How Making Indie Games Changed My Life

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.

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

[tomtoma]

Me : Show this to my parents
My parents : should work hard like him and become a Doctor

[BULLITT]

David: "I didn't even know how to program... Still don't"
Me as a programmer: Story of my life

[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.

[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!

[theboogeyman]

Me: looking at my pc
My Pc: Don't even think about it

[flm]

Moral of the story: never make fun of unity

[SILVERSPADES]

I'm in the position starting out in film as well. I'm very excited to embark on the game dev journey!

[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

[awonderingcoconut]

"I probably googled a million different question"

It do be like that

[Lxcx]

"I still dont know how to dev... and here i am a full time indie game dev"
*every politican can relate*

[DonkaTruck]

That skate Video was 4 days before I was born and now I’m 21 looking at becoming a game dev. Time flies

[javanaguirre]

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.

[QuickClips_]

Alternative title : How my coworker changed my life

[panostsak]

Moral of the story: Hard work and dedication. The foundation of every success story.

[blakerunyon]

Dude, so many programmers out there are impossible people to deal with. It all boils down to them screaming "We don't want you to learn what makes us feel smart". And I'm a programmer myself haha. Good on your for pushing through it and putting something out there!

[scarebuddy]

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

[--MahadyHasan]

"The idea behind my second game popped into my head while I was doing dishes, and that became my new passion project after work."
look at the depth in these two sentences. A man who works full time to support his family. Also does dishes. Gets a wonderful idea while doing dishes. And then goes on to transform that idea into a successful project while maintaining his main job, finding time after doing his full time job to work on his project and make the game bit by bit everyday while keeping his patience and calm. what a man! what a character!

[AnVinhNguyen]

He said "As a film maker I love telling story" 4:18 -> Notice how good this video tells his story

[orangebananaaaa]

Beautiful story! Can't imagine how emotional that was when you got your first copies.
Congrats to your success.

[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!