It's good to hear someone with 20 years in game development admit he's also struggling no matter what project he's working on. I've been in the game industry for roughly 15-20 years myself, currently struggling as a solo dev, and I always assumed it was my fault because of personal issues or whatever... Sometimes we just need a reminder that, yes, developing game is hard by itself, and if we try too much to be creative we'll just end up going around in circles. It's easy to get ideas but much harder to implement them in a game engine, so it's always better to start small and to give some room for ideas later, once the core of the game is rock solid.

Gamedev is hard. For me not because code is difficult, but because time management is everything for me.

Thanks for sharing! I really appreciate how practical your points were without being discouraging.

Your game world looks amazing and your animations are smooth and easy on the eye. I'm looking forward to giving this a play sometime!

I second that it's good to hear experienced people also struggles. I've been a producer, director, CEO, and whatnot, but it's still hard to be a "one man band" indie game dev. That said, it's pretty f*ing awesome to learn new things.

0:52 would be great to here your experience working in large teams !

Thanks for the tips. Great video and content. Great to hear about the struggles and learning curves as sometimes we can feel like we're all alone, experiencing these problems while it appears others don't have the issues we have. ..Wishlisted.

This is great stuff, I'm excited to dive into the rest of your channel!

Great video! Something I would add is that you start with the "Who?" and the "Why?". There is an endless graveyard of objectively amazing games that failed to resonate with players and turn a profit. Making a good game isn't good enough. It has to be good AND fill a need for players that they can't get anywhere else AND do it in a way that connects with their personality AND do it so good they're willing to pay you for it. Before you start anything, you have to identify a niche audience who's needs are currently not being met by existing games, and why your game will hyper serve those players. Who are these underserved players? What do they like? What excites them? Why do they play games? Why would they leave their game to play yours? Why are players who should like your genre, not playing your genre? Why does your game need to exist? Every design decision needs to revolve around providing your target player with everything their other games are failing to provide them.

Great.. now we get to see everyone in the indies scene and their Moms and Grandmas all make HD 2D games for the next 3 years, it looks like. Hmmmm. Well, that said, at least you aren't taking it the typical indies route (roguelike). Well, that rant aside, even though I'm not your target user, I can say that you being a seasoned vet who is open to and actively leverages outsourcing makes me confident that your project will turn out great. Keep it up!

I think your channel is being shared for another game developers. I'm going to wishlist to support your game, but I hope you find the real audience for your game.

What's funny is that both 'Competitive Multiplayer Hero Shooter', 'Eldritch Horror Fishing Simulator', and 'N64 Inspired Metroidvania' are all terms that my mom would not understand at all. So they all kind of contradict that point.

This looks beautiful mate. Subbed.

great video

Subbed. I'm making a 2D point-and-click adventure game. (How's that for a few word vision). I don't really feel the "game design pillars" really apply to me, or at least I don't see how they apply. You could say one is puzzle solving and the other exploration -- but since that's pretty much all an adventure game is, if I had a team (and wasn't just a solo dev) the type of game itself is dictating what to design towards.

This music slaps!

Your game looks cool.

can any body tell me kojima or miyazaki vision in one sentence ( my own guess is "PAIN") doom in one sentence " Rip and Tear "

that green weapon is a lightsaber?

Hey! Thanks for the video! Do you need music for any of your projects? I am an audio engineer and composer.

Which render pipeline are you using?

wait thats not runescape

SUBSCRIBED 🌽🌽

2:00 waht is the name of the game?

Is this Unreal?

Making a game is not hard. Making a game is fun. Making a profitable game is hard. And not fun mostly.