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Starting game dev can be difficult, planning is critical! In this video I discuss strategies and tips to have a productive, motivating new year
Music by Filmstro
#gamedev #motivation

[@LostRelicGames]

Wishing you all the best for 2021. May you have an amazing year that can be looked back on with pride. - discord.gg/yeTuU53

[@colincruickshank7679]

Thanks mate! Your timing couldnt be better. All the best! :D

[@likun54]

it's nice to get motivated by Jhon wick...

[@TachyBunker]

😂 yeah right

[@beri4138]

Too bad Cyberpunk sucked huh

[@troligtvisme]

Haha had to scroll up to the video to check again xD

[@likun54]

@@beri4138 I really feel for the dev who worked so so hard....I still hope it will bounce back somehow...

[@beri4138]

@@likun54 I hope they find a better job. For CDPR I hope the whole company closes. What a clusterfuck.

[@squeakybunny2776]

How is he suddenly composing a autobiography about me without even knowing me...??

[@ibrahimsharckas8929]

you have became one of my favourite youtuber much respect to you lost relics

[@Hemecan.]

"double it whatever you think how long it gonna take" This is the key :)

[@GingerNingerish]

I love your channel. It's nice having someone a little older than the other the other You Tube devs on here that I see, to give some good life advise and wise info as well.

[@InexperiencedDeveloper]

"You gotta love it, man" -Lost Relic Games

[@InexperiencedDeveloper]

For real though, written plans might be that edge up that we need!

[@OmegaF77]

Then slap me harder and call me a masochist because I'm lovin' it.

[@whiskeybarrelstudios]

Fantastic advice John. Here's to a big 2021 for our two studios, may the output be prodigious and prolific!

[@Skeffles]

Some really great tips here. I feel like 2020 was just a toe dipping exercise for me and I now have plans for 2021. I wish you a good 2021 too.

[@NeuroDeveloper]

Hi Motivation, I'm glad to see you back.

[@shanefolden4784]

Right! 🙌🏻

[@SakiStarr777]

As i was watching this, I was getting tired and lazy working on shops for my game, and I noticed that it was a hint of procrastination coming up, because I would watch videos and mess around more than i would actually work. This video was like a slap in the face to get to work. Thanks for this I will now start scheduling my day to get work done

[@ACaballeroM_Art]

Perfect timing. Thanks for the words, Johnny Silverhand. Happy New Year!

[@missquprison]

You are a magician. I was thinking recently how the hell am I gonna structurize my motivation to make tiny progress every week rather than bursting through first few days then kinda stop.

[@turoreal]

This is truly my year, I've actually in the final days of 2020 gained the confidence to code my own features without tutorial help, 2021 will be my year!

[@Filmblanc]

I love this guy, what a KZbin gem and breath of fresh air.

[@dreadzitodev488]

Very good video, it motovated me a lot. I would like to watch one with more details in how to make a strong plan, maybe your own ways to plan or something like that. Surely it would be a great video!!! Best of luck Jhon and happy new year

[@blackphant8399]

Thank You. Some times i feel myself really lonely, in this way. But now this really helped me a lot. You are good people with big heart.

[@LotionSoronarr]

Suggestions on videos to make - some things you mentioned: - other way to do delayed method calls. You mentioned that you rarely use Invoke, so expand on other methods, their pros and cons. - resolving getting stuck in ground tiles (between two tiles). You mentioned several methods, but never explained what they were.

[@CalibungaDude]

I like to believe that you made this video just for me and I appreciate it.

[@jeffgamedev]

Thanks for the motivation, friend. Let's make some cool stuff this year.

[@trunkostudios9500]

Spent last year learning Game Dev basics - want to ship my first game this year!

[@darkexior]

dude, thank you for making this video. very motivational!!

[@peanut3438]

Thank you so much for this wisdom! I really needed this

[@agent-33]

That's right. Planning is everything, it is the phase that needs more time so be patient. Get a drawing notebook so you can draw what you want to see in your planned game or maybe just type in your ideas in notepad app. As for me, I had several list of ideas already but I haven't started any of them.

[@broganking9830]

Love your vids man. Real talk.

[@dannypeet9191]

Great insight, as always!

[@solitaregames]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@studiomalaka]

Wise words, as usual. Thanks for your content, once more

[@jdselig]

Great video! Would also love to see a video about the nitty gritty specifics of how you plan out a whole project-I can never seem to get it quite right, and would love to see how you approach it!

[@durrium]

Subbed! Very nice motivation mate

[@MisterBehavior]

He's absolutely right about how our baseline for hardship is low in western countries. Very glad I found this channel!

[@antounkassouf8644]

John, you are an inspiring and wise man

[@RedefineGamedev]

Very well said. I enjoyed watching this video. Most of the concepts presented here I've learned in 2020. It's hard to ask a developer-oriented person to time plan, prepare something for medium to long term because we are always not sure. But on the long run, this approach hurts a lot because without a destination you can have the best GPS, it won't take you anywhere. So, set a goal and don't stop until you achieve it. Don't get discouraged because the journey is important, not the destination.

[@tauheedgamedev2388]

Inspiring video, I totally agree Game Dev has a steep initial learning curve but once you push through it there’s no limit to what can be achieved. KZbin on the other hand is fun in the beginning but will slowly take over your game dev time so plan effectively

[@kken8766]

You give great speechs!

[@2Fast4Youtube]

Thank you so much man!

[@gbeebe]

You just became one of my favorite KZbinrs... because of the attitude.

[@countyourblessings5578]

More of a motivation than a guide.

[@DesnesCitrus]

I love this video! I am so happy that I started journaling my life and goals a few years ago. I was always the guy who have too much goals without have any idea how to get there... setting goals and breaking them down makes a difference! Do you journal your goals? Whould you whow something of that?

[@conraduouou]

This is my main source of game dev planning and motivation! Thanks to you, sir! by the way, do you have any communities that offer the same kind of motivation? I'd like to join!!

[@KyleHarrisonRedacted]

Man 2019 my resolution was to buckle down and get some projects released. I accomplished that. 2020 my resolution was to get away from prepackaged engines and write my own. I accomplished that, but that project went through a pretty nasty patch over the past 3 months, and only just now (like yesterday) have I found the mental energy to pick it back up again. It's obviously so much harder, but its been a life long dream to roll my own tech and last year I did just that and already have plans for newer upcoming engines. 2021 will be the year I release my first game under my own technology. And I am excited for it!

[@ChrisTharpArt]

Great video I really enjoyed it.

[@Peak_Stone]

Thanks Keanu.

[@noodle-eater]

Agree, it will be better if we make planning before starting development. You can use SMART Framework to plan your game development if you get confused about how to manage it. And make sure to divide your game into small chunk or milestone from prototype to MVP, release etc. It feels a lot of easier and shorter to achieve rather than a big chunk of developing the game and release it once. When you are developing your game, you can also use sprint or kanban to manage your development process. I personally using notion and kanban to manage my game, because it just a solo or a small team. And I get all my needs there. Also do not forget to plan the monetization too if you want to commercialize it. Good luck guys :3

[@dimansky777]

Greate speech! 🔥

[@r0nel0]

wow thanks you gave me fire to do. thanks again)))))) peepohappy (happy new year every one)

[@taylorcoon3295]

what I do is all about daily time management. I pick 1 thing each day that is obviously good for me and just do it for like 2 hours. Doesn't have to be fast or amazing. By the end of the year, I end up accomplishing a lot. And, some days tend to cascade. Like I'll do my stretches in the morning and feel good, that will feed into having a great day at work, then once work is done I spend all night working on my personal project. Not every day is like that but every day starts with the 1 thing I described above.

[@Videogueimeiro]

I did it. After three years thinking about how to start and doing nothing, last year I took a decision and this year my first game is up and running

[@TheSerphmx]

Yeah, well...personally this year I set the goal to land a job as a game developer. I was making good progress until I had to get a "nice" steady income to support some familiy matters and being a rookie again would not help (or at least I believed that). Now I need to double the efforts to keep learning game dev and attend my day job as a SW developer, including the activities of being an adult. I still wonder if I took the right path since I have been delaying working on games for so long that I want to fulfill the goal that I set up. So I need to keep working and the next year start my personal project and turn this hobby into my profession. Anyway, just my $.02. Like always, great content John! Let's hope that we all stay safe and keep working in out projects.

[@WoodysAR]

I go the Engineer Scotty route, multiple all time estimates by a factor of four.

[@masterlewzilla2116]

Lets go!

[@rayanghosh8721]

Well Said and I appreciate your videos. Could you please share or explain the process for releasing games on stream?

[@medredsr2641]

thank you

[@zekiozdemir420]

thank you soo much

[@itsME-dc4vm]

Nice ... Thanks ;D

[@Hydra-tm7qm]

0:17 I said that 9 and half years ago,

[@SaHaRaSquad]

One method I've seen an experienced developer suggest is the following: take your estimate, double it and/or increase the time unit by one. So, if you say "it'll take 3 days" you turn it into 6 weeks and that's probably more realistic once you factor in all the distractions, stupid meetings and bad teamwork.

[@Snatcher_Catcher]

Do you have a multiplayer tutorial? Like using photon or mirror? I see a lot of people using photon. But make it all the way? Like syncing up the animation and make it through components not just all script. Your voice is clear and just from what i seen on your camera tutorials they are explained great and clear. 2d rpg game multi player is im sure everyone would love to see.

[@DroolingNoob115]

A personal recommendation I can give people. Set deadlines for your project and be willing to make sacrifices along the way. Otherwise you may end up stuck working on something trying to reach perfection. That's not necessarily a bad thing but if you can learn how to ship a game then that means you can move on to more projects faster and the more projects you work the better they become. Simple.

[@WoodysAR]

Oh my GOD is that a thing? That early resistance curve? I nearly killed myself for nearly 2 whole years tearing my hair out learning Unreal Engine, nearly every waking minute.

[@ArcangelZero7]

I can seriously sympathize! I've been off-and-on beating myself against gamedev coding for like 8 years now? First Python, then C#, and it just wasn't "clicking." Only just now did Godot's "GDScript" start to actually *make sense* to me. It's HARD to stay motivated when you have no idea what to write in the "new script" file. And it's discouraging to constantly be getting silly, sometimes esoteric compiler errors. But you know what? Tiny bite-sized projects. Import some free asset. Make it move. Make it bounce randomly when you click on it. "Stupid" things like that. Take tutorial scripts and just start screwing with them to figure out how they work. Did it break it? Why? Can I improve it? It's at this point it will actually start to get FUN, because you're on the way to getting things to happen. One way to mess with things is to check the documentation of methods within engine classes. "Does it feel better if I use on_just_clicked instead of on_just_released?" That kind of thing. Don't give up! :)

[@WoodysAR]

@@ArcangelZero7 Yeah it happens for sure, if slowly. A few months back I realized I had finally hit a level of comfort with the entire engine, (in year 3) and wasn't going to bed fuming and frustrated anymore.

[@ArcangelZero7]

@@WoodysAR That's an awesome place to be! I feel like we found that sweet spot between "challenge" and "mastery." Let's make great things. :)

[@Weird_Quests]

I’m a writer and narrative designer - I’ve been wanting to develop my own games for a number of years but never took the leap of faith. This year I will be. Would you recommend Unity as a starting engine? C# is the primary language, yes? What resources would you recommend on starting to learn it?

[@mikaelfarro]

Need one for 2022 xD

[@silverhand4468]

I like your channel

[@openworldgamedevjontyin2242]

NEW SUBSCRIBER ... I NEED MOTIVATION EACH AND EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO STICK MY SELF WITH THE GAME DEVLOPMENT !!!!!!!!!!

[@blackwarrior823]

That's not good, that means you're not determined and self motivated !!

[@openworldgamedevjontyin2242]

@@blackwarrior823 it happens when you are trying to make a next gen game in ue4 all by yourself xD

[@hydroweapon]

Coding is my biggest shortfall... It's so difficult

[@noooaaahhhh13]

I would listen to you on podcast.

[@cinnybun739]

For some reason, your eyes look like they've cried. Like you've cried before making these videos lol... No disrespect, I love your videos! You're awesome.

[@LostRelicGames]

Tears of Joy! :)

[@adrianoalmeida7646]

Using RealLifeEngine; Void Update (){ //Make the year 2021 be less hard than 2020 If( time.Year > 2020) { RealLife.SetDificultyLevel -= 1; Debug.Log("Happy new year everyone") } }

[@zaferuzer2722]

Compiler error ("2021

[@gabrielpoupou1479]

999+ prints -> fps is below 10

[@fongaming101]

Forgot Time.DeltaTime

[@beri4138]

Dumbest comment of the year

[@hplovecraftmacncheese]

I just realized who you remind me of. Joe Juplantier, the lead singer of Gojira.

[@ClubGamerZone]

Watching this in August... can I use this for 2022?

[@subliminalcastillo2126]

I feel like I have met you in a past life. "Lost Relic" Games already grabbed my attention. Your objective awareness & nonattachment towards human ideas, and emotions. Also the awareness of the subjectivity & non-concrete nature of these socially constructed, abstract ideas. Your emphasis on willpower & taking the reigns on your own life. I bet you also intuitively understand people flawlessly, you can see through all of their motivations, intentions, because you understand yourself. The average person would think I am crazy for saying this, but I know you know what I am talking about.

[@beri4138]

Do you think he's like the next Buddha

[@manawar7231]

Good video, but I wasn't able to watch most of it because I am too busy busting my ass coding my video game and adding online multiplayer functionality. No one knows about my game, and that's ok. I have to trick myself into a delusion that one day there will be others playing it and that I didn't spend thousands of hours building a game for nothing. That's how I create motivation for myself and stay sane.

[@davidmills47]

As a game dev over a decade with 60 releases, I can say with much certainty that the indie dev, and possibly pro game dev, is most likely over. And yeah, its devastating but the writing is on the wall...

[@ninja_tony]

This couldn't be more false. I don't know why you choose to shit all over the very people doing or aspiring to do the same thing you claim to have been doing for years. Maybe you just don't want the competition. But in reality, game dev is a lot like any other creative field, such as music, art, and acting. It is ABSOLUTELY true that 99% of people will go into it and fail, but there are a million reasons why that is. But the opportunity is still great for anyone willing to work hard, anyone that is dedicated to growing and learning, and making mistakes. Most people that say they want to be a gamedev are not cut out for it, that is for certain. But to say that it's no longer possible for anyone to succeed as an indie dev is insane and misleading at best, and outright dangerous at worst. You're actively trying to dissuade people from their dream, just because YOU think they have no chance. But it doesn't matter what you think, or how much experience you claim to have, because you don't get to decide other people's success. THEY DO.

[@media_dept]

Maybe you got your Skyrim and Red Dead Redemption mixed up a little there Cowboy!

[@EmmifyX]

Am 13 years old

[@alexanderbliskavka5403]

Oh yeah, I'm familiar with the nerf gun experience 😂

[@jvince001]

Purchased the 2D Unity Asset John made & mentioned in vid. SUPER helpfully low price (~$10). Will give a shout when I've used it! Link: assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/easy-2d-player-movement-184734

[@davidosaro6818]

That moment u know u lied 7:02

[@aditirajbhar7228]

I dont know about :- Game art Game design Code Music But im eager to learn it ,i will turn 19 next year i hope a i learn something about game dev despite being busy with formal education.

[@beri4138]

I code but I suck at art :(

[@aditirajbhar7228]

@@beri4138 start with pixel art practice it every and by that i mean not just replicate the image but understand about shadow and all those pixel,im learning aesprite right now......

[@beri4138]

@@aditirajbhar7228 I will try 16x16 pixel art but I have no artistic talent. I hope I'll be able to make anything worth looking at. Until now my games were all made with squares and circles because I was afraid of art and animation.

[@aditirajbhar7228]

@@beri4138 same everyone game start with cube or circle 😂....

[@Golemofstone]

Hmmm.. i work in engineering/manufacturing.. So far 4.5 years wasted on over scoped game ideas and getting over-hyped/underwhelmed and distracted by my growing asset-store purchases.. Bugger

[@beri4138]

Stop thinking about it as "wasted time" and "wasted money". It's a hobby. Hobbies absorb time and cost money. That's just how it is. If you buy a piano and start learning to play it, same concept. I wish you success in your game development. And if you won't earn enough from them to make a living, that's normal. 99% don't.

[@chunchiu5439]

beat em up game 10 random combo all combo do same damage one combo at a time

[@gamedevshirious]

Keanu Reeves after Cyberpunk

[@blackwarrior823]

🤣

[@branidev]

Great video, year 2020 was great quarantine help me to stay home and code, I finished 3 "projects" / "games" and man I can't wait what I can achieve in 2021. I am a new Game Dev 1 (year+) but I am so happy have channels like yours to support that dream to push my motivation... That's for that and btw : your first link on "platformer" doesn't work

[@LostRelicGames]

Well done man, I'm happy to hear you made the most of your time this year, all the best in the next! And thanks for the heads up about the link, some dark magic, fixed now!

[@beri4138]

Do you intend to share your games?

[@openworldgamedevjontyin2242]

I AM MAKING AN OPENWORLD GAME .. :-)

[@lucassilva7194]

*watches jordan peterson thrice*

[@Marco-rv7ec]

hey, you could make a tutorial on how to make health bars for enemies. that would be great.

[@beri4138]

I figured it out myself by utilizing my vast quantity of intellect.

[@Hydr0matic]

Hey man, just started looking into Unity and found your channel. I've been in software development for 20+ years and I must say I think you're doing it wrong. SD is not supposed to be a lonely grind with hardships, lack of motivation, etc. You need to find someone to collaborate with. If you don't have mates who code find someone online. I've worked on many different platforms in multiple languages, and I must say I'm a bit shocked by the lack of open source and collaborative efforts in game development. Maybe I'm missing something but so far the attitude in game dev seems to be “every man for himself”, “grind it out”, “I'll write my own whatever-engine”. Jesus christ you're wasting time. And Unity doesn't seem to help in any way. The whole thing is turning me off. Sorry for the rant. Be well mate.

[@ScilexGuitar]

What if I WANT to be a solo game developer? What if it makes me more motivated to have made a game by myself? (Doing arts, code, etc)

[@Hydr0matic]

@@ScilexGuitar ​That's fine, I'm sure many feel like you. But if your project is of a size that spans years, it's going to be difficult for many reasons, some of which OP brings up in videos. Personally I've found that there is nothing more motivating in a project than when shit gets done that you yourself didn't do. If I'm working on a heavy/boring issue/ticket just grinding the code, the feeling when my mates close other tickets is amazing. Easily keeps me going. Working with other people you also develop skills you otherwise do not - project management, code review, CI/CD, etc. All helpful if you later decide to take employment. Just curious, have you worked in a team doing game/software dev?

[@ScilexGuitar]

@@Hydr0matic No I just started out 1.5 months ago :) I just finished University back in June (studying chemical engineering and teaching) and during this corona time I really got my eyes open for game development

[@Hydr0matic]

@@ScilexGuitar That's amazing, you have long road ahead. Just make sure you do it for the right reasons (The Great Game Dev Delusion). And don't underestimate the value of collaboration, I can't begin to tell you how much time I've saved having a second opinion close at hand. Good luck.

[@ScilexGuitar]

@@Hydr0matic I have an idea, I dont know if its good, but the idea is to apply the pedagogical knowledge I gained in the education and eventually produce pedagogical games alongside "normal" games

[@PixieSpright]

Defragging your hard drive... LOL.

[@dimitris_official]

ww