4:18 I just want to say that it's a real honor to have appeared in your video even if it's obscure. Thank you. Your app helped me to learn hiragana when I supplemented it with busuu , though, I am genuinely curious. What did you think of the ideas in my review? Keep up the good work!
Love how you've been pumping out these videos! Great tips. There's a lot that needs to happen behind the scenes for someone to gain traction (I'm with you, I've been trying to get there for about a decade and slowly started understanding it better this year) but most important of all: create something good and fun! Great video Goodgis😁
Thanks so much! Yeah, it’s really hard to grow and it makes me sad that there are so many talented channels out there that don’t get any traction. But just never give up! :D
I loved how you were talking about the importance of relationships in our lives in that team work tiny game and inmediatly after you were hacking your companion's head with your axe while saying "relationships are most of the important things we get in this life".
If you go into indie development for profit, you're doing it wrong. For every Scott Cawthorn there's 10000 developers who didn't make a dime. You have to make games you want to make because you like making them. With passion comes quality and with quality, you should start getting sales eventually.
That's true It's bullcrap Because of how it is but true I couldn't do this unless I was sure it would make me money personally tho Hence why I'm not a game dev
@@scorpiomelancholia1559 Game development takes a damn long time, especially when you're a small team or even just a single person. With no promises of profits, it's a terrible use of your time if you don't get enjoyment from it.
I agree you have to make games you like (unless youre making projects to learn from etc) but idk I feel like they're plenty of passionate people who make games they like or would want to play but sometimes they're super niche or the developer isn't good at a certain aspect and they make a game that they do not know how to market or even have time to market and their job ends up coming first and they can't create their dream game...There's so many reasons why a game might not be selling and that could be a long video in it's self.
Hey, Goodgis. I just wanted to say thank you for all the work you've done and I hope there's more great content in the future. I've watched all of your videos, played all of the games you've uploaded to Itch and I am very excited for Dewdrop Dynasty this December. Keep up the Goodgis Work and thank you so much!
Great Video! One thing though, if You're planning to release on a console (and can cover the porting costs and time), try and combine this with your game's full PC release at the same time: * You'll get more visibility from the credibility * You'll save costs from focussing on a single marketing campaign.
Also I'd like to point out: The Linux community is very supportive and helpful from what I've heard, and you'll become a hit in the Linux community if you make a good native Linux port. Also, shoutouts to the Dreamcast community, because they also really like when people port their game to the Dreamcast.
Bro you got a new subscriber motivating words am almost close to finishing my first indie game project been working on for two years straight thanks can't wait for your next video
Really nice video! (tbh i prefer it when you make non-face videos because that way you end up editing more from what ive noticed and its honestly brilliant) Cant wait for the next video!
Great video Goodgis! Found it very useful, marketing your game can be pain to do, so it's definitely useful to have developers talking about their experiences with it
Great tips! Especially the one about being kind online: i feel like too many forget about that. 🤔 how hard is it to remember that we’re all humans just trying to get by here?! Great work, keep it up and thanks for the upload! 👌
Salesman-gis back at it! This going to help a lot, even more its from one of my favorite youtubers! (My first comment got deleted for some reason, idk if it was just TH-cam being weird so I just reposted it)
Money certainly is a motivator as game development is my dream job which I have been trying to and just started on the path of it. My main motivation is to make games I'd enjoy playing because most games just don't satisfy me at all now.
Holy dam! Your videos are so well made. I almost get addicted to them... tho the music at the start of the video could be a bit lower the rest of your channel is just great. Keep it up!
Very informative video that anyone who wants to try their time on making games should definitely watch. And i totally agree that you should "be kind", the game dev community is a very supportive community that will keep pushing you to your goal.
Hey Goodgis! Thanks for putting so much work into your games, and caring about your fanbase! Your one of the best gamedevs on TH-cam, and I hope you do well!
I'm currently working on a RMMZ game, and was wondering where I could place it when I finish it in a couple of months. With thanks to this video, I have finally a place to start my "career". Thanks a lot dude!
Thank you so much for this great explanation :) I'm glad that TH-cam recommended this video after the failure of publishing my first game on Itch, haha
I like the analogy at 4:40, imagine instead of shouting 1 person whispered about somethign cool in the persons ear. then another into another. all those people shouting would then wonder what they were whispering about. it doesn't matter how loud you are, sometimes it's better to get the attention you want = word of mouth
So I'm brand new to Godot and watching you're videos make me excited to start my journey, I started with unity but I think I am wanting to switch to Godot because I am wanting to learn python and GDscrpit. I feel like both will be beneficial to know for doing other projects beside games. But also I think my issue with unity is that there is tutorials for everything so I go and watch a tut. and dont really grasp everything that I watch. So I am hoping that with Godot it will push me further to try and figure it out myself and be able to retain the information. Thank you for the great content.
Heck yeah, I love to hear it. :D I will say, even though there are more Unity tutorials a lot of them are just bad. You learn bad programming practices. Even though Godot has less, they usually are much better and more thorough. But anyway, I wish you the best of luck. :D
(6:34) Wizbirds 2?! That honestly looks soooo amazing! I love the art style, hope it'll be worked on further! Super informative video and was super useful :D
@@Goodgis :) The art style is beautiful! It's got the fun simplistic style while still having depth with the line of darker colour. It's super inspiring! Can't wait to see more!
I went to a convention the other day a solo dev asked me to play his game at first i thought no but i just gave it a try and im searching for that game to this lmao
Hey, dont know if you gonna see this, hur you showed a website that generates the genre, themes and mechanics in 1:38 , do you still have this website or some there is almost this?
When I read the title to this video, my first thought was "Obvious clickbait". After watching it, I was right. "Golly, you can sell your game on Steam? You can use Kickstarter?" I bet this guy probably makes most of his money from videos like this.
Really amazing and Love it! I have no problem with making games but the art gets me, and I never even wanted to make any money from my games, cause I just like doing it and a hobby (and to mainly avoid wasting time watching memes)
I really believe in the marketing thing. For example, I put songs on TH-cam which no one listens too. I know I need to market it, but I lack in these skills. And apart from that ofcourse the products needs to be good. What's most funny is that my only video with over 1000 views was about some arduino-project, so I guess I found a niche there. Lol. Take care!
Not anything particularly new or unexpected for me personally in this video, but it is a nice and well edited compilation of important things to keep in mind, especially for people starting a gamedev journey to be aware of. Keep up the good work!
@Goodgis Yes, there are some people that got particularly lucky or "lucky" quickly. Some guys are also very intense with creating and get better results than most people, but in general there is no magic pill ;-) It is actually good that bigger gamedev youtubers like you cover that topic from time to time to get things more real for new people. I recently watched a video when a guy with a several years of AAA gamedev barely covered Steam's cost after few months, already having some audience.
This is exact reason why I started my TH-cam chanel :) On one hand I want to teach people (and learn in the process as they say "If you want to learn something start teaching it") how to use Godot but also have a way to market possible game development ;)
Qaulity stuff as usualy. This gives me hope, I'm not there yet, but I will get there if I keep at it and just keep putting my work out there for people to play and see. It's less about money though, and more about getting more people to play and enjoy my games. Even If I don't make it though, I still have fun doing it.
Great advice and you don't just want an audance you want a comunity some TH-camrs get 1 millions of veiws a video yet have next to no subs... Plenty of money but if they are followed if at all not for them but maybe a single series they make or loosely at best. So yeah and normally you don't get to choose what you get. But unless you absolutely need the money you normally want the comunity and the money can always come later.
Hello I don’t know who to ask but what coding language should I learn I’ve been watching a tone of videos of people making indie games and I want to give it a shot myself to se if I enjoy it and possible make it my future career. Also good video btw.
Like & Subscribe if you'd like a more in-depth video on how to market your game.
yes
Why cuz you have only one subscriber? 5:59
4:18 I just want to say that it's a real honor to have appeared in your video even if it's obscure. Thank you. Your app helped me to learn hiragana when I supplemented it with busuu , though, I am genuinely curious. What did you think of the ideas in my review? Keep up the good work!
Love how you've been pumping out these videos! Great tips. There's a lot that needs to happen behind the scenes for someone to gain traction (I'm with you, I've been trying to get there for about a decade and slowly started understanding it better this year) but most important of all: create something good and fun! Great video Goodgis😁
Thanks so much! Yeah, it’s really hard to grow and it makes me sad that there are so many talented channels out there that don’t get any traction. But just never give up! :D
@@Goodgis I need your help can you help me animated my sprites to make them look cartoon characters
I loved how you were talking about the importance of relationships in our lives in that team work tiny game and inmediatly after you were hacking your companion's head with your axe while saying "relationships are most of the important things we get in this life".
;)
If you go into indie development for profit, you're doing it wrong. For every Scott Cawthorn there's 10000 developers who didn't make a dime. You have to make games you want to make because you like making them. With passion comes quality and with quality, you should start getting sales eventually.
That's a great point! :D
Cawthon*
That's true
It's bullcrap
Because of how it is but true
I couldn't do this unless I was sure it would make me money personally tho
Hence why I'm not a game dev
@@scorpiomelancholia1559 Game development takes a damn long time, especially when you're a small team or even just a single person. With no promises of profits, it's a terrible use of your time if you don't get enjoyment from it.
I agree you have to make games you like (unless youre making projects to learn from etc) but idk I feel like they're plenty of passionate people who make games they like or would want to play but sometimes they're super niche or the developer isn't good at a certain aspect and they make a game that they do not know how to market or even have time to market and their job ends up coming first and they can't create their dream game...There's so many reasons why a game might not be selling and that could be a long video in it's self.
Hey, Goodgis. I just wanted to say thank you for all the work you've done and I hope there's more great content in the future. I've watched all of your videos, played all of the games you've uploaded to Itch and I am very excited for Dewdrop Dynasty this December. Keep up the Goodgis Work and thank you so much!
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it. :D
@@Goodgis You're Welcome!
Loving these frequent uploads, keep up the good work :D
Thanks so much! :D
Great Video!
One thing though, if You're planning to release on a console (and can cover the porting costs and time), try and combine this with your game's full PC release at the same time:
* You'll get more visibility from the credibility
* You'll save costs from focussing on a single marketing campaign.
Also I'd like to point out: The Linux community is very supportive and helpful from what I've heard, and you'll become a hit in the Linux community if you make a good native Linux port.
Also, shoutouts to the Dreamcast community, because they also really like when people port their game to the Dreamcast.
Heck yeah!
Bro you got a new subscriber motivating words am almost close to finishing my first indie game project been working on for two years straight thanks can't wait for your next video
Hey, I wish you the best of luck! :D And thanks for joining the Goodgis family.
Really nice video!
(tbh i prefer it when you make non-face videos because that way you end up editing more from what ive noticed and its honestly brilliant)
Cant wait for the next video!
I've only made one cam video so far. :D I would love to do it more but make them a part of these more edited videos. :D
Great video Goodgis! Found it very useful, marketing your game can be pain to do, so it's definitely useful to have developers talking about their experiences with it
Glad it was helpful! :D
Great tips! Especially the one about being kind online: i feel like too many forget about that. 🤔 how hard is it to remember that we’re all humans just trying to get by here?!
Great work, keep it up and thanks for the upload! 👌
You're absolutely right! And being kind is way more important than TH-cam, game dev, or fame. :D
Love all your vids goodgis⭐😁
Thanks so much! :D
A very good video. I must say your a very talented Indie dev and a awesome content creator
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that. :D
Salesman-gis back at it! This going to help a lot, even more its from one of my favorite youtubers!
(My first comment got deleted for some reason, idk if it was just TH-cam being weird so I just reposted it)
Aww, thanks so much! I hope it helps. And I would love to do a more in-depth video in the future. :D
Money certainly is a motivator as game development is my dream job which I have been trying to and just started on the path of it. My main motivation is to make games I'd enjoy playing because most games just don't satisfy me at all now.
Money is important because it helps us actually make the games we want and be able to eat haha
Holy dam! Your videos are so well made. I almost get addicted to them... tho the music at the start of the video could be a bit lower the rest of your channel is just great. Keep it up!
Thanks so much! Yeah, mixing is really tricky because it sounds different on everyone’s device. :D
Very informative video that anyone who wants to try their time on making games should definitely watch.
And i totally agree that you should "be kind", the game dev community is a very supportive community that will keep pushing you to your goal.
Heck yeah!
Hey Goodgis! Thanks for putting so much work into your games, and caring about your fanbase! Your one of the best gamedevs on TH-cam, and I hope you do well!
Thanks so much! That means a lot. :D
No problem
I'm currently working on a RMMZ game, and was wondering where I could place it when I finish it in a couple of months. With thanks to this video, I have finally a place to start my "career". Thanks a lot dude!
RMMZ?
@@lukah8116 RPG maker MZ
This video is awesome and helpful, thanks for your honesty!
You didn't even watch the video it's 8 minutes long lol
Thanks so much! :D
2x speed ;)
@@monny5189 yes but i knew it was awesome before even finishing :)
Jesus you gave me a goddamn jumpscare with that sound effect at 6:39, I literally use it as a sound in my game :D
Nice! haha
Thank you so much for this great explanation :)
I'm glad that TH-cam recommended this video after the failure of publishing my first game on Itch, haha
Super glad this was helpful! :D
I like the analogy at 4:40, imagine instead of shouting 1 person whispered about somethign cool in the persons ear. then another into another. all those people shouting would then wonder what they were whispering about. it doesn't matter how loud you are, sometimes it's better to get the attention you want
= word of mouth
Thank you for the tips, will try them out. Good luck to us all!
Hope they are helpful!
Awesome video! Really like the tips here. Keep it up! :)
Thanks so much! :D
That was a good Christmas week
Happy holidays! ;)
Great video! Will be taking on these ideas.
Glad to hear it! :D
5:38 the best part :D Great video and useful tips!
Thanks so much! :D
So I'm brand new to Godot and watching you're videos make me excited to start my journey, I started with unity but I think I am wanting to switch to Godot because I am wanting to learn python and GDscrpit. I feel like both will be beneficial to know for doing other projects beside games. But also I think my issue with unity is that there is tutorials for everything so I go and watch a tut. and dont really grasp everything that I watch. So I am hoping that with Godot it will push me further to try and figure it out myself and be able to retain the information. Thank you for the great content.
Heck yeah, I love to hear it. :D I will say, even though there are more Unity tutorials a lot of them are just bad. You learn bad programming practices. Even though Godot has less, they usually are much better and more thorough. But anyway, I wish you the best of luck. :D
@@Goodgis HELL YEAH a reply lol. But I will keep you updated sensei
(6:34) Wizbirds 2?! That honestly looks soooo amazing! I love the art style, hope it'll be worked on further! Super informative video and was super useful :D
;) It will be a little bit before more gets announced but it's coming along nicely.
@@Goodgis :) The art style is beautiful! It's got the fun simplistic style while still having depth with the line of darker colour. It's super inspiring! Can't wait to see more!
Loving it! Just catching up with your channel :)
Thanks! :D
Great video ! By curiosity, what is the random generator used at 1:42 ?
firith.studio/game-idea-generator
@@FirithStudio thanks a lot !
What he said. ;)
Loved it! Thanks!
Thank for watching! :D
I went to a convention the other day a solo dev asked me to play his game at first i thought no but i just gave it a try and im searching for that game to this lmao
"I am no Toby Fox" is something that Toby Fox would say.
XD
Was that a small Wizbirds 2 teaser at 6:33 ?? 👀
*Goodgis starts whistling and avoids the question*
@@Goodgis I see I see 😂
Hey, dont know if you gonna see this, hur you showed a website that generates the genre, themes and mechanics in 1:38 , do you still have this website or some there is almost this?
Thank you for sharing with us!
My pleasure!
slay i luv all ur vids!!😁
When I read the title to this video, my first thought was "Obvious clickbait". After watching it, I was right. "Golly, you can sell your game on Steam? You can use Kickstarter?" I bet this guy probably makes most of his money from videos like this.
6:32 THERE IT IS BOIS WIZBIRDS 2!
*Goodgis starts sweating* Ahh…no it’s not….ahhh
@@Goodgis YEHAYEHAAEEYAH GET 'EM BOIS
One of the best videos I saw today
Super glad to hear it! :D
Really amazing and Love it! I have no problem with making games but the art gets me, and I never even wanted to make any money from my games, cause I just like doing it and a hobby (and to mainly avoid wasting time watching memes)
Hey, that’s awesome! :D
great vid! Really good
I'm glad! Hopefully it was helpful!
money is the difference between hobbiest and pro: pro just means you make money, keep trying and try to put your work out there.
That’s a great point!
Thank you so much for this. ❤
Thanks for watching!
I really believe in the marketing thing. For example, I put songs on TH-cam which no one listens too. I know I need to market it, but I lack in these skills. And apart from that ofcourse the products needs to be good. What's most funny is that my only video with over 1000 views was about some arduino-project, so I guess I found a niche there. Lol. Take care!
Great video mate.
Thanks 👍
This is very inspirational video!
:D I’m so glad!
Again a great video! How long does it take you to make a video?
Anywhere from 8-20 hours haha
Hi I love your videos keep up the good work this is so cool
Thank you so much! :D
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it :D
Pretty Informative Video!
Thanks so much!
Amazing game, Excellent video!!! I love 2D platformers
These games inspire me to CREATE MINIGAMES!!!
Thanks so much!
1:37 so what's the website shown here that randomly generates the genre, theme and mechanic?
firith.studio/game-idea-generator
@@Goodgis thanks :)
Not anything particularly new or unexpected for me personally in this video, but it is a nice and well edited compilation of important things to keep in mind, especially for people starting a gamedev journey to be aware of. Keep up the good work!
I mean the truth of the matter is, there aren't any real shortcuts haha. Thanks so much!
@Goodgis Yes, there are some people that got particularly lucky or "lucky" quickly. Some guys are also very intense with creating and get better results than most people, but in general there is no magic pill ;-)
It is actually good that bigger gamedev youtubers like you cover that topic from time to time to get things more real for new people. I recently watched a video when a guy with a several years of AAA gamedev barely covered Steam's cost after few months, already having some audience.
1:38 what is the website called at this moment where he generates genre theme and mechanic for a game??
firith.studio/game-idea-generator
@@Goodgis thank you so much for answering
What was that genre generator you used at 1:38?
firith.studio/game-idea-generator
Dude, i cant wait for dewdrop dynasty
Me too! :D
This is exact reason why I started my TH-cam chanel :) On one hand I want to teach people (and learn in the process as they say "If you want to learn something start teaching it") how to use Godot but also have a way to market possible game development ;)
That's awesome! :D
Woah is that wizbirds remake at 6:33? looks awesome
;)
Which one is better for publish your second or third game?
Kickstarter or Itch io?
Probably Itch.io :D
Hmm
Thanks
Nice video! I'm not a developer, but a composer for games. Perhaps I'll write a blog about this subject for the developers I work with.
That's a great idea!
6:34 that looks like the new Wizbirds game? Or is there a game of yours I just haven’t played?
Also really great video!
Nope, that's Wizbirds 2 ;)
When you showed your channel, it said 1 subscriber 😁 also I want to make games and your vids have helped me
Glad to hear it! ;) And yeah that was a little Easter egg.
But who is the mystery subscriber? That's the real question...
I love these videos!
Thanks so much! :D
You are def the best Godot TH-camr
Thanks so much! :D
Ay happy Halloween
:D
Good vid. I am planning to make my first games free and to be just for fun and learning the Godot game engine.
At exactly 6:32 into the video he shows a game that looks so similar to wizbirds. Is their a second one??
Check our tweet for the answer :)
….maybe ;)
What is the url of the Website, where you can generate a Theme etc.?
~ sorry for my English 😅😄
firith.studio/game-idea-generator
@@Goodgis thanks ❤
Suggestion: A video on procedural Generation perhaps? It is a very interesting topic I think
That could be a fun one! :D Thanks for sharing!
@@Goodgis No problem!
Great video, lots of awesome advice. Have you ever tried to work with other publishers when first starting out?
I have not. I feel like publishers can be hit or miss, and kind of tricky to find. But it seems like a great idea!
Can you make a video on making games as a child for me im a child thank you stay blessed
These are good tips! = )
Thanks so much!
5:56 Why 1 subscriber? hmm
My editor is silly.
@@Goodgis :(
Great video thanks so much
A question, where to sell mobs? i'm modelator but I have no clue where to sell it
SketchFab?
Can anyone tell me , what was that app on 00:41
Construct 2 :D
Nice video!
Thanks!
If i do a Kickstarter but my game isnt free will it be called a scam ?
some of these games that you showed look amazing where can i find all of them?
A lot of them were never finished.
Hi I love your videos keep up the good work
Thank you! Will do!
whats the tune at the end????
it freaking blasts
I can't remember. XD
What's that game idea generator thing shown early in the video?
firith.studio/game-idea-generator
I really didn't think I'd learn much about bullying from this video, but wow. Big fan
Thanks so much!
Qaulity stuff as usualy. This gives me hope, I'm not there yet, but I will get there if I keep at it and just keep putting my work out there for people to play and see. It's less about money though, and more about getting more people to play and enjoy my games. Even If I don't make it though, I still have fun doing it.
Heck yeah! :D
06:00 the fact that he has over 100k views on most his vids and only has 1 sub haunts me to this day
LOL
That was a joke my editor made. XD
@@Goodgis XD
Lot of exorting experience. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! :D
Your videos are amazing
Thanks so much! :D
I made a Goku/Pikachu game. It was FUN making a video for it and enjoying creating the game!
Can you link the generator shown at 1:36?
firith.studio/game-idea-generator
What is the link to that genre generator. Been searching for it but couldn't find it!
firith.studio/game-idea-generator
NEW REPORT FOR DEWDROP:
CHEESE IN THE BACKGROUND LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO
;)
Great advice and you don't just want an audance you want a comunity some TH-camrs get 1 millions of veiws a video yet have next to no subs... Plenty of money but if they are followed if at all not for them but maybe a single series they make or loosely at best. So yeah and normally you don't get to choose what you get. But unless you absolutely need the money you normally want the comunity and the money can always come later.
Thanks!
Thanks for the tips sir 😊
My pleasure! Hope you found them helpful!
3:58 - Instructions unclean: I accidentally created a terminal-based game ;-)
Nice!
OMG YES FINALLY I LOST THIS CHANNEL LONG AGO FINALLY FOUND IT LESSS GOOO!
Make sure to subscribe and you’ll never lose it again. ;)
@@Goodgis Yes ofc i did and how is dadgis?
Hello I don’t know who to ask but what coding language should I learn I’ve been watching a tone of videos of people making indie games and I want to give it a shot myself to se if I enjoy it and possible make it my future career.
Also good video btw.
Python. :D