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d e s c r i p t i o n
Throughout the last year, I’ve been working on my first indie game called Muster. This video is kind of a retrospective on the whole process over this past year, as this has been pretty much my first exposure to the world of game dev and game design. It’s also been almost a year since I published my 3 months of learning game development video.

So here’s is what I’ve learned from 1 year of learning game development.

First, it seemed like half the work I was doing was rebuilding a system that I didn’t really program well earlier on, as I had less experience with game dev and Unity. Speaking briefly about game engines, I highly suggest you use one like Unity, Unreal, Gamemaker, or Godot if you’re wanting to get into game dev, at least in the beginning. I think making your own engine could be really cool (shoutout to @jdh ) but that’s a whole project itself.

Also a lot of these game engines have a bunch of engineers consistently working to improve them and add new features. Using a popular engine like Unity has the added benefit of having a ton of resources and forums to help fix problems or ask questions. I personally have used Unity over this past year and I really like it, but that’s not saying much because I’ve only used Unity.

The next realization I had over this 1 year of learning game dev is to focus on what you like. There are so many aspects when creating a game like art, design, implementation, testing, marketing etc. Trying to focus on all aspects of game development, especially at the beginning alone is a recipe for giving up early. I personally like the programming side of the game development process, so that’s generally what I focus on and try to improve.

This next tip I’ve heard from many other indie game creators, which is the importance of prototyping. Before investing all your time into a specific idea, implement the base level features of the gameplay loop and test if its even fun. This will save you tons of time working on an idea that turns out to not really be that fun to play or build.

I’ve said this before but I think it still holds, only work on game dev when you actually want to. I think this is a much healthier and sustainable approach to any hobby, especially one’s that take a lot of time like game dev.

Another tip I’ve heard from more experienced indie game developers is to work on small projects first and release them, so you have the familiarity and general experience of seeing a game from conception to release, before working on a super big and indepth game.

I also want to say that it's ok to quit. Game development is not for everyone and nor should it be!
Overall, I’ve really enjoyed this last year of learning game development and can't wait for whats in store next!

Comment down below any tips for game development or game design!

Chapters :
00:00 intro
00:47 refactoring
01:16 should you use a game engine?
02:01 focus on what you like
02:53 prototyping
03:46 avoiding burnout
05:13 starting small
05:35 it's okay to quit
05:46 skills that helped me learn game dev
07:08 is game dev affordable?
08:49 expectations of your indie game
09:36 outro

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d i s c l a i m e r
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All of my opinions are entirely my own and do not represent any company I work for or am affiliated with.
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