Watch This if Learning Game Development is FRUSTRATING You

[@sasquatchbgames]

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[@mix86_]

Took me two months to solve a simple issue where my player snags on the edge of a platform. TWO MONTHS. I literally just solved it this morning. I too melted when I did it lmao

[@MarcWithaC-BlenderAndGameDev]

I've spent weeks trying to make a professional looking main menu. I thought it would take a day or so. I have decades of windows development, and I consider myself an expert enterprise developer. But sometimes unity development feels like I'm trying to drive a car with only my feet.

[@chaninja001]

TIP: Once you overcome those nightmare dev days, make an effort to document the solution for future reference because its human tendency to black out or forget traumatic experiences and you may have to repeat that trauma at a later stage unless you make a note about what to do.

[@fluffybytez]

as a professional trauma haver, i can vouch for this comment i don't have anything else i can really say for anyone looking in the replies but do keep this comment in mind

[@makeitsogames]

Your comment about melting out of your chair and onto the floor after solving a problems after 4 days really hit home for me.

[@endgamedevs]

The reason youtube is full of tutorials is because that is what people search for. They don't want answers on how to finish a project. They want to learn to code something. The problem is that to be successful in game development, you need so much more than just code. And you need to learn from someone who has done it.

[@breadsticks992]

So there isn’t like a single book in existence that goes over any of godot’s concepts? There atleast has to be one like what.

[@endgamedevs]

@breadsticks992 so why do you want a book on godot? I'm trying to understand your comment. Are you needing help doing stuff in godot? Whats the reason you decided to use godot if there is no book with your needs? Curious

[@breadsticks992]

@@endgamedevs Well I want to make a game on it, so tried to learn it and got pretty successful around the ui and stuff, but the coding is the hardest part. I can’t really figure out how to multiply my variable which is my clicks amount.

[@endgamedevs]

@@breadsticks992 StayAtHomeDev also does godot tutorials

[@samuraischultz]

Man, this was really encouraging. I've been working with a couple guys who are 10 years older than I am and are more proficient at programming, and it's been really intimidating. I'll make sure to push through those nightmare days!

[@fluffybytez]

this is kinda unrelated but just know that no matter if people you're working with are better at you than something your contributions are still as valuable

[@samuraischultz]

@@fluffybytez Thanks, I appreciate that

[@NoTimeLeft_]

Nearly 3 years of development has def taken its toll. There have been improvements, sometimes large, sometimes tiny. Trying to keep moving forward is so much easier said than done. That comment about feeling like a beginner really hits home. I have created some really cool mechanics for my game (Vids under channel) but boy oh boy do I feel more and more like a noob every time I need to switch gears from art, to programming, to sound design, to environment design. For anyone who wants to get into game dev ask yourself this question, do you hate your mental health? If yes, CONGRATS! You're ready to be a game dev. My biggest fear as a dev was creating a system or mechanic early on only to discover later as I learned more that I created a limited, overly complicated approach that had a much easier more elegant solution. I have realized that fear at least 2 different times and it hurt. But forcing myself to push through helped. Just keep going.

[@thetra00]

I made like .. 40+ games in my first 4 years next to my day to day job and then it struck me: I am writing shtty code, my animations are not perfect, my audio stingers etc are not set correct, I do not use the right tools ... things I just tell my self! I just made games before that, and I speedrun the GamedevProgress very hard with alot of fun! I made great games, which I could not recreate now and because I think I did so many things wrong! I am still struggling, but I try to get back into my shape and make nice games in the future.

[@adrianmakes]

Just wanted to say thanks for putting this out there. I literally am in the middle of nightmare days with dictionaries and inventory systems with Godot. I’ve literally thought all the same things, am I too dumb to figure this out? Is this going to be the thing that ends my dream. This video has given me some motivation to hang in there and persist. I’m still in the thick of the woods, but with my last push it’s clear I’m starting to see a bit of light. Thanks again and all the best with your game dev journey.

[@Ceste_]

Yeah, lets go dude 🔥

[@GnastyMusicTV]

Cropolution is delayed already?

[@DOSRetroGamer]

Maybe Brandon should consider starting a quick side project 😶

[@wisehuntergd]

Thank you for showing me the Dunning-Kruger curve. Now I realize that I don’t know anything about psychology, and now I need to dive deeper into it.

[@anomaligg814]

Another tip is to not compare yourself with professionals that have been in the field for many years. When I first started I would do just that and it was demoralizing.

[@flamart9703]

Yeah, at fist it may be demoralizing, but considering my experience I'll give the opposite advice for those who want to improve - compare yourself even with professionals, this will help you improve if you are diligent.

[@anomaligg814]

@@flamart9703 Absolutely. I should of been more clear with what I was trying to say. Don't try to compare yourself and expect to see results immediately.

[@lavendercode]

Thank you for making this video. I needed to hear this.

[@flxCat_]

Thanks for the video, I could really use to hear that! I absolutely agree with all the points and I am someone who can enjoy this torture to a certain extent. But as you say, sometimes the phases are a bit long, so it helps me to deal with completely different things in between.

[@TheAlpha0014]

Currently stuck trying to figure out bone animation. I’m at the point mentally where I just stopped believing I can create good looking character animations and there’s no amount of tutorials that will help. I could always go back to spritesheets, but I also know I want to have different characters/skins in my game, and there’s no way I can accomplish that with spritesheets.

[@dabunnisher29]

Dude.... The Nightmare Dev Days hits sooooo hard.

[@martingrof1685]

Thanks, hearing similar experiences helps alot!

[@sainterasmus4545]

Thanks for these videos man, helps a lot.

[@dreamleaf6784]

What did you go to college for?

[@apollodavis4090]

Do you have plans on completing any of the games like veil of maya or samurado?

[@ruslannurijev1071]

As a developer myself, i totally agree.

[@silchasruin4487]

The channel Git-Amend can help you as a coder go from Intermediate to Advanced, definitely not as a beginner. Always practice or use what you learn. And I fell into the trap of thinking a tutorial was a full game. The best thing I've learned, create modularity. You dont need to recreate the wheel every project or prototype. Create systems and mechanics in a way that should you ever add on or mutate them, it doesn't break your whole project.

[@FFTVYoutube]

very well said! i am currently in the pit of the Dunning-Kruger effect, lol. I now know enough to know how little i really know !

[@tozkal96]

i had one of those days today. i was trying to figure out how to find a particular value in an array and i couldn't figure out how. it took me 5 hours untill i learned that i could use a find array function and what indexes where and how they work. the thing i was koding would have taken 5min max if i already knew what these things where.

[@HopperGameDevelopment]

Embrace the nightmare days and, eventually, you'll see light at the end of the tunnel.

[@Naveed22666]

Even though I am having fun with game development (been doing it for a year now), I am still gonna watch this for fun (I have my college exam tomorrow lol)

[@flashheart1676]

DOTS and SHADERS are are absolutely killing me right now. The struggle continues, lol

[@burnheart2965]

How high is your confidence now that your first game has bombed?

[@lmao01]

TLDR: It's harder than you think it is.

[@MegaGangsta4life]

I used to be in Finance. He aint lying when he said its draining 😂😂😂

[@Swansonggames]

I think you missunderstand the Dunning-Kruger effect. What it does is make you belive you are really good at something when you basically know nothing.

[@CopperheadGameStudios]

This is certainly a big part of it, but there are 2 axes, and the inverse is true as well, as he was alluding to. At first, as you said, you know very little but you have this influx of knowledge about a topic where there was none before so you feel more confident in what you know despite barely scratching the surface. As you progress, your knowledge builds but not at the same perceived rate as it did at first so you start to question how much you really know, and your confidence level suffers until you start slowly building it back up by continuing to gain knowledge and consistently proving to yourself that you know what's what.

[@Shifae_]

I was coming to say basically this, 😂🤣

[@dreamleaf6784]

​@@CopperheadGameStudiosseems like it is experiencing some of the effect lol

[@CopperheadGameStudios]

@@dreamleaf6784 Maybe so, but that's kind of the point.

[@AudreyFromEarth]

Oh, hey, SNHU is right by where I live! :D

[@KLOUTYN]

hello can you make a video how you started making games

[@mdsahilsk-l3y]

if you have a computer then just start with player movement script

[@KLOUTYN]

@@mdsahilsk-l3y thanks

[@nikhilvardhantawania4591]

Motivating, thanks

[@KostasNostos]

Same thing... Finance with no creativity or freedom...

[@TamalPlays]

so this video is just an ad? shame on you.

[@sataStrike]

....no? Lol did you watch the whole thing or did you just stop halfway? And there's nothing shameful about an ad. Everyone needs to make money, and if people find it useful then it's a win-win.

[@TamalPlays]

@@sataStrike stop l i c k i n g

[@forbiddenbox]

Watch git-amend absolutely great youtuber for advanced concepts