A millionaire solo game developer’s keys to SUCCESS

#coding #programming #javascript

[nicolasgalipeau]

There is a crucial part to his success that needs to be mentionned, and it's not to diminish from what he's done: "create a success system" wouldn't even hold without the financial and psychological support from his girlfriend. That woman made him able to work full time without having to work for a score of years and we cannot understate how crucial she was in the success of Stardew Valley!

[hotvision]

Dude, do more of these coder success stories, this was great.

[lbati]

I would like to mention another very important aspect of his success story. Contrarily to what most self-help gurus say, it's very important to not set big bold goals at the beginning of a personal project. Probably if he aimed to make a commercially successful game at the beginning of the project, his decisions would definitely lead him to a very different result and most likely frustrate him fairly quickly. Instead, in the beginning, he aimed to simply create a project that he could use at his resumè.
Starting with a small goal in mind helps to remove excuses we constantly use with ourselves to justify our procrastination. Let's say, for example, you want to do at least 15 pushups every day when you wake up. You will probably say that this is too much or find a bunch of excuses if you're not an active person. But if you set yourself to simply do two pushups, it gets much easier. It's harder to find an excuse to justify why you cannot do only two pushups. And once you start doing it, you build momentum and it gets much easier to do the rest.
So, I honestly believe, that in this case, the key is to set a goal that is big enough to get you motivated but not too big to get you frustrated before you're able to achieve it.

[RogerThat]

This is probably my favorite of the "new" content and I could see it being your niche.

[ThatGuyGlen]

Hey Aaron, just wanted to stop by and say thank you for the shoutout :D I couldn't believe my eyes when you said my channel name and showed my page! I really didn't think my small channel would be noticed by a bigger YouTuber like you, let alone give me a shoutout, so thanks for making my day :D

[TimothyTrimble]

Excellent post. I'm in my 60's and have been programming since the early 80s. I went back to college 9 months ago to sharpen my skills in web development. While many say that all the good ideas have already been taken, I had an idea several years ago that I'm now refining with my college courses. Once I complete my courses in the next few weeks, I will have enough content to demonstrate and pitch my idea. Set a goal, focus on it, and drive it to completion.

[paoloc]

"I'm having fun doing it" I love how you wrap up at the end, great video.

[aaronwillis]

If there was ever a reason for me to start coding, then that reason is now. This is inspiring!

[Kenbomp]

Barone was a lifetime artist and musician. 3 years of his life . And a penchant for quality. He also chose a game that was possible to be made solo.

[rohanharikr]

A couple of factual errors:

1. I dont think he created the engine from scratch. From he Reddit AMA, he clearly said he used XNA Framework (newer: Monogame). Nevertheless, a fantastic achievement.
2. He has experience with creating and playing music. He even had a band when he was young.
3. His mother (or father) was an artist. He liked painting (creating art) too.

[mimin]

True inspiration. If you are a beginner and struggling and learning to code like me, I will say this that todays gonna be better than yesterday. Just keep pushing.

[blackattack]

I felt something just now that I need to feel more often to get through this pandemic. More inspiration please

[Butterboi]

You’ve become my favorite YouTuber dude. Keep it up!!

[sullenfps]

earned my sub when you said your childhood was mmbn. loved those games growing up and always wanted to remake them, but co-op

[subz]

Aww hell yeah, megaman battle network! You just blew my mind, too. I had that game on my mind when thinking about myself making a game (series) I can take inspiration from. If you do happen to work on a game and take inspiration from the series, there's an active discord community and subreddit that would likely be interested in playing it one day. Thanks for the vid!

[sayinglikeitis]

Landed on this from YT recommendations and man what a great video. Thank you for sharing and looking forward to seeing more like this. Cheers!

[kingwoodbudo]

I'm really enjoying your content. Like the three pillars you mentioned, you also seem to apply that here. It's not all just coding examples, you're adding a variety of topics related to development which really keeps this channel fresh.

[bdblueg]

Love the conclusion at the end of the video. So important for videos

[matthieucneude]

I'm not in game development at all (built some games when I was younger though) but you're analysis could be applied to so many things. Many, for example, forget that they need to love what they're doing to really continue working on it. The community part is as well critical nowadays.

Well done.

[tmiae]

Damn, this video came just in the right time for me. Thanks for great content!