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How To "Actually" Make Money (As a Game-DEV)

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You, sir, just opened a whole new world before my eyes
Comment from : @monyarazoki8988

2:04 why would they be down in $261k in debt if we havnt spent the money? Just cuz they havnt gotten a job instead Kinda pessimistic ngl
Comment from : @karma-eq3pd

I hire philpinos for all 3 of those titles and it's $1,400/month :)
Comment from : @rogueskypilot

I honestly did not expect this to be so profound for me Thank you
Comment from : @boundlessgamedevelopment7634

great video, thanks!
Comment from : @Omkuskom

Same path but i started as the average IT guy, had to learn drawing(i got a think for inking i didn't think i had passion fortoo bad i found out 7 years ago at 35) Released one metroidvania game of culture and 5 other games on steam, different genres Everything this guy has said in this video is the actual realitybrbrDon't do game dev, it's just an over glorified bling made up mostly by cultism and no passion for real games and will ruin your life There's nothing worse than feeling miserable and seeing no future ahead
Comment from : @astromonkey1757

My plan was always thisbr1) Make a cheap prototypebr2) Make a Kickstarter and use the prototype as a tailerbr3) Kickstarter money to live off and develop game full timebr4) Post updatesbr5) Release game when i've already built hypebr💸💸💸
Comment from : @MacronLacrom

I just started my journey of game Dev and am so excited I started my YouTube channel and am ready to support all the new creaters who subscribe from this comment let's do this together guys ❤❤❤❤❤
Comment from : @TinkerMeow-e1i

very good video man👍
Comment from : @princedeka6054

Lol this is great I'm almost done with my game demo and I'm looking forward to seeing people play my game Luckily this isn't my full time gig
Comment from : @ZukaraTheGame

Just 20 copies sold? I assume you pit it on Steam - care to share how many wishlists at release?
Comment from : @DOSRetroGamer

Bro just discovered "selling shovels in a gold rush"
Comment from : @uxxix

Mate, always a pleasure to see any video of yoursbrSo happy to see such devoted person who gladly help othersbrBest wishes my friend
Comment from : @KpecT18

you are lifechangingbreven if my game dev journy hasn't event seriously started, i belive this will realy realy help a tonbrthx a lotbr(and sorry for my bad english)
Comment from : @so_tempered

what software is he using here? 8:57
Comment from : @asmEnjoyer

Shhhh don't tell them that, ill will make my assets harder to sell XD Awesome recommendation is not much but the dripping income helps a lot
Comment from : @TryHardStudio

1:29 someone show this to Bethesda
Comment from : @jacobwilliams5836

Wow Great advice Thank you so much!
Comment from : @KaliadderExperiments

You earned yourself a subscribe straight up, amazing advice!
Comment from : @BigGainsStudio

The answer is so simple Stop being gay and dont make 2D/sprite indie games Go big
Comment from : @AndyU96

26 hundred thousand dollars? 😂
Comment from : @Claytonious

Good video and advice
Comment from : @mrsmith5114

In the gold rush you don't rich panning for gold You get rich selling the shovels
Comment from : @ChristopherCricketWallace

Very good points Definitely seems like a low risk medium reward strategy, especially if you are already creating all these components It’s hard for me to imagine selling a code script since I can’t really imagine buying a script Especially with chat gpt right there Art and music absolutely Maybe I just need more artists perspective lolbrThis has a way smaller target audience though Not that it’s a bad thing, just worth mentioning A small game could sell hundreds, thousands, or millions It’s hard to imagine assets selling thousands If it works for you though, good for you
Comment from : @sethlaske6338

Out of all hot takes on gamedev, this might be the hottest so far for me Just like the best (aka most profitable) self help tip: write a self help book and sell it 😅brbrSounds like you’re a 3D artist first, gamedev second And yeah, our team put as a test one set of low poly assets for sale on UE marketplace and waddya know, it sold immediately But it doesn’t solve any other game dev success issues besides being small residual income Unless you make it your main 😉
Comment from : @jsivonenVR

Love it
Comment from : @Megafanman

Have you ever tried any marketing strategies the likes of making image sliders, videos, etc, and putting a couple dozens of dollars on social media advertisements for your assets?brI'm curious about how much we can funnel down potential customers into buyers through marketing strategies for this kind of productbrClearly there is a market for it but considering the usually fairly low conversion rate when marketing through social medias, I wonder how that would fare
Comment from : @Hersatz

So in Poland which is middle of EU, would be similar in Spain Greece, the 25 000 USD/gross ( -around 30 in taxes and such) per year is very good, lets move to some southern asia countries, there 5 000/year is awesome Do not judge worldwide industry by wages in California lol No wonder Larian and Activision moving from US to Poland
Comment from : @Lyco0n

This is one of the reasons we started to sell some of the stuff we made for our projects The main idea was to support development of the game we're working Also one project turned out to be too large for the starters and as a result scrapped Selling 'extraneous' assets seem to be good idea The downsize of that approach though was that sometimes 'fixing' the assets which are good enough for your (at the time of developing) takes large chunk of the production of the game So you need to be aware that the project may take longer as you need to spend some extra to prepare packages in a proper manner, take some previews etc
Comment from : @3DBabylon_com-yv3ze

The example of the good old way of not going for gold in a gold rush but for the shovels
Comment from : @llothar68

I'm sorry but all this must be obvious You need to plan your product salesplan if you hope to make money on it Spending 5 years full time on a game is stupid
Comment from : @helmetboyHD

Real Shit bro hahah I love you
Comment from : @RealRareStudio

Great f*cking advice, my friend Thank youbrKeep it up!
Comment from : @raindiamond345

Subbed and looking forward to more ! Especially unity stuff
Comment from : @random_precision_software

Yea lets competes with the same minded peoples who just ended up doing the same Must be fun
Comment from : @savireergheiz

This is cool Im working on a project that i think has good potential upside But if it doesnt do well, I think I could sell the code because its a card collecting system with database integration I think it could be used for a variety of different topics
Comment from : @PursuitSk8

Now this is guide worthy of like and subs Why dig for gold, when you can sell shovels
Comment from : @rogueronin1010

What can you sell if you are an animator?
Comment from : @lucastoica9599

I hear Balatro's creator though his game was trash and had no future And look what it did for him A card flipping game😂
Comment from : @chrislagos44

Man I sure would hate to be 26 hundred thousand dollars in debt
Comment from : @networkrazor2081

i see you have 47 products for sale when did you release your first one?
Comment from : @longbowman7238

Thank you, people need to hear what you're sayingbrUntil I watched this, I had no clue how to support myself while working on my game Thanks to you I wont starve
Comment from : @Chunkeeeeee

Now developers are selling to other developers what they don't really need, because it's pointless! Buying assets knowing that you won't sell the game is STUPID!!!
Comment from : @arcday4281

Just released my game last month and sold over 5k copies what a blessing, its been very very hard
Comment from : @PlayCrestfallen

Your aliens and weapons designs are pretty sick, i don't understand why did you decide to make an endless shooter out of them, you could make a really cool sci-fi game
Comment from : @NourArt02

Wait this video is actually longer than 2 minutes 😄
Comment from : @jimmyXRdev

This is fantastic advice, thank you! Subscribed
Comment from : @RarebitFiends

Recently figured this out before even watching this
Comment from : @PhdinNoob101

Step 0 - breasts and bums
Comment from : @DisemboweII

There is a very good reason I do not ever plan to have gamedev as my full time job It's by far the one section of software developer that needs the most time investment and skills while yielding literally the least money Enterprise software and just having a stable, boring webdev dayjob gives so much more stability in your day to day life it's unbelievable
Comment from : @suspecm6316

Man big props to you for this, great info man great lesson
Comment from : @elxero2189

Even after releasing dozens of best selling games for over two decades, Pokemon makes the most of their money on merchandise lol
Comment from : @hotworlds

This is so true I make money off of selling paintings that are just backdrops in my game, not to other devs but just to ordinary people
Comment from : @ArtofWEZ

The thing that many emotional buyers forget about is not to buy a public asset that could be recognizable , for example, (music tracks, 3D characters, and any visible assets that people could recognize in your game) for example, Choo Choo Charles since everyone recognize this game, the developer created his own Train, Charles, 3D buildings and hired a musician for the game tracks but the rest like (Trees, bushes, lighting, environment assets) are 3rd party assets So anyone buying a hero character for his game and its for a public sale you are not the only one who will use it in his game!
Comment from : @unit102

Damn my mind is just blown! You're a beast! Thanks for the tip!
Comment from : @abdullahnaim10

I’m 22 ,Can you teach me what is shops and things you do? I am interested use 3-D programs doing levels and guns like that and more I have a strong passion with video games maybe if I can get a job in this gaming world doing assets, a great thing
Comment from : @xcom_rx7241

Is your game in android or iOS or PlayStation? I’m interested
Comment from : @xcom_rx7241

My dream job working at rockstar but family forced me work at architect company I’m really good at 3-D programs
Comment from : @xcom_rx7241

this was really interesting
Comment from : @RDD87z

Absolutely wonderful presentation for how to get a bit of extra change out of one's assets I have so many stylish low-poly vehicles that have taken me ages to build up, I should sell them too, once I clean up the texture and rig the wheels
Comment from : @Badguy292

Insightful advice, thanks :)
Comment from : @eagleeyeedit

1 year starting in $2,600,000? (twenty six hundred thousand)
Comment from : @maverickdfz

Simple Dont Create Games to Get rich, dont be a child! games are like movies maybe harder to make even Learn Actually Game Dev in a professional way, look it as a skill not a ticket to rich brfor programmers, dont just learn how to make super maria with unity Learn how does the unity been built! Learn the Hard way, learn cpp, learn to build unity Learn Engine Dev or AI
Comment from : @ndrcreates_per

You just save my ass before I even jump to the game dev rabbit hole, thank you!
Comment from : @chrisx2ds

At the beginning, I thought this video was more of a rant, but it ended up being some of the best advice I've heard about side questing when the main quest isn't going well Thank you man
Comment from : @amirsalva4706

What are some cool marketplaces for game developers?
Comment from : @chesedithamarwolfjager478

So basically, either be able to pump out games fast AF, or sell stuff to game devsbrbrMakes sense
Comment from : @bruhmaxxer

Pow!
Comment from : @Ric4d

thanks for the advice, your blender tutorials really helps me a lot for solving my work
Comment from : @megaaziib

Finally someone who says it how it is
Comment from : @Adamska_01

Twetny six hundred thosuand? Thats 26 million No wonder you have money proboems
Comment from : @insidiousmaximus

Why are these "game devs" hell bent on trying to skip making every part of the game Buying code, and all assets
Comment from : @filiphedman4392

I guess the programmer equivalent is selling blueprints
Comment from : @tesladrew2608

Nice video, nice analyse It also meand that you need to work clean and organise your work to make reusable assets
Comment from : @chagaze7199

Charge 30 bucks for a substance painter eyebrow pack on artstation 😂
Comment from : @DejiDigital

How much is twenty six hundred thousand dollars?😢 Numbers be hard😂
Comment from : @Try2-Imagine

Hello I wanted to ask a question :brI am for my 3rd world country and the £ $ € currency are not available and paying Visa card are not available to brI know that's a hard question but Please answer this question brBut good video by the way
Comment from : @AmineBerhail

Everything in this video is wrong because it's all based on wild assumptions
Comment from : @GenericInternetter

man, you are a wonderful, helpful and honest personbri appreciate what you dobrkeep going!
Comment from : @tresdimatop8603

Awesome video and a great idea, as always! Fun fact: I've been watching your channel long enough to notice how your voice has changing over time :) Or maybe your voice has changed due to the game dev struggle :D
Comment from : @romanallen

Curious, what game did you spend 5 years working on?
Comment from : @Furfire

Games are just like cars - they are worth more when broken for pieces than as original!!
Comment from : @stewartdahamman

Most folk want gamedev for the wrong reasons
Comment from : @Johan-rm6ec

I did know about this already but never looked at the statistics or how successful it would be GG
Comment from : @phigolden2706

Now I wish I had a beer to chug 0:42
Comment from : @srsherman7

I really appreciate how you kept it real in this video 🔥
Comment from : @SkidesGames

Ngl I'm glad I started buying all these licenses for DAWs and Game Engines, I just started my CS degree at 28 and have been in the 9-5 world for a decade Best self investment tbh
Comment from : @CSArgudo