7 Steps to become a Game Developer in 2024!
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
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Here's my 7 Step plan for you to follow and learn how to make games and become a Game Developer within 1 year!
This video was originally made in 2020 but the advice here is applicable to 2023 and really any year.
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Here is what I would do if I was starting my game development journey right now, will you follow the steps?
This video was originally made in 2020 but it's still just as accurate in 2023, best of luck in your learning journey!
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Men, to do game with apex legends graphics you need unreal engine 4, not unity engine
@@developer1371 Have you seen the Adam and Heretic shorts? Unity is more than capable of rendering extremely impressive visuals, especially with HDRP. Blizzard's Hearthstone is made in Unity as are hundreds of other excellent games.
Hey, me and my friends are trying to get into GD and as the programmer of the group this really helped. Any more tips?
@@developer1371 Look at Escape from Tarkov it is made in unity
I am already on 6th year of my "4 month" game :P
What's it about? Singleplayer? Multiplayer? Sounds like a big project
@@ayanamihhh219 Well I wouldnt say that big.
Its 2d online/splitscreen shooter game. Ive been making everything myself: Art, coding etc and had to learn those from level zero. First few years I wasnt that active with the progress. Made development only when I really felt so.
But really thou.. I have to finish that damn game this year!
@@SampoPesonen Wow! I believe that you will finish it this year. If localization to russian/ukrainian in needed, tell me
@@SampoPesonen how is it going?
@@bytiran7041 Its coming along slowly. Been working on A.I now and pathfinding is almost done. Little bit fighting with motivation. Also I am sick currently and the development is on hold but I think I can continue after couple of days.
Step 8: Actually survive 2020
just wait for the aliens in April
@@The_Patbey where are they?
1000 subs with no content they are watching and will launch a small attack in late April then fight along side the final boss of 2020 in December. Also Carl the consumer will be there
@@idk-iu8vn it's 11:27PM April 30th
and there are still no aliens
No aliens bruh
I’m software engineer and man this steps should be applied to any software related careers
completely agree
ruclips.net/video/exHd9DTCyKE/видео.html
This is one of the BETTER "how to game dev" vids on youtube. The two books he recommends are also very good books. Well done bud.
Step one: Make a video telling people how to become a game developer in 2020
Step two: When one year passes by, change the title and thumbnail of the video to say it's for 2021
Step three: Profit
The advice is timeless!
@@CodeMonkeyUnity just say "today" instead of year. That title will grab attention too as it comes as confident
@@saburnaseer6375 If he has 300k subscribers and you have 0, perhaps advice should flow in the opposite direction.
@@CodeMonkeyUnity It's 2022, time to change the title 😆
1. Download a game engine
2. Make one of those old arcade games (pong, space invaders, astroids, etc)
3. Compare to the original
Please it is necessary to learn coding before starting this and thank u
@@rafaiadnane31 1.1 Following along with some tutorials (Brackeys), to learn the basics.
Ohh thank u so much 👌
@@mikaxms wait what
@@rafaiadnane31 With visual scripting it's not that much necessary anyway
I'm gonna fart out a tiny game with with one level. No matter how ugly it is I agree with codeMonoey. It's better to have something small and finished than something huge half-assed and incomplete.
Sadly, that sounds like a lot of AAA console titles these days
@@poeticdeath8956 yes .. even aaa game devs talk about how companies put these deadlines on you based off profits to be made instead of game quality, gameplay etc.
make friends who share the same idea it drastically reduce the time
No Man's Sky:"hey :("
@@nonegiven2830 difference for no man sky is they actually fixed everything and more at no cost. I'd happily get something from hello games with no issue
This is exactly what I needed. I wish more devs made clear maps on how to get to the end point instead of pointless videos.
I've been toying around with Unity for a few months now and was considering taking it a little more seriously (albeit as a hobby) in 2020.
I think you just gave me the push I needed. So, thank you ^_^
Awesome! Go for it!
ruclips.net/video/exHd9DTCyKE/видео.html
Any progress? 🤔
@@nyztan0 Define progress :P I've made a few simple games and then tried to recreate the same game again... but cleaner ;)
I'm in love with Events atm ^_^
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I’m 12 years old and I have big dreams on becoming a game developer, so I wanted to start early but didn’t know just how to start.
I wanted to learn how to create a game before I turn 13 in April. Thanks for the tips!
Go for it! If you're starting out so early then by the time you reach 20 years old you will have tons of experience!
Super helpful as always. Concrete advice that is very uplifting and reasuring for newcomers, like myself, for starting to work towards realistic and fruitful proyects.
You are really making a difference for so many of us, can't thank you enough
Great Recommendations again Code Monkey! Getting in and aware of the editor and tools will take time, its taken me a year. Looking at your steps, and looking back at what I've done, its dead on, besides the releases to Steam :)
Awesome! Keep it up!
I'm so glad I found your channel, I've just completed stage 3, but it's taken me six months already lol. Just ordered Clean Code and Code Complete, we got dis!
Awesome! Keep it up!
I'm going to commit to logging my journey through attempting these milestones. I want this to be a great year for pushing forward my game dev skills, and being involved in the community.
Hi Matt, how did things go for you?
As well as you’d anticipated, or if not what were the obstacles?
If you’re happy to share of course.
i already tried game developing earlier in 2019, but i gave up very easily, these tips helped me really out!
Great video, was thinking about getting into game development and this is just what I needed. Thank you very much!
As a returning game developer (stopped in 2010, due to personal issues), I’m focusing now on learning the different tools unity provides (omg how I love shader graph!) and on developing tiny playable demos just to get my head around everything. Your tutorials have been really helpful. Thank you so much!
Glad to hear it! Keep it up!
Bought the clean code book, thank you for your dedication!
Thank you for putting a list of the 7 steps in the beginning of the video, respect, i subscribed after seeing that.
This was incredibly helpful and encouraging thank you :)
Well it worked, changing the title and description to 2023 landed this video in my feed
I hope you found the video useful! This is really timeless advice
@@CodeMonkeyUnity Yes enjoyed it both times :)
Thanks so much for making this video, didn't know about those books!
Thanks for those book suggestions!
Thank you! This motivates me! Keep on making great content!
Im going to read those two books right now, thanks for the advice, Code Monkey
"Do one thing towards your goal every single day." This what Bruce Lee said also: "Make atleast one definite move daily towards your goal." Great channel btw. These 7 things I have learned the hard way😅
Awesome video man!
dude, for everyone that want to learn programming, know that this channel is awesome, really, that guys is good !
Love your video on game development in 2020. Its getting harder to make a successful game. Unity is a HUGE help and has come along way since its creation a few years ago! Thanks for the insight into your game development adventure!
This video gave me the confidence to try myself as a game developer.
My free time is sparse due to work and family but my first game will be released on steam tomorrow after a good 3 months.
Thank you Code Monkey!
Awesome! Best of luck!
Great video! Really good inspiration for new game developers. Thanks for sharing! 👍🤓
This is really good bro . keep it coming
Code Monkey,the best channel of making games tutorial!
(i am Brazilian and my Inglish it's so BAD,but i love your tutorials)
Oi
Oi
Oi
Não sou o unico,kkkk
Obrigado!
Great advices, you should definitively make a premium course, the level of details and quality you put on videos are awesome, cheers.
Thank you. I'm getting into code through code academy and they have a game programming module. After I complete that I will be starting on your program. With that xp under my belt I will continue working on my own and seeking employment through larger companies.
SUPER good video!
this is a phenomenal video, thanks for making
I am following this exact tutorial. Am am on my second month and the first one I documented and published on my channel. I really plan to invest a whole year just to see what are the results following this advice. I will let you know in 11 more months if it's worth it. Thank you so much Code Monkey for your content and advice, if I actually accomplish my dream, you will be a big part of that journey.
Nice! Keep at it!
Thanks bro I enjoyed this
Great tips!👍
Great video! I think one of the things that helped me the most (and I’m still very much learning) was following some tutorials on fairly simple games and then trying to add a list of features that’s I feel would make the game different enough to warrant a play.
Not every game has to, or even should, reinvent the wheel. I often tell my wife that pretty much every game possible is already made and with enough searching you can find guides or code for any major feature you want. It’s the one or two little tweaks to the gameplay loop that makes the game.
People like turn based RPGs, people like rts games, people like tower defense. Why create something brand new every single time when those frameworks have worked for decades? You can make a very simple version of whatever genre you are lookin to make and be surprised how unique it feels to you just by adding a couple of small mechanics and polishing them and then you aren’t rolling the dice with a totally untested market (if you can even get something that unique running).
Ps: absolutely love hyper knights. I’d love to see how that was made. It’s very similar to a game idea I had that I could never quite get right
I'm happy you liked Hyper Knights! That's definitely one of my favorite games, I really enjoyed making and playing it.
I made a tutorial on basically how I handle the Melee attacks in that game unitycodemonkey.com/video.php?v=AXkaqW3E9OI
And one on how my animation system works unitycodemonkey.com/video.php?v=11c9rWRotJ8
Excellent video. Thank you
thanks :D i will definitely do this
In regards to clean code, His approach and mine are different. Every day before I did the game development, I will do one-hour code practice. Go into OOP structures, Amazon interview questions, algorithm and anything that I don't know and challenge yourself. It gives confidence to my game code.
Awesome Vid!!!
Ahhh thank you I'm motivated now
I remember watching this video couple of years ago, funny it has pop-up on my YT today, 3 days before release of my game :)
Heh that's great, I hope your game does well! Good job on reaching the finish line!
I was searching for this video like crazy
Now I know what I'm going to do.
this is a pretty good video, I wish I saw that when I started my game dev journey.
Currently Starting up!! This channel will help me a lot in this Wild Adventure of Game Development!!
Any tips and guides will help!!
Awesome! Go for it!
If you're a complete beginner in Unity watch these videos to get acquainted with the engine ruclips.net/p/PLzDRvYVwl53vxdAPq8OznBAdjf0eeiipT
After that try making a complete game like this ruclips.net/video/b5Wpni9KPik/видео.html
Best of luck!
This was awesome thank you!
I'm glad you liked the video, now go ahead and start learning!
Really helpful
thanks for you, this video will help a lot of people.
I already got ahead start but loving these videos and pickmemup type videos Code Monkey. I started to learn both unity and godot this past year following udemy tutorials and having fun with it n learning c#. :)
Looking forward to coding this year.
loved this video thank you very much
Hey thank you for your great videos! By the way if the video showed relevant footage and images while you are talking, i think it would really improve viewer comprehension. For instance I was distracted by the extremely complex looking games when you were talking about keeping your games simple. Anyway keep up your great work!
Yeah I'm definitely not used to this style of editing/content
You are very awesome 👍
Im from Egypt and I learned from you somethings good🔥🔥🔥
Thank you😀
Me too
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I'm from Egypt too , welcome br0ther
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I saw your youtube playlist it's so awesome, I wonder the game bundle included the tutorial making the game from scratch ?
The Game Bundle includes Steam Keys for the games
Love your videos❤
great video. thanks.
Thank you so much
Your channel is the best channel to learn unity
Would be interesting to have a step-guide on how to make a game that has a large scope. Appreciate the video though, it was good, keep it up! :)
If it takes two years to make a large scale game, how long do you think it would take to make a step by step series on it? At least three years. Nobody is going to make that for you
@@MalikenGD lol you never know he could have experience in large scale games
Yeah general project and scope management is definitely something I'd like to cover! It's certainly extremely important.
Great job
Like for Clean Code book. This makes workflow so enjoyable and convenient.
Very good tips i hadnt heard before, you sir gained your self a new sub..
Thanks!
This video inspired me to start GameDev. I'm six weeks in and am just finishing up my 5th game.
Awesome! Keep it up!
Probably wouldn't have known this video existed unless it popped up again. Thanks!
Did it show up in your feed? The advice here is timeless so if the algorithm promotes it with the updated name that would be great. I'm sure lots of people would benefit from seeing this video.
@@CodeMonkeyUnity Yep!
Instead of searching the regular way how to start developing a game .. I had to say it verbally as if I am mad man about it .. then reboot RUclips to find this video on the top of my recommendation list ..
See Google using my microphone is useful lol
This is why I gave up trying to make games and now I am more interested in making animated shorts xD
Thanks.
nice structured strategy suggestions to get the first game published and go on from there.
well done Code Monkey.
can you please add few games good to look for to replicate in Step 1 (small weekly games) ?
Pretty much any of the classics like Snake, Arkanoid, Pong, or simple mobile games like Flappy Bird
Cool!!
Glad I decided to subscribe when I saw your ads lol
I see what you did and you are a genius .
Heh yup the advice in this video is timeless!
If you dont know what song he use he use.....fine line by Geographer.....I found the song by using sazam
I got a CodeMonkey ad on This CodeMonkey video!
Do u draw your awesome sprites by yourself? I love this channel
I have worked with artists in the past, mainly on Hyper Knights, but I draw a lot of it myself.
Thank you for telling me I still know nothing about making games.
Been practicing and struggling hard trying to figure out code and I apparently haven't even found a surface to scratch yet...
I'll keep trying, but I don't know, especially since communication isn't a forte of mine.
Game dev is an awesome never ending journey, there's always more awesome stuff to learn!
If you want a guided path check out my free course ruclips.net/video/oZCbmB6opxY/видео.html
@@CodeMonkeyUnity I will remember this, though I am a Godot user so I don't know how well it will translate.
Hello. Thanks for the advices.
Also, I know this is not the right place to ask but would you please make a tutorial on how to make shotgun(or bullet spread) for a Top Down 2D game? I've been trying to figure it out by myself but I couldn't. (I'm not bad at Trigonometry)
I've covered Bullet tracer rounds here ruclips.net/video/jDiAzxkYzpI/видео.html
For a shotgun you just apply an angle and shoot multiple
If you have the target shoot position and your player position then you can get the aim direction vector
Apply some rotation to that vector and shoot multiple times
again many thanks ,you are really helpful , I don't know how I can thank you you are really a beautiful person , I wish you the best in your Life. many thanks for what you do.
i think making small weekly games are very basic game like pong or snake is a good idea . it is a good start for game dev (my english is not good)
thanks a lot
Right now i am doing really well on the part of coding learning it and writing clean code and it is good enough that whenever i get back to months old code and i have no idea still i will look at code and know what is what and start fixing it or improving it but the hard part is i am not getting any ideas about any game like forget about having a game idea with big scope or small scope i am not getting any ideas at all it feels like i am not creative and I realised specifically after one of my online friend who asked me to teach him unity so i suggested him unity learn and even in the basic task like roll a ball he made it really good by adding glow to objects and making ball bigger as it collects boxes and I am not talking about the code here that part is pretty easy but the idea he got the creativity he showed by making this in what he has I was just totally confused like why I never done even something close to that
thanks for video, if I could, I would like it twice
Great video really helped me get a better understanding of planning out my goals THANK YOU! Do you have recommendations or a video on equipment I would need? I’m starting from the bottom I don’t even have a computer yet (which I’m sure I need)
Pretty much any computer will do, use whatever you have available and just get started!
🙏 thank you!
Hi! Code complete is such a great recommendation! Do you have any thoughts on it's sister book by another author, game coding complete ?
I'm not familiar with it, I'll check it out, thanks!
Hey CodeMonkey, great Video and I will definitely follow your advice for 2024. I have one question about books tho, can you recommend or do you know a Unity Book that covers all the basics up to an intermediate+ state that kind of works like a reference book or any other equivalent? I really like books to get into coding and make notes! :D
I'm not really too familiar with any specific Unity books, sorry. But as long as it has good reviews and is not very old (
@CodeMonkeyUnity I've created a few games (and courses) already, so I don't actually see myself as a complete beginner, more like a beginner+/Intermediate. I also created my own kind of Unity-Wiki as some alternative reference source but I thought it would be nice to have a good book as well. :D
Nevertheless I'll give your course a shot because I'm pretty sure it's a great course and there's still things I can learn from! Oh and by the way would you consider an own wiki a waste of time because I can easily look things up or rather useful?^^
Thank you very much for the video!
Great development strategy 🔥🔥🔥
And it’s very motivating👍 I'm from Russia, but I still watch all your videos🔥🔥🔥
RUclips how to give this human 300000 likes?
Thanks so much for such an amazing video. Now I know where I'm going!
you make it sound very easy
It all depends on the type of game you want to create.
Making a simple Platformer is extremely easy, making a complex open world game is quite hard.
Who else here from the "make your first game in 2023" video?
Heh looking at the analytics it seems about 100 people came from there. Which is great since the advice here is really timeless
Best of luck with your goals!
I remember referencing a code monkey website back during the dial-up days. is this the same guy? If so your reference sheets help me a lot, thanks for that.
Hello there CodeMonkey, your videos inspires me alot.
Anyway I have a question, why did you use Unity and not Unreal or even other game engine?
Back when I started PC game dev back in 2012 Unity was free and C# based whereas unreal was paid and C++
Now I really enjoy Unity so I see no reason to change
I get it in end of 2023, but really helpful ❤
Yup this is timeless advice! Best of luck in your game dev journey!
Thanks
thanks
Ucrrently in the first step, ad love it, but sometimes I really really hate it, but overall, I think I enjoy it.
Just keep at it!
Excellent video once again! You said that if your strength is coding, make a system-heavy game and if your strength is art, make an art-heavy game. What should I do when I don't learn how to code and my artistic skills are even worse. :(
Go towards the area you most like, even if your skills are the same there's definitely one area you will have a preference for, go towards that and improve it!