Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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For this indie game dev postmortem, interview, success story, podcast, devlog (or whatever you want to call it) I invited the full Grizzly Games team to talk with you about how we managed to make our hit indie game ISLANDERS in just 6 months.

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - About Success
5:57 - Getting Ideas
7:02 - Prototyping
15:03 - Working In a Team
22:06 - Getting Organized
27:01 - Finding The Dream Team
28:38 - Creating Memories Together
32:21 - Indie Game Marketing
34:16 - About Inspiration
40:18 - Sticking With a Project
45:35 - Taking Feedback
49:59 - Tips For New Developers
53:30 - The Future of Grizzly Games
54:40 - Should You Go Full Time Indie?

● Check out our game ISLANDERS on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1046030/ISLANDERS

● Check out Paul's game The Ramp on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1506510/The_Ramp

● Wishlist my game Will You Snail on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail
● Join the Will You Snail Discord: discord.gg/G3mRDrK

● This video was edited by TheShelfman. Check out his channel: youtube.com/c/TheShelfman

● Join our creative game dev community on Discord: discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ

Hope you enjoy. :)
#gamedev #indiedev