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Im in the beggining of my game dev journey. I really love your fresh optimistic perspective amid all the layoffs and volatile nature of the game dev jobscape at the moment. Creat e and thrive my friends :)

i understand it now

Helpful, Thank you 🙏

You are right on so many different levels! Awesome content, thanks for the upload!

Hey great videos. I just started making games and learning coding a few years ago. Solo game dev. About to release my second in 2025. Time vanished in the process.

I am not a developed but I appreciate all the time that goes into this work. The inception analogy hits the mark

Thank you for this! I'd like to share my experiences if that's ok? I just started studying Unreal Engine this year after decades of not believing it was possible to "make a video game." I spent years working low-paying, underappreciated jobs because... well, what was the point? Growing up poor in Brazil, I got my first computer in 1998 (a very basic one, but hey, it was donated to us). Around the early 2000s, I remember trying to build a map of my neighborhood for Counter-Strike. The problem was that my family always saw it as a waste of time. My father would become violent and throw the computer around if he caught me using it... The PC would break, and since we had no money, I would somehow work miracles to bring it back to life. I remember having to punch my monitor because during one of his outbursts, my father threw it on the floor, breaking my foot in the process. After that, the monitor would only display everything in one color: green. And that if I Punched the monitor! LOL! Playing StarCraft and Ultima Online after midnight was quite an adventure... Phone calls were extremely expensive in Brazil back then, and the only way to use dial-up was between midnight and 6 AM, when they charged just one pulse per connection. That wouldn't last long either, since he would wake up and become violent again. Now, I'm 42 years old, and after years of believing that playing video games and dreaming of making my own game was a mortal sin... I decided to quit one of my many dead-end jobs to invest full-time in learning Unreal Engine 5. I'm still rusty... I have to watch tutorials multiple times to learn (recently diagnosed with severe ADHD)... but I AM learning! Slow and steady! I'm also fortunate to live in Canada now and have a supportive wife who works while I study and take care of our home and pets... But guess what my family's first reaction was when I announced how happy I was to "waste" 8+ hours a day studying. I quote: "...but... aren't you ashamed to help create more mongoloids who play video games?" Why am I telling my story? I don't know, I guess I just want to share that you ( random person with fears and dreams on the internet watching this video) should trust your gut. If you feel something is for you... don't be afraid, go after it. I could give you countless reasons why I couldn't do this before... but now I see it. I trusted others and did what they thought was "right." Don't make that mistake. But if you do... I hope you're lucky like me to realize that most people have no idea what they're talking about. They feel confident to criticize because they might be successful in some other area that has NOTHING to do with video games... Life is too short to listen to naysayers!

Great video, true I didn't know you exists but thank you for making my child hood fun ,I enjoy a lot plus I know you exist since you work in mortal combat enjoy that game when I was kid so now I know you exist way back before I even think learning game development will be possible.

Can you tell me please which monitor you use?

As a solo Dev, this resonates with my understanding of this point. I notice in many games that there’s an “Open World” that quickly becomes empty even if it’s full. So I am trying to create PvPvE in my game features that do exactly what you describe, appreciate the video

Thanks for the terrific insight and congrats on your success! I hope to be even a fraction as successful as you as a game designer.

Great advice, kudos!

how much experience do you need to make a game of this scale?

Super interesting watch! I use unity myself primarily but for this type of game I would probably have leaned towards unreal engine, curious why you chose Unity? Just because it's what you're most familiar with? I realize unity can make realistic looking graphics but from what I understand, Unreal is better at it, more made for that right?

Good work. Now is the time to really push the games industry forward with clear & fundamental knowledge of game design. All the best!

4:27 keep the break sound effect in the game

One does not simply go into AAA, especially these days lol. You need experience and success for that. The goalposts never stop moving, from having experience on shipped titles, now to having experience on very high budget shipped titles. However, if you have the time, basically everything you need is free. All manner of engines and cheap/free assets and tools are now available that you can work into your own needs.

Thank you for making these videos, giving us an insight into game design.

Nice work Brian. Clear, concise and well thought. I wouldn't agree more. As an old school gamer, I've witnessed the many transitions within the industry. We are living in such an exciting time and we now have the tools we need to create any type of project we desire. I like to give the player several options when needed. Linear is good at times, but can become boring when replaying. It's a fine line when making a game. Not everyone wants the same experience. Gave you a sub. This channel needs to grow and with this type of content, I'm sure it will. All the best!

Can you please recommend your indie games

Not knowing enough to know what you don’t know is 100% right. I just put out my first game on steam and man was it difficult. I’m happy with it but it didn’t do great and the dev cycle was much longer than it should have been. It was a mess. But failing miserably taught me a lot of lessons and I can use all of those to make a better game the next go around

Great insights! I do think a lot of these are somewhat specific to rpg or adventure style games to an extent. I’d love to hear some tips that are a little more generalized. For example tower defense or roguelikes where you may not necessarily have a persistent world to interact with or a consistent stream of rewards

Thank you so much for those valuable tips!

Great vid, but I got to wonder wtf kind of game mill games are you churning out if you have done 70 games in 20 years. That is like 3+ games per year. Seems like an insane short dev cycle. Either way, I enjoyed the vid some solid insight that I agree with especially the penalty / rewards section. Players are very jaded if they work hard for very little for sure. We saw that with the first jedi survivor game where every complex puzzle leads to another cosmetic poncho over and over, as well as many other examples.

All makes sense and logical. Which makes me wonder, why are Souls games so popular when they break all of these guidelines except for player movement freedom, mostly.

awesome video!

this is an amazing share,thanks...its great when such information is shared to those entering the industry or working on there first commercial game.just subbed

I dig the info. The stock videos though really distract me and make the video appear fake. They aren't really related to games or gamedev. Idk. Maybe it's just me.

Cool! Subscribed! :)

I thought you were Tony Hawk for a sec 😂 he also shipped many successful games you could say. Great video. Thanks for sharing!

I heard you touch on this lightly, but one thing I did with my cornfield horror game is made the collision with the corn slow the player down. The risk/reward of this is that your reward is cutting through the maze and not having to worry about navigating the halls, but the risk is being slowed down, potentially losing time and speed when you're running away from something.

Very informative. Subbed!

Just subscribed! I am aware the channel is still new but come on! It deserves waaaay more views and subscribers!

I'm not in game design, but the lessons and discussion given here can extend far beyond. I'd love to hear more about your experiences and wisdom if you're willing to share!

Great explanation, looking forward to your next video.

This is a genuine diamond in the rough. Feels like obvious stuff but we the developers sometimes overlook these completely.

Oooh I’m your 85th subscriber! Excited to see this game come together

Man you are awesome!

Awesome video! Really liking the idea of your game. Also your game looks really kool and it manages to capture that spooky feel. Looking forward to your next devlog. Keep it up! :)

0:31 Must be a very "Active" field~ 🐔🥜🍑 *Good Video and interesting to see the process*

Interesting! Thanks for this insightful video.

this is so underrated wth!

Nice upload! Keep up the good work mate! :)

This reminds me of the Escape the Backrooms Cornfield. Good luck with the game!

FYI, the first "cornfield" on your blackboard at the beginning looks like a different word with a very NSFW bent because the "o" looks like a "u" and the "rn" looks like "m".

Great video. I currently work at a larger indie studio with around 50 employees. It's not that stable but I love the freedom I have in how I solve and plan my work.

Life balance? not if you work for Blizzard.

Inspirational 💯

I don't know how or why your videos were recommended to me but I am super Glad they were. Can't wait to watch this channel Grow 💯

good shit i like it keep it up man