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Has anyone here commissioned custom music for their first game? Curious how it turned out and whether it felt worth it in the end. #indiedev

@devolverdigital @JessAtHome_ So that’s how you do it - just don’t specify the timezone. Smart :)

@JessAtHome_ Take the rest of the day off but be at your desk at 7AM tomorrow and plan working through the weekend.

it's my birthday give me attention

@DanielSitarz Thanks, if you record it please do share - I would love to watch ;)

@SwarmMeGame Sure!

Got a Steam demo that needs feedback? Drop it here. I'll play it tomorrow and leave my thoughts in the replies. 🧐

@GamewithDave Wing Commander: Privateer, want to make my own version someday...

For anyone who used a computer between 1990 & 2005… what’s the one game you still think about?

@BeanJuiceStudio And what if someone did try it, posted hundreds of videos and no reaction at all. What would be your advice? Keep posting into the wall and hoping that one video eventually breaks this cycle or do something else?

@SwarmMeGame That sounds more like excuses to me! Regardless if your game is marketable or not, you should start building your audience and learning that skillset. It will 100% help, everyone starts in the same place. Make hundreds of videos, learn from them, and you'll be surprised:)

So many indie devs sleep on short form content for marketing their games. You can make videos in under hour and post them on YouTube, Insta and TikTok. That's thousands of potential impressions to help drive sales and Wishlists.

@BeanJuiceStudio Oh, so you had an audience before started making games, that's a huge bonus. Maybe you have some 'spare' players for my next playtest as I always struggle to find players to try my silly games that could give me early feedback that is very important at that stage :)

@SwarmMeGame Also depends what you call success, but I wouldn't be making games full-time if It wasn't for short form content! I've posted hundreds of videos, and before starting game dev I was a full-time YouTuber with 450k subs with half a billion views:)

@BeanJuiceStudio Because I had nothing to play :) But if seriously - I love to create and sometimes just must build something, games is what I love playing and creating.

Question of the day for all game devs... Why did you start making games?

@mrmikeMTL Can I make one myself, and then play it for one year? :)

Play a single video game for a year 12 hours a day to get $10M. What game are you playing?

@sensational965 I just started, so my only achievement is releasing a steam game :)

Hey game devs, I wanna know what is your proudest achievement so far, And why is it special to you? #gamedev #indiedev

New unit just dropped: FPM. Measures stupidity. Anyone care to guess what it stands for? 🙂 #gamedev

@GamerQueenDiana YESS! :) had a lot of fun during their decade of development with that game, now I can only play modded versions, though.

@SwarmMeGame 7 Days to die?

Describe your favorite game using only emojis and we’ll try to guess it. 🎮 Here is one of my favorite games in emojis: 🧟‍♂️🚪🗝️

@EnderRaccoonVT Let me know if you would like to try minimalistic horde survival game inspired by Kino der Toten :)

And we keep growing! I hope I keep finding all the #indiegame enthusiasts who want to see awesome indie games with me. I’ll keep putting in the work to support #indiedevs wherever I can and I’ll be at the 1234 subscriber count before you know it 😊

@kitty_cruiser @RohanKarMooN Yeah, this is why I am just trying to find few players who like my game and then try to involve them in my next game, then the next one. Maybe someday there will be enough players not to worry about where to find early playtesters for my new games and get quality feedback :)

@SwarmMeGame @RohanKarMooN Yeah, distribution is basically the whole game now building is often the easier part. The tricky bit is getting consistent exposure without burning out or relying on ad spend.

I'm so tired of these kind of slop being covered by big media outlets when there are so many better indie games coming out recently. I'm thinking of covering indie games and share with y'all to try, what do you guys think?

@UnityCodeMonkey I would say you don't need a lot of money to make games, but it will never be free. Unless someone else is paying for hardware you use, electricity you need, and physical location is also rent free. And I am not even counting hours needed to learn and work that is lost income :)

You don't need MONEY to make games!

@evolve_pr How so? In my opinion, timing is not important (well, the sooner the better). What matters most is content - you must put your game out in the public the moment you have something to show off that fits your definition of 'finished game quality'.

When should you announce your game? 👀 6 months out? A year? A week before launch? Truth is… there’s no perfect answer. If you’re figuring out your timing, we got you 🖤 When are you planning to announce?

@BeanJuiceStudio If someone uses their time to follow your work, judge it in any way, and feel the need to give you any kind of feedback then it already means that they care more than most.

Only a week on this platform and already got my first hater😂

@GamerQueenDiana Crafting, exploring, surviving, zombies, 7, blood, moon :) I thought it's a very popular game, sold over 20 million copies :)

@SwarmMeGame Probably a crafting game?