Thread 715329707

So... Why are you not making your own games?

>>715329707 (OP)
too hard to make anything noteworthy on your own. there are just too many indie games. you've had a much better chance if you started in the 2000s or early 2010s. you're late to the party.

Because it's not enough to just make a game anymore.

>>715329707 (OP)
because I am
classic tank controls survival horror

>>715330009
baga chaga chogga

>>715329707 (OP)
I have many ideas, but they're all half-baked and would be implemented poorly as I lack the skill to realize them. Even then, the chance that the odd thing I thought sounded neat would actually be enjoyed by more than a few people is slim. "I am not an artist but know what I like", but that doesn't mean I understand what I like well enough to iterate on it.

>>715329707 (OP)
My ideas are too ambitious for me, traveler.

>>715330283
Sounds like it's time to sell games from a website hosted in far eastern Europe while accepting only bitcoin as payment.

>>715329707 (OP)
i dislike every unity game because theyre garbage and also theres this weird folder called BleedingEdge. While Unreal Engine 5 games don't, and have produced good games like A Hat In Time.

>>715329707 (OP)
I kinda wanted to make a game but I wanted it to be in my engine. I thought, if I made it open-source then Stallman surely will personally show up and help with the hard parts. NO one showed up to help with the buggy mess even tho I made it open-source...

Because all I know how to do is program and also I'm really fucking lazy

its too hard to program. i cant even make a level!

>>715329707 (OP)
I am.
My personality has a perfectionist trait and nothing I do is never enough even though games others have made don't require same level of quality to play I demand from myself.

>>715329707 (OP)
Cause games are doomed to be mainly made by artists while people that can program go do something more worthwhile for them

>>715329707 (OP)
I am.
Quasi-Roguelite set during the Scramble for Africa, inspired by Heart of Darkness.

>>715329707 (OP)
I'm too lazy to even consistently practice drawing, let alone a make a game.

>>715330009
>>715330283
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>>715338149
these

>>715330283
Anon's mistake is initial capital in the creation of the game. Forming an LLC is like $200, listing your game on Steam is $500. You only need 50000 wishlists if after all that your game's budget is like $100k or more. Ya'll motherfuckers don't know the meaning of "start small". If you're just now forming the LLC then it is likely your first commercial game. Which means you should be spending like $10k MAX to make it, and honestly probably not even that much.

I'm making a game, but it's easy to lose motivation working on it alone and have no one to show for.

>>715330283
sounds like he's been neglecting marketing and finances

>>715329707 (OP)
>unity is blatantly waiting out the last controversy to reintroduce their pay per installation licensing model
>unreal is broken and exposed
>godot is a meme and woke
is redot really the only choice for someone with >120IQ?

Where can I find a good community of game developers?
/agdg/ is way too gay and have too many crabs dragging each others down.

>>715330283
Behead all publishers.

>>715338390
>Forming an LLC is like $200,
That depends on your state. All states require an upfront payment ranging from $35 to $500, while some also require a monthly payment which can range from $20 to $500 per month, with fucking California demanding $800 monthly.
I live in Pennsylvania, so I'd only have to pay a one time fee of $100 with no monthly.
If you want to start a business, do so while not living in a trash state.

>>715330283
shirley, those ai sloppa hentai puzzle games will pay for themselves eventually

test

>>715340690
>with fucking California demanding $800 monthly.
Can we just nuke california already

>>715329707 (OP)
Because i'm not suitable for solo dev process, and i'm not nearly motivated enough to make a serious multi-people project. I was making all kinds of shit in unity, and every time it was ending up in the exact same way
>write logic for gameplay gimmick i was interested in
>now it's time for boring parts
>struggle through boring parts, sometimes even successfully
>now it's time to replace placeholders with actual stuff and fill the game with content
>near instant surrender
I'm just not cut out for it. I lack motivation to finish the entire thing, various aspects of the game that don't interest me are always half-assed, and that's an issue when the game itself is not the part of the project i'm interested in. Once you see half-assed results of your work, it's hard to keep believing it has any worth whatsoever.

but i've made some money on selling one of my miraculously finished gimmicks on asset store, that felt nice

>>715330283
>sell game for free
>sell promotional material like artbooks, soundtracks and novelizations with the help of a publisher
>open a patreon or something

I did make a game. It sold only 800 copies despite being a masterpiece because I don't want to live on twitter and reddit posting it constantly. No game journalist covered it. I have to price it low because that's what is expected from indies (while AAA can charge faggots whatever they want), and then I get raped by steam fees.

>>715344824
You need to whore your game to a youtuber. There's no way around it, I believe.

>>715329707 (OP)
Because actually releasing one seems like a legal pain in the ass

>>715345569
its not though.

>>715329707 (OP)
because I'm lazy and can't stay focused

Ive made some before it became mainstream

>>715344564
>>open a patreon or something
you have to shill and be a social media wizard even more for that, its whole community management task above selling a product
even if you do a porn furshit game which relies on repost to self-advertise among that audience

I might.

Give me ideas to for a game where you control a kawaii goth girl.

>>715344824
Tell me of this masterpiece

I tried to (still trying? idk, switched to different things for now) but making it look acceptable will take too much time so I'm not sure if I wanna finish.

>>715330283
You don't need an LLC
Steam only costs $100 to put a game up

>>715346320
An srpg with lewd scenes like kamidori

cause im working on shitty web projects to get a job instead

>>715347227
Honestly though, if you're not selling 100k copies, then don't bother.

>>715347227
This but unironically. I'm here to make money.

>>715329707 (OP)
I'm making a feature length animated movie instead of a game. Nearly done with it as well after like 4 years of work. I'm happy with it and even if it doesn't end up doing that great, at least I know I'm able to get long projects like these done through to the end and that I learnt a lot working on this, so the next project should probably be easier and faster to do.

>>715347979
Just make slop then.
Making money is just making slop.

>>715348037
What do you think I'm doing? Gaming is dead anyway.

>>715329707 (OP)
>1. got a game idea
>2. work on new idea
>3. write code, work on assets and so on
>4. new idea pops up and looks more interesting
>5. go to step 2.
How to end the loop?

i'm committed to making my own engine but i'm also not motivated to work on anything

>Work on my game
>Use new knowledges that I have no understanding of
>Now it's a clusterfuck
>No idea how to even do things anymore

>>715348876
Is there a cloud-based engine? Where me and my buddy can edit simultaneously? Or at least something that is braindead for one of us to save and then for the other to pick up and edit. I'll use git if I'm forced to, but teaching him it is going to be a struggle.

>>715330283
>need to form an LLC if you don't want to go to prison for evading tax on profits
Not if you aren't fucking retarded.

I can't do any sort of visual art beyond pasting a low res photo texture on to a low poly trace of an object. If I stick with it I'll have some piece of shit to put on itch.io

>>715329707 (OP)
who's gonna pay my rent? you?

>>715330009
this, even if you make the best game ever, nobody can ever find it, there's simply no point
only games with big money to advertise in trade shows get noticed
and I'm not giving geoff keelee a single penny

>>715330009
its easy if you dont overthink it

>>715329707 (OP)
Yandere Simulator is already being made