How I Learned to Create GAMES (No School Required)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2024
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┈ Who is Goodgis? ┈
I’m a full time Graphic Designer, Game Dev, & TH-camr. I specialize in making cute, colorful games in Godot and telling my story through my videos. I also run my own little game studio called Firith. My dream is to hire my friends and make Firith a full-time job. I’m known for games such as The Keeyp, Wizbirds, Snomes, and Dewdrop Dynasty.
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┈ My Game Studio ┈
🍁 Website: firith.studio/
🕹️ Itch.io: firith.itch.io/
🐦 Twitter: / firithstudio
┈ Timestamps ┈
0:00 Introduction
2:14 Childhood Beginnings
3:54 The making of Firith
5:40 The College Years
7:18 The Present
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#gamedev #GameMaker #indiedev #mystory - เกม
If you're interested, make sure to check out Core! :D
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Are you still going to make a game on pocket code :(
@@mystorioconscript3787
I know some java
I don't have a pc or wifi, I only have my phone. And I really want to make games (╥﹏╥)
@Milo Sanchez I'm using pocketgamedev thing
@@unzap7354 you Can download pocket code with the data from your phone
"Wow, i'm an adult now, I can think!"
XD
@Colin Smith no way. I’m not an adult and I’m not even close to thinking yet. You must be lying to yourself
Yeah dude I’m not an adult and I can’t think all I do is eat and drool
@Colin Smith what is think
is think food?
I'm not an adult but I can think... sometimes
We all started somewhere. And we all said “hello world” to the world of gamedev.
Indeed...
U forgot the “!”
No, I never actually ran it. I always deleted it.
@@tallyinc9390 and the capitalization
My first sentence was "Hello Lava! : D"
^^
Core is the new raid shadow legends.
Jokes aside, im glad thr algorithm got me here. Your channel is the perfect example to quality AND quantity.
But Core is an actual quality product, not a money grabbing junk.🙂
LOL Thanks so much! :D Welcome aboard!
But instead of grabbing money from you, Core actually is a good source of income
Core seems as much of a scam as Roblox
Prediction: He tells me how he learned to create games without school then tells me about how i can easily make games with the sponsor of today's video, Core.
Lol, nah! The order is reversed. ;)
no, goodgis. that's how it was
My prediction was “it’s EZ (with the Z) to mak gaem”
Tldr: To be a gamedev ... Start today
just DO IT
;)
i think im gonna start tommorow but i know i will make this excuse 2000 more time until few years have passed
@@playonce4186 well then start now instead
Ok I will start today, OH wait... I don't have a PC and I'm almost 20
I started learning game dev at the age of 12, it's been 3 years. It's the best thing I've done in my life (even though I havent lived that much yet!). It seems intimimdating at first, but after a few tutorials that I found, and Construct 2, I've started making games. Im currently working on a project i started back in December. I just wanna finish something, because the challenge of a game dev is mostly having the motivation to continue.
Good luck to everyone that wanna try it, you'll not regret it!
That's awesome!
Heck yeah, you go son!
thank you joseph stallin
@@funninoriginal6054 no problem (btw I dont even know how im stalin, probably my cousin or something. Gonna keep it for now lol)
Big fan of Battle Of Stalingrad. You made that one, right?
Even though I'm currently studying architecture, I've always wanted to learn how to make games in my spare time. Thanks Goodgis for the inspiration, much love and respect for you :>
Happy to help! :D
It’s so hard for me to learn gamedev because I constantly have the mindset during tutorials of “but I don’t want to make your game I want to make my game” I wish more tutorials would just tell you what things do and potential uses and then just let you go free and make your own stuff.
I completely understand, that’s why you piece together tutorials to make your first game.
This right here. I can't tell you how many times I google a very specific thing I'm trying to do. Once I find it, I figure out a way to adapt it to my needs so you need to think a little creatively. But most tutorials can help you set the foundation. :)
I also thought I need to go university for making games when I was kid....Now I’m at High School and making games part time
Oh that's amazing, I'm an artist studying computer science in university, and I don't really have time to start toying with game making, but I've been willing to do it for a while.
@@badreddinekasmi8919 Hope you find aome time
Heck yeah!
School can give you a good foundation. Making game need knowledge in art, coding, sound, music and game design. You can fill some skill gap with school while self taught yourself for other skills.
Using other people assets can cut your cost and learning curve. But make sure you don't plagiarize.
@@memokingmh784 what games
Great video! You really managed to get across the point that nobody is born talented and the things that help you become better at making games is your own curiosity and ambition.
Wow, thank you! :D
You need directions, resources and principles as well. Now find resources is easy. Knowing what need to learn can give you shortcut. And I didn't know about project managing using kanban board until my project became a mess. That's one of the principal I found.
It is truly very difficult not to compare yourself to others on social media and TH-cam, I hope the video encourages more people to try Game Dev.
Me too! :D
@@Goodgis can you learn good game developing in one year (is it possible)
Literally, what I love about coding and problem solving in general, and what hooked me 3 years ago, is when you finally get that lil' thing you've been working on to work.
Too bad that I don't have that much free time now. I'd love to be a Game Dev for living, but life won't allow it.
Right now I'm working 8hs a day as a Computer Technician, minimum wage.
It's too risky going Indie, and getting a job at a game compary today (at least on Spain) is real difficult (unless you have a college
/university degree).
I feel ya!
You really encouraged me to create my first pixel art, please Never stop doing videos
That's awesome! Thanks so much!
DUDE THEY HAVE A DEWDROP DYNASTY CATEGORY
YUP
Where?
Let's see when TH-cam adds the game's Cover Image
He typed that in himself
@@Goodgis Auto generated by youtube pog
Me when I finally figure out how to set up visual studio
LOL, same
Oh my goodness, so much nostalgia, I have a very similar story, SWBF2 (lol), GM, school. But I never seriously tried going indie, I work for Ubisoft now, and it's a dream come true. Game maker was an amazing way to get started. Unity has bolt (visual scripting) now, which is also a massive deal for people just getting into programming games!
Woah, that's fantastic! :D
Got my snacks, ready to wait another 2 hours till it goes live ! 😁
Nice!
Very cool of you to show that anyone can do this. A lot of larger game dev channels seem like they are unable to make mistakes or anything similar. Good to see someone reminding people game devs are human too.
Thanks! :D
worth mentioning that there's a big difference between game *design*, which is deciding what will be in the game, and game *development* which is actually creating the stuff for the game. the development part is the hard part, and not necessarily because it's challenging, but because there's a hundred different elements to develop. art, music, code, cinematography, etc, then on top of all that if you want an actually decent product, perfect dev skills wont make that happen, you still need the mind to make the right decisions to make the best game you can, which is 100x more difficult when you have so many interconnected elements in addition to ones unique to games such as player interactivity.
10 hours... Enough time to grabs some snacks
Hey bro can you get me some funyuns while you're up?
Heck yeah! XD
Nice Niko pfp!
We are around the same age. I start game dev by moding a game called CS2D as a 13 years old in 2008.
But i think you have a better start than me. Back then, learning resources isn't something I can get and understand from a bookstore.
But I have that same burning passion like you and that is the reason why I major computer science.
I thought that if I couldn't do much because I don't know much about coding, I may as well get that knowledge from college.
Now it's been 4 years since I start going to college. Although I have a bit struggle at math, but i still feeling alive doing a few projects both for credit and hobby.
I didn't start my studio officially, or participate a game jam thought. Maybe it's because I lack of courage to take the point. But I'm glad to hear a similar story.
Thanks for sharing! :D
This gives me hope that I can learn a lot about game design despite starting this year and despite never going to college. These videos are always insightful and I look forward to seeing more content from you!
You got this! :D
goodgis you're my favorite gamedev youtuber. I really want to see longform videos from you. Each one of your videos always leaves me wanting more of an indepth dive into these awesome loooking games. they give me a lot of inspo in my own gamedev journey using godot and starting from scratch. hopefully one day to make it my job
dude! ive been at a roadblock with my development, starting with something WAY too big as a first project, and ive gotten discouraged several times now, i'm usually well aware on the little tips and tricks towards getting motivated and not giving up, but development is a big thing! it becomes more of a lifestyle then a hobby when its ALL you ever think about, and at a certain point i got tunnel vision like crazy, seeing this video, a genuine montage of progression, starting somewhere small, and building your way up, it felt like a huge relief! for once, a youtube video ACTUALLY helped me and resonated with me, social media most definitely finds it way to make you feel like you're not doing a good enough job, and this video might have just been the very reason il continue to work on my project! thank you!
Such a good video, as an artist I find it hard to think my own work is good, but this helped me get over it and just make something
Glad to hear it! :D
Great video! I had a very similar start with game maker and absolutely loved it. Unfortunately I lost almost all my projects due to a laptop crash in 2013 and never got back into the engine. It's sad but I'm so glad I had that game maker experience because it taught me skills I use on a daily basis and began my interest in game systems.
Oh that's so sad! Game Maker will always be my first love haha
looking at this and hearing your journey has inspired me, especially the "learn the language before you jump in the game engine", cause i'm learning python right now to understand it's structure and how it is used, plus to help me be a decent solo dev. awesome video!!!
I started with Game Maker and The Game Maker's Apprentice too! That plus the YoYo Games community were so impactful.
Heck yeah!
Love the journey man! Keep going, you are achieving great things!
Thanks man! :D Love ya, buddy!
Are you ok buddy Goodgis just kicked you
As a person who started gamedev by playing with rigid bodies in godot 7 months ago, and is now working on a game which they plan to publicly release, I approve of this message. You get the random gamedev on the internet stamp of approval 👩💻
Heck yeah!
Thank you, that is inspiring. Actually starting my journey, I am just coding along the tutorials and trying to make a game of my own.
Great video! I'm amazed by the Firith website, as I don't usually see gamedevs with such well designed websites like yours. And I love the Rubik font you use in the videos (yeah, I'm a detail oriented person). Keep up the great work!
A fellow type nerd, Thank you so much! haha
I love your videos so much! The storytelling is very interesting and relaxing. Also love that you started with gamemaker as well! After using gamemaker for a few years I started using Unity and I'm now having trouble using anything else😂
Thank you so much! :D
I've been teaching myself unity and c# and have been loving the process so much
That's awesome!
I have been in the mood to make games since I was 13 but you just made it 100 times more exciting
Great video. Reminded me of myself. I started on Game Maker 8 too and now, like 15 years later i am a game dev for a living. Best of luck to everyone who's starting this path.
That's awesome! :D
That frog game looks really good!! Great video, very inspiring, it's helping me push to finish my game! I'm looking to make a devlog here on TH-cam, once I've gone further on it. Thanks for the amazing work on here keep inspiring
Go for it! I believe in you!
Man, even though I discovered it like 2 months ago, I still think this channel is so underrated-
Awww, thanks so much! :D
I just wanted to say that you inspired me to push ahead, and make a game. That’s why me and a team of 3 others have come together to make a fully fledged indie team and several upcoming games. Looking foward to seeing more from you and I hope you can see what me and my team can do.
That's awesome! I wish you guys the best of luck!
What are the games called?
Im amazed by how much you are able to reply to comments rather then other youtubers. Applause deserved 👏👏👏
tbh, most of what I learned from school where already things I already learned from computer shops back when I secretly dropped out of college.
The only real useful thing I gained from school is Math(trig, calc, physics, stats, etc...), really helpful for game development...might also be the reason why I adjust a little poorly to new tools cause I tend to reinvent the wheel.. like calculating distance between objects, when in godot there's actually distance_to() function. LOL
Wow! haha
holy crap! didn't expect to get mentioned here; i remember phantic moon! i remember that jam, too!
that was such a fun jam - thanks for the mention! it was great hearing your story. i'll certainly be subscribing and following firith!
Woah! Long time, no chat. Space Man Bob was a classic. :D Great to see you around!
@@Goodgis i thought i recognized that guy rising from the lava! hahaha
it's awesome that i came across this. small world for sure! we oughta jam together sometime, it'll be cool to see what we can come up with! i'll keep an eye out for any fun upcoming jams 👁️
@@jacobpavone3477 Definitely! :D
Yeah, I hate being called a genius too. For many reasons. They get jealous without even trying and I don't feel smart. There is always something confusing me, but it's worth it because when I figure it out I have an awesome toy to share with people.
Goodgis I thank you you are a great inspirer and you got me back into wanting to do my passion project over and over again you truelly are a good person
I went to school for game dev for a month then they just forced me to do what they did instead of giving me freedom of making my own (its basically the origin story of why i hate scratch)
LOOK WHERE I AM NOW BABYYYY
Ahh, I gotcha. That's no fun.
Limitation breeds creativity
I almost failed the high school programming class which was just about writing primitive crap in pascal. I got 4 (the second to last grade/mark) from the subject just because i copied one code from some website.
@@kartarva3556 where are you now?
you inspired me to download game maker and learn GML, I'm actually making pretty good progress.
thank you
That's awesome!
Thank you. This video really helped me. I am just someone trying to make games for my love of making things. I bean ""making" games for a year now and by making I mean downloading projects and tweaking them a bit then forgetting about them. But this video really helped me to pick up my mind and just get to work on actually a game of my own! Now all I need to do is get a idea!!
That's awesome! I believe in you!
really cool that everyone can see the easier way to aproach becoming a dev!
that is really epic :D
:D
8:12
Him: ...and get comfortable with the game engine your using...
Me: **making my own engine**
That's my dream! :D
Mine too :)
Btw: I love your content keep going
Maybe looking at the progression of your pixel art would be cool or your old game phantic moons structure. Also I really liked looking at your old game, has much charm, don’t self deprecate old work it’s what got ya there!
Thanks, I have a soft spot for my old games. :D
It's interesting what a similar introduction to game dev we had.
For both of us, it was 13 years ago with Gamemaker 7 with similar drives.
It also sounds like we also both shifted away from game dev for a while and had a similar return like "oh wait I can do this now" haha.
Haha that's awesome!
Very cool journey through your dev :D
:D
Thank you for the encouragement! I have 2 weeks with a project, my first game, today my character has animtions and walks, yay!
Great job! That's wonderful! :D
I just started game dev because of this videos :)
Love it! Best of luck to you!
Such a nice message at the end
Thanks! :D
That's a banger, that soundtrack lol. Your humours on point. Best of luck.
XD
Mannn I also used to use game maker back in the day thats so nostalgic to see the old interface. And the Yoyo games sandbox site was awesome. Also had a similar experience getting back into game dev recently and finding it much easier than I used to
Part of me wants to make a game in 7.0 right now XD
currently in Egypt it's night time, and our school systek due to corona makes it hard to start, or that what I thought until I watched this video, tommorow I'm gonna start, and let's see how this goes
Hey I'm from egypt too
That's awesome! I believe in you!
Hey that was a great video! I've been at it off and on for a few years now. I really wish I did more gamedev for enjoyment in my highschool years, because it's 1000x harder when you're wondering how to make money *and* not let your dreams die. I'm committing myself to learning Python though, and hopefully I could at least keep the lights on by coding, while I make games and go wild with Blender on the side. :) Your bit about social media showing "Everyone is perfect at something but you suck." was spot on.
Thanks for sharing!
Something that may go unappreciated often is just how interactive you are with your Community! I've noticed that you have replied to all comments. That's crazy! :D
I appreicate that! Yes, I reply to every comment. Even if it takes me a week haha.
"It actually started at 2008, now some of you may think i'm a boomer *because you were probably even born yet* "
How tf you know i'm 12?
hehe
Bruuuh same
Eita é br?
@@venesio_anims magina
Haha I was born 2007 I made it just by over a year
I need this cause I don't wanna go to school for game development and then be like I don't know where to work at lol
Hopefully this will help! :)
I actually started yesterday. I really like Godon so far. Good Video :))
Awesome! Thank you!
Love this channel, nice work!
Much appreciated! :D
This channel is so underated.
This guy is so right I'm just starting and I see these people who are 100 times better than me and it makes me feel different and bad.But nonetheless I still keep going because I want to make a game similar to uncharted.Also thanks for the video it was cool
Keep it up, you're doing amazing and you shouldn't let other people slow you down! :D
It's my birthday today! I just noticed this video was premiered on my birthday, thanks for the video dude.
Hey, Happy Birthday! :D
@@Goodgis Thanks :)
man u are so inspiring
this just motivated me as a young game dev
:D
I'm subscribed to a lot of game devs whose games actually look awful, but I continue to watch them for their insights in the industry and their positivity.
I hope you're not talking about me. ;)
Haha this was a great video, thanks for the little life lesson. Hopefully I see all of you guys on the other side of being a Game Dev!
Same here! :D
Damn, this is so inspiring!
Especially considering our adventures are pretty simila- yeah, I already wrote that somewhere.
:D
I started game development around the same age as you but I've only managed to complete 1 game which I did publish on Google play. It's a very potato 🥔 game called beware seagulls. I would give it more updates but I'm having a lack of motivation.
That's fantastic though! :D
@@Goodgis I just got a partnership for the game I published in my comment above. I never thought someone would be so interested!
@@GaamingPros congrats!
This video is how gods are born
Nah, I'm an no god. haha But I appreciate the compliment.
@@Goodgis I think what he means is, gods will be born from watching your video. It's so inspiring! (:
I found your channel recently I love your vids keep it up
Thanks so much! :D
@@Goodgis no problem man
I started a few months ago, and these kinds of thing keeps me going in what i want to do
I'm so glad!
I probable wont be able to attend though. The stream will be early morning for me somwhere 5pm?
Darn, but hey you can watch it when you wake up!
@@GoodgisTrue, 😃. But I have a gigantic test which is most of my grade that i barely studied for. Plus my charger is also being used in the morning by my sis and my battery is 10 percent :(
@@Goodgis welp even if I don't make it I will defenatly watch it :D
*0:11** S u p e r s m a r t*
I was getting angry why the animation i want to make is not working because i forgot about the canvas group alpha is set to 0 so i can see the level stuff without having to disable the object with the animation.
*_S M O R T_*
haha!
That funny. I went to graphic design school 13 years before you were started.Tried to make a game (well draw the idea of the game). Didn’t finish either. But was a photographer for a while.
Cool! If I wasn't so busy with composing music for games, I would definitely be investing my time in development!
Hey, I feel that.
I started with Scratch, now I use Unity
Nice!
Other person:
¡ONE YEAR UNITY OOO: !!!
This Guy:
1 3 Y e a r s o f d e v e l o p m e n t
LOL
Spanish upside down exclamation mark moment
@@sr.pedrodasdrogas5213 si
i messed around with game maker when I was young as well. I picked it back up about 2 months ago and I know more today than I ever learned back them. Very exciting.
Heck yeah, that's awesome!
This video inspired me to try and continue without giving up like I always do thx!!!
That's awesome! :D
I thought this was a video not gonna lie
It is. :p
dam that hits hard, thank you for your inspirations!!!
I was born the year you began developing games. I’ve wanted to try and make a game for a while now, so this video is really useful. Thank you
Glad I could help! :D
Thats motivated a lot , thanks 😊
My pleasure 😊
THANK YIU THIS ACTUALLY REALLY HELP!!
I'm glad! :D
Thank you so much for this amazing video !
Glad you liked it! Thanks so much!
Oh man, you motivated me so much
I'm so glad! :D
Randomly found your video, and I'm auto subscribe. Great jobs 🥳
Yayy! Thanks so much!
Oh boy what a ride
Nice vid man!
Glad you enjoyed it :D
back 2008 I did thesame I tried looking up engines which could possibly make games which I did but I gave in too soon due to lacking of understanding and circumstamces, even so, I still have the urge to make one. thanks for this motivating video, I enjoyed it a lot.
Thanks for sharing!
NO WAY YOU STARTED ON GAME MAKER TOO!! I wish I found game maker whenever I tried to learn development.
This, super underrated game dev channel!
Thanks so much! :D
I’ve made some small games and too many unfinished projects in my life and i have so many big ideas that i’ve wanted to make for years, but i’ve always been like: ”eh, what’s the point? i should do something more important and useful in life”. I turned 20 a week ago, and i finally decided that i want to make my dreams come true, because why shouldn’t i at least try? So now i’ve been working on one of my dream game ideas for a week, and honestly i’ve been very happy doing it. I’ve been giving up on my projects for too long so i finally want to achieve my goals. I have a lot to learn still but i’m finally motivated enough to actually focus on learning new things. I love watching these kind of videos, they make me even more motivated!
Thanks for sharing! :D
thank you for the motivation!
Thanks for watching! :D
I find it funny how most Metroidvania attacks involve either shooting an enemy with a gun or shanking/bashing them until they stop moving
Yup
knowing someone was able to success in his passion of making games and growing as a person is really is sweet and admirable i hope i can be like that one day XD
meanwhile here i em getting discourage and loosing confidence because someone got mad at me for asking the same question twice on a forum post *granted i just started like a week ago but... damn it hurts*
Nah, don't let it get to you! :D