A Day in the Life of an Indie Game Developer

A packed day of development on my indie game "Equilinox", the nature simulation game that I'm currently developing in Java using OpenGL.

Equilinox on Steam:
The Equilinox website:

The bug-fixing was a bit dull this week so I thought I'd save all the interesting tasks for the end of the week and have one exciting gamedev-filled day to show you!

Also, thanks to everyone for your feedback about the logos in the last couple of weeks! It's been really useful for me.

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Background Music by Jamal Green:

[kenyrogames]

50% Game development, 50% Cooking show :D

[delavago]

I'm currently studying and almost finished learning most of what i need to know in C#. I'm planning 2 games and i want both to use the low poly art style.
You have been my biggest driving force and source of inspiration. I wish to be like you and even one day collab with you.
Oh and I'm a college student too. 1/2 year more and I'll have learnt enough to start my games. Thanks for inspiring and motivating me.

[mabc]

You should have the world size grow as the player unlocks more species. Sort of like an achievement.

[christianjamesguevarra]

Finally a true "A day in life" video that actually shows actual work and not just eating, lunch breaks and perks like 99% of a day in life vids on yt.

[fredrikt]

How about a seed value in the world generator so that people can share their worlds with each other?

[orbitalstudios]

Thank you for the continual motivation you give for game development and YouTube!! The game looks fantastic!!! I cant wait for the release!!

[MrMariotime]

I think that you should bring back the circular world. Maybe you could make "world shape" an option in the generation menu. Maybe you could also have an infinite ocean surrounding the land too.

[FockeWulfFW]

man, I envy you. What a beautiful place you live in, what a simple yet beautiful looking game you are making. As others say, you just became an inspiration of me. IDK how, since I saw many other devs videos, but you have something that made me want to open the game engine and keep working on that abandonded-2-year-old game I gave up in making. Gonna go back and do it, you rock it man, lol.

[MohammedPlaysMC]

I really liked the style of how this video was layed out also I loved the updates and its getting so real how close the release is

[Smokedship]

Really love this concept of showing an actual day in the life of an Indie game dev. Being a Concept Designer and Digital Artist myself, this really helps as an inspiration to me... All the best man!

[blank]

The map would look a lot better in a circle shape. And maybe some particles at the edge of the map which look like its a floating island. So the water flows down as waterfall into clouds.

[breakfastroute]

I liked how the old logo version looked with just the wireframe. That, combined with the leaf, would look great, I feel.

[AmieOkami]

The newest logo with the irregular triangles looks very cool! The color scheme is beautiful and it's more visually engaging than the other two logos. Not to mention it'll look really nice with the leaf!

[Avidi]

I love your template of videos, It truly inspires me! How you transitions from days an show off progress, I just started making Devlogs, it is a much easier way to show weekly progress appose to uploading randomly when something happens, thank you keep up the good work man!

[emberr]

The irregular triangles in the old logo looked really cool. That would look great with the leaf icon as well. Great work

[hikermichael]

The newest logo design would look awesome with the leaf.

[cameronbowden]

Beautiful m8 i love how the game is coming along and your cooking skills are top notch.

[Fghjkjhljhghj]

You always inspire me with how much you are able to work each day, can you please tell, how much time did it take you to achieve that level of productivity?

[ericb]

I am so going to sign up on Patreon just for you... The game is just so extremely beautiful and I love how you’re doing all this by your self! Insane. Truly one of the best channels I have stumbled upon on youtube.

[明瑠恭音ジオバニ]

In the world generation settings, you should let the player choose the shape of the world (round or square) I would really love for the round world to come back :)