You're amazing Jonas! These devlogs are a wonderful look into indie dev, and a huge inspiration for people like me who love gaming and also dream of creating their own experiences. I'm trying to learn Unreal as a solo dev, and although It's always hard and often confusing, videos like yours drive my passion even further, and I'm very grateful for that. Huge W game and channel, I can't wait to see what new projects and ideas you come up with! Personally, I'd love to see you take a simple PvP multiplayer game and really dive into how you solved all the intricate networking / programming quirks of multiplayer. Anyway, much love, respect, and admiration - a happy fan and hopefully one day, peer :)
Jonas has the nicest way of editing his videos the perfect balance between life, humor and game development is perfect the only thing I wish for is that the moments of life to breathe a bit more. But I get that's not for everyone.
I really admire how honest this devlog is, and its really nice to see how healthy your approach towards your work and hobbies is. I hope you enjoy your break, and congratulations on everything. You're a huge insipiration for a lot of people
I just wanted to come in here and congratulate you on the completion of Thronefall! Thank you for the motivation you bring. You were part of what inspired me to start game development, and now my first Steam game is releasing in 2 months!
Congrats on 1.0! It's been an absolute blast following along with this adventure. You guys can be incredibly proud of what you've achieved. Enjoy a well-deserved break, I'm excited to see what will come next!
Enjoy your break! Some words of gratitude: For me your channel is the most valuable game design resource out there - I know of no other indie game dev channel with a better track record of creating successful games that rely on fun gameplay. This really backs up your insights. I also appreciate your calm and honest vibe, it makes the points you make that much more valuable. :)
i love how there is a lot of the style of the older videos in this one. makes it actualy nostalgic in a way. also remindet me how i first came across Jonas old german channel and then also wanted to start making games
when i was starting out doing coding, i found your 2nd will you snail video and i was like "That is so cool" and started to motivate me to make more! Thx for sticking around for me to keep going :)
Honestly. Your videos are such a breath of fresh air. Your rationale with logic and emotional/mental understanding are inspirational. You never seem too much like a robot or too stuck in your own head. Your general view on design I feel you apply to most aspects of life and it's such a good process. Anyways, thanks for sharing -your channel feels more like charity for us viewers tbh. Can definitely see the time you put into it and thanks :)
Jonas, when you started this dev vlog series, I was doing my little side project to have a better portfolio to look for a programming job. I got inspired in some of the things you implemented in thronefall. Today, we are 10 people working on that little project. It has become a monster of a project (and maybe should reconsider the scope...) and I can't really thank you enough for making these videos and being part of this devlog series along with the already awesome game you created. I wish you all the success in your future endeavours. You totally deserve it. The more I spend time with my current game, the more I respect your work. Making games is hard and only people who have tried really understands the true weight of this statement. Keep being awesome!
Cooperating in bigger teams is also a massive challenge so let me just tip my hat back at'ya! Happy to hear you found some inspiration in my work. Much appreciated!! :)
What a beautiful send off to a wonderful devlog and game. I'm beyond stoked for you after watching your work for years and years now. May your next adventure bring you all the good fortune you could hope for, thanks for the journey, Jonas!
You've been a major inspiration to me starting my own journey. Take whatever time you need, but looking forward to following whatever project you undertake next!
Wow, you guys have done incredible work! I'm blown away by what you've accomplished, and I just want to say congratulations on all of your hard work paying off, you deserve all of this success and more!
Yay I love these! And I loved the recent stream. Thank you for being an inspiration! Mark my words I will make a hit game using the strategies you outline in your videos. Cheers!
I absolutely loved playing Thronefall! It's a coincidence I found this video on youtube, I had purchased Thronefall a little while back after launch by browsing steam. I'm very excited to watch through your videos to see how it was made. One of my favorite games of 2024. Thank you for sharing your journey!
Wow I cannot believe it's been 3 years! Amazing work on the game all round. All the levels you showed off in this video look fantastic and I hope it does well. Good luck on your next venture!
I really enjoyed this style of video, very calming yet engaging anyway! I hope you do another video talking about how your game launch went, would be very interesting to hear about different it was first launching it as early access, how much you did for marketing, split profits and such. The one about WYS is one of my favourite videos you've made, and this time it seems that your game was even more of a success! Anyway, enjoy your break-you deserve it. I'll be looking forward to whenever you come back for another adventure! 💛
Can't wait for your next project. Your fresh Ideas are so interesting to me. But for now enjoy your well deserved break while I enjoy your well made game😊
Hi Jonas, I just want to say that I've really enjoyed following this development, and it has inspired me to take on this journey for myself (with zero exp). I purchased the game a while back and will have to now pick it up and play it! I'm sure it will be a blast; I look forward to your future developments.
SO PROUD FOR YOU! I just want you to know that you've got me into game dev and now I have a community of over 1000 people supporting my journey. Thank you so much, can't wait for the next adventure :)
I can't wait to get my hands on this and start releasing some videos! Your game is Overwhelmingly Positive with 15,000 reviews, congrats on the release!!
Jonas, I've been watching your channel for a long time now and you inspired me to start my own game dev journey some time ago. I even took part in the Wowie! Jam 3.0 (btw, when's the next one? 🥺) and built my first "real" game ever. Seeing you like this, happy to have finished another project, makes me really happy too. Take a break, enjoy life and once recharged, come back stronger than ever ♥
Very random, but thanks a ton for sharing your YT stats. It made me feel a lot better about my channel, which I've neglected over the past months. "SO let's just not do that" regarding fulltime YT is also a great statement. I decided to look at it like that as well. Good luck with the rest of the year and enjoy your break
Hey, Jonas. I'm a solo dev who's struggling to keep up with my games and consistently creating devlogs (on another channel) because of time constraints, and seeing this final devlog made me inspired to work on my games so that I can build an audience and following just like yours. Keep up the good work, Jonas.
Your note on youtube revenue - have you also factored it in how much of your channel video views have translated to actual sales. I know there isn't really a way to accurately quantify it, but I can at least state that this final devlog video (the first time I have ever been exposed to your game) transleted to an immediate purchase from me. Fantastic work on the channel, excited to give the game a go. Congratulations on 1.0 launch!
I started watching this guy back in 2020 during pandemic which motivated me to go with game dev and programming albeit as a hobby. Although life’s been busy with uni and other stuff lately but still it’s good to see Jonas making new videos and projects take me back in that time.
9:19 - 12:27 felt like a "Will you Snail" dev log in the good old days. 😍 But I probably shouldn't have that kind of attachement to a random channel on RUclips. Also loved the rest of the video because it kind of resonates with me in my current state in life. Alles Gute. ❤
You did an amazing job working on Thronefall! I've been making my own Tower Defense and I notice your game on Steam around the time I made my demo. Your game seems to be shaping up to be a great hit!
I just discovered and purchased Thronefall yesterday. There have been a few games throughout the last decade that've been stark reminders. Proof that passionate developers who take pride in their work strive for quality do still exist. Thronefall is fantastic and certainly earned its place on that list. Thank you for crafting such a wonderful game.
just watched this for like the fifth time, so inspiring. leaving my soul crushing day job to do what you are doing would be a dream come true. one day I will get there.
"As a fellow game developer, I’m genuinely in awe of how perfectly Tronefall turned out! The attention to detail and polish is truly inspiring. Huge congrats to You-amazing work!"
0:37 - Oh my, I am sititing EXACTLY like this right now as I am watching this, I do it with the left foot though. Glad people also do weird poses sometimes. Anyway, congratulations! 🥳🎉
Didn't know you made thronefall.. great effort, very nice game, congratz... !!!A collosal success for an indie!!!! I bought that game few months ago for the reference and the feel :) and I liked it... Fellow dev here, congrats once again.
Oh wow, you made this game? I saw Lirik play this on Twitch. A lot of people in his chat seemed to really enjoy the game and were interested in it, myself included haha Good job!
I love the game! Been putting soo many hours in this week. Some things to make the game even more amazing to me: Make the blueprints of the buildings a toggle button instead of a button you have to hold Add a preview of the map during the choosing of the perks, this way I dont choose harbor perks on a map without water haha (for example) I would eventually love another upgrade to the main building, along with the turrets! Maybe adding a gamemode where you can choose where to place what buildings?
Thanks for all the support y'all! It was a pleasure.
first
It really has been. See you out there.
Take as much time as you need; you deserve the break. Well done--with everything.
You're amazing Jonas! These devlogs are a wonderful look into indie dev, and a huge inspiration for people like me who love gaming and also dream of creating their own experiences. I'm trying to learn Unreal as a solo dev, and although It's always hard and often confusing, videos like yours drive my passion even further, and I'm very grateful for that. Huge W game and channel, I can't wait to see what new projects and ideas you come up with! Personally, I'd love to see you take a simple PvP multiplayer game and really dive into how you solved all the intricate networking / programming quirks of multiplayer. Anyway, much love, respect, and admiration - a happy fan and hopefully one day, peer :)
When porting to mobile?
My friends and I hoped you would release a multiplayer feature, but I'm glad you did it.😆
Jonas has the nicest way of editing his videos the perfect balance between life, humor and game development is perfect the only thing I wish for is that the moments of life to breathe a bit more. But I get that's not for everyone.
You might be interested in Thinmatrix. His videos have the absolute chillest vibes of him cooking, watering plants, going for walks with his dog, etc
Yeah, I think you are right. It takes a lot of courage to let something breathe cause if it's poorly executed half of your audience is gone. Haha. :D
@@JonasTyroller true true
He has good vids but, he's lacking Jonas' humor and charm
I really admire how honest this devlog is, and its really nice to see how healthy your approach towards your work and hobbies is. I hope you enjoy your break, and congratulations on everything. You're a huge insipiration for a lot of people
BANANA?
u cant escape from me
I just wanted to come in here and congratulate you on the completion of Thronefall! Thank you for the motivation you bring. You were part of what inspired me to start game development, and now my first Steam game is releasing in 2 months!
Ey, that's awesome! Best of luck with the release!!
Congrats on the release! 🎉
Thank you!
Overwhelmingly Positive reviews, Jonas!! I'm so happy for you!!!
Nearly 15k reviews on the day of release. Friggin' amazing work.
Congrats on 1.0! It's been an absolute blast following along with this adventure. You guys can be incredibly proud of what you've achieved. Enjoy a well-deserved break, I'm excited to see what will come next!
Thank you, thank you!! :)
Enjoy your break! Some words of gratitude:
For me your channel is the most valuable game design resource out there - I know of no other indie game dev channel with a better track record of creating successful games that rely on fun gameplay. This really backs up your insights. I also appreciate your calm and honest vibe, it makes the points you make that much more valuable. :)
i love how there is a lot of the style of the older videos in this one. makes it actualy nostalgic in a way. also remindet me how i first came across Jonas old german channel and then also wanted to start making games
Oh, you've been here for a while. Nice!
Your content is always inspiring and down to earth. Congrats on the launch and good luck with wherever you take your life next. Cheers!
when i was starting out doing coding, i found your 2nd will you snail video and i was like "That is so cool" and started to motivate me to make more! Thx for sticking around for me to keep going :)
Honestly. Your videos are such a breath of fresh air. Your rationale with logic and emotional/mental understanding are inspirational. You never seem too much like a robot or too stuck in your own head. Your general view on design I feel you apply to most aspects of life and it's such a good process.
Anyways, thanks for sharing -your channel feels more like charity for us viewers tbh.
Can definitely see the time you put into it and thanks :)
Jonas, when you started this dev vlog series, I was doing my little side project to have a better portfolio to look for a programming job. I got inspired in some of the things you implemented in thronefall. Today, we are 10 people working on that little project. It has become a monster of a project (and maybe should reconsider the scope...) and I can't really thank you enough for making these videos and being part of this devlog series along with the already awesome game you created.
I wish you all the success in your future endeavours. You totally deserve it. The more I spend time with my current game, the more I respect your work. Making games is hard and only people who have tried really understands the true weight of this statement.
Keep being awesome!
Cooperating in bigger teams is also a massive challenge so let me just tip my hat back at'ya! Happy to hear you found some inspiration in my work. Much appreciated!! :)
What a beautiful send off to a wonderful devlog and game. I'm beyond stoked for you after watching your work for years and years now.
May your next adventure bring you all the good fortune you could hope for, thanks for the journey, Jonas!
Appreciate it, thank you!! :)
You've been a major inspiration to me starting my own journey. Take whatever time you need, but looking forward to following whatever project you undertake next!
Wow, you guys have done incredible work! I'm blown away by what you've accomplished, and I just want to say congratulations on all of your hard work paying off, you deserve all of this success and more!
Congrats bro. You are a huge inspiration!
You're easily the best game dev RUclipsr out there. It's been awesome following this journey.
Been following this project from the beginning and it’s incredible how far its come. Super inspiring and amazing work!
Big! 🥳🥳🥳
Thank you!
You two are absolute legends!!
Bro definitely cooking something up behind the scenes.
ive been here since the first devlog and its crazy to see the amount of progress u put into developing the game, congrats on the release jonas!
Man what a journey! One of the best cards game ever!
Yay I love these! And I loved the recent stream. Thank you for being an inspiration! Mark my words I will make a hit game using the strategies you outline in your videos. Cheers!
I hope so. Best of luck!
I absolutely loved playing Thronefall! It's a coincidence I found this video on youtube, I had purchased Thronefall a little while back after launch by browsing steam. I'm very excited to watch through your videos to see how it was made. One of my favorite games of 2024. Thank you for sharing your journey!
Congratulations! I look forward to seeing whatever is next, once again.
Wow what a great devlog journey from start to the end. Good job (:
Thanks for making all of these Jonas. Absolutely loved Thronefall and look forward to seeing your next project and hope you have a great break!
Another chapter closed, another project completed.
Congrats, Jonas. Your perseverance inspires everyone to finish their own passion projects.
super congrats to yall for yet another great release 🎉🎉🎉
Wow I cannot believe it's been 3 years! Amazing work on the game all round. All the levels you showed off in this video look fantastic and I hope it does well. Good luck on your next venture!
I really enjoyed this style of video, very calming yet engaging anyway! I hope you do another video talking about how your game launch went, would be very interesting to hear about different it was first launching it as early access, how much you did for marketing, split profits and such. The one about WYS is one of my favourite videos you've made, and this time it seems that your game was even more of a success!
Anyway, enjoy your break-you deserve it. I'll be looking forward to whenever you come back for another adventure! 💛
Congratulations Jonas! It was a joy to follow your development journey from start to finish.
Congrats on the release! Your hard work and resulting success are such an inspiration.
I like the "people kept doing what we dont like, so we decided to literally pay them not to" lol. Genius!
Appreciate all the hard work Jonas and team, thanks for bringing us along on all the game dev journeys!
This video was awesome! It fills me with hope as I keep working on my own game. Thank you
Can't wait for your next project. Your fresh Ideas are so interesting to me. But for now enjoy your well deserved break while I enjoy your well made game😊
Also I wanna add: I played the game last when it was a demo on steam. It was already great back then but it improved soo much, great job🎉
Loved hearing about your story. I've been watching since your early prototypes for Thronefall. Fun game. Thanks for your work and sharing your journey
Favorite game! Followed this dev log before the game was released. This motivated me begin developing my game, though with less progress than yours.
Congrats on making it to the end!
You're a big inspiration for me!
Beautiful journey! Its crazy how far you have come! Hope you get some well deserved rest!
Hi Jonas, I just want to say that I've really enjoyed following this development, and it has inspired me to take on this journey for myself (with zero exp). I purchased the game a while back and will have to now pick it up and play it! I'm sure it will be a blast; I look forward to your future developments.
Ah, that's wonderful. Hope you enjoy (both the game and your game dev journey)! :)
Congrats on the 1.0 release 🎉🎉
Thanks a ton!
SO PROUD FOR YOU! I just want you to know that you've got me into game dev and now I have a community of over 1000 people supporting my journey. Thank you so much, can't wait for the next adventure :)
Ey! That's awesome! Congrats!
I can't wait to get my hands on this and start releasing some videos! Your game is Overwhelmingly Positive with 15,000 reviews, congrats on the release!!
Jonas, I've been watching your channel for a long time now and you inspired me to start my own game dev journey some time ago. I even took part in the Wowie! Jam 3.0 (btw, when's the next one? 🥺) and built my first "real" game ever. Seeing you like this, happy to have finished another project, makes me really happy too. Take a break, enjoy life and once recharged, come back stronger than ever ♥
From Devlog 0 to This one, can't believe it's been three years, Congrats and see you in the next one Jonas!
💪 Congrats on your release, we love Thronefall! Great devlog too.
Well done! Was with you from early steam days, loved every moment of it
UR of the OG's bro and a GOAT
Can't wait to make a devlog of my own like this, years from now. Congrats on 1.0, Jonas.
Congrats Jonas!! Your videos have always been an inspiration, it’s awesome to see this project hit the finish line. Enjoy your time off!
Very random, but thanks a ton for sharing your YT stats. It made me feel a lot better about my channel, which I've neglected over the past months.
"SO let's just not do that" regarding fulltime YT is also a great statement. I decided to look at it like that as well.
Good luck with the rest of the year and enjoy your break
You're welcome. Happy to hear that. All the best!!!
Hey, Jonas. I'm a solo dev who's struggling to keep up with my games and consistently creating devlogs (on another channel) because of time constraints, and seeing this final devlog made me inspired to work on my games so that I can build an audience and following just like yours. Keep up the good work, Jonas.
Your note on youtube revenue - have you also factored it in how much of your channel video views have translated to actual sales. I know there isn't really a way to accurately quantify it, but I can at least state that this final devlog video (the first time I have ever been exposed to your game) transleted to an immediate purchase from me.
Fantastic work on the channel, excited to give the game a go. Congratulations on 1.0 launch!
i like this vlog, showing how dedicated you were on ur project!
I started watching this guy back in 2020 during pandemic which motivated me to go with game dev and programming albeit as a hobby. Although life’s been busy with uni and other stuff lately but still it’s good to see Jonas making new videos and projects take me back in that time.
9:19 - 12:27 felt like a "Will you Snail" dev log in the good old days. 😍 But I probably shouldn't have that kind of attachement to a random channel on RUclips.
Also loved the rest of the video because it kind of resonates with me in my current state in life.
Alles Gute. ❤
You did an amazing job working on Thronefall! I've been making my own Tower Defense and I notice your game on Steam around the time I made my demo. Your game seems to be shaping up to be a great hit!
Congrats on the launch! I can't wait to see your next project! 💪
It's funny to recognize the maps while you are building them during the devlog. Love the game, it's super clean.
congrats ! you really deserve a break :). Can't wait to see what you start after vacation ! enjoy it to the max
While Thronefall isn't really for me, I can still sit down and enjoy it from time to time. Thanks for making it, Jonas.
Good work Jonas. Don't forget that things are just beginning for you!
Congratulations with everything! Hope you enjoy your well deserved break!
Amazing, i followed the game from the beginning. Incredible. really, you can be so proud. Massive success :)
I just discovered and purchased Thronefall yesterday.
There have been a few games throughout the last decade that've been stark reminders. Proof that passionate developers who take pride in their work strive for quality do still exist. Thronefall is fantastic and certainly earned its place on that list.
Thank you for crafting such a wonderful game.
just watched this for like the fifth time, so inspiring. leaving my soul crushing day job to do what you are doing would be a dream come true. one day I will get there.
"As a fellow game developer, I’m genuinely in awe of how perfectly Tronefall turned out! The attention to detail and polish is truly inspiring. Huge congrats to You-amazing work!"
Your game is amazing!!! Well done!! ❤❤
Much love man. So glad to see you 'hit it big', you deserve the success! Please take a well deserved break!
Loved every video in this series. Great job
which game idea won the vote? 👀
@@JonasTyroller we’ll be revealing it in almost exactly one month! 😊
I just bought this game. It's fantastic. Congrats on its release! Can't wait to see what the future holds for you!
Congrats! I really enjoyed this game especially with the 1.0 release!
0:37 - Oh my, I am sititing EXACTLY like this right now as I am watching this, I do it with the left foot though. Glad people also do weird poses sometimes. Anyway, congratulations! 🥳🎉
Im happy for you, congrats on finishing your game! Also im very happy that you are focusing more on your life and yourself. All the love
Thanks Jonas for sharing your journey! This was a great video for the game's release. You're a real inspiration. Enjoy your well-deserved break. :D
Congratulation on the release, game looks great and deserve the success it had 🎉
Big Congrats to your team on your succesful launch
The simulated video click through got me lol. Great work on Thronefall! I'm excited to see what you make next!
Haha, thank you!
Congrats! Thanks for making these videos. I enjoy hearing your perspective.
And thank you for watching along. Appreciate it.
Good luck on your new journeys. It is always great to seek some new challenges I think.
I played the game in early access with no Idea that you were behind it ! Amazing game !
Thank you for making the game, thank you for your videos and have a nice break.
Its finally done? Cant wait to play it. I hope you really enjoyed working on it Jonas :D
Didn't know you made thronefall.. great effort, very nice game, congratz... !!!A collosal success for an indie!!!! I bought that game few months ago for the reference and the feel :) and I liked it... Fellow dev here, congrats once again.
Oh, that's always great to hear that people discover my games before me. Wonderful!! Thanks for the kind words. All the best to you as well!
Oh wow, you made this game?
I saw Lirik play this on Twitch. A lot of people in his chat seemed to really enjoy the game and were interested in it, myself included haha Good job!
i cant wait to see more devog videos on new concepts!
Loved the devlog series. Keep it going Jonas!
Thronefall is great, huge congrats to you guys. Enjoy your break & the fruits of your labors.
Going from the early prototyping videos, and ending up here has been quite the journey. Thank you!
Thanks for following along. :)
Enjoy your time off and we'll all look forward to your next endevour.
Thank you!
The walk through your daily life was so fun! Super relatable.
It's been a wild ride. You really did something impressive. Im glad you take some time off to recalibrate and maybe spawn some kids :D
thanks for all the amazing content, and hopefully after a good long break you will come back
I hope this game brings joy to everyone the way it did for me
Let's hope so. Thank you, thank you! :)
I love the game! Been putting soo many hours in this week.
Some things to make the game even more amazing to me:
Make the blueprints of the buildings a toggle button instead of a button you have to hold
Add a preview of the map during the choosing of the perks, this way I dont choose harbor perks on a map without water haha (for example)
I would eventually love another upgrade to the main building, along with the turrets!
Maybe adding a gamemode where you can choose where to place what buildings?
You as a Person, your yt channel and your Team are sooo inspiring. Want so be on a spot like you at some point.
0:38 I too sit at my desk like that... RIP our backs
A wise person once told me: The best position to sit is always the next (the more you move the better)
I sit like that too😅
As Jonas said, the position doesn't matter as long as you're comfortable and change it
That comparison from the prototype to the end is amazing :D