How Making Indie Games Changed My Life

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Published 2020-03-18
My name is David and I make games for a living... which blows my mind, since I'm horrible at coding and I'm self-taught with art/design. In this mini-documentary, I go through my life and explain how I got here. I hope it inspires you to start, finish, and market your game—because trust me, it's worth it.

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Credits (used with permission): archjoe, Edward256, LMHPoly, Chris Zabriskie

All Comments (21)
  • @BULLITT1
    David: "I didn't even know how to program... Still don't" Me as a programmer: Story of my life
  • @tomtoma8442
    Me : Show this to my parents My parents : Wow.....you should work hard like him and become a Doctor
  • @film_magician
    My dev friend asked me to write story for his game. I'm so stoked. I've been dying to get into writing for games. We're working on an indie game now and this video is everything I need.
  • @SILVERSPADES
    I'm in the position starting out in film as well. I'm very excited to embark on the game dev journey!
  • @Lxcx333
    "I still dont know how to dev... and here i am a full time indie game dev" every politican can relate
  • @Louisianish
    I’m 35, and I love how, when I was in high school, it was thought of as impractical to become a game developer by most of our parents. I remember being convinced that "computer stuff is more of a hobby than something you can make a career out of." And many of us believed them and decided to go to school for something else. Years later, though, some of us have finally decided to take the leap and make a career change. For years, I’ve wanted to learn how to code, but I always thought I wasn’t smart enough to actually learn how, so I never even tried until the end of last year. Now, my only regret is that I didn’t start learning 20 years ago. But I’ve learned so much is this past year! Keep developing and creating great stories, my friend!
  • @MohammadAlizade
    Super inspiring video, there's also a huge misconception about PC spec for game dev or 3D. I mean 2010 intel hd graphics will do for start, no need to go RTX at day 1, literally
  • @flm318
    Moral of the story: never make fun of unity
  • I have a friend who is thinking about creating an indie game, but kept doubting herself, she has a great idea and it sounds like a game I'd purchase. So when this popped up in my recommended I sent it to her, and I want to say thank you. Seeing your video really helped solidify her resolve and now she's working so hard to make her indie game dream a reality. Thank you so much for you, I'm really glad this popped up when my friend needed it most.
  • @scarebuddy7732
    havent had that feeling in my throath being closed by emotions like this in a while from a youtube video.. im really happy for you and the people surrounded by you that you never gave up on your dreams this really gives me motiviation to keep going myself. much love and respect to you
  • @idkofany
    I played through the first tree is one sitting and I cried so much at the end as a mom. Excellent ending my friend. I’m a regular dev but now also a subscriber. Thanks for sharing your story!
  • Beautiful story! Can't imagine how emotional that was when you got your first copies. Congrats to your success.
  • @panostsak
    Moral of the story: Hard work and dedication. The foundation of every success story.
  • @QuickClips_69
    Alternative title : How my coworker changed my life
  • Such an inspirational story man...I'm a design student pursuing game design & development..your story gave me goosebumps man.