How to make your Game Dev Portfolio - How to become a Game Dev

[@anchals2153]

Hello there, your content on youtube is way more fresh and informative than most of the gamedev channels on youtube(especially for game programmers)...i can see this channel flooding with subscribers in the next few months...great work!...& keep it up

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the feedback

[@ruthlessinteractive107]

this is really helpful and full of useful info! I live in Australia, and trying to break into the game dev industry now and not knowing where to start or what to do so this has been super helpful!

[@controlzone1336]

Your youtube channel is amazing! I wish you the best with it!

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

Thank you so much! Really appreciate the support :)

[@roxannafabiolastefaniuc3606]

Thank you for your honest tips!

[@emilekroth100]

Thank you for the tips! One question tho, how many projects do you recommend that you have (at least) in the portfolio? Are we talking about 5, 15, or 40 projects?

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

I think around 5 is good, the number doesn't matter really though but make sure they are really good themselves

[@emilekroth100]

@@thegamedevchannel3063 Okey, so 5 good projects is better than 10 decent ones?

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

@@emilekroth100 a lot better yeah :) doesn't have even be as high as 5 if they're good, quality over quantity

[@emilekroth100]

@@thegamedevchannel3063 Ok, thank you! But one last question, if you dont mind, should you only have finished games in your portfolio or could for example a level from an unfinished game be in the portfolio as long as that level is of high quality?

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

@@emilekroth100 even just a level is great. You control what you show so you don't have to show that it's unfinished :)

[@shreyasborakhadikar]

Great content sir, keep it up! 🙌 Btw which software you use to make such videos?

[@philberex]

Great info. Specifically for my case a hyper hobbyist

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

Glad I could help out!

[@furkanaytan]

Great tips

[@dgk6568]

Hello! So portfolio are just videos/screenshots of myself playing the game, some pieces of code, 3d models and other stuff? I thought that you have to create something like a website and to place them all there.

[@ishan9050]

To the point and consice. Thanks. One question though, I'm looking forward to creating one for myself but the problem is majority of my work are courses. Is it ok to showcase them?

[@lorenzoconsoli1916]

I have a question. If I Created a game but in this I took the sprites from an asset store and the audio sources from internet can I add it in a portfolio? this because the part that interests me about developing a video game is programming. so i am trying to learn how to use unity but without dealing with the graphics or the sounds

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

That's honestly fine, if you're going for a programming position then it's more about the mechanics you've implemented than the assets

[@gamedevelopment3234]

Should I put projects that I'm doing to learn something on the portfolio even if they're small??

[@abhishekbiswas2267]

Your courses look awesome on udemy.. I'm joining them soon, is ds algo necessary as well for game dev?

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

Hi, thanks for the support! I don't actually have any courses on Udemy yet, I have one that I started up but didn't finish and publish yet so I hope you're not thanking the wrong person haha I wouldn't say they're necessary but they definitely help in certain situations. I suppose it's better to know about them than not know about them :)

[@ydrisbenmansour]

Hi there ! Thanks for you video ! Can we se you're portfolio ?

[@jan-pieteringhels1193]

Hey there, very informative video, thank you! Is there any way to send you a private message with a link to my portfolio if you have the time?

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

Hi, I'm really glad it was helpful! I can't find a way for a direct message to be sent unfortunately :/ You could link it in the reply and I'm more than happy to take a look? I understand if you don't want to though

[@organised9119]

@@thegamedevchannel3063 give me a day i'm gonna send in my portfolio

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

@@jan-pieteringhels1193 I've just opened up an email account you can send it to if that's easier and then we can keep feedback private to you! [e-mail] :)

[@jan-pieteringhels1193]

@@thegamedevchannel3063 That's very considerate of you, thank you. I've sent you an e-mail and deleted my original comment.

[@AlcadraSoykan]

@@jan-pieteringhels1193 Have you got a job?

[@infinitapplications4455]

Great explanation vid. Can I have your LinkedIn profile link, please? Thanks!

[@thegamedevchannel3063]

Thanks for the feedback! Unfortunately I don't want to expose any of my personal info right now, but if you have any questions or want any help let me know and I'll do my best!