Channel Update & Patreon Drive - End of 2022!

Making videos is hard!

[SaraSpalding]

Hope you've all had the best year you could! Let's all do our best for 2023!

[thomasttt]

Your videos have been absolutely crucial in my game dev journey! I went from knowing very little about programming to making my own game along with all the pixel art and I couldn't have done it without you Shaun. Thank you so much for your incredibly high quality tutorials (especially the ARPG series!) and I hope you are able continue to do what you and more! Just subbed on Patreon. Have a wonderful holiday/new year

[Diegovz]

Your tutorials helped me achieve my dream to become an indie dev. Thank you.

[piojosefina]

fair enough!!! keep on doing things!!! you are very helpful. Happy chrismas and new year

[Seeks_stuff]

Wish you the best of luck with the financial situation! Your videos are very helpful and I hope your channel gets more attention, because it's severely underrated. Happy holidays, keep up being awesome!

[alexmcdonald]

You are THE reason I've gotten into game development. Your tutorials are incredible, they took me from someone who was afraid to look at code to someone who can actually understand and write it independently. Thank you for putting these fantastic videos out, when I am financially stable enough, you are the first person whose Patreon I will be supporting. Thank you Shaun.

[JustinMcDaniel]

You're basically THE NAME when it comes to Game Maker, and have been invaluable to me over the years. Thanks for all of your help, and I'm currently trying to get the Patreon website to update my card info so I can add you to my monthly rotation.

[DragoniteSpam]

4:53 shaun: the gamemaker gateway drug

[vriska]

itd be awesome to see you also do videos on more advanced/complex parts of gamemaker, or more advanced/complex versions of some of your standalone tutorials (like menus).

even after getting past the point of being brand new to game maker, i still use your videos for reference on all sorts of things, like top down movement or cameras or menus. your channel is a huge help!

[GandalfofROCK]

I'm a 20 dollar patron member and I've messaged Shaun twice and he answered and helped me both times. If you're serious about learning game maker I recommend it even over game maker's subscription itself. Thanks for everything Shuan.

[eeveeworld]

Thank you so much for your videos! They're the reason i even enjoy gamedev! May the new year bring you good fortune

[raylolpez]

I like these talk-to-the-camera videos, it’s cool to see and hear from the person behind the tutorials now and then

[furtrash]

You could also make some more general game design videos just using gamemaker to showcase concepts, something that helps people who don't use gamemaker as well but would also show gamemaker and it's capability

[GrogDev]

Thanks for this Shaun! Your videos played such a large role in my path of learning Game Maker over a literal decade, and while I don't need as many tutorials these days (which speaks towards the quality of your content), it's absolutely the least I can do to give back during these tougher times. Keep doing what you're doing, it makes a difference!

[shanekirby]

“I need your help. I need your spirit energy. And by ‘spirit energy’ I literally just mean money”

[luigisopa]

Thank you Shaun for your videos. They are great. Excited to see you tackle other events and topics around game development.

I would love to see you collaborating in e.g. "X devs make a game in 4 hours without talking to eachother"-videos that I see on YouTube lately. Something that can be useful to promote your youtube channel too...

Also maybe try out Youtube Shorts more? Anyway best of luck and Merry Christmas!

[berribeans]

Just got back into making games and immediately turned to your work. Thank you for everything you've done over the years! I sadly don't have the money to support financially, but I'll try to help as much as I can!

[Ashantic]

You are the reason why I have been using GameMaker for 3 years now and have a lot of fun with it, even if I unfortunately don't have any money left to support you, I like to watch your videos. Wish you happy holidays.

[TheHarrihi]

I went from GameMaker to Godot this year since I enjoy that workflow more but I've been following your channel for years. You've always been incredibly consistent, have created great resources and are nice enough to check out people's early projects here and there.

I still check in on what you're working on and would be interested to see you delving into different engines and evaluating their strengths/weaknesses. I'd like to see you work on pokeypoke or your own games in general though. The whole devlog thing has taken off and that format could drive you to finish work and teach others in the process.

Have a nice Christmas and good luck in 2023

[vossel]

heck yeah, ty for the shoutout!! excited for next year >:)