Jake Sones

Young Game Developers, The internet is full of information and noise. Be careful where you spend your time. I see too many game making/marketing "experts" hawking their wares. If you want to make a game just fucking make it (small, cheap and fast) to the best of your ability. Do not get bogged down in endless noise of experts (most of which are just engagement farming for their own channels) to sell you things or build their audience to sell to. Just make a good game. Get bogged down in design and the craft of making quality things. Don't get bogged down in "join my mailing list". At the very least, give that stuff limited attention. If you make an average or bad game *none* of that stuff will save you. If you make a great game, you won't need most of that stuff and will sell fine as it is. Choose your battles. If you are very young or new and inexperienced don't fall into the "online expert" trap, and it is a trap. A trap designed to make them money based on you being overwhelmed and looking for a magic bullet or shortcut. The magic bullet is hard fucking work and self study on the craft of making something worth playing. Most of your education will come from shipping things and learning, often the hard way. This isn't to say you should never watch a video or sign up for a list, but it's very easy to spend way too much time there or become indecisive unless someone tells you to do something. Everyone on Reddit is an expert and will tell you how to make, ship and sell your game. Maybe just listen to people who have made a few hits or been around a while, otherwise you're just listening to random people no better off than you who are just parroting what they've heard. Don't be a parrot listener. Consume knowledge but consider the source and learn to look into what the speaker has to gain. #gamedev #IndieGameDev