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@TENKIDGAMESLLC10 ай бұрын
I like that. "Be sure to fulfill the promise of the hook" I needed to hear that
@jasonclarke53719 ай бұрын
I really dig your editing. Putting relevant images and footage to the long talking sections is perfect.
@i_inf0din25410 ай бұрын
I bought cult of the lamb, played it a little and put it down for a long long time. Just now getting back into and this was a cool interview to get me going back in despite my backlog of games 😂
@itisWhatitis1234510 ай бұрын
This iterative process of trying something is really amazing. Try the idea and let the game decide what it wants to be. "Good games are played not made" - Emil Pagliarulo at BGS. It rings very true. Valve has a very similar strategy where they play or watch people play the game every friday from the first month.
@hamzahgamedev10 ай бұрын
Loved the podcast. Very inspiring for a solo game dev like me who is working on an open-world game myself. Thanks Thomas and Jay for this one ! 💚
@VinciWare10 ай бұрын
This was a phenomenal conversation! More of this please 😊
@_dimitrisbr10 ай бұрын
whoa, 1 million sales in one week? thats totally realistic!1!1!
@kitsunegr3y19410 ай бұрын
I love cult of the lamb!!!
@aligdev10 ай бұрын
Insightful, thanks Thomas
@HereIsANewGuest10 ай бұрын
Cult of the lamb is a truly special game. It's a real success, as well as a super pleasant game to play... and yet, even if the game proposed is correct, technically it was a big mess with lots of major bugs, and quite a few game mechanics didn't make much sense from a gameplay point of view. And yet, it works! People want to play it. I still don't know what made the game stand out despite everything, while remaining simple. The atmosphere ? The mechanisms ? Marketing ? A little bit of everything ? Well done in any case!
@NoCopyrightMusicfromMamickaBee10 ай бұрын
WOW, WOW, WOW!! THANKS FOR THIS ADVICE!! It just seems to go against everything I learned about game design to not really use a GDD! GREAT VIDEO!! 👏 👏 👏
@jasonford748110 ай бұрын
Was this interview not posted a week or so ago? I have already seen this video. What's going on?
@rakeshkulaye10 ай бұрын
Hi Thomas, can you plz start a new free tutorials on Unreal just like old days you used to make at the beginning. Those tutorials were amazing, easy, small & fun.
@davidsvezhintsev307310 ай бұрын
Is there a full version of the interview somewhere?
@papsterling837610 ай бұрын
It’s on the same channel
@epidemicsound10 ай бұрын
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@alhusseinali10 ай бұрын
I wish the gust haa a better microphone.
@jackmiddleton20805 ай бұрын
On one hand indie devs take solace in the idea that their games don't need to have AAA graphics. On the other hand comparing the old and new footage of Cult of the Lamb you can really see how well quality can sell your game for you. One looks like something I am not interested in and the other looks like a "don't miss it" title.
@DavidZobristGames10 ай бұрын
If you would have written 300k I would have clicked twice on this video
@undeadpresident10 ай бұрын
Have a 100 million dollar marketing budget?
@Zeddex296510 ай бұрын
This will be a great video. I am close to finishing my game, but I lack great marketing skills. Hopefully this can teach me to improve a vital skill that will greatly help me and everyone else that really need it.
@joel637610 ай бұрын
If you spent four years creating a game that makes you good money - you would then have a fanbase + online presence that could assist heavily creating the game you really want to make, which may get little to no traction otherwise. Provided you are doing something that may be mildly related - eg making a mobile bejeweled game is not going to have much cross over with an FPS, but other action style games would.
@LukaHudovernik7 ай бұрын
What if there is no but, its a "personal" twis on a genre
@MikeyOfLegend10 ай бұрын
Great video.
@msherif42810 ай бұрын
is this a reupload?
@papsterling837610 ай бұрын
Excerpt of full interview
@ChagaThunder10 ай бұрын
Very cool 😎
@DJDCRYPTER10 ай бұрын
Was so sad to see that this game has been leaked onto the pirate sites :(
@undeadpresident10 ай бұрын
no one would even play the game i made so maybe i'll just give it to the pirates so at least someone might try it
@DJDCRYPTER10 ай бұрын
@@undeadpresident I'm sure there will be lots of people who would have a go at your game. Put out some playable demos if possible to gain interest.
@undeadpresident10 ай бұрын
@@DJDCRYPTER Did already. Nothing.
@techlangonline61314 ай бұрын
I'm building a videogame that teaches latins how to speak english. I hope I sell over 100,000 copies....
@REVYMofficial10 ай бұрын
You can make an amazing game, but if it isn't marketed correctly, your game will fail.😞That's just how it turns out.
@gijane2cantwaittoseeyou20310 ай бұрын
Thomas: Sell out! Make an unoriginal game idea to appeal to the masses. Interviewee: Don't sell out! Make an original idea you love, but present it in way that will appeal to the masses. Who should I listen to?😔
@DynoStorm10 ай бұрын
Thomas comes from a marketing background so his approach to games design is different to many other games developers. I'm more of the later than the former, I need to work on my marketing thing. 😁
@woloo987710 ай бұрын
20s ago
@CubeX310 ай бұрын
Cult of the lamb sucked tho :(
@johnedelmann67118 ай бұрын
The notion of just the name - Cult of the Lamb - feels blasphemous to Christianity.
@tanuguitar110 ай бұрын
cult of lamb stinks and break quite often
@accreations959010 ай бұрын
If this is a joke it's not a good one
@undeadpresident10 ай бұрын
@@accreations9590 thinking you can make a living as an indie game dev will turn you into a joke
@accreations959010 ай бұрын
@@undeadpresident as a 15 year old who is obviously a better dev than ANYONE who can't put in the work like someone like yourself I would like to tell you to get a life man. Criticizing people who work harder than you is not a valid career path either. If you yourself are a dev at even the most prestigious of triple a studios you obviously don't deserve it
@damonlloyd60258 ай бұрын
I know it’s just a game… but if you believe in God Thomas why you promoting a game promoting devil worship ?
@fifski10 ай бұрын
I will make it easy for you guys. Following one of the greatest dating advice: 1. Make a great game 2. Don't make a shitty game All the other things are secondary.