloemenkamp8532]

I made a version of Tetris in less than a dozen hours when I was 13 in BASIC on Apple 2. However with today's expected game quality standards, it is indeed mostly impossible to create a sellable game quickly. Prize-winning game-jammers indeed do not start from zero.

[@farvardinmainyu1961]

@@richardbloemenkamp8532 You're amazing ! I once spent a dozen hours creating a simple DND game by using the C language in the ASCII form. The "relatively complex and fun games" I mentioned in my previous comment were games like Factorio and Pathfinder: Kingmaker...

[@xxispade]

Real talk. That first part of the video about pushing forward was so inspiring. I've been working on my first game for almost 3 years now, and you have reassured me that it will get done. Will finish the rest of the video now. Thanks!

[@ckmstudios]

Wonderful video -- I'd love to reference it in the future. It would be helpful to have a descriptive chapter names. Thanks again for making great content!

[@samyam]

Added them!

[@nathanmiguel76]

80% of optimization in the unit is done just by using URP

[@samyam]

URP does have batching but it doesn't cover all the other types of optimization you should consider in your games

[@Damian_h]

Some basic SOLID implementation can save u a lot of problems too. Is just if u dont start the right way refactoring your code in late stage to increase the optimization wont be any good so better start properly from the get go.

[@scotmcpherson]

@@Damian_hright, clean when a block of code isn’t clearly focused on a task, and abstract when you’re repeating yourself.

[@scotmcpherson]

There’s more to the world that Unity

[@TSC1390]

Love your work , are you up for collabs? Would love to have you insight, input / expertise apart of this project! Keep up the great work!

[@samyam]

Thank you! Not at the moment as I'm super busy :)

[@razawarrior25]

i love you.r voice

[@SLAQGames]

Great video. I really appreciate that you cover the steps needed in a comprehensive and realistic way while still being encouraging and presenting the process as achievable, which it is. I especially like that you don't downplay the importance of learning to program, and that you mentioned optimization and getting early feedback. Starting small is also good advice - if you're a new developer on your own, you'll learn far more by working on a small game, or even just a single system or feature, than by starting a years-long project where it will be much harder to learn and change methods as you go Keep up the great content!

[@samyam]

Thank you so much for the nice comment! :)

[@zuprazazel4380]

This is a good video let me just add that some of this youtuber developers already have a lot of technologies and plugins bought that facilitate development. Many successful game devs bought game mechanics template

[@JerryRayado]

I just close godot engine. But I saw your vido. Thank you! Im keep working!

[@samyam]

Make sure to take breaks though for your health! :)

[@lachlan_bear2243]

I think one of the key things to remember for beginners is that your work is gonna be crap, it’s gonna be buggy…but that’s ok you are learning would you compare a grad student who wants to be a doctor to a person who’s been a brain surgeon for 10 years? No absolutely not because one is a master and one’s a student, you are the student so don’t compare yourself otherwise you’ll drag yourself down, your a noob and your allowed to be. So let’s make our crappy awesome work together and be proud of it

[@Solarmaxi]

Instructions unclear, stuck on step 0.

[@samyam]

🥲

[@corriedotdev]

2.5 Months before Steam next fest. Trying to integrate steam works inventory SDK, leaderboard and achievements in time for the demo. Remortgaging house in September if I get the last bit of confidence round one of QA. Failing this I'll go find a 9-5 again and cry Great video, enjoyed this. Will be sharing to students 👍

[@swabrax]

U'll make it inshaalah

[@akj3344]

This is really helpful. Thanks for making this video. I have wishlisted your game as well. Also good choice of sponsor.

[@samyam]

Thank you :)!

[@mr.misinput]

What game is being played at 13:47, it looks awesome!

[@samyam]

Thats the Unreal Engine 5 Demo, not a full game unfortunately

[@unknowngamer8736]

As a guy who starting out in game development I'll keep this in mind. Thanks.

[@puppetbirds]

I’ve tried every major game engine (besides game maker) and I can confidently say that I HATE THEM ALL HAHAHAHAHAHA I MAKE MY GAMES IN RAW PYTHON AND JAVA HEHEHEHEHEHEHE

[@DINGOS30]

Your credibility went up by +200% when you pronounced Godot and Ludume Dare correctly.

[@dreamisover9813]

Great video! I can really recommend Jonas' referenced video about finding a game idea to work on as well. For contracts, always good to set them up to have something of legal weight. There is only one issue that the contract is only as good as someone's capability to enforce it and that can get tricky or costly, depending on circumstances. Game Jams haven't really worked that well for me for learning new things (over focused time investment on your on into a topic). A reason is that the time constraint is often so tight that I just focus on getting things done quickly rather than actively learning something, but they have definitely helped for finding motivation or some external accountability (especially when you have team mates) to finish something or to get back into game dev after a break.

[@shadows13310]

yeah I got you're video in my recommandation after I've been struggling hard on step 7, got flagged on many social media as being non-human, deleted them but it's usually a consistent 0 view, that make it have no interaction, but I have no idea how to build any community. I learn to code, I learn to draw and make music, then I'm doing Big project, marketing none. I'll look at the discord you've mentioned though.

[@bar123k5]

First time here just wanted to say that i love the editing and the way you explain things!! Most game devs are boring af or cring af (when trying to keep you engaged) but you talk straight to the point and i absoloutly love it. Subscribed

[@samyam]

Thank you so much :)

[@themealena817]

Damn, I'm writting my game in C and developping my own engine just for the fun of it. I didn't even think of getting any penny from it, I might just throw it to the world if it is ever finished some day.

[@victorspresence1263]

Was this sponsored?! Also -- remember the motto; NEVER Unity? Yep.

[@b_kamel97]

Thank you for showing the true backstage of developing a game.

[@sonictailsandsally]

I would not recommend 50/50 split as this can lead to a lot of strife when the team builds a lot of success. At least a 60/40 split with the 60 being the final decision maker.

[@jasonl9266]

Hey! I also make unity games . Mostly sitting on my hard drive ..i have about 20 polished games that none has played and None on the steam store ...not ready to be a millionaire . Nice video btw !

[@navtektv]

3:25 The only wrong choice is Unity. Not because of the engine itself but because of the people who are selling the engine. Sucks but true.

[@WhyKev]

Great video to get a lot more understanding about all steps for new developers! Good job Sam!

[@sicfxmusic]

I hope this video will help me to finally get off my lazy butt and actually do something 🙌

[@dprazo]

Now I'm scared to finish my game.

[@samyam]

you can to it :)!

[@dprazo]

@@samyam Thank you for the encouragement. Means the world to me. Was a little depressed if I could finish my game. Thanks for the encouragement once again.

[@m.l4080]

i appreciate this so much! i work as a Atlassian admin for my job and decided to use Jira to carve out a plan, but I was still "stuck" on what comes next within the plan. this was extremely helpful!

[@TheScored]

Thanks for giving me my morning motivation to get coding. :)

[@ArseniyShved]

19:25 "the whole point of them playing the game is to see something that you don't see" Wrong. The whole point is for them to not see all the obvious stuff that you put for them to see and die inside=))))

[@jessieisverysilly]

got confused with the instructions how do I get down here I'm stuck and it's cold