Do You Have What It Takes To Make Indie Games?

What is the most important skill you need to master to make indie games? Here are your best answers as well as my personal opinion on how to succeed as an indie developer.

0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Coding
0:44 - Problem Solving
1:29 - Handling Criticism
1:58 - Imagination
2:23 - Learning Quickly
2:51 - Mindset
3:38 - Marketing
4:11 - Finishing
5:25 - Wishlist Will You Snail
5:58 - Communication
6:50 - Why All Skills Matter
7:20 - Random Squirrel
8:09 - The Most Important Skill
9:25 - Outro

Hope you enjoy and big shout out to everybody who participated in the discussion! Let me know what you think in the comments. :)
#gamedev #indiedev

[cryptacide]

Swear down, whenever a game developer gets their hands on a green screen, their content goes mental

[Blackthornprod]

Such a cool video Jonas ;D!! Being an intellectual myself, with a high dose of intellectuality within my inner intel of interactivity I agree with your final choice. Although perhaps some interaction could be made to justify the use of inter-communication and

[neikrodent]

Jonas: I have something to cheer you up
Youtube: This is the best time for an ad

[hoax-games]

The most important non-skills are time and money

[blueboytube]

My friend: I had a dream where I became a millionaire
My dreams: 0:10 9:26

[leofangd]

Skills required for Game development can be simplified to 3 - Design, Execution and Problem Solving.
1. Design - understand the scope and constraints (skill, time, money) . Fit an idea that can be executed with the resources available. Design includes Story/World building, Concept Art, Game mechanic. With experience your Design can be efficient.
2. Execution - Asset development, programming, level design. These are technical skills, all of which are individual skills but can be learned (or hired)
3. Problem Solving - Understand challenges, find solutions. If constraints don't permit, reiterate on the design.
This is a cyclic process. A good game developer is the one who makes good decisions MOST of the time. For every bad decision made, they will learn and adapt quickly, try to solve it and if it's not feasible, they cut their loses early on, reducing wastage of time and money. Modify the design to something more manageable. Most importantly a good game developer finishes the fakin game within the limitations rather than being an over ambitious perfectionist putting everything on the line with their life going on a downward spiral through the course of the project.

[desawwww]

0:09 I don't really know what this was but anyways great Video

[mantimestwo]

Not long ago I came across your channel for the first time and thought, who is this annoying lad with a funny acczent, but now I can't stop watching all that you have made, very informative honestly
hell

[PhilDeveloper]

I must say wishlisting will you snail is a VERY important step to becoming a developer!

[Ilovemygf]

“I hate grass. It’s course, rough, irritating and it just gets everywhere.”

-The Josan One

[cavedavegames]

Those effects burned all my "intellecting" for the next decade. Good video!

[TastyPancakes]

this video editing and jokes are a different level xD

[WannibeManisha]

Haha such a great video. Mindset can really get you through it all, very inspiring. Thank you for this compilation! At one point, I even forgot what I was even watching 😂

[StefanLopuszanski]

Adaptability fits all those and more. I think that's even more important. Nothing is going to be perfect, from your problem solving to your own mentality, but being able to adapt and grow will give you the most success.

[treeno]

Jonas: what rhymes with shmoogle?

Googles second result: homosexual

[Khud]

Woo-hoo, mom, I am on TV! (4:39). That aside, every single video is so much more crazy and intense than the previous one, you totally rock! :)

[dead]

"If that sounds daunting, or discouraging, I have something to cheer you up."
*ad plays*
me: ...

[JamalDolleyGames]

Love the intro.

I agree, with the right mindset I was able to learn many of the skills required to publish a game. The second game I'm working on, I already started with more knowledge and skills than my first game however it took me 4 years to make minimal progress due to lack of focus and commitment.

[halbzwilling]

I think you spilled some acid on your timeline :D

[zacoons]

I like this video style. Hugely improved quality, well done. :)