Jonas TyrollerHow do you make a good game trailer? I invited the professional trailer editor Derek Lieu to show him your indie game trailers. I questioned him about his trailer creation process and got a ton of useful tips. Game developers, listen up and enjoy.
Reviewing YOUR GAME TRAILERSJonas Tyroller2020-09-26 | How do you make a good game trailer? I invited the professional trailer editor Derek Lieu to show him your indie game trailers. I questioned him about his trailer creation process and got a ton of useful tips. Game developers, listen up and enjoy.
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevFull Devlog But Its Only 43 SecondsJonas Tyroller2022-11-23 | A full devlog but it's only 43 seconds long. After my last two indie games ISLANDERS and Will You Snail it is now time to choose what the next big game is going to be. We did a bunch of prototyping and this is what we came up with. Which game idea would you choose? #shorts #gamedevOur Deck Building Game Evolved Into Something Unexpected!Jonas Tyroller2022-11-18 | We made a big mistake that caused our deck building game to evolve into something unexpected. In this devlog you'll see how we tried to use text to image AI to generate art, a big development mistake and a new round of prototyping. On the other side we came out with a new indie game idea!
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevOur Next Big Indie Game | What to Make? (Devlog 0)Jonas Tyroller2022-10-28 | This is the first devlog in a new game development journey. I teamed up with my fiend Paul to make an indie game about... well... we don't know yet. We started into the project with a two weeks of prototyping to come to a decision about what game we should make next.
Our game dev community: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ
0:00 - Intro 0:58 - Day 1 1:22 - Day 2 1:44 - Day 3 2:01 - Day 4 3:13 - Day 5 4:04 - Day 6 5:07 - Day 7 6:06 - Day 8
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevWe Made a Co-Op Barcode Scanner Game! - Game Dev ChallengeJonas Tyroller2022-10-06 | We challenged ourselves to make a video game that uses barcode scanners as an input device. We had one day to make the game. The result is a co-op space adventure unlike anything you've seen before. Beep. Beep!
0:00 - Intro 0:37 - Getting Started 2:11 - First Barcode Experiments 3:48 - Finalizing The Game 5:10 - Playtesting 7:11 - Outro
My video game: ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/11... ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: discord.gg/G3mRDrK
Our game dev community: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevWe Made 1,018 Games About AI to Prove a PointJonas Tyroller2022-09-17 | Here are the results from Wowie Jam 4! We Made over 1000 games about collaborating with AI. AI and games belong together, but can AI be more than just a punching bag? Can we have meaningful interactions? Make friends? Let's explore some unseen territory of game design and see where it leads us.
Hope you enjoy. :) #WowieJam4 #gamedev #indiedevMaking Games In Nature | Game DevJonas Tyroller2022-09-02 | We went into the forest to make games in nature. Can two full time game developers make a game with nothing but sticks and stones? I teamed up with Noa Calice from Blackthornprod to tackle one of the most interesting game dev challenges we've attempted so far.
0:00 - Intro 0:18 - The Adventure Begins 0:52 - Game 1 2:19 - Game 2 4:57 - Game 3 7:41 - Game 4 11:23 - The Showmatch 14:46 - Final Thoughts 15:25 - Outro
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Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevWe Went Undercover to Win a Massive Game JamJonas Tyroller2022-07-31 | We went undercover in the GMTK 2022 game jam and tried to win it all. Competitive game development mode activated! Here is how it went...
Special thanks to: ➤ Yän for carrying me with his art and sound design: youtube.com/c/Y%C3%A4nGamedev ➤ Game Maker's Toolkit for hosting this jam: youtube.com/c/MarkBrownGMT ➤ Eva for playtesting and making the itch wallpaper
Time stamps: 0:00 - Epic Intro 0:38 - Day 1 2:47 - Day 2 4:16 - Day 3 7:00 - Waiting for the Results 7:38 - Our Finished Game 8:36 - Results and Epic Outro
I made a level editor for my indie game Will You Snail. In this devlog I wanna show you how it went! Enjoy, try it out and let me know what you think! ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: discord.gg/G3mRDrK
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0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Day 1 2:01 - Day 2 3:45 - Day 3 4:25 - Day 4 5:31 - Day 5 7:25 - Day 6 8:58 - Day 7 10:32 - Day 8 10:55 - Day 9 11:50 - Day 10 13:01 - Day 11 14:32 - Day 12 16:00 - Day 13 18:09 - Day 14 19:33 - Day 15 20:37 - Try it out now!
#gamedev #indiedev #devlogI PLAYED YOUR GAMES! | Game Design FeedbackJonas Tyroller2022-06-10 | I played your indie games and here is my feedback for you! Hope you enjoy. :)
28:05 - Beans on Chain by Daniel Battersby, Carl Bertolino, James Harcourt, Niall Morrison and Josh Pattman Play on itch: carlpilot.itch.io/beans-on-chain
Do you want to submit a game as well? Please keep your eyes open for an announcement. I always announce new submission phases a few weeks beforehand on Twitter, Discord and YouTube.
Big thank you for all of the awesome games and prototypes you sent me! It was a pleasure to play them.
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesignMaking a Game With 10 Lines of Code Only (Challenge)Jonas Tyroller2022-05-20 | ➤ Download GameMaker for free: https://opr.as/JonasGM Thanks to GameMaker for sponsoring the video!
In this game development challenge I tried to make games with just 10 lines of code.
0:00 - Intro 0:44 - Game 1: Flappy Duck 1:06 - Game 2: Breakup 3:59 - Game 3: Fishy Chase 6:57 - Challenge Rules 7:32 - Game 4: Driveover 10:38 - Game 5: Ville Cellule
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev #gamemakerI PLAYED YOUR GAMES! | Game Design FeedbackJonas Tyroller2022-04-30 | I played your indie games and here is my feedback for you! Hope you enjoy. :)
This video was edited by TheShelfman. He makes game dev content as well. Check out his videos, too! ➤ Shelfman on YouTube: youtube.com/user/TheShelfGames
Do you want to submit a game as well? Please keep your eyes open for an announcement. I always announce new submission phases a few weeks beforehand on Twitter, Discord and YouTube.
Big thank you for all of the awesome games and prototypes you sent me! It was a pleasure to play them.
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesignTesting 6 Commercial Games That Were Made by YouTubersJonas Tyroller2022-04-08 | I played six video games made by other game dev YouTubers and gave them a review on Steam. ➤ Play my game Will You Snail: store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: discord.gg/G3mRDrK
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevHow my Game Launch Went on SteamJonas Tyroller2022-03-18 | My indie game "Will You Snail?" is coming out now and here are some first numbers and impressions from the launch! ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: discord.gg/G3mRDrK
#gamedev #indiedevWill You Snail Original Soundtrack! - Full AlbumJonas Tyroller2022-03-11 | This is the original Will You Snail soundtrack (OST). A full album of indie game music!
All Tracks: 0:00 - 01 - Another Simulation 0:14 - 02 - Jump and Die 1:22 - 03 - Simulated Life 4:57 - 04 - Quietly Searching 6:36 - 05 - Let's Make It Pain 7:16 - 06 - Admitting Defeat 7:50 - 07 - Shelly Fire 11:00 - 08 - Demolition Warning 14:17 - 09 - Unicorn Victory 14:52 - 10 - Disco of Doom 18:50 - 11 - Chill Zone 21:29 - 12 - Mr. Dance 25:36 - 13 - Underwater 28:03 - 14 - Mama Squid 32:02 - 15 - Death by Nanobots 36:42 - 16 - Helpy Loves You 39:56 - 17 - Winter Mode 42:10 - 18 - Artificial Joy 49:01 - 19 - Tension 49:31 - 20 - Final Encounter 53:31 - 21 - Supremacy 53:52 - 22 - Reality Diving 57:44 - 23 - Hello AI ft. Jason Hanes 1:01:45 - 24 - Hello AI Ancestry ft. Jason Hanes 1:05:22 - 25 - Hello AI Ancestry
Credits: Composed by Jonas Tyroller Mastered by Jodhi Mather-Pike "Hello AI ft. Jason Hanes": Vocals by Jason Hanes Produced by Eric Phillips "Hello AI Ancestry ft. Jason Hanes": Mixed and Mastered by Jason Earley
You are free to use this soundtrack for commercial and noncommercial use on all social media platforms. Don't publish or reupload this soundtrack in unchanged or almost unchanged form. Use as background music and in derivative works is fine. Giving credit is appreciated! :) ➤ Buy the soundtrack on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1263790/Will_You_Snail_Soundtrack ➤ Download stems and midi for remixing: jonas-tyroller.itch.io/remix-will-you-snail
The audio visualization was made in Unity. Special thanks to Yän and Kieran Caveney for the inspiration. ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ
This video is four years of indie game development, all my devlogs, combined into a juicy making-of for Will You Snail. 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - 2018 10:00 - 2019 16:38 - 2020 20:56 - 2021 23:17 - 2022
A day in the life of an indie game developer: (Shortly before releasing / publishing my game on Steam) 0:00 - Intro 0:20 - Work in the Morning 2:22 - Going for a Walk (and Rambling) 4:26 - Afternoon Hours 6:20 - Work in the Evening 7:34 - Wishlist my Dudes
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev #devlogI Made 10,000,000,000 Games! (World Record)Jonas Tyroller2022-01-14 | I Made 10 Billion Games in 3 Days. A game dev challenge using Unity and procedural generation.
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevEvery Game I Ever Made (~20 Years)Jonas Tyroller2021-12-18 | In this game dev video I show you every game I ever made in as little time as humanly possible.
Our community: ● Join our creative game dev community on Discord: discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ
0:00 - First Games 2:00 - Early Games 3:30 - The Ago of Widescreen 5:15 - First Releases 6:00 - Game School 7:15 - Making Friends 8:30 - Going Full Time Indie 10:35 - The Final Game (for now)
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevA New Way to Think About Productivity (by a Game Developer)Jonas Tyroller2021-11-26 | There is so much great productivity advice out there, yet here we are procrastinating away and feeling bad about ourselves. Perhaps we can apply some lessons from game development to this problem? I think it might be time for a new way to think about productivity.
0:00 - Intro 0:27 - Why are we unhappy? 2:18 - Why do we care? 3:02 - Make your requirements less dumb! 4:24 - Why your factory should be first! 6:11 - Why most productivity advice doesn't work. 7:32 - Design your factory. 9:10 - Design your habits. 10:19 - Maintenance. 11:04 - Let's actually do it now!
Hope you enjoy. :) #productivity #gamedevI PLAYED YOUR GAMES! | Game Design FeedbackJonas Tyroller2021-10-22 | I played your indie games and here is my feedback for you! Hope you enjoy. :)
This video was edited by TheShelfman. He makes game dev content as well. Check out his videos, too! ● Shelfman on YouTube: youtube.com/user/TheShelfGames
Do you want to submit a game as well? Please keep your eyes open for an announcement. I always announce new submission phases a few weeks beforehand on Twitter, Discord and YouTube.
Big thank you for all of the awesome games and prototypes you sent me! It was a pleasure to play them.
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesignHow We Made an Indie Game Hit in 6 Months!Jonas Tyroller2021-10-01 | 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?
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevSpending $20,000 On My Indie Game! (XXL Devlog)Jonas Tyroller2021-09-08 | In this devlog I want to show you the progress I made on my indie game Will You Snail during the last 9 months and give you an insight why finishing games as a solo developer is such a big challenge.
0:00 - Intro 0:55 - What Happened So Far 2:09 - New Story Elements 4:02 - Squid's Facial Animations 4:48 - New Game Mode 5:41 - Soundtrack Additions 7:57 - Color Rework (Again) 8:59 - Tons of Other Changes 9:36 - The Translation Disaster 14:03 - Talking About Money ($20,000) 16:34 - Release Date News
Hope you enjoy and let me know if you have any questions. :) #gamedev #indiedevI PLAYED YOUR GAMES! | Game Design Feedback.Jonas Tyroller2021-08-20 | I played your indie games and here is my feedback for you! Hope you enjoy. :)
This video was edited by TheShelfman. He makes game dev content as well. Check out his videos, too! ● Shelfman on YouTube: youtube.com/user/TheShelfGames
I recorded 5 more games, but the video was already too long so we decided to put those into a seperate video. It'll release a few weeks later.
Big thank you for all of the awesome games and prototypes you sent me! It was a pleasure to play them.
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesignCan We Combine 4 Games Into One? | Game Dev ChallengeJonas Tyroller2021-07-23 | A game dev challenge that turned out way more difficult than expected...
Community: ● Join our creative game dev community on Discord: discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevThe Game Jam ExperienceJonas Tyroller2021-06-08 | Recenlty I've started noticing some patterns in the game jams I participated in. What is a game jam and how do they work? This is every game jam ever.
Join The Community: ● Join our creative game dev community on Discord: discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevI Built an Actual Gaming ToasterJonas Tyroller2021-04-30 | Yeah, it can't make toast anymore... but you can play Fall Guys on it. :P
// About this video I built a custom homemade gamepad using a Teensy microcontroller and put int inside of a toaster together with a little display. Everything connects via usb and hdmi to my PC. Now I can play almost any video game on it. I played Fall Guys, Track Mania, Jelly Drift by Dani, Superflight, my own game Will You Snail and more. A very cool electronics and programming project for a curious indie game developer like me. How is gaming on a toaster really like? I tried it out so you don't have to.
0:00 - Intro 0:15 - The Plan 0:30 - Research And Experiments 4:26 - Building The Toaster 7:21 - The Finished Product 7:48 - Playing Games 9:47 - Outro Sketch
// About me I make a mixture of educational and entertaining game dev content. I'm co-creator of the indie game ISLANDERS as part of Grizzly Games and currently working on my next commercial solo project Will You Snail. This channel documents my full time indie dev journey, all the way from its beginning in 2018. I'd be honored if you decide to stick around to see where the journey goes.
● Join our creative game dev community on Discord: discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ A discord server about making games together and sharing experiences with each other.
// Check out these videos If you enjoyed this video, here are some other really good ones I was inspired by:
I want to thank my dad for all of the amazing support he gave me for this video as well as Dani and Sam Hogan for their awesome advice and feedback. Also thank YOU for watching!
Hope you enjoy. :) #gaming #gamedev #indiedevHow To Sell More Games on Steam! (Store Page Optimization)Jonas Tyroller2021-03-29 | How do you make a great store page for your indie game on Steam to get more wishlists, downloads and ultimately sales? Professional indie game marketeer Chris Zukowski shares his best marketing and optimizations tips and tricks to make sure your Steam page gets the visibility it deserves. This video is a must watch for everybody who wants to succeed as a full time indie game developer.
● Check out Chris' free course on how to set up a better Steam page: howtomakeasteampage.com
MY STEAM PAGE FOR WILL YOU SNAIL 0:31 - How People Browse Your Steam Page 5:30 - How To Tag Your Game on Steam 12:23 - Best Practices for the "About This Game" Section 16:47 - How Many Wishlists Should You Have? (My Analytics) 21:05 - How To Promote Your Game to Get More Wishlists 24:15 - How To Analyze Your CTR on Steam 26:22 - How To Get Visibility From Discovery Queue
STEAM PAGES BY OTHER INDIE DEVELOPERS 29:16 - Karlson by Dani 34:58 - Hollow Knight by Team Cherry 40:17 - Glitcheon by Yän, River and Bonicle 46:29 - Slimekeep by BenBonk 52:52 - Dorfromantik by Toukana
Please be so kind to share this video with your developer friends to make sure I can keep making these. :)
Hope you enjoy! #gamedev #indiedevWe Made 1000 Video Games About FailureJonas Tyroller2021-03-15 | I challenged you to create video games where failure is progress. You had 72 hours to make them and you submitted over 1000 games. These are the final results of Wowie Jam 3.0.
In this video I challenge the developers of Glitcheon, a game with intentional bugs, to a speed running competition. Let's see how much progress they made on their game since last year and let's also see if they can beat my platforming skills...
Wowie jam is the annual game jam I host for my YouTube community. A game jam is an online event where game developers come together and make games in a short amount of time (either alone or together in teams). Wowie Jam is hosted on itch. To sign up, just click the link at the top of the description. The best games will be featured on my channel. If you have any questions about the jam or want to find a team, a good place to ask is on our Discord server.
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevWill You Snail - Early Trailer (2021)Jonas Tyroller2021-01-30 | Let's consider this the first official trailer for Will You Snail? It might still be a while till the game comes out but I'm very confident this year is when it's gonna happen. ● Wishlist Will You Snail on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail ● Join the Will You Snail Discord: discord.gg/G3mRDrK I'm already both very scared and hyped at the same time. Hope you like the new trailer! :)I Made a Mind Controlled GameJonas Tyroller2021-01-10 | I made a mind controlled game and using the NextMind brain reading device thingy. Is this the future of gaming? I tried it out so you don't have to.
Please note that NextMind sent me their Dev Kit for free. I didn't receive any other monetary compensation, though, and I'm free to say about it whatever I want. I agreed to this deal because I thought it would make for a fun video. :)
0:00 - Intro 0:28 - SETUP: What It Does 2:00 - INSIDE: How It Works 3:15 - TESTING: Using It in Unity 6:28 - GAME: Making a Mind Game 10:00 - REVIEW: What I Think
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevIs The Indie Game Dev Dream Real? - The Full TruthJonas Tyroller2020-12-21 | Is the indie game dev dream real or is it an unattainable lie nobody can realistically achieve? How hard is it to make indie games full time and make enough money to survive? I interviewed Thomas Brush, the creator of Neversong and Pinstripe, to find out more.
● Check out Thomas online course "Full Time Game Dev" using the code JONASISTHECOOLEST: full-time-game-dev.teachable.com/p/full-time-game-dev (This is not an affiliate link or a paid sponsorship. I basically traded the course shout-out against this interview opportunity.)
0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Survivorship Bias | Thomas Story 4:38 - Selling The Game Dev Dream 7:34 - Being Vulnerable (Kickstarter) 9:14 - Social Media & Marketing 14:20 - What Game Dev Is Really Like 16:35 - Financial Security & Growth 21:08 - Taking Shortcuts (Reusing Code) 24:46 - Dealing With The Risk of Failure 31:18 - Prioritization & Time Management 32:35 - The Role of Luck 36:11 - How To Make The Dream a Reality 39:52 - Diversifying Income Streams 42:30 - Some Motivational Words
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevTop 5 Ways to Break Unity (Fun Glitches)Jonas Tyroller2020-12-06 | My top 5 fun ways of breaking the Unity game engine. Prepare to see some crazy glitches, fractals and illusions while perhaps even learning a thing or two about how rendering in video games actually works.
0:00 - Intro 0:22 - Disable Clearing 2:08 - Everything To Rigidbody 2:54 - Extreme FOV 3:58 - Double Camera 5:52 - Inside Out 6:15 - Render Textures 7:30 - Coding Challenge 7:56 - The Jonas Box
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevI Built an Infinite Bathroom In UnityJonas Tyroller2020-10-19 | I created an infinite restroom on my PC using the Unity game engine and the wave function collapse algorithm. Procedurally generated toilets for everyone!
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev10 Steps To Making a Successful GameJonas Tyroller2020-09-05 | Here are 10 steps to making your first game successful based on the book GAMEDEV by Wlad Marhulets. If you're currently working on your first game or are thinking about making one, this summary is for you! Learn how to make a good game in no time at all. :)
● Wlad's Book on Amazon: amazon.com/dp/1735232505 (It goes into a lot more detail than what I managed to cover in this video here. It's a fun read. Can recommend.)
Big thank you to Wlad for providing me with the epic behind the scenes footage and photos. Big thank you also to Felix Wollner, who did the majority of the editing for this video.
I hope you enjoy! :) #gamedev #indiedevI Made The Fastest Snail in The Multiverse (Devlog)Jonas Tyroller2020-08-15 | In this devlog I want to show you the progress I made on my indie game Will You Snail. Enjoy. :)
Have a great day. #gamedev #indiedev3 Out of Control Developers Making a Game (In 48 Hours)Jonas Tyroller2020-07-25 | I teamed up with Noa from Blackthronprod and Yän to make a game in 48 hours for the GMTK game jam 2020. The topic of the jam was "Out of Control". I recorded the entire development process for you and edited it down to a quick and juicy devlog. This is the making of Nurery Curse.
2:00 - Brainstorming 4:53 - Prototyping 5:56 - Development Time 7:01 - Identity Crisis 8:01 - Will You Snail Plug (WISHLISHT! :D) 8:35 - Finding The Fun 9:51 - Adding Music 10:23 - Playing With Fire 10:58 - Sound Design
11:50 - Final Touches 12:33 - Panic!!!! 13:55 - Final Result & Ranking 14:55 - Out of Context 16:14 - Outro
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevDo You Have What It Takes To Make Indie Games?Jonas Tyroller2020-07-04 | What is the most important skill you need to master to make indie games? Here are your best answers as well as my personal opinion on how to succeed as an indie developer.
0:00 - Intro 0:23 - Coding 0:44 - Problem Solving 1:29 - Handling Criticism 1:58 - Imagination 2:23 - Learning Quickly 2:51 - Mindset 3:38 - Marketing 4:11 - Finishing 5:25 - Wishlist Will You Snail 5:58 - Communication 6:50 - Why All Skills Matter 7:20 - Random Squirrel 8:09 - The Most Important Skill 9:25 - Outro
Hope you enjoy and big shout out to everybody who participated in the discussion! Let me know what you think in the comments. :) #gamedev #indiedevI Played 1% of Your Games (My Feedback)Jonas Tyroller2020-06-20 | I played your indie games again! Let's talk game design. Keep in mind that this is just some relatively quick and spontaneous feedback. :)
9:01 - Adventure by SoupCream Play the game: soupcream.itch.io/adventure Levels are procedurally generated. There is a button to skip levels. (Jonas did an ooopsie.)
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevI Made a 500 IQ Vacuum Cleaner (Devlog)Jonas Tyroller2020-05-23 | In this indie game devlog I wan to give you a quick update on how the development of Will You Snail is going.
Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedevMaking a 72 Hour Game TogetherJonas Tyroller2020-05-02 | I teamed up with Noa Calice from Blackthornprod to make a game for Ludum Dare 46 in three days using the Unity game engine. I documented the development process for you in this crazy little devlog. Enjoy. :)
Keep making games and have a great time. See you soon! :) #gamedev #indiedevCan We Make This Button Fun To Press?Jonas Tyroller2020-04-14 | A quick game design video about the three fundamentals of fun. What is fun? How can you create it? Why is pressing buttons in video games any fun at all? Whether you're making games or just playing them, this should give you an introduction into the fascination psychology of fun.
This video is based on the work of other smart people. Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Actionable Gamification by Yu-Kai Chou and Rules of Play by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman.
The two games I showed as examples are One Finger Death Punch and Outer Wilds.
Hope you enjoy the video. Take care! :) #gamedev #gamedesignMaking 50 Games in 1 Day!Jonas Tyroller2020-03-22 | I tried to create 50 video games in just one day using the Unity engine. What a crazy game development challenge! Hope you enjoy. :)
Take care. :) #gamedev #indiedevTHIS Is Why Finishing a Game Is so HardJonas Tyroller2020-02-29 | In this devlog I want to show you the progress I made on my indie game Will You Snail in the last months and give you an insight why finishing games is so hard.