I made a living from ONLY making indie games from 2013-2020. I had no YouTube channel, no courses, just games. It's difficult but it is possible. My SECRET? Keep the cost of living low, keep development cycles short, and gain as much experience (and marketing skill) as possible. For me living in Portugal I could live a good life on $2000 per month, so if I spend one year working on a game it just needed to make $24k to make a profit. That's a lot more achievable than if I were living in San Francisco and needed $10k per month just to survive and needed $120k to make a profit. And thankfully my games didn't just get the bare minimum, I hit $1 MILLION in gross revenue in that timeframe across 8 games. So it's definitely not easy, but it is still possible! And nowadays the ceiling is basically infinite. The solo dev behind Schedule I made $130,000,000! Now I definitely don't recommend you compare yourself to the extreme outliers, but it's fun to think of what could happen. I wish you the best of luck with your games!

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@UnityCodeMonkey Nice !!! So, where do you sold your games ? What type of games sold better ?

@UnityCodeMonkey If I remember i've been watching you before 2020 or am I wrong?

@UnityCodeMonkey Where you publish the game and what is revenue model ?

@UnityCodeMonkey I've never actually thought to confirm but - you are Portuegese, right? You didn't have to learn the language?

@UnityCodeMonkey So after everyone else gets paid, 50M?

@UnityCodeMonkey Do you train ppl ?

@UnityCodeMonkey Big fan Code Monkey! Thanks for all the great tutorials so far.

@UnityCodeMonkey That’s such a grounded take, keeping your burn low and shipping fast is what actually makes it viable. Glad you made it work, and those numbers are insane. Good luck to anyone trying to follow that path 🙌

@UnityCodeMonkey Your tweets are so relatable sometimes, nice stuff

@UnityCodeMonkey Thanks for the advice code monkey.

@UnityCodeMonkey very inspiring, just started a similar path as an blender addons dev, reading stuff like this means a lot 👏

@UnityCodeMonkey It is possible to make a living off being an indie developer, but people for some reason think you need to make millions. Manage your finances and live within your means. I calculated how much I need to make a year to do it, it just takes a lot of work

@UnityCodeMonkey Honestly, I couldn't thank you enough for what you do. It is truly unmatched. You inspire the indie developers around the world. I wish you the best!

@UnityCodeMonkey Thanks for your courses and Yt videos and words of advice and encouragement. I been doing this for 2 .5 years while I dont have any major hits i still hope and I am working learning and improving with each game I make.

@UnityCodeMonkey Shew imagine making a little game over a few months and making over 100 million! (I think this was true for Peak)

@UnityCodeMonkey Making games to make money or to get rich is the worse scenario 😄

@UnityCodeMonkey I have a headache.

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