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Should you create a HORROR game?

Do you know what is the current HOT genre on Steam for indie devs? How much a Daily Deal is worth? How maybe the co-op ONLY games era is coming? Or why this game made $350,000 in 24 HOURS? These are all things I covered in my Game Dev Report Newsletter! The latest Game Dev Insights straight to your inbox every Sunday. Being an indie dev is hard, but if you stay up to date with what is going on in the industry things become much easier. Check out my newsletter HERE! cmonkey.co/gamedevreport

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Is this valid code? Color? myColor = null; A) Yes B) No, myColor is a struct and cannot be null (answer in reply below)

Is it possible to make a full-time living from indie games today? Absolutely! BUT only IF you have the right mix of experience, solid marketing skills, and keep your costs realistic. Back in 2013–2020 when all I was doing was making games (before I ever started my YouTube channel), my Steam games alone brought in over $1M, which definitely allowed me to make a living. Part of the secret for my survivability was just my cost of living. Here in Portugal my goal was $2000 per month which allowed me to have a pretty nice life. With that a one year game just needs to make $24k to make a profit, whereas if I were living in San Francisco and needed $10k per month just to survive then that same game would need $120k to make a profit, that's a LOT more difficult. The other secret is simply experience. My first Steam game was actually my 40th game! I made Flash Games for 5 years until I gathered enough experience and skill to be able to make a living from it. It did not happen overnight. And of course making games as a hobby just for fun is always a valid goal. It's up to you to decide if you're making this as a job or as a hobby. I wish you the best of luck in your game dev journey! - Code Monkey

Every Game is 90% the SAME!

Got a comment on my FizzBuzz video saying my "simple" solution wouldn't cut it in interviews since it isn't modular. This is a great example of one of the biggest dev traps, premature optimization! The code that I wrote perfectly fulfilled all my requirements, it was not meant to be modular and it did not need to be modular. Remember how you have limited time and energy, do not waste those precious resources on solving imaginary problems that don't exist. If your task is to write some code that solves A, then write some code that solves A, not some complex overengineered code that solves A, B and C! And of course, if in the future those needs changes, then just refactor! Remember how code is not set in stone, you can modify it later on if you need to. - Code Monkey

How to Make a $50,000 Game!

If Unity and C# tutorials don't really get outdated, what about Steam Game Marketing? Is the advice from 5 years ago still applicable today? No! When it comes to technical tutorials the core concepts don't really change, but in terms of Steam Marketing the meta does change quite a lot so on that one yes I would recommend looking up more current advice. For example the advice 5 years ago on Steam was "do not make a demo, they will just hurt your copies sold" whereas nowadays a demo is absolutely ESSENTIAL for marketing. Yes the core timeless advice of "make a good game" is still the core of it, but the tactics have changed drastically from 10 years ago, back then Next Fest did not exist, influencers almost didn't exist, and wishlists weren't such a big deal. So on the topic of Steam Game Marketing yes I would recommend you find less than 1 year old tutorials / guides to follow. - Code Monkey

TOP 5 Beginner Game Dev Projects!

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What matters most when choosing a code style? A) Using the exact same style as every other developer on the planet B) Consistency across the whole project C) Mixing styles so every file looks unique (answer in reply below)

That's awesome! Great job on doing that! Tha'ts how you really learn

Making half a million dollars with your game should not be disheartening! That's a great result! Sure it sucks to pay taxes and see all that money go down, but still having your game make that much money is a huge success!

Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad my videos have helped you!

That's awesome! That scene definitely looks like all the assets fit, great job!

This AI-proud game made $200k with 92% POSITIVE reviews! gamedevreport.beehiiv.com/p/… #gamedev #indiedev

First I would standardize complexity, sometimes 2 things can be marked as "Low Poly" but one have quite a lot more polygons than the other. Then I would standardize lighting because that can hide quite a lot of differences, then materials and density in the whole level.

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