How I made my FIRST GAME and how much MONEY I made - Devlog

[@JonasTyroller]

Lovely. The YT algorithm was finally so gracious to show this to me. Nice video. :)

[@JensDev]

Glad it found its way to you Jonas, the algorithm has started moving in my favor! Thanks a lot :)

[@changedev.198]

Well the algorithm doesn't understand I searched for 'Jens' and not 'Jeans' 😂

[@pravardhcv490]

I'm glad there's finally a game developer who doesn't try to just blindly copy dani's jokes. Great video!

[@JensDev]

Trying to do my own thing but taking just some inspiration from other creators, thanks a lot! :)

[@themonocleguy371]

yup exactly, it's funny the first time I hear those "thicc" jokes or "hippity hoppity your code is now my property" but after hearing so much of them it becomes boring

[@pravardhcv490]

@@themonocleguy371 I know right!

[@kwombat5306]

Who's dani?

[@coolraygaming]

Right! So many people who are wannabe Danis

[@brianholdman8952]

How do you not have alot more subs?? Your stuff is very well put together, and you show us the truth about your work. Not just the "I made millions making a donut" type stuff!

[@VJ4rawr2]

Amazing video. You're a really good presenter. I watched the whole thing and enjoyed it.

[@JensDev]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JonLarsen.]

A few minutes into the video I realized that it was a game tested by Jonas, nice. Really interesting to hear about "failed" releases, as mostly you just hear about the good ones. The game looks good, and it could have a lot more potential. But as you already know and said, your first game is all about harvesting experience, more than creating a super awesome blockbusting AAA product. I wish I could do that as well, but currently I am just slobbing through my 10+ years project which I think is fun to make. Hopefully one day I will come up with a smaller project and gain the same experience :) I'm really impressed by your 3D modeling. It is such a huge advantage for making games. Keep up the good work!

[@JensDev]

Yes, I believe it is important to share all experiences so that people are aware your first game(s) most likely won't be a huge success. To me it's more about learning and having fun though :) Sounds like a dream project in the works after such a long development, hope you'll get it done! :) Thanks a lot, it was really a joy for me to get back into using blender after such a long time and do some modeling. It's probably my favourite part of making games!

[@changedev.198]

If that was your first game, you are seriously talented...

[@JensDev]

It was my first game! (Except for that witness game haha).

[@OcnarfPro]

It was also my first

[@sverige7586]

@@OcnarfPro what?

[@blinkachu5275]

Skilled*

[@ORTyOW]

@@blinkachu5275 bruh

[@arasbuilds611]

Wonderful videos once again. you are now my favorit swedish youtuber. Keep up the good work and quality. 💪

[@JensDev]

Gotta improve my videos further now with that title :o Thanks a lot!

[@BuvesaGameDevelopment]

Great to see your progress on the game and video, keep going ;)

[@JensDev]

Thanks a lot, will do :)

[@HH-xi7vh]

@@JensDev cost the game for free

[@grogdizzy5814]

I love your sense of humor. Thank you for the laughs and for sharing the great video

[@UltraViolentYT]

For the first game it's really pretty and fun to play as well. I just subbed. Thanks for this.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

I've literally just downloaded your game after stumbling across this vid. It's actually quite good fun, even if you "pick up" the hitchhiker by simply crashing into them. Great job and much more polished than I was expecting based on what was shown here.

[@JensDev]

Thanks, it's some skilled hitchhikers that can jump on at speed ;)

[@LunarAxe]

how can you download it?

[@jackson-p1j]

lol I like your channel your super underrated 1st ;)

[@JensDev]

Wow u so fast :o Thanks :D

[@jackson-p1j]

@@JensDev Lol

[@local9]

I've always looked at game development and dabbled in it, just never set out to make anything. Inspirational.

[@BitsOfCoding]

That was pretty cool. The game looks kinda fun.

[@itzderpdoodle6937]

Cool stuff, definitely subbing! Can't wait to see what else you make!!

[@kirbofn524]

Bra editing och mega bra humor! Subbad direkt.

[@kevincrinklaw7422]

LMAO so the carmageddon thing takes me back. Played that game a lot. Warped my fragile little mind.

[@jacksondanielles3347]

Love your personality

[@ya-ilya]

It's rare to see someone new on gamedev KZbin who's both a programmer and a 3D artist!

[@sabih__]

ngl the false witness game was such an incredible idea ngl. this video was pretty inspiring 😊

[@bingoae8413]

You are awsome man !! you inspired me, i hope things works well for you new coming game

[@imgeorgeofficial]

Great game but even better video here! Sjukt bra jobbbat. Blir spännande att följa din utveckling!

[@MycketTuff]

Lugna ner dig Jimmy

[@YahyaDanboos]

Really interesting game idea, for a first game I would totally call this a success even if it didn't make any money

[@JensDev]

Thanks! I agree, my intention in the beginning was not to make money off the game, it would have just been a bonus :)

[@gabriellecabato7629]

this inspired me and gave me a good lesson what not to do stuff.

[@JensDev]

happy to help! ;)

[@doctordescargas]

Thanks for sharing your journey. Greetings from LATAM 🙂😝👌

[@thegaming4886]

why does this channel only have 3000 subscribers? Your videos sre really good and you deserve more followers!

[@JensDev]

Thanks a lot, really appreciate it! :)

[@ASMRaphael]

Such a wonderful and super epic video to watch :) I enjoyed it so much! :)

[@JensDev]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@xAdypt]

Seeing league of legends with a controller gave me neuralgia. Also dope video👍 can't wait to see the multi-player game you're working on

[@jonmcf2592]

It's cool time well spent!

[@JensDev]

Thanks a lot :D

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

Bra jobbat. Hoppas också mitt första release blir såhär bra

[@BubbleFortress]

This is really random but in one of my videos I used the exact same well picture when I said "well". Anyways great video!

[@kltorvanger]

Great video for inspiration. Thanks man :)

[@patryk3772]

I propose to make two large invisible buttons for changing the direction of drive on both halves of the screen

[@slurve0h]

You've made more money on a video about your first game now. Impressive!

[@MemeMonke551]

Thats amazing! Im making my second game soon. I hope it will turn out just as good

[@JensDev]

Thanks, good luck with your game!

[@laytonvicars4606]

I like this type of videos. They are very inspiring.

[@fourletterwordgames6135]

What a journey! Keep up the good work!

[@JensDev]

Thanks a lot!

[@SDev]

Amazing, bro!!

[@JensDev]

Thank you! Appreciate it!

[@FurMuzzleGames]

I thought im the only who thought back in my days that modelling in blender is all you need for a game 😂. When i was 7 or 8 years old i also thought that making a game is like a cartoon. The devs drawing every possible outcome of movement for every frame 😂😂

[@tomeberhard74]

Actually great for a first game! Maybe spend a week to 1) do in-app purchases for car upgrades and remove the ads, and 2) make it player vs player? Learned a lot thx for the vid.

[@deviouspolarbear4707]

It looks amazing and motivates me, very cool!

[@sercanyildirimtugcann]

Bro, I have some game ideas for mobile but dont like C# at all but everyone says if you go into mobile, you should focus on Unity. On the other hand, UE seemed to me like increadible. What I want to do is to create VR/AR and mobile games so what do you suggest to me? I'm hard worker man and no problem with coding but like creative/art side much more but scaring to fail in 3d Mobiles if I use UE since I'm solo developer for now. Any help would be appreciated!

[@BooshyBrows]

Download both go through a basic game tutorial (flappy bird clone or similar) and see which one you prefer

[@JensDev]

I have not made any VR/AR games so I'm not sure what I would recommend in that case. I personally prefer Unreal because in my case I work much quicker in it, but I would try out both to see.

[@arefield]

I thought he was replacing the coins with pedestrians you run over 💀

[@ITGirlll]

You game devs seem so fun, y’all are making me want to switch to game building now! 😊

[@computercrazies]

Jens... try making a mode that is next to impossible and challenge a few youtubers that people like to watch get frustrated and or beats insane hard type games. Examples of what to look for is "Jump King" and "Getting Over It" and those are the KZbinrs you want to sucker in with your almost impossible mode. That is just one angle but I do know many ways to hype a game.

[@speggeri90]

Jätte bra mycket spelar Jens gubbe. Vörlåta mig jag talar inte bra svenska jag är från Fineland. Jag tycker om ge dig pengar men jag har inte pengar. Skål! And no, I didn't check with google translate. Sue me. Looks great!

[@JensDev]

Inte illa alls, tack för komplimangen! Själv vågar jag inte ge mig på finska 😅

[@thetwobros24]

yo bro, really thankya. Big respect

[@kaushik4038]

liked video just because you used blender.....good work...keep up

[@ORTyOW]

😳😳😳Happy to hear that you switched to Unreal Engine

[@theanalyst9629]

I tried it lol, it's enjoyable man

[@freeus6085]

You should start your own game jam event and invite us to compete! Good content man!

[@JensDev]

That would be cool! I'm going to look into that :)

[@AL_Masrur]

Downloaded ✅

[@d_range211]

What specifically prompted you to switch to Unreal engine ?

[@JensDev]

I had some issues with unity that I didn't manage to solve (I can't remember specifically what it was now) and I just thought I'd try the same thing in unreal and after having worked in it for a few weeks I realized I could create stuff much faster than I was able to in unity so that's why I switched.

[@avospelar8899]

Hej Jens Bra Vid😊👍

[@drawmaster77]

Fun video, love the humor. That was like my just like my first game too, except I've made an alien shooter. Had sick graphics though.

[@rashidregiste-charles5514]

Very impressive. Amazing game idea. Your game is a success with the time and work you put into it. I don't even have the software to make a game. Congratulations to you.

[@JuanSumChninezeFue]

Why not? Most game dev software is free to learn how to use.

[@kmfsuavin]

man i love your channel, Nice vídeo !

[@JensDev]

Appreciate it, coming with a new video in a day or two! :)

[@phille8176]

Snyggt Jens! Din engelska är ju super bra, kunde aldrig tro att du var svensk 😅

[@dynamisticality998]

I've actually played this game lol, i remember playing it on my phone... crazy

[@JensDev]

Yeah actually, it doesn't have that many downloads, how did you find it? :o

[@DylanHedger]

Man Equlinox was the best game dev serious I ever found. I watched when he was working on his RPG

[@ohtheyloveme]

Love it

[@MycketTuff]

Hiding inside the couch eh.. yeah that sounds about right with how people responded to the fearmongering

[@danieldiehl6063]

where can we see the game False Witness? kinda looked interesting

[@T8T-]

Awesome video! Do you work on your games full time, or do you only do it part time and have a traditional job as well?

[@JensDev]

Thanks! Only part time, I work full time with something totally different :)

[@Chris_t0]

niec video good to see game dev videos that dont make me feel like shit ahahah, good job man

[@JensDev]

Thanks! Not everyone can win all the time right? haha

[@cvspvr]

that's a really pretty van

[@me-ld2gq]

Him: "I switched to unreal." Me: now thats quality content. Subbed.

[@JensDev]

Haha, honestly a game changer for me to work in unreal, don't think I'll ever go back to unity!

[@me-ld2gq]

I never used unity but i just started using unreal and i love it. Especially the bluepeints. They feel so good and intuitive to use.

[@JensDev]

@@me-ld2gq Yeah, the stuff I can produce with unreal would have taken me so much longer with unity and the process is really enjoyable too!

[@ActionGamingLegends]

@@JensDev I also worked with unity first and then switched to unreal engine 🤣

[@657rem1]

I literally did the exact same thing haha 😂

[@36niez36]

6:45 It was a famous (and very brutal) game wich has been banned in most of countries! I from Poland, so I can play it, but it's too much for me.

[@mikhailhumphries]

How long did you work on this game?

[@JensDev]

I would say 3-4 months on the main game. Then it took me about the same time to just fix the last parts which was mainly optimization and adding the ads and so on. I was not as motivated in the end and was doing my master thesis so it was not a lot of effective work!

[@aryanx3405]

Congratulations KZbin started to recommend your video

[@deanwilliams433]

I like in the end where you said now you are making a multi-player horror game.... mistake #2 coming up

[@zenniegames]

very good video actually haha I thought you were a youtube channel with 100k subs. Now subscribed and happy :)

[@JensDev]

I'm working on it haha ;) Thanks :)

[@Moneymaker10110]

Hi I am wondering how you learned to code an create games, And the process of how long it takes, I’m just getting into making games. And tips please of how I can learn please.

[@JensDev]

I have learnt some programming on my own when I was younger, then I took two courses of basic Java at university (not related to gamedev). The rest is self taught. As I show in the video I was using blender a long time ago when I was like 12 so I had some memory of how to make 3D models from back then so I picked up Blender fairly quickly. For the time it takes I cannot say, some people find coding quite difficult to pick up at first so I would just suggest to start doing easy projects. I would definitely try to really understand how it works so you don't just copy tutorials. Good luck!

[@Moneymaker10110]

@@JensDev ok, Thank you for taking the time to write that I will use your advice, Thank you.

[@NaniteKnight]

Jens I have a question, what would be the best game maker for IPhone I can’t seem to find any good game maker engines for it would u have any recommendations?

[@JensDev]

I created my game in unity and it works to create iphone games too, differences should not be that big

[@Mahmood-XEUM]

NEXT TIME YOU WILL MAKE MORE!! BEST OF LUCK FOR NEXT GAME ON UNREAL ENGINE.

[@muhammadobaidullahhashmi4334]

Do you know unity then already or you learned that from vedios while making the game??

[@carlosemiralonso7997]

I like that you show us real experience and not some fabricated story. The way the video goes, well is entertain to watch and is only 10 minutes. So i would see more videos whenever youtube recomends me your channel (yeah, sorry, not sub/follow here).

[@RinoaCraft]

How did you learn how to publish it?

[@poppulseupdate]

Almost 4 minutes in and already surpasses the gameplay mechanics of Big Rigs lol

[@dawoodahmed5793]

I m a medical student and i started learning game dev n coding during vacations , it was a lot more fun and intresting tho i didnt make amy game cz i was learning c# , then vacations ended , and i went back to medical studies , but whenever i open yt, it recommends me these game dev videos which r just awosome , and i really want to make games now , waiting for vacations 😂 i will make a medical game

[@Mohd_Zaid_khan]

Any updates?

[@yanasitta]

Will you be releasing the SHYT UI library as open source?

[@dogeminedoge]

I like your content

[@Harsh_Singh1111]

lol I like your channel too your super underrated 2nd ;)

[@JensDev]

Hey thanks! I appreciate all the support :)

[@Harsh_Singh1111]

@@JensDev Lol

[@TheMrBush]

Could you share how you made the car controller? Looks really cool!

[@JensDev]

I have based the main car controller script of some tutorials by Imphenzia and then adjusted them to fit what I wanted to create. Go check out his videos on it!

[@TheMrBush]

@@JensDev Thanks, I had no clue he had included the scripts! Couldn't find it last time. :)

[@rorygillen1]

just hopped on playstore to download this.

[@JensDev]

Was it any good? 😅

[@TechnicPraveen]

CAN I Know your blender software version

[@JensDev]

I currently use the latest blender version (3.3). It automatically updates if you download via microsoft store. When making this game I am not sure what I used tho.

[@vladvolkov4498]

bruh can u recommend to me some courses & YT channels for game dev

[@JensDev]

If you wanna get into 3d modeling I would check out imphenzia who has some great tutorials on working in blender for low poly modeling. For actual engine work it depends on the engine. For unity you could start off with Brackeys and maybe blackthornprod. For unreal I don't actually have any recommendations for creators sorry. I personally prefer unreal

[@liam.4809]

I’m currently making my first game, mobile game but I’m still proud

[@Hassan-mv2eu]

You changed from unreal engine to unity?

[@JensDev]

No, this game is from when I first started and then I was using unity! I use unreal now, which I do prefer.

[@Lazy2Dev]

3:35 game dev experience in a nutshell

[@leoedwards4179]

Bra jobbat hehe

[@mamasabjbbestcakeinjb5631]

Dear all new producers - don’t give up on that hope of making good soft

[@question_mark]

1:37 what is that ??

[@MrZero-se6hb]

I have downloaded your game right now, few suggestions from me after playing game for about 2 minutes are; --->The smoke/dust effect ( not smoke coming from car, I am says about the smoke/dust which randomly generates on map as your car passes) is bad, may be it shouldn't be their or Smoke should be less. --->Everything is very small, I see car, trees and other things very small, I think I need to zoom-in to play this game. --->The game is Difficult, I have not succeeded in going far in game. Even as a Beginner I think 🤔. --->Too much Adds. Adds should be less.

[@plazadz2322]

From my experience as game developer the most important ASO Try find what people search and make game for it

[@netking767]

Can't download the game from my country (Dominica).. why?

[@JensDev]

Have no idea, must be something about the store, I've made it available to everyone at least when I uploaded it.

[@Eagervul]

Here's one for KZbin's bots to chew on. Great content, cheers!

[@GameVault1664]

Hi Jens. Do you have any videos that you used to make this game. Also what’s programming language do you use.

[@GameVault1664]

Hi jens can you tell me what programming language u use

[@jeremyallen9624]

As far as the game itself, it's simple, but decent. But people really need to stop flooding the game market with these high-school projects.

[@victorcallender1311]

Ads are no joke. They make gamers very angry. The ads must not be "interrupted ads". Patience is important. Do am ad for every 5-10 game games or 5-20. Eventually more players will stay and keep playing, therefore increasing your money... but you'll need to wait. You just also work on a life saver so you can tempt your gamers to watch a full ad. Pay for KZbin ads, Google ads, bing ads if you jave enough money. Setup a quick and cheap website also when you earn enough... then just keep developing the game bigger and bigger. Find a way to make it multiplyer by turning players to race each other until 1 is left. When holidays arrive you can create the game to drive away from holiday monster such as a Christmas monster.