WHAT SKILLS DO YOU NEED to make INDIE GAMES?

[@pampamtamtam4001]

I'm still on the road of working on my fundamental art skills, but I love seeing these videos from you, always very insightful of what it really takes. I appreciate you sharing your experience. This is some valuable and really cool content. Thank you.

[@ffuhro]

Those are the kind of Trent videos that I tend not to finish up because the fire was lit at some point mid-video and I gotta get shiet done lol, thanks!

[@Spamkromite]

Yay, Trent Advice video! I always note down all the pearls of wisdom you have to share, they help a lot! (specially for indies like me that goes on pure self-taught routes)

[@Turbo_Waitress]

Haven’t finished the video yet, but 1:30 to 2:15 is some of the most useful advice I don’t think I’ve heard very often when it comes to voice and expression. I replayed the segment because it resonated with me. Thank you for that.

[@gbsartworks4963]

I started doing animations for indie games for few months now including sprite animations and fx animations and def loving it! Thanks for your insights! Always been an inspiration

[@Billy.Bacsko]

Buying Trent's box set 1, 10 years ago, was the first step into realizing my dreams. Forever grateful.

[@valkorey]

Loved the video! After all these years, this kind of topic is still one of my favorites. Looking forward to play the game!

[@Cacalotlraven]

Yup. Made my own visual novel and light novel. You hit the main reasons.

[@dashamoony]

your videos always giving me a potion of motivation, thank you for that )

[@carlgonzalez3337]

I just learned you gave voice to Kyle from Final Fight Streetwise, I had that game when I was a kid and I totally loved it, Kyle's voice was so badass haha good to hear your voice again mister

[@rakeshkulaye]

Please keep making these videos, it helps.❤

[@ihcobob]

I can really attest to the importance of making something small before aiming for an ambitious goal. The reason I failed to learn guitar was that I insisted on learning Dream Theater songs before I could play a simple 3-chord progression well. 😅

[@cautera]

Awesome, Trent! And the video itself is a great class!

[@Recycledhero]

Right on Trent! thanks for the wisdom man! :)

[@dallincockrell3504]

Hey Trent! been following you for years, I've been doing tons of concept art lately, but I have a 3d modeling class in blender and I really like it. I was wondering if you could do a video on 3d modeling vs concept art. I really like concept art but I've also become super interested in 3d modeling. I'm curios on the differences in the gaming industry as well. Thanks Trent love your content, you've helped me tons!

[@rodolfoluga6932]

So, I was taking off of art for a while in years, it's because my laptop broke and responsibilities kicked in. Got a job and started working. Now I have my own money to buy a laptop and a tablet, because i wanted to back to art and work for something. Before, I used to watch these series, I know by heart the name "Trent Kaniuga" because this is one of my favorite art youtuber that put out great videos about art in the industry. Now while I was back i searched some names on youtube some artist that i follow before a while back, and seen that their youtube last update was like about 5-6 years ago, and it made me kind of sad knowing that. But then I searched this name, and found out that Trent still makes videos TO THIS DAY... It really warmed up my heart and I was really happy that he is still making videos about art. My job right now is in IT, and i wanted to learn some programming language, so I thought while learning programming language i would like to polish my art skill. So i thought of making an indie game, would be nice, i really wanna dwelve into animation especially pixel art, and oh my god... Thank you you're still making videos sir Trent...

[@TrentKaniuga]

I won’t quit KZbin anytime soon! Thx for coming back! I post at least 1 video per week.

[@rodolfoluga6932]

@TrentKaniuga thanks sir, glad to still have you on here...

[@JanstonCordell]

I'd love to work with/for you, Trent. Even if it's to do the 'not fun, hard work'.

[@OleksiiChernik]

Hi. Thank you for sharing your experience. I know you’re building for your goals, but your info is so useful knowledge (for me at least). I purchased couple of your gumroads and they are blast. I am learning a lot.

[@jullcepts8780]

Trent's right. As Gothmog in Lord of the Rings puts it. "The age of the AAA is over. The age of the indie... began". But in all seriousness now, thanks for all the grounded and down-to-earth content you create, man. It's amazing

[@Supreme-Emperor-Mittens]

1:04 - Trent, what's the name of that software, shown in the image? ( not Photoshop, but the actual image in the canvas. It looks like a game engine, but I'm not sure which one. ) Thanks :)

[@dustyyyyyyyy7]

I believe he's used Game Maker, then Unreal Engine for Twilight Monk.

[@HrvojeGrahovac]

You gotta make a video about that Streetwise promo comic you did 20 years ago. Also, have you read UDON's Final Fight with fabulous art by Matt Weldon?

[@JoblessSon]

i just hit 34 this past month i wish im not late to learn all of this

[@HuyNguyen-qj1vf]

when your game release????? it look amazing !!!

[@wexit_wes]

Thank u

[@metternich05]

Your videos are inspirational and discouraging at the same time. At least you don't try to sugarcoat the incredible hardships that await you along the way of building your reputation in the industry. I was going to do some painting tonigh but now after watching your video I thought fcuk this I'll just go back to play Far Cry :)

[@Eltizz047]

Are your games on Nintendo switch, and what don't you like about Godot?

[@DevLostWorkshop]

How would you go about just being disciplined to learn? I’m starting my art journey and I am drowning in the deep end with college courses. Basically the courses aren’t even giving me the basics and are telling me to make 9 panel stories and whatever else. So I must have taken the wrong class when it just says “color theory”

[@jeanpierrepolnareff9919]

Learn figure drawing and do the comic at the same time. Dont wait to be leonardo davinci before creating something. Also as trent said, read a lot, it is the superior way of story telling by very far, it stimulates your imagination.

[@DevLostWorkshop]

@@jeanpierrepolnareff9919 thank you, this journey is really opening my eyes to forgotten tribulations

[@sabyaislive]

please make a video how to create one Bruse gradient in photoshop

[@TrentKaniuga]

What is a bruse gradient?

[@mitchellsink2584]

If i want to be a concept artist. How should I layout the art and information. What page size/resolution. Is there a standard way to organize the layouts?

[@TrentKaniuga]

Yes. Check out my portfolio workshop www.gumroad.com/trentk

[@dauntlessoperator41]

Man, if only you could release Twilight Monk on PS4. 😂 Great breakdown of indie game dev!

[@TrentKaniuga]

Hoping to get it on ps4-ps5-Xbox next year!

[@dauntlessoperator41]

@@TrentKaniuga That would be very cool!!

[@ethereal_emily]

Googled 'story Stephen king' and not finding anything. Found the other book rec though!

[@ninja_tony]

“Story Stephen King” sounds made up to me 😂

[@ethereal_emily]

​@@ninja_tony he said it in the video at @0:58 🤷‍♀️

[@angryoldcanadian3905]

probably meant "On Writing by Stephen King"

[@ethereal_emily]

@@angryoldcanadian3905 Thanks!

[@bahamutaxiomx8706]

Can you elaborate on why you should choose GameMaker over Godot? Is it the current controversies going on? Because usually I hear the opposite. I had even considered moving over to Godot to try and learn it as well. I could swear you said you left GameMaker too, right? Due to limitations?

[@TrentKaniuga]

You should use what you like. I like Unreal Engine.

[@rakeshkulaye]

Love You Always❤

[@oriyus]

18:30 why that sudden change of mind about Godot?

[@TrentKaniuga]

You should use it if you like it!

[@oriyus]

@@TrentKaniuga How would I know, never tried it, you just told me not to.

[@SteinerArts]

Why not stick to the first blonde character?😮

[@iAmDejure]

More than likely they were two npc from the same location. Shop keepers or quest givers etc., The whole two bird theory.

[@Therealashachi]

Hi Trent, i was curious if you had a discord server subscribers could join?

[@TrentKaniuga]

Yep! It’s in the description of every video!

[@Therealashachi]

@@TrentKaniuga Great, thanks! I completely forgot to check the description

[@destinycooper3203]

Why not Godot? I legit just started learning it as a complete beginner in programing so I'm just wondering if I should switch now before its too late lmao

[@debmalyamitra353]

Go ahead with it, I'd say. Its got into some political issues which is really bad. But the software is still the same. You should go ahead

[@eduardobarboza9499]

Beginner as in: "i don't know a thing about programing"? if that's the case, you are better off using Unreal with blueprints imo.

[@jullcepts8780]

@@eduardobarboza9499 As a beginner myself, GDScript is fairly easy to learn as programming languages go. I've also played around Unreal and while Blueprints is simpler than C, it can become a mess of nodes on the mid or long run so it pays to be extremely organized from the beginning, probably just as much as one should be organize with coding.

[@jullcepts8780]

​@@debmalyamitra353 I really don't care about the political issues Godot found itself in thanks to a big misunderstanding with the CM and the community. The engine is pretty good. Tho I do have to say that from Godot 3 to 4 there was a huge change in things and honestly you gotta be careful now with old tutorials because they're outdated now and there's a ton. That's my main concern with it. And I rely a lot on tutorials because I'm an artist above all else so once I tried to code with ChatGPT because a bunch of local developers advised it... UUUUUUH BOY was that a bad idea XD apparently the AI was updated on the documentation for Godot 3. Not 4.

[@jeanpierrepolnareff9919]

Why would anyone use godot with UE being free, i dont get it. Use the superior software, period.

[@Cacalotlraven]

Now make a vid, Trent on how to get in front of a publisher.

[@TrentKaniuga]

In my case, I made a Steam page, and over 30 publishers reached out to me. So, get a lot of wishlists and publishers will come to you.

[@Cacalotlraven]

@@TrentKaniuga oh wow! That’s a great idea. I’ll give it a try.

[@sammydougall]

I tried, code is just not my thing sadly :/ now just a hobbyist.

[@hawktondog]

Indie work vs. Big studio work is a catch 22. Both only want senior level talent. You're gonna have to lie about your resume to start. Portfolio however, you cant lie about

[@TrentKaniuga]

NEVER lie about your resume dude. Bad idea.

[@hawktondog]

@TrentKaniuga worlds changed. There is no such thing as a junior artist at a company anymore. Hell, I don't even see interns anymore. Why you see people applying to thousands of jobs

[@sukreawa2106]

@@hawktondog Not true. I'll start an internship in about two weeks. They do exist, they are just hard to find.

[@hawktondog]

@@sukreawa2106 name it. If you feel comfortable ofc

[@ninja_tony]

@@hawktondog you really could do yourself a favor and listen to the person with much more experience who is trying to help you. NEVER EVER lie about your experience, it will come back to bite you 100% of the time, and no one wants to work with someone that is untrustworthy.

[@DigitalinDaniel]

A comment for the algorithms...

[@FrancesVoxel]

Hi Trent, in October 2021, I left a comment saying that AI was going to take over all the jobs for artists. I said this because I am a software engineer as well as an artist. You responded, "Is that why everyone I know is making so much money? " I still think about that.

[@TrentKaniuga]

Yeah. We're doing alright! How are you doing?

[@FrancesVoxel]

@@TrentKaniuga I changed careers. I am getting a cs degree.

[@MyBroNoir]

how long is taking you to make (from the start to finish) one full ended digital art?

[@JuhoSprite]

For a piece that only has the purpose to be posted on social medias, so your average twitter/instagram post my guess is 30-45min

[@PedroLaraSalazar]

It takes me anywhere from 2hrs to 8hrs, and I'm a professional illustrator... so probably it just depends.

[@MyBroNoir]

I see, so I still have a long way to go to be as good as you guys. I just need time for practice and i'll be there soon...

[@TrentKaniuga]

it's purpose was for a NPC in the game. But yes. 30-40 min is accurate.