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Re: Ask HN: Any solo game developers here?

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Post by yakattak »

fwsgonzo wrote: post #37

I see alot of comments here who are wondering if they're good enough to join. At the same time, it looks like this group is very picky about who can join. Perhaps there is another Discord someone could setup where part-time game creators could join. I am making a procedurally generated world simulation game that is a little bit too early in the process to showcase, and definitely not work full-time on, but it still h…

I would be very interested in this.

Re: Ask HN: Any solo game developers here?

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Post by Madmallard »

dimgl wrote: post #39

I was a building an action RPG for six months. I made a ton of progress. Then I just gave up due to life situations and I haven't picked it up since. I'm itching to get back on it, but not being an artist is really hurting my game development journey. I need a partner for the art, or I just won't be able to make the game at all. It's unfortunate.

you could probably get your main systems made so that designers can go on top of them with free assets / stable diffusion then get an artist after you have all that

Re: Ask HN: Any solo game developers here?

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Post by luxuryballs »

fwsgonzo wrote: post #37

I see alot of comments here who are wondering if they're good enough to join. At the same time, it looks like this group is very picky about who can join. Perhaps there is another Discord someone could setup where part-time game creators could join. I am making a procedurally generated world simulation game that is a little bit too early in the process to showcase, and definitely not work full-time on, but it still h…

Come on in, most of the time people are streaming their active game dev work https://discord.gg/mc5QRVJQ

Re: Ask HN: Any solo game developers here?

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Post by luxuryballs »

Oh yeah I remember we met on video, you said how the people not chosen would be sent a link to a discord for “everyone else”, then after an email saying you went with someone else you never sent the link to the discord and then ghosted us. I made a mental note to remember that this guy was a liar who only said/did things for his own benefit.

Re: Ask HN: Any solo game developers here?

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Post by thsbrown »

4pkjai wrote: post #22

I used to be an indie game developer from 2010 to 2014. I created games using the XNA framework for Xbox360. It was a fun time, most of my games made very little money but a few them were popular. When I switched from game development to app development I got the feeling that game development required 3x the effort to make a $1 when compared to business app development. I guess it's like the difference between being…

Full time indie game developer here. I've also done a myriad of other development in the past.

I always say the difference between software development (app, website, ect) and game development is that with software you have a predefined problem and your trying to solve it. With game development you are creating the problem and you are trying to solve it.

In my opinion software development can arguably be more straightforward as a result because you know that what you are building is meant to relieve some pain point.

I love game development but it can be very tricky to sell people on entertainment.

Re: Ask HN: Any solo game developers here?

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Post by luxuryballs »

yakattak wrote: post #42
fwsgonzo wrote: post #37

I see alot of comments here who are wondering if they're good enough to join. At the same time, it looks like this group is very picky about who can join. Perhaps there is another Discord someone could setup where part-time game creators could join. I am making a procedurally generated world simulation game that is a little bit too early in the process to showcase, and definitely not work full-time on, but it still h…

I would be very interested in this.

here’s an active one https://discord.gg/mc5QRVJQ

Re: Ask HN: Any solo game developers here?

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Post by 101008 »

adanto6840 wrote: post #4

I started a small "no-name" studio to build games handful of years ago. Built and released two games thus far -- SimAirport & SimCasino. I'd potentially be interested, my email is in profile if you'd like to reach out. :)

I loved SimAirport - probably the only game that I got obsessive. I usually abandon sim videogames after a few minutes. I love aiports and I like casinos, so it may be a bad idea to download the second one, ha.

Congratulations and thank you for the good times!

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