What 100 Days of Game Development Looks Like

I disappeared from YouTube for 100 days to create a game. Here it is.

About me -
Hi I'm TJ, a software engineer turned indie developer primarily developing games in the Unity Engine. I left a career in software to focus on my passion of game dev and am enjoying every moment of it.

Software Used -
Unity Version: 2021.1.22f1

PC Specs -
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
AMD Ryzen 7 2700x
32GB RAM
Way too much caffeine

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Lesson 5: Deadline and Realistic Scope
01:11 - Game Concept
01:37 - Lesson 4: Rescope Often
02:05 - Month 1
04:50 - Lesson 3: Don't Polish too early
06:50 - Month 2
10:45 - Lesson 2: Focus Up
13:25 - Month 3
19:40 - Trailer
20:29 - Lesson 1: Fail

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[Zondels]

You have a lot of technical skill. It always bothers me when I watch some devlog channels and they skip explaining the code and all that because they think it is boring to watch. Which it probably is for most people, but I personally really enjoy it. Even though I have no experience with procedural generation, I still feel like you explained it pretty well in this as well as in one of the previous videos. I still gotta learn it at some point though.

[discountmonkey]

WE MAKING IT OUT THE HOOD WITH THIS ONE

[thatonedudelive]

Honestly such a huge fan of all your game dev work so far. Your style is what I would aim for myself. Barely have touched game dev honestly. Love all the content man, cant wait to see more. Def looking forward to playing this one!

[UselessFodder]

I've been following the progress on Twitter and really enjoy all of your previews, but nothing beats a good old-fashioned Devlog that shows how you stuck it all together. Game is looking really good, TJ. I'm wishlisting now!

[PaahtimoGames]

Wow, what a amazing progress! I struggled with similar issues and also decided to do fresh and it was really helpful!

[Black_Forestt]

Love your stuff bud, thank you for sharing your content ! Can’t wait to see where your stuff goes !

[fantasmilfilms]

Very cool! You are one of my favorite gamedev channels; watch all the videos you release. Keep up the good work!

[bomb]

Love seeing this much work condensed into a short video. I think your emphasis on having a realistic outlook is the right approach. Good luck, and great work so far.

[ryanpace]

Very cool devlog man, I’m excited to see the final version of this project!

[owenhey]

Your videos are consistently some of the best Unity content out there - I really enjoy them. You approach these new challenges in a way that makes it feel accessible

[elderyaag]

Keep going dude, you are doing great work even if there are roadblocks.
Your videos are fun and interesting!
You are crazily talented. <3

[SecondsGuess]

This is so impressive, congrats on the game so far! You're very skilled!

[curiouspers]

Great video! Game looks very sellable, and also fun, good luck with release! ❤

[IsaacPeek]

Awesome job brother!!! Congrats on releasing on steam! Keep up the good work my guy!

[dewythking]

Keep it up teej, i've been watching you since the beginning and you've made a lot of progress, i hope that this game is going to go really good, honestly i would pay for if any price you always make really good games. I tried it myself, and really liked it.
This video helped me a lot and i wish you the bests 🙂

[obrooks]

Absolute banger of a video, wishing you nothing but the best for Castles on Clouds

[TyrellzArt]

"This is like 30 hours of coding in one sentence"🤣 dunno why but i felt that one. Lovin the vid so far man, nice work :D

[foxhollowgames]

Looks like a great base to bulid something special off of! I'm sending this off to our team working on a very similar concept for the PirateSoftware GameJam. Thank you so much for sharing your progress!

[chameleonedm]

Cool game, great dev log, right amount of humour. Well done man that's a sub from me for sure

[JoshMooney]

Wow amazing stuff TJ thank you for the step by step guide to not sheeping the bed in game dev, keep it up bro