*you tiredly watch the video about game development *You are filled with determination

Hard to believe it took a year for the algorithm to pick up on this message and deliver it to the right crowd. I think it was the shorts. They drive up interaction in a whole new way.

7 minutes in and I already have tears in my eyes because of the amount of courage and the "everything will be alright" attitude, thank you Buddy, honestly.

“ The moment you’ve made a character walk on screen , you’ve already won. “ Damn man.. I gotta say honestly this is one of the most inspirational videos I’ve ever watched on KZfaq. Thanks for sharing your valuable information brother.

What I was also hoping you’d mention when talking about Five Nights at Freddys is the fact that it’s made in a block-programming language which basically doesn’t require programming skills whatsoever. Five Nights at Freddy’s, the Five Nights at Freddy’s that now has a movie centered around the Franchise and sells merch like crazy, that Five Nights at Freddy’s was basically made in a leveled up Scratch engine. The whole “you don’t need to be a good programmer” argument is multiplied when taking that into account.

the evil boss music coming on at 31:00 as he starts talking about selling steam keys was such perfectly cinematic timing

From a video perspective, this is extremely interesting how with no editing, he was able to keep me engaged the ENTIRE time. Great video, very inspiring!

I had no intention of making a game. But hearing you talk so passionately and calmly about the thing you love in your KZfaq Shorts brought me here. And now I'm off to start my first game!

This is the most motivating and helpful individual I've found in the game dev space, and that's saying quite a lot, as most devs are so helpful and encouraging. This man makes me feel like my dreams are within my grasp, and that's so rare to find.

I love all the perfectly-timed music queues throughout the video, like “they took 70% of our income” *dramatic intro*

16:01 “You should always listen…not all feedback is good, but all feedback matters.” So true.

I am 41 years old, and Thor, I want to be like you when I grow up. You've just reinvigorated my interest in game coding! THANK YOU!!

I’ve been sitting on the edge of music, art/animating, and level design for years now. I’m currently trying to learn guitar, but I can’t stop holding myself back due to confidence issues. I haven’t even tried level design yet. I guess what I’m trying to say is don’t be like me. Learn how to work with yourself if that makes any sense. It’s extremely hard to get out of a negative thought pattern when you get into one, and it can become extremely demotivating and detrimental when you feel like you’re trapped somewhere between your aspirations, and your self imposed limitations.

13:38 'No matter what you make, someone on the internet is going to make fun of you. But... It's yours, and they didn't make it.' Such an important perspective for all parts of life; appreciate your smaller achievements and be proud you're moving in the right direction. I found you a couple days ago, Thor, through shorts. As a nearly-graduate game programmer, your channel, and attitude, are very motivating. Thanks, bud. ❤

As a highschooler who chose a game as my graduation project, i have to thank you for the the most amazing words of encouragement

I am watching your video right now and I am trying not to tear up. I have always wanted to make games and I recently bought a computer for it. I am so excited and ready to do this. I don't care how long it takes me or how hard it gets, I want to create things that people will talk about and enjoy. Thank you so much for this! :)

Imagine if most of the internet was as helpful and motivating as this single video.

As a disabled guy myself, I definitely appreciate controller support. Hearing that you add support to your games after learning about it's importance to disabled people leads me to believe that you are, indeed, a giga-chad. I'll be checking out Heartbound for sure.

This guy could have a second career in radio. Golden voice!

When he talked about "finding the right tool for the job" regarding engines, I agreed with him 100%. I learned a similarly worded phrase, but with the exact same meaning, in the military. "The mission dictates the tools" You don't use a pellet gun to hunt bears, you don't hit a drive through with a stretched limo, and you don't use a resource heavy engine when you want to make Tic-Tac-Toe.

Im so glad i found this channel. I've had ideas for years that i feel like could only be done through a video game. You got me hyped as fuck to dive in. Thanks man.

I just found this and I'm learning to make games at the age of 27. I'm pretty inspired even tho many times I have to shut down the classic voices of "you're making the wrong choice". Your content is one thing that is helping to counterweight this voices with ease. Thank you very much for everything.

Recently finding your shorts and now exploring your channel has been a blessing, your whole character makes the video extremely entertaining and incredibly informative. I'll gladly be sharing your channel and website with other inspiring developers :)

This video may be a year old when I stumbled upon it today, but this is inspiring and hopeful to me. Especially with how the large company scale of gaming and game dev jobs has been going lately. So thanks Thor! For sharing this, showing this, and igniting a little spark back into the soul of this aspiring creator!

Thanks so much for this!! It’s refreshing to hear info about indie game making from someone who’s workin on a game themselves! I’m super pumped to work on my project after this :]

Thank you for making this, I'm currently in a game indie dev class learning all the basics and this video reminded me that games are truly a piece of art, whatever tool you use you can still make something from it and it is beautiful.

I can't believe the algo didn't suggest your channel earlier. Honestly, i saw a few shorts and i'm starting to go through the catalogue now. You truly are an inspiration man. Keep up the good fight!

as someone who has been through the whole process of creating indie games several times without actually finishing 95% of the projects i started on, i can say that the hardest part for me is keeping my motivation up to actually finish something. i might go all-in during a few days or a week and make huge progress and eventually i hit a wall where stuff don't either work out the way it want it to, or my inspiration runs out.

I don't have plans to make any games, but this video activated my neurons. I feel like this advice also extends to art, too, and its got me hyped to open my sketchbook tomorrow morning

Man this video is marvelous. I’m a artist struggling with some stuff and in the middle of sometime feelings I remembered your videos on shorts, here on YT and man… Now I have a clarity and motivation to keep moving forward in this game dev journey. My dream always was be a awesome professional to being able to going back and teach the new generation and you are, literally, a model for that even if you are doing it just to enjoy yourself. Thank you a lot for this video!!!❤❤❤ Muito obrigado meu mano, Brasil te ama tbm 🇧🇷😊

Man you are just amazing, the amount of courage you spread is crazy. I stopped working on my games for a year now and stumbled upon your shorts and now on this video. Thank you for your work, I feel so motivated to start and hopefully end something one day.

I'm so glad that I found you. I'm not making a video game, but I am diving headfirst into the world of music recording/production. I've been playing guitar since I was 8, I've been in a bunch of small bands, but I've never tried to make the music myself. I can take so much of what you're saying and translate it to what I'm doing and it still hits the same way. Just do it. It doesn't have to be good, you'll learn as you go, but just do it. Thank you Thor, you're truly and inspiration.

I really appreciate this video; really inspiring. It's funny because a lot of the skills you mentioned (coding, writing, art) are things I CAN do, and yet I've struggled to make a playable game. For me I've had difficulty sticking to a project and setting a reasonable scope so I haven't completed any of my projects, and I end up getting burnt out and going on a creative hiatus/slump for months. But, everything you recommend in this video is so true, and I'm driven to pick it back up again -- I'll aim to make something simple and smaller first, and go from there.

I don't even want to be dev and you got me motivated. I just came across your video and it was extremely inspirational, I want more people to see this video to hopefully generate the same inspiration as it did with me.

From a dev in another industry to another, you are an awesome human. Thanks for being awesome man. All of this advice can be applied across the board in any walk of life, no matter the industry. You are so inspiring and I will absolutely do my best to spread your kindness and drive for simply making things. This is what life should be about. Thank you for reminding me of that.

I'm not yet a successful game developer, but I'm already past the beginning of the journey, and this video makes me look at how far I've come! Though, can't stop here and need to come even further and finally release my game for once.

I’ve been so inspired by your content, and seeing you more and more frequently over the past couple days. I’ve finally decided to be the kind of person I dream of being. I’ve started my game design document (already seven pages in, I’m a writing wizard), picked the engine for the job, and picked the program for the art. I’m a writing-forward creator- I’ve written over a million words for online works- so I’m starting with that, I’ll get it all onto paper, then hack and slash at what I hate, then I’ll start to organize my thoughts into implementable chunks, organized by ‘releases’ (thinking of the project in implementation phases). Then pseudocode the entire thing. Then face the behemoth that is an empty GameMaker studio project for the first time and code for the first time in years. I’m so afraid. I’ve never been more thrilled by a project in my entire life. Sending so much love from New York ♥️♥️♥️

Thanks you for all these tips ! I was motivating myself to create a game during hollydays. A true game that i would compete, and you posted your video at the perfect timing !

I just found you and let me say this: You are a freakin legend! This entire video is better than all motivational speeches! And you talk real shizzle, realistic stuff, like don't quit your job and everything. I'm not a dev, I don't create games but I'm an illustrator and I create stories; I'm in the same hole and I feel exactly the same and this video released a motivated-ready-to-work dragon inside me. Thank you so much for this!

unironically when i was a kid i used to make platformers and animations on scratch, and i garnered a decent following (to a point where i would get sent fan projects! melted my little heart seeing that people enjoyed what i made), i havent used that site in over 6-7 years but i always wanted to make another game or take my next steps, but i never knew how, all i knew was a little bit of python from comp sci class, but this video inspired me to start learning to draw and read up on some other programming languages to make a small project. so glad i got recommended your channel dude.

Found you through your Shorts. Couldn't have been at a better time for me, as I'm trying to get into website building and such and have hit a pretty big creative block this week feeling pretty damn bad about myself. Your content has helped me to get over this blockage and am working on overcoming this fear I developed in the process (in retrospective feels dumb but it be as it be). Very thankful for your content Thor, and I'm wishing you the best of luck for everything

Thank you, I needed this. I'm kind of on a programming track right now because I wanted to create the kind of stuff that got me through the main schooling years of life. Everything has just crumbled down to whats financially better and it's all bleak now, but hoping this will reignite my creative vision

All I can say is thank you! I have not even made any commitments but just hearing you be so positive is something I needed to hear right now! I just found your stuff and I am loving it!

Genuinely one of the most inspiring videos for game dev I've ever seen. I've been interesting in game dev for years and this video makes me want to give it a real shot! Thank you for the time and energy you put into that website!

I'm a musician that builds guitar pedals, amps (tube and solid state) and I've restored a vintage tube radio receiver and I'd love to do more. So I have a lot to fill my time.....but I oddly want to start making games now lol. Very encouraging speech, and a great argument for just starting with what you've got. I taught myself how to read schematics, solder, design circuits etc. and it was the same progression, started small and worked my way up.

I have no idea who you are but so far you're the most motivational person I've ever listened to. thanks man.

this is the single most important game dev vid out there. As a solo game dev for 5 years I only took jobs and all my projects that were meant to be released as my own games somewhere in the future landed unfinished, due to all the uncertainties I had. This cleared up so much confusion for me as to what works like what, gave me confidence and now I see at least 5 projects I could easily polish and release in half a year time (not at once, one by one, but still, finish them up fast) and fly them to the steam shelves. Thank You. You really did help me and probably ever wont know how much it really did help me, even if it wont work for me in the end. Its a massive stepping stone.

I'm loving the positive vibe. It's helped me get through a shitty day so thank you 😊 I've been gaming since I was 5 and now I'm 36, playing around and making my own little game or two does sound like a great passtime hobby!

I don’t make games, but I’m an app / web developer looking to make it in these wild times. Your positivity and validation has made a big difference in me not giving up on my dreams. Thank you for everything you do, and weirdly enough thanks to youtube for finally putting Thor in my algorithm😅

I've been in a mild depressive funk for a few days, and this TED talk has inspired me to finally work on the idea I've had in my head. Good job. Love your work!

I can honestly say finding your channel has been a dream for me. I’ve been slowly working on different game projects over the years and this video has given me the confidence to keep pushing. Truely. Thank you

Seriously. I am inspired. I started and stopped at the very beginning of gamedev over and over because I felt I was doing it wrong. I really liked Game Maker 2 from the start, but I watched SO many videos of "which engine is the best" that I've tried a lot of them, and I really thought I had to use some of them because "that's what people are using, and those people are better than me, so they must know what they're talking about". But I got stuck over and over. You, sir, inspired me to try again, but the way I think it's better for me. Thank you so much. Who knows, maybe someday you'll be seeing a metroidvania of mine :)

I'm so glad you started popping up in my shorts feed. This is exactly the kind of stuff I needed to start working on stuff on my own. Yeah it'll probably suck at first but hey that's learning right? Hearing about how undertale had all its dialog in one giant switch statement was extremely comforting (and mind boggling seeing as I have done coding work in the past so holy crap why) that even if my code is janky as long as it works that's the main thing.

a mentor once told me "The whole point of making art is to make art. The more art you make, the better art you will make."

Loved you shorts and loved this format more. Such a great demeanour about you! Very inspiring

You're easily the most wholesome, streamer/artist/gamedev/guide every video with you makes me smile like I haven't in a fucking while, and you've just added mad kindling to that fire in me, thank you my dude ❤

This video is really making me wanna pick back up the game me and my boyfriend wanted to make again, we only have a concept but man I wanna try again now. I like the idea of starting with game jams, maybe we could start there. Thanks for the encouragement and positivity!

This is really nice to hear. I've always wanted to make something, even if it's small. I think I'll give it a shot.

One of the best videos I've seen in regards to game development, I've seen way too many videos inadvertently talking about why you basically *shouldn't* develop games, because it is a big process and that you need these skills, etc. I'm sure these videos still hold a lot of truth, but this video in particular just proves that there really is no excuse to do something that you want to do. I find that incredibly powerful as someone who thought they wanted to make games as a kid, only to have "reality" hit you in the face. I think I really want to do this now. Thank you for showing me where to start.

I went to school for game development, been out for 4 years and really struggled to get past just working a day job. This channel has really motivated me to do my own thing. Thank you Thor!

Big thanks for this :) I graduated from BSc in Comp Sci w/ Computer Games dev but saw enough about the pay and working conditions to go into a steady job in a super boring industry instead (cyber security keeps me from going completely insane). I guess I'll just start making things I would like to see and share them on Steam when they're good enough (but not perfect)

Been wanting to develop games for my entire adult life and only in the last couple of years has that felt like a realistic goal. Found you in the last few days through shorts and you have significantly fed and reinforced the spark that has started growing again recently. Such a supportive and informed guy, thank you!

Thank you so much! I stumbled onto your channel and this vid in particular is the most motivating vid I've ever seen in my life. I work as a run down graphic designer lol and the thought of making a game seemed like some far away dream. After watching this I'm gonna spend all my Netflix time just trying at the very least!! Thank you for this, bro. Seriously.💪❤

Dude - I owe you a lot for this video and many of the others you’ve put together. I have been sitting on a project for years and agonizing over whether or not people would like it. You gave me the courage to finish it, and I’m proud to say I finally did. Thank you man.

Randomly just found you while flipping through YT at work...the fact that you are telling people that we can do this is amazing. As an ex fan boy of Blizzard, I am jealous of your past work experience but am very glad you never settled into a spot of comfortability with them because I might not of heard your words on this video today. Thank you and keep that hair flowing! Also, how many people say you sound similar to Howard Stern?!

This guy is the perfect example of not letting greed get in the way of making something amazing. I hope you never lose touch, Thor.

For some reason, I got your shorts on my YT feed... and a recent short shown to me about Piracy and your Brazilian answer got me wanting to learn more about the game development thing. So I started watching THIS video. And I got an idea for a game... and in reading through the Game Design Document on your site got me to backburner my original game idea, so I could learn what I'm doing with the game dev software. So, my "first game" is going to be a simple side-scroller, on a theme that I enjoy. By the time I finished watching the video, I've gotten some bare bones info on my copy of the GDD, and I'm making plans for how long I'll work on FirstProject daily, and so forth. Thank you. This was a very inspiring video. Thank you.

This video is gold. I watched many videos on how to make games and which engines are better. This tutorial explains it all in details, yet pretty simple to understand. Thank you for making it!

Would love to see you make a video on how your company came to be and the history, love your content and am super interested how you got to where you are. Thank you !

idk how or why I just get so emotional when he speaks about games. I guess it's the purest love you can have to something...

Wow I found your channel from shorts and they inspired me a lot. I came to this video and like 70% of it I've already seen from your shorts lol, that is incredible. Just an absolutely fantastic source of motivation and knowledge even for me who struggles a lot with building motivation, thank you so much for making this

I've been learning UE, Blender, etc. on the side for a while now working my way towards making my own full games some day. I just randomly came across this in my recommended videos and its easily the most motivating video I've seen in my entire journey. Thank you for this

Just found your channel. My first dream job when I was a kid was to be a video game developer. I always was hesitant to attempt it because I did not know what the hell I was even supposed to do. I’m at a lower point in my life as of now. My first year in college has been god awful and I am miserable. This really makes me want to go get a job, and then focus on trying to do this type of thing. I feel as if I’d be a lot happier doing that!

Fine, I'll make Futanari Simulator already.

Man the more I listen you the the more you inspire me. I came across this video because someone mentioned something about it in a recent stream so googled it and it led me here. Thanks for all you're effort you put in. I think I will do as you say and get started on that 2 to 4 hours a day.

man i gotta say youve become one of my favorite creators in the matter of 2 days, thank you for all the encouragement and knowledge man

Instructions unclear. I now feel hopeful and inspired, and I feel like it's possible for me to express myself and my vision through a game..... oh shit, the instructions were apparently very clear

"If you want to make Five Nights at Freddy's from scratch, you must first invent the Fart Hotel." -Carl Sagan (paraphrased)

I've had this on my Watch Later playlist for a months and finally got a chance to watch it. Wow dude, very inspirational! Sometimes when I have an idea, I'll end up getting caught up in the "how-to" section of the internet for too long. This is consise and way less stressful than scrolling through multiple articles and videos just to find the substance. Thank you! I'll download your game as soon as I can.

I discovered you a few days ago. I think your videos and what you have to say are really valuable! Thank you! Greetings from Germany (Bavaria).

Great video! Very interesting to listen to, thank you :)

Amazing video, but it looks like the link is down.

Bro why I am just 3 minutes in, first time viewing your channel, and I am already emotional and inspired?? I'm a Counselor, who is trying to make a career change into full-stack developing for the past year via courses, and I have been slightly doubtful that I can make this happen. This video really, really helped me to keep working hard and with my heart, and I will be saving it when I need to look back at again. Thanks bro!! ❤❤

Last year, I made my friends an adventure map in Minecraft with a Halloween theme. I wrote this simple story for it, came up with a bunch of challenges that they needed to do, along with a boss fight, all mostly done with vanilla mechanics and a couple of command blocks. That was some of the most fun I had in a while, and it was kind of like the first game I had made in a while. Not a coincidence, I think.

Wow. I thought I'd go my entire life without a role model, yet here you are!

I am an 18 year old high school senior, i am about to go into college for game development and i'll be 100% transparent. I am terrified to make this my career as a indie dev, but it is the scariest thing i have ever been exited about. I found thor about a year ago and i revisit this every time I find myself doubting my choices. Thank you thor for being a pillar of motivation and an overall nice guy. Wish me luck.

1 year later, stumbled upon this video, changed my life. thank you so much

You've single-handedly reinvigorated my love for getting into backend maintenance.. SO glad I'd stumbled upon your channel via shorts Thor, was watching how to embed a chest in place on sloped terrain & have it be interactive.. Took me 4 hours but finally got it due to the most novice mistake being made prior 😂 Would absolutely LOVE to set up a New Zealand/Australia branch for your company, my dude... I'm also a musician with over 12 years experience playing & gigging, mostly improv but can write songs with form. I've never had a job as all my life I've wanted to do something I enjoy.. People call it privileged, but I call it a career 😅 music is my vocation and tech stuff for a job can feed me & help me pay my bills Am also trained in Shakespearian styled acting, was in high school drama league (top tier) but mostly do voices, impressions etc, however wouldn't say no to doing motion capture 😅

I am getting my CS degree. Not sure where it will take me but as a hobby I wanted to combine my story skills and game idea I had. Amazing content.

this is really really nice. I haven't watched much of it but already the way the stuff being said in this video is worded and lots of other things really makes me feel better. I really want to be a game dev and one thing that I've been really worried about is that I feel like if I don't work 24/7 to learn stuff like art and especially programming I'll never be able to be like the game developers, artists, and similar people that I look up to, and the part at the beginning that gave examples of cool games that are great while not having to be insane in everything helped quite a bit. I almost ignored this video because it's a VOD and most streams I attend are usually meant just to entertain, I'm glad I kept watching and I'm glad I could be wrong about that for once.

Honestly thank you so much for this video, it gives me so much hope in believing in my dreams as a game dev, often I find myself lost and overwhelmed, you really helped me understand that all of my dreams are possible. Thank you Thor

BROOO I REMEMBER PLAYING A DEMO OF YOUR GAME BACK WHEN I WAS LIKE 10 LOL

Dude this is great

I've never been more inspired in my life. Just found you through YT shorts and I'm already a huge fan. Subscribed

my dude, thank you. I've always wanted to get into game development but on the 8 bit to 32 bit graphics part, but never knew where to go, information is always varying. Thank you

Amazing video

Now all I need is the motivation to start

I can't believe how many golden pieces of advice and how many of your good shorts came from within these 45 minutes

I found this and this is what drove me into making the dream game I always wanted to make. The way that you don’t have to be good in any aspect to make a good game put a lot of confidence in me. I thank you for doing this and am grateful for it. Thank you for making this video.