Top 5 Game Dev Mistakes! - (Game Jam Edition)

[@user-hz4tc2pf3x]

"I don't want to point fingers at anybody" Points finger at himself

[@funnyhackerman]

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[@jamado9067]

Tip 6: Sound Design This is a very important aspect in your game, it helps you player know what is going on, and also makes the game more alive

[@thisguyusesyoutube8030]

I hve a tip for people struggling with adding music to their games, basically make a bunch of music, minimum is 2 then make sure at least one fits the pace of the game during certains occasions for example a zombie shooter, you can add peacefull music when the player is chatting with npcs, but when the player approaches a horde of monsters make a really fast paced one that will keep the player engaged because if you added peaceful, western, classic music there the players not gonna get into the mood of murdering a million zombies.

[@coffeediction]

@@thisguyusesyoutube8030 that seems to have a lot of sense, i might add that the surprise effects work better with the advices above applied in combination, its all a chain, just to keep that players dopamin raising ;D

[@pro_gemer]

In short: don't use bfxr

[@arcturus2107]

You're channel is honestly one of the most important for learning developers

[@PhillipAmthor]

He is the real Electronic Arts while EA is more like electronic farts

[@geekworthy7938]

One of the great things about the original Zelda was discovering everything and learning "I can do that? Wow!"

[@Leon-wv4dn]

Right!

[@funnyhackerman]

Ikr

[@social4308]

2:12 zigsty three

[@JonasTyroller]

Zorry. :p

[@savvasgamingchannel5062]

The secret to pacing a game is by the use of having as many people (of varying skill levels) as possible play testing your game. It is good for gameplay too.

[@thehambone1454]

Honestly, great tips! You actually know your gamedev stuffs!

[@JonasTyroller]

Thank you. I'm homered you think that way.

[@ModBros8434]

The kind of tutorial I really like is when it just shows you a controller prompt, but you instantly understand the mechanic once you press that button

[@Obeu]

2:36 | oops. You circled “player feedback” instead of “balancing” :D

[@JonasTyroller]

Jonas did an Oopsie. :D

[@nicholasbatson-jay768]

this is a beautiful reply section

[@nicholasbatson-jay768]

@THE REAL KIDO that was fast-

[@Lugmillord]

As for your pacing examples: It sounds like most of the examples you showed were about resetting after failure and repetition of level parts. Well, the easy solution for that particular point would be to have some sort of check point, such that the fall is not too long. Other than that, I like to let the player calm down after an especially intense section so they can refocus and get the stress level down a bit. Of course, that applies more to larger games than small arcade experiences so that probably can't be implemented that easily in a small game jam game.

[@barret232hxc]

Great video. I basically made all these mistakes my first game jam game but my second one I learned from the feedback. I'll have to remember this video for the next game jam I do

[@JonasTyroller]

Thanks. Glad to hear that you found it useful! :)

[@JamAttack]

3:28 *cough* mario maker 2 spike hitboxes *cough*

[@robdaytona5930]

Awesome video, lots of great points well presented, great work Jonas!

[@olddogscanlearnnewtricks6079]

Checkpoints implementation is a solution for better pacing in some games.

[@akshayrajput2488]

5:19 Zapperate!

[@josiahnation5222]

could you do an fps tutorial, im having trouble adding multiple animations to my gun object. Thanks you're the best!

[@JonasTyroller]

Next unity tutorial will definitely cover animations. That has been requested quite a bit.

[@josiahnation5222]

@@JonasTyroller Thanks man, you're a true legend!

[@victfv]

If you're having trouble with color schemes, just go with Quake/2009 games color schemes: brown.

[@zitronekoma30]

Dein Tutorial XD ich muss jetzt einfach das Sandra Spiel spielen

[@misterttocs2724]

Another good video! Keep up the good work!

[@Abraham-om5ib]

"Why is Emma Watson in the thumbnai-Oh..."

[@JonasTyroller]

:P

[@mikesirman]

Think you would be interested in doing a tutorial on how you made that glow effect in your LD game? I find it hard to get good glow effects and how to seperate it so not everything in your entire scene glows

[@sovietshnuckums2357]

4:15 im currently working on a game using exclusively these colors >:D

[@NaudVanDalen]

Speaking of pacing, some developers make a game literally dozens of times slower paced (by repeating levels) on purpose in order to keep people playing longer instead of making more content. If people play longer, they watch more ads or spend more money on a monthly subscription. I call them out and warn people to not spend money on it, but they won't listen to me. A game that would otherwise be like $10 turns into a boring repetitive game that costs, $8 per month if you want it to be ad free even though a normal indie game is ad free for life for a fair price. Also no "legendary" characters for $20 each plus that same price many times over for some low effort upgrades.

[@nathanzotov1160]

this feels like a very vague rant that doesnt really know why its actually mad

[@MasterQuestMaster]

I've seen some of your videos now and it always sounded like you had a German accent, but I wasn't sure until I saw that German introduction to one of the games.

[@_GhostMiner]

5:15 is that a WYS soundtrack? 😉

[@brickblockhd]

"Leider ist Sandra dümmer als die Polizei erlaubt"

[@bohdanzaichenko5314]

i love your accent

[@blueboytube]

1:51 Me: Started playing Minecraft without looking up crafting recipes and not knowing how to get stone remembering to have A LOT of fun

[@bobjoe1832]

BlueBoyTube but u did know how to break blocks, how to walk, that you could craft things. There’s a difference between discovering cool things, and just not being able to play the game.

[@thenameiss7425]

4:42 oh i didnt know games could suffer like us

[@Codethe_Road]

I respect you so much--- ! Most people I subscribe to on KZbin.. I find when they are small, and they usually blow up, and become huge-dick heads... so.. I hope you don't get too big too fast--- keep doing what you're doing. I envy your ability to remain humble, despite being relatively unknown, and selling a great game successfully.

[@PhillipAmthor]

He maxed out humbleness right away!

[@The_N14]

good tips

[@TDAdoesminecraft]

Hey there how to put text like one which Is like a part of the screen and not an UI underlay

[@JebacPresretac101]

It's called low saturation on those colors you like. It resembles the real world, very few things are high saturation in here. You can more or less make low saturation colors either on the net by googling color pallets and stuff that have a saturation modifier or basically by reducing the difference between the three components... when there is no diff at all you get a gray color, maximum difference is the least saturated (red and green at 0, blue at 250 or max). Great color theory video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5uUd35uo5yKnbs

[@keshi_ma4157]

No way its shaggy talking about game dev mistakes

[@emaadakhter2929]

Nice

[@Eggscargot]

Coding your own games... Is easier than you think. You know? You should take this online Unity course.......

[@mr.appicboymr.appicboy7812]

Can you please make a Video like This for 3d games? Your videos are Realy helpfull so please make on for 3d.

[@asfi7623]

Tutorial: Sandra hat nur heisse Luft im Kopp xD

[@fernanboxfrias381]

oke

[@tiimo]

Leider ist Sandra dümmer als die Polizei erlaubt😂

[@filmbox773]

I think the solution of pacing is playtesting

[@DIMENSIONSTURNIER]

Sandra hat nur Luft im Kopp xd

[@saiprakash4664]

Brother from where did you learn GML language for the first time

[@WangleLine]

Probably some beginner tutorials and a lot of trail & error? At least that's what I did in the beginning :D

[@NinjarioPicmin]

I learned it from Jonas old Tutorials many years ago, but idk where he learned it :D

[@JonasTyroller]

Self taught, my dad and the GML manual. ;)

[@JonasTyroller]

@@NinjarioPicmin Hehe. Nice. :D

[@MaruskaStarshaya]

Zyorty zeven likes :D

[@amadeus3341]

SIGSTI SEVEN :O ALARM ALAARRRMMM

[@relacionomia]

Is the letter S that hard to speak? 🙄

[@xkri3]

why doze he change every s to a z zo like "zombody is zaying zomething"

[@cello91]

Soso aus Deutschland 😁 Wo genau kommst du her? :)

[@kQuista]

Werden wir nie wissen

[@NinjarioPicmin]

Are you afraid of what Article 13 might do to your channel/ indie career

[@JonasTyroller]

I don't depend on any copyrighted material. I can create everything myself if I have to. As long as KZbin doesn't shut down for smaller creators I'll be fine and so far I think that is probably not gonna happen. In terms of my career I'm not toooo worried... I'm definitely worried about what it might do to freedom of speech. A clear step towards making censorship a lot easier... Hard to tell where it's gonna go... Certainly doesn't feel like something that's gonna help me personally as a creative person. Let's hope it fails in parliament.

[@izme3830]

bist du deutsch

[@saidulbadhon]

Sssss man sss ...... Not zzzzzz

[@brownricestudio1447]

First

[@JonasTyroller]

242th

[@Kinaji3]

19408th

[@cubee4108]

I like your speech, you somtimes say Z instead of S, that makes your speech a bit of uniqe.

[@cormo9058]

Lol that's just called being german

[@object_name]

Honestly, except for the last point i would rather recommend to NOT spent time on the issues mentioned in this video. In a 3 Day Game Jam ? Depending on how the theme is set up, it would already be great to come up with a working gameIDEA. And that is what really matters for JAMs, doesn't it?

[@DOSRetroGamer]

People still have to play the damn thing though. It's a *game* jam, not a *gameideas* jam 😉

[@darkonyx_]

z != s

[@darkonyx_]

I’m not hating on this guy It’s just something I noticed.

[@Kinaji3]

There are not that much ppl who watched this : I

[@maralundo1564]

Great video Jonas! You should create more videos like this, with examples and analysis. I'd like to know your opinion about my "masterpiece". You can find demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/1011600/Dungeon_Cleaning_Express/. You could tear it apart in some educational video.

[@rafaelportugal5261]

"Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;" "Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation." Luke 20:46-47 "For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him."Luke 20:38 Repent ye: "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23 Jesus Christ loves you: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16 "And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."Luke 12:15 "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;"I Timothy 2:5

[@maxvhanamane840]

When I saw thumbnail i thought he's a girl....