Finally Starting My Indie Game Dev Journey (Devlog #0)

[@breadman7733]

Your videos are so professional and excellent ! Thanks for the great devlogs

[@ezthedev]

Aww thanks for such kind words! Appreciate it!

[@edgarmagalhaes18]

This is realy relatable! Nice improvement on video and audio editing!

[@ezthedev]

Thanks!

[@ezthedev]

Thanks! Trying to get better a little bit with each video!

[@kelvinpraises]

I don't have much experiences with games, but I love to see what you'll make!

[@maximgagnon7933]

Hi Ezra, I enjoyed Fallout2, Diablo2 and X-com. Cant wait to see in which direction you will be going. Building a game is in my bucket list. :D

[@twomur_]

what an awesome video dude!! i genuinely really enjoyed this style of devlog and i can’t wait to see the next so i subbed!! personally, the more choice im given in a game the better (IMO) but sometimes i like a story to steadily guide me for more casual play so finding a balance between those 2 would be awesome, however completely crafting your own story in a play through would feel amazing! also i’m interested to know what art style your aiming for! i absolutely love pixel art and when done right i really like it adds so much character to game!!

[@ezthedev]

thank you so much for a detailed and kind comment! Without spoiling too much, I'm really excited about the idea and it's getting me really pumped to build/share! In terms of art, I'm also a sucker for a good pixel art style games, so maybe there's a chance that's what I will end up going towards. There's a feel of nostalgia, but not only that some games are actually enhanced experience due to its stylistic pixel art!

[@daikennett]

Hey man, just found you, sorry to hear about the layoff but im excited to follow your journey! Consistency is key with content creation so keep up the good work :)

[@ezthedev]

Thanks! I'm really hoping consistency and open posting being a some sort of accountability would help me be consistent for both content creation and my projects!

[@MrPayo92]

good luck on your journey

[@daikennett]

Also, a great game I have been playing through is chained echoes, the story is excellent and I think its rooted in great character development as well as a story that grows in size. You want the player to start off as something small and relatable (think cloud in FF7) he started off a small time mercenary, and then the world slowly increases in size, shinra destroying the world, sephiroth etc.

[@ezthedev]

Starting small and relatable! That makes a lot of sense!

[@Jangoora]

Glad to see getting stuck while starting out in game dev, specially when you are passionate about it, being normalised. Its a form of art so it can be very difficult to make creative choices.

[@laja6108]

My favorite RPGs are Skyrim, Red Dead 2, and witcher 3. I wish there had been more choices in all 3 that directy affected the story, but it was still magical playing them that first playthrough.

[@ezthedev]

All great games! Nothing quite like being completely immersed in the world and the character!

[@laja6108]

@@ezthedev Exactly. I'm excited to see what you come up with, rpgs are the best 🙂

[@김미랑-z5d]

하이~~현섭^^ 현섭아 이렇게 영상으로라도 만나니 넘 넘 반갑다~ 초등학생 현섭이의 귀여운 개구장이 모습도 아직 남아 있어 더 반갑네~ 몇번씩 반복해서 들어야 겨우 아는 단어들이 들리는 수준이라 답답 하지만~~ㅠㅠ 너의 새로운 날들을 기도로 응원한다~ 또 보자~~^^

[@OsTerminator]

This sounds fun, I can’t wait to see what you get done! Hopefully one day I can do the same.. “Doom” is a good game to start with

[@streampunksheep]

I like it when the story is told through the game, and not through voice over, or a narrator saying x, y, or z. Of course there are exceptions. Little Misfortune is an exception, which I can say I am not against. However, they put a little thought by bringing the narrator as a character. I think its best if narrative are conveyed through art, and design of the game. Hey man, good luck with your journey.

[@ezthedev]

Omg I agree! My favorite play moments are when I discover story and narrative intrinsically without being forced to "stay and hear a while" lol. I've been seeing a lot of miss fortune videos and that does seem pretty fun but yea. Thank you!

[@DevjKaiser]

This sounds exciting, are you going to document your journey and the things you learn for us to see?

[@ezthedev]

Yea thats the hope! Hopefully I can boil it down to easily consumable chunk !

[@DevjKaiser]

@@ezthedev Well, you have a new subscriber! I’m still in big tech and often want to just leave and follow a dream. Not there yet, but I love seeing people do it. Gives me hope that there’s more out there. I’m excited for the story you create, I love creating stories.

[@ezthedev]

@Devj Kaiser thanks! I hope I can keep making stuff you enjoy!

[@calderov]

Ezra, check out the Diablo talks at GDC. The original creator gives a lot of tips on his thought process and how Diablo evolved as a concept.

[@ezthedev]

I do love a good GDC talk! Thanks, will take a look.

[@JoaoVitorBRgomes]

Regards from Sao Paulo!

[@ezthedev]

👋

[@brainmultiverse]

Elden Ring 👑 Zelda 🤴

[@carolinaramirez3686]

Hello!! My partner was fired at 52 , he was cc+ developer and more. Do you know websites to find jobs ? Remote or not. Congratulations for your project!!

[@EricCRO]

Make a discord im about to resign soon to work on my project full time as I feel too drained, would be good to connect with others about to jump shit or were let off the ship via plank

[@ec188]

Game programming compensation is huge different from big tech companies. There is no much job security in the game programming since a lot of young people want to do it. The game software engineers are usually under appreciated. Better to do some research to Jump ship. Many want to jump from Game programming to big techs.

[@GloriasASMR]

You look so familiar!

[@ezthedev]

Haha.. yea! Nice to see you here!

[@sean721888]

Best RPG I played is Sekiro or Witcher 3, does Stardew Valley count as narrative?

[@ezthedev]

Honestly when it comes to personal narrative I feel like started valley is one of the best ones!

[@sean721888]

@@ezthedev the best game indie wise is Hollow Knight, not very narrative but the music is so good

[@ezthedev]

@@sean721888 funnily enough, it still had me wondering about happened and the story of the "past" when I was playing hollow knight! Solid game for sure

[@martinlabastie.p9940]

Witcher 3 is the best game in history of games, played it when i was 16. Everything what i used to enojy in a game (haven´t played nothing for over 2 years now) usually relies in the amount of connection you build with the characters & the story, everything else is secodary in my opinion. Cheers!

[@ezthedev]

connection between story and character, very true!

[@user-y8byjawx]

A friend of mine spent several years building a game and the game wasn't successful. What he got out of it is that he became a better programmer and got himself a better job. What are you going to get out of it if the game won't be a success? Also, are you prepared to spend several years on it?

[@ezthedev]

For now, I'm just doing it for the fun of going through the creative process. I feel it more akin to writing a novel.. yes, not exactly useful in the action itself and maybe the product (success or not). However, I would have learned different field of programming (I've already done enterprise software engineering), so it wouldn't be a completely waste of time! thanks for asking.

[@user-y8byjawx]

@@ezthedev we'll, sounds like a plan. Good luck!

[@vinja858]

I don't understand what kind of game you're leaning towards even after watching the entire video -_-