#  @jonastyroller Jonas Tyroller
Jonas Tyroller posts on YouTube about indie, dev, how to, this is the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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### Top Social Posts
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"Game Dev Advice I Changed My Mind On I started giving game dev advice on YouTube over [--] years ago and have learned a lot since. Here are some beliefs about game development that I changed my mind on 0:00 - Intro 0:24 - I Changed My Mind on Flow and Fun 2:30 - The Oversight That Killed My Game 3:45 - Game Ideas Don't Matter. Or Do They 5:01 - Marketing Does Not Work The Way I Expected 6:21 - My Model For Appeal Was Too Short-Sighted 9:19 - You (Don't) Need a Hook 10:06 - I Tried to Find More Things. But ehhh. My game Thronefall: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jpmoRe_Ntz4) 2025-03-17T12:08Z 228K followers, 95.8K engagements
"Marketing Indie Games as a Developer vs. Publisher This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Philomena Schwab co-founder/CEO of Stray Fawn Studio the creators of The Wandering Village Dungeon Clawler Nimbatus and Niche. She's the head of Stray Fawn's new publishing branch and she co-founded the Swiss Game Hub a co-working space for game developers. We talk about what it takes to make successful games community building early access publishing and women in game dev. Links to my Guest ➤ Bootcamp games: Check out the games and leave a comment https://swissgamehub.itch.io/ ➤ More learnings from"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NDaZ8sqRnZM) 2025-09-18T11:54Z 228K followers, 29.3K engagements
"This Problem Changes Your Perspective On Game Dev A new approach for thinking about game development and my very best advice for how to make a successful indie game. 0:00 - Design Is a Search Algorithm 1:33 - PROBLEM 1: Speed vs. Accuracy Tradeoff 3:26 - PROBLEM 2: Local Minimum 5:24 - PROBLEM 3: Infinite Search Space 7:52 - PROBLEM 4: Wrong Reward Function 15:58 - PROBLEM 5: Noisy Measurements 16:31 - PROBLEM 6: Exploration Costs 20:19 - PROBLEM 7: Multiple Captains 23:00 - Red Flags to Look Out For 25:27 - [--] Main Takeaways My game Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o5K0uqhxgsE) 2024-02-24T12:55Z 228K followers, 584.1K engagements
"Steam Demos Are the New Early Access This is a conversation with the Australian game developer Tommy co-creator of the tower defense game Gnomes. Thy made it in a custom Rust Engine with just [--] months of time and 0$ marketing budget. It looks like a game anyone could make but is it I was curious to learn more. Links to my Guests ➤ Gnomes on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133060/Gnomes/ ➤ Sea of Survivors on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2347940/Sea_of_Survivors/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 -"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CytZvXYLojA) 2025-12-12T11:57Z 228K followers, 22.6K engagements
"You (Probably) Can't Trust Game Dev Formulas This is a conversation with my game dev friend and former collegue Friedemann Allmenrder. We created ISLANDERS together he then went on to make many more fantastic indie games such as Pizza Possum Summer House and recently Slots & Daggers. In this conversation with dive into the philosophy of game dev creativity and I try to understand more about how Fridemman's process for making hit games looks like these days. Links to my Guests ➤ Slots & Daggers on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3631290/Slots__Daggers/ ➤ Summer House on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d0jJmaLDtbA) 2025-11-27T13:01Z 228K followers, 34.7K engagements
"What Sells on Steam: You Don't Need a Hook How do you make a successful indie game that actually sells on Steam I claim that you don't need a gameplay hook for your game. Here is why and what you need instead. 0:00 - What I Mean With "Hook" 1:00 - Experience Over Hooks 3:34 - Why Hooks Are Dangerous 5:23 - Four Pillars of Game Dev Success 7:20 - The Actual Problem 7:54 - Some Solution Ideas 14:28 - Focus on The Correct Problem Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uiBDyZ-Pf2M) 2025-10-07T10:17Z 228K followers, 163.8K engagements
"Marketing For Indie Games Land a Hit Game I interviewed Chris Zukowski on how to promote your indie game to set it up for success on Steam. This is everything you need to know about indie game marketing and more. ➤ Chris Blog & Newsletter: https://howtomarketagame.com/free 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - Marketing: Product vs. Promotion -- PRODUCT -- 2:06 - What Actually Sells on Steam 13:10 - Can You Adjust Your Game for Steam 14:45 - CCU Data of My Games 17:36 - Just Chasing The Trends 20:48 - Genre Matters. Embrace It 25:09 - Don't Forget to Make it Good. 25:39 - The Power of Appeal -- PROMOTION --"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-MH5OTWl3zA) 2024-12-04T10:44Z 228K followers, 117.6K engagements
"Best Code Architectures For Indie Games What are the best code architectures for indie games How should you structure your game dev projects Here are my takeaways and my advice from the games I've made so far. 0:00 - Spaghetti Code 0:45 - Reusable Systems & Glue 7:00 - Game Database 11:22 - Dealing With Time 12:46 - Simulation & View 15:19 - Final Advice Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8WqYQ1OwxJ4) 2025-08-24T15:08Z 228K followers, 246.2K engagements
"Write a Game Engine - WHY and HOW. Should you write your own game engine And how do you even write one I never quite understood why some game developers write their own game engines nowadays. A couple of days ago that changed because I got to talk to Travis Vroman who has written multiple game engines for his company and I got to ask him some of my most pressing questions: 0:47 Why should you write your own game engine 4:39 Why shouldn't you 9:48 How long does it take to write a game engine What takes the most time 12:45 What's the hardest part about writing a game engine 14:04 Who should"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gf5mMWHWNYc) 2018-07-08T14:05Z 228K followers, 418.5K engagements
"Making Successful Indie Games Is Simple (But Not Easy) The fastest and best crash course on how to make a commercially successful indie game for PC (on Steam). 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Algorithms Are The New Marketing 2:32 - A Framework For Commercial Success 3:06 - SCOPE: Doing More With Less 5:08 - MONETIZATION: Impulse Purchases or Hardcore Fans 5:42 - APPEAL: For Gaining Players 7:10 - FUN: For Keeping Players 8:44 - Prototyping: How to do it right. 10:07 - Development: Design is a Search Algorithm 10:36 - The [--] Different Strategies to Success 11:51 - The Most Important Bit ;) My games & other"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xej_wsBB5tY) 2024-09-13T10:29Z 228K followers, 279.5K engagements
"TikTok and Shorts Are Insane for Indie Devs This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Johan Grnvall who managed to succeed with his debut game Bopl Battle in some part due to his TikTok and YouTube Shorts strategy in other parts due to his analytical perspective and going above and beyond to serve a strong vision for his game. Links to my Guest ➤ Play Bopl Battle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1686940/Bopl_Battle/ ➤ Johan's YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@johangronvall9473/shorts Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M-lhm11KsjU) 2025-08-14T11:44Z 228K followers, 23K engagements
"Turn a Text-Only Game Into A Steam Hit This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Huw Millward the creator of Warsim: The Realm of Aslona an entirely text based asci kingdom simulation game (that was written to a single code file with 700K lines of code). Links to my Guest ➤ Play Warsim on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/659540/Warsim_The_Realm_of_Aslona/ ➤ Dim Parcio (Band): https://www.instagram.com/dimparcioband/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:56 - Why WARSIM worked 1:52 - From tiny sales to"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wxDJKxLQ7mk) 2025-08-22T12:04Z 228K followers, 19.5K engagements
"Test Your Game's Potential in Just [--] Days This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Ren Habermann who is behind games such as Domekeeper and PVKK (Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant) running a games studio called Bippinbits together with his wive. In this conversation we dive into how to validate your game ideas early. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist PVKK on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2956040/PVKK_Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant/ ➤ Play Domekeeper on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637320/Dome_Keeper/ ➤ Bippinbits Website: https://bippinbits.com/ Listen to the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xINHrIvtPrk) 2025-08-07T12:07Z 228K followers, 30.2K engagements
"Dear Game Developers Stop Messing This Up DeltaTime. This video is all about that mysterious variable that oh so many game developers seem to struggle with. How to use DeltaTime correclty I got the answers and hope this video will help to deepen your understanding about how to make frame rate independent video games. 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Creating The Illusion of Motion 1:11 - Simple Linear Movement 3:25 - But What is DeltaTime Exactly 5:42 - Fixed Updates 8:22 - Movement While Changing Speed 10:41 - Integrals And Why You Might Need Them 13:17 - Approximations And Why They Are Fine 14:30 -"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yGhfUcPjXuE) 2023-06-30T10:50Z 228K followers, 994.5K engagements
"Let's Name My Game (STOP ME :D) How to you come up with a name for your game How do you find the best name for your game How do you choose a name In this video I share my workflow for naming my current indie game title. Naming your game is extremely important in game development because the name of your game can decide between success and failure. It needs to be a catchy name one that is easy to remember one that is very unique and fits your game. In this video I use google docs to compare different game names with each other in order to choose the best one. I think this is a pretty smart way"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ycclu9kJws) 2018-02-14T15:00Z 221K followers, [----] engagements
"I Answer All Your Game Dev Questions Q&A In this video I answer all of your questions about game development. All the way from how to learn coding to how you can survive in the games industry. Wishlist Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ --- VIDEOS RECOMMENDED IN THIS VIDEO My game dev journey (old games): https://www.youtube.com/watchv=kok4qOWhS6U Unity tutorial for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=pCBqgREiSUE Indie game marketing video: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=UwjbLFImXOg How I get my game ideas:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=86qVqUkgKOM) 2019-10-04T13:11Z 222K followers, 22.1K engagements
"GAME DEV: I Played Your Games. (Again.) I asked you to send me your indie games if you want some feedback. In this video I check some of them out and take a little dive into their game design. Hope you (fellow game developers) find this useful. :) Wishlist Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ --- 00:17 - Vermin Hunter by Inturn Games Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1104030/Vermin_Hunter/ 6:21 - CupCakoon by Leonardo Fraga YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6VLX8BOkLU_5wW9F76Z-w Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeonardoFFraga1"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cn9V3ReolUg) 2019-11-16T08:00Z 222K followers, 147.2K engagements
"How To Make Sound Effects For Games This is a sound design tutorial for beginners covering all the basics from recording to editing (using Audacity). You'll learn how to create quality sound effects for video games. We hope you find this useful. :) Free Audacity Download: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/ Check out Blipsounds on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PQKyte4ZlC-xYWZS8oOSw Join the Blipsounds Discord: https://invite.gg/blipsounds --- THE BASICS 0:57 - What You Need to Get Started 1:25 - Audacity Crash Course SOUND DESIGN TECHNIQUES 4:33 - Layering 5:24 - Pitch"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kux_LvRl57U) 2019-11-30T11:24Z 222K followers, 446.4K engagements
"Playing The Dreadful Whispers by Blackthornprod Launch day gameplay of The Dreadful Whispers by Noa Calice aka Blackthornprod. The Dreadful Whispers on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1112340/The_Dreadful_Whispers/ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UvM_WP_DLaI) 2019-09-05T15:07Z 222K followers, 28.8K engagements
"How To Sell More Games on Steam (Store Page Optimization) 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: https://howtomakeasteampage.com/ Subscribe to Chris' free indie game marketing"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ht6xx9en-ZU) 2021-03-29T13:07Z 222K followers, 205.2K engagements
"Grinding Steam Review Guesser On Hard Mode I turned the Steam into a video game. Can you guess how successful a game is just by looking at its store page This is my Chrome plugin "Review Guesser" where you have to guess the number of reviews of random games on Steam. I added a new game mode and open sourced it on GitHub for all of you to try. Get my Review Guesser Chrome Extension on GitHub: ➤ https://github.com/LooveToLoose/Jonas-Review-Guesser Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kwjrVen-_Aw) 2025-11-16T11:19Z 228K followers, 19.4K engagements
"How to make your game 2X as fun - (In No Time.) How do you make your game more fun Here are a couple of effective tricks that will help you to make your game way more addicting and fun in not time You want to become a better game developer but you feel stuck and don't know how to improve any further This video should help you to up your game because all of these tips are extremely easy things I wish I would have known when I got started with game development. Making a fun game isn't all that difficult so I bet you can easily double the fun players have with your game in just a couple of hours"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=plj09H-aLOk) 2018-10-26T16:13Z 222K followers, 322K engagements
"The CrAItive Revolution - The Future of Art (Full Documentary) AI is here. Artists game developers writers voice actors video creators. All creative industries are about to be rattled up like never before. What does this mean for creatives How can you prepare What does the future hold In this full length (and ad-free) documentary I want to invite you to a deep dive into the topic of AI. I don't have all the answers but we need to start having a nuanced discussion about this right now before it's to late Collaborators: - David Shapiro: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidShapiroAutomator - Yn:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rFr6Ltlr7kI) 2023-02-25T15:20Z 227K followers, 310.9K engagements
"Making an Epic Boss For our Castle Builder Game (Devlog) ➤ Wishlist Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ In this devlog we go we keep working and expanding our minimalist medieval base defense game Thronefall. We make a new level we reach [---] days of development and we give the game to our first playtesters Enjoy some good gamedev. :) My last game: ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-eAwyH3DPnQ) 2023-05-20T10:28Z 228K followers, 73.6K engagements
"👑 Our Game Thronefall is OUT NOW ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ We're excited to announce that our medieval base defense game Thronefall is Out Now Welcome to this little launch party consisting of: 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Developer Talking to Camera :D 2:07 - Thronefall Release Trailer 4:22 - Tips and Tricks You Should Know 9:41 - Outro Now go Play :D More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1s0gFb-Ttls) 2023-08-02T15:00Z 228K followers, 56.1K engagements
"Make Your Indie Game Go Viral This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star) and your host Jonas Tyroller. In this episode I want to learn how to make wildly successful indie games that go viral a lot. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Cuffbust on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592220/CUFFBUST/ ➤ 2nd Channel (Game Design): @ScientiaLudos ➤ Main Channel: @TwoStarGames Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Look Where The Market Is Going 4:02 - What Makes For a Viral Game Idea 9:05 -"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2BsC1ywTHKU) 2025-07-20T08:00Z 228K followers, 51.8K engagements
"150+ Days of Development = YOU Can PLAY Now ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=u4mYGYhyS-A&list=PLgsD7taGtaBhNaErAOaiEiTzt6-lOpVp0 ➤ Press Kit: https://press.futurefriendsgames.com/thronefall We just released the demo for our next indie game Thronefall. In this devlog I show you how we got there after the video you can try it out and"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2Qyi7FahdHg) 2023-06-13T13:49Z 228K followers, 71.7K engagements
"Dear Creatives I Bet You Can Relate. Let's fix it Creative people tend to juggle way too many projects at once. How do you choose which projects to prioritize and work on How many projects should you have and how much is too much Let's figure it out. 0:00 - Intro 0:27 - My Situation 6:14 - Solutions 20:40 - Conclusion My game Thronefall: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Thronefall-2669627.html#Overview My last game "Will You Snail":"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2W1lZoZK-pE) 2025-05-02T16:55Z 228K followers, 55.3K engagements
"Making Music for Our Indie Game (Thronefall) Live Let's make some music for Thronefall together Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2WUp6-oRh3A) 2024-10-01T16:29Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"My Sister Learns Game Dev In [--] Days My sister wanted to try out game development so I taught her how to make games in Unity in just [--] days. Klara has a YouTube channel as well: @KlaraDreamArt Play her game on itch: https://syndrielle.itch.io/crossy-gramps 0:00 - Intro 0:23 - Humble Beginnings 3:21 - The Grind 4:16 - The Big Coding Exam 6:29 - Game Art 7:10 - Showing My Moves 8:00 - Learning Blender 8:51 - Polishing Practice 9:34 - Sound Design 10:17 - MAKING A FULL GAME GO 10:33 - Prototype [--] 10:55 - Prototype [--] 11:15 - Prototype [--] 11:36 - Picking a Prototype & Talking Strategy 13:21 - The"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3o75cdIgKAQ) 2025-02-20T14:50Z 228K followers, 51.2K engagements
"Grow Your Game Dev Success Gradually This is a conversation with Stephen Huang from @isto_inc. They made games such as "Get to Work" and "Atrio: The Dark Wild" each game more successful than the last. Sptephen tells his story and shares his best advice on how to grow your game dev success long term. Links to my Guests ➤ On YouTube: @isto_inc ➤ Get to Work on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2706170/Get_To_Work/ ➤ Atrio: The Dark Wild on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125390/Atrio_The_Dark_Wild/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4MeVsdRiD8E) 2025-11-06T14:01Z 228K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Announcing Thronefall's Release Date ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=u4mYGYhyS-A&list=PLgsD7taGtaBhNaErAOaiEiTzt6-lOpVp0 ➤ Press Kit: https://press.futurefriendsgames.com/thronefall We're excited to announce that our medieval base defense game Thronefall is releasing into Early Access on August 2nd [----] My last game: ➤ Play Will"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4UXHq31zUrQ) 2023-07-11T13:59Z 228K followers, 25K engagements
"Can We Make This Button Fun To Press 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. Wishlist Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ This video is based on the work of other smart people."
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7L1B5YaxxoA) 2020-04-14T08:58Z 228K followers, 1M engagements
"Their [--] Combat Game Made Them Millions This is a conversation with Danny Weinbaum from @EastshadeStudios the creators of one of my favorite roleplaying games Eastshade currently working on a new game called "Songs of Glimmerwick". How do you make successful adventure game What makes for good quests How to write peaceful games and bring them to satisfying conlcusion How to craft beautiful environments Links to my Guests ➤ On YouTube: @EastshadeStudios ➤ Eastshade on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/715560/Eastshade/ ➤ Songs of Glimmerwick on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8K9uYOQJf0o) 2025-11-20T11:57Z 228K followers, 20.2K engagements
"This Young Solo Dev Built a Steam Hit in [--] Months This is a conversation with @zoroarts8930 a young solo dev who managed to land an indie hit with his co-op game Paddle Paddle Paddle. We talk about that success how to potentially replicate it and also about the role of luck. Links to my Guest ➤ YouTube Channel: @zoroarts8930 ➤ Paddle Paddle Paddle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3570070/Paddle_Paddle_Paddle/ ➤ Makis Adventure on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1843110/Makis_Adventure/ ➤ Rogue Jungle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2352850/Rogue_Jungle/"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A0Uln_uynZA) 2025-11-13T13:00Z 228K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Thronefall Level Design Live Stream Let's develop a new Thronefall Level Together. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design level design"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DQbwystdZpU) 2024-07-16T16:43Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Writing Clean Code for Games (Industry Veteran) This is a conversation with Ricard Pillosu an industry veteran with over [--] years in both AAA and indie teams currently working as Co-Founder at Epictellers a 30+ head team working on the CRPG Starfinder: Afterlight. Links to my Guests ➤ Starfinder: Afterlight on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/3245640/ ➤ Epictellers Website: https://www.epictellers.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Why Big Success Can Be Dangerous 3:31 - Luck Is 70%"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fxea6TG0PXk) 2025-12-04T13:00Z 228K followers, 27.1K engagements
"We Made a Massive Update For Will You Snail Will You Snail Infinite is coming out as a free update on September 6th [----] ➤ Get Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK "Will You Snail Infinite" is a massive free update for the core game "Will You Snail". It brings Steam Workshop support and a brand new level editor. For press: ➤ Press Kit: https://jonas-tyroller.itch.io/will-you-snail-press-kit Music: ➤ Hello 80s by Goodie: https://youtu.be/EVig7bCsFh4 Will You Snail Will You Snail WYS"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LAGu0viWvms) 2023-08-14T12:10Z 228K followers, 42.6K engagements
"Make An Online Game That Lasts [--] Years This is a Game Dev Podcast today with my guest Benjamin Zuckerer from Cip Soft the creators of Tibia an MMO that has been under continuous operation and development for over [--] years. This is an entertaining and educational look behind the curtain of how to make and run online games that last for decades. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Persist Online on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2082980/Persist_Online/ ➤ Play Tibia Online: https://www.tibia.com/mmorpg/free-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game.php ➤ Jobs at Cip Soft Germany:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LGTOgZTUy0Q) 2025-07-31T12:00Z 228K followers, 16K engagements
"Game Dev Recap: Should You Make an MMO ➤ Watch the full interview with Benjamin Zuckerer: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=LGTOgZTUy0Q Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Persist Online on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2082980/Persist_Online/ ➤ Play Tibia Online: https://www.tibia.com/mmorpg/free-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game.php ➤ Jobs at Cip Soft Germany: https://www.cipsoft.com/de/karriere/stellenangebote Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OIxxkbbbvE4) 2025-09-01T12:00Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"100 Days of Game Dev Making of Thronefall (Devlog) ➤ Wishlist Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ In this devlog we go we keep working and expanding our minimalist medieval base defense game Thronefall. We make a new level we reach [---] days of development and we give the game to our first playtesters Enjoy some good gamedev. :) My last game: ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TmD1RJeddDg) 2023-04-29T10:30Z 228K followers, 103.4K engagements
"Can You Guess Which Game Is a Success I turned the Steam into a video game. Can you guess how successful a game is just by looking at its store page This is my Chrome plugin "Review Guesser" where you have to guess the number of reviews of random games on Steam. It's surpisingly interesting and highly educational for game developers. Enjoy Get my Review Guesser Chrome Extension on GitHub: ➤ https://github.com/LooveToLoose/Jonas-Review-Guesser Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2cCEMwvHI) 2025-11-11T13:00Z 228K followers, 46.5K engagements
"How to Market Your Indie Game In this video I want to share everything I've learned about indie game marketing so far 0:00 - Introduction 0:50 - CHAPTER [--] MAKE THE CORRECT GAME 1:10 - Make something unique 2:00 - Make something people want to play 3:39 - Make your indie game benefit from content creators 5:43 - Make an appealing game 9:25 - Make a game that is contagious 10:56 - CHAPTER [--] GET THE WORD OUT THERE 11:37 - Use social media 13:22 - Set up your Steam page early 14:37 - Make your store page absolutely perfect 15:39 - Make an awesome game trailer and thumbnail 17:10 - Pick a good"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UwjbLFImXOg) 2019-04-26T14:00Z 228K followers, 162.9K engagements
"200 Days of Game Development In this devlog I show you how we made a new map ("Uferwind") and a new infinite game mode ("Eternal Trials") for our indie game Thronefall. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=V305WJAZ8xM) 2023-12-06T13:04Z 228K followers, 86.7K engagements
"YOUR GAMES Game Design Feedback I played your indie games and here is my game design feedback for you Hope you enjoy. :) 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - Blessed Burden by Podoba Interactive ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379230/Blessed_Burden/ ➤ X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/podoba_interact 10:20 - IDUN by IDUN Interactive ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186360/IDUN/ 18:58 - Star Vaders by StarVaders Studio ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097570/StarVaders/ ➤ X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/AxolotlStar My games & other links:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VW5d4y4AoQ4) 2024-07-05T14:25Z 228K followers, 61.4K engagements
"Their Second Game Did Worse Now What This is a conversation with Julian Colbus from DigiTales Interactive the creators of Lacuna and Between Horizons. We talk about regrets from their last game how to succeed with story based games and how to make it as an indie game developer. Links to my Guest ➤ Lacuna on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364100/Lacuna__A_SciFi_Noir_Adventure/ ➤ Between Horizons on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/Between_Horizons__A_SciFi_Detective_Adventure/ ➤ The Great Sassanelli on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WvlQbqYsFSk) 2025-10-30T12:01Z 228K followers, 13.8K engagements
"Making the Correct Game Is Key This is a conversation with Timo Falcke and Zwi Zausch two of the devs at Toukana Interactive the developers of Dorfromantik and Star Birds. This is a game dev success story with some theory crafting about how to potentially reproduce an outcome like this. Links to my Guests ➤ Star Birds on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2719750/Star_Birds/ ➤ Dorfromantik on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/Dorfromantik/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Meet Toukana"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmJd60NEJc) 2025-10-16T11:01Z 228K followers, 19.8K engagements
"Build an Online Game In a Simple Database This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Tyler F. Cloutier co-founder and head of Clockwork Labs who are building their MMO Bitcraft Online entirely in a database. They are making this database available for other developers under the name SpacetimeDB. It's a real time relational database that promises to massively simplify infrastructure required for both applications and games alike almost like an operating system for the cloud. I'm very on board with their vision. Can it actually hold up Let's have a look. Links to my Guest ➤ SpacetimeDB:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gJSSMwkX21o) 2025-09-26T13:22Z 228K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Game Dev: How To Be More Productive In this dev log I documented how I motivate myself to be productive and try not to procrastinate over annoying coding tasks. Hope you enjoy. :) ISLANDERS on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046030/ISLANDERS/ Join my Game Dev Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ game dev game development game developer game dev tips game dev motivation indie game dev indie game dev motivation coding productivity game dev productivity game dev tips and tricks game developer tips devlog dev log game coding make a game indie game development indie game developer"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jS442Npgy1A) 2019-05-31T13:53Z 228K followers, 11.6K engagements
"We Made a Game With [--] Devs - (Biggest Team in GMTK 2023) ➤ Get organized with Miro for free: https://miro.com/yt/maximize-collaboration/ Thanks to Miro for sponsoring this video We signed up to the GMTK [----] game jam with a massive team consisting of [--] developers. In this devlog I'll show you how it went and what we learned from this crazy game making experience. Our finished game on itch: https://jonas-tyroller.itch.io/normal-activities Huge thank you to the entire team You were fantastic Organization: Yn (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT-MNEM5x0eAdh2MbT8IiTw) Jonas Writing: Harkie 3D"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jg16lIBjmyY) 2023-07-27T10:01Z 228K followers, 406.7K engagements
"Playing Your Will You Snail Levels WYS Infinite Will You Snail Infinite is out as a free update for owners of the game on Steam now ➤ Get Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK "Will You Snail Infinite" is a massive free update for the core game "Will You Snail". It brings Steam Workshop support and a brand new level editor. In this live stream I will play some of your levels and perhaps even create some of my own. For press: ➤ Press Kit:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nbJ6ajwDNqc) 2023-09-07T05:58Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Min-Maxing Your Steam Launch This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Cory Darby a indie games strategist / profissional min-maxer and the co-creator of Click & Conquer a game that with just [---] hours of work managed to turn over 100K in profits. We talk about how to optimize your Steam launch for maximum visibility and where the indie games industry on Steam is going. Links to my Guest ➤ No cost 30-Minute consultation: https://tidycal.com/ckdarby/biz-game-dev ➤ Cory on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThornityCo ➤ Click and Conquer on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vWidan8ggGo) 2025-10-02T11:01Z 228K followers, 18.7K engagements
"Making a Cozy Game Hit in [--] Months This is a conversation with Kathrin Radtke from Spellgarden Games the tiny development team behind Sticky Business and Ritual of Raven. We talk about making successful cozy games scope marketing and more. Links to my Guests ➤ Sticky Business on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2303350/Sticky_Business/ ➤ Ritual of Raven on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2066520/Ritual_of_Raven/ ➤ Spellgarden Website (Social Media links etc): https://spellgardengames.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z3FS2MjdwuA) 2025-10-23T11:36Z 228K followers, 20.6K engagements
"Make a Competitive Strategy Game Survive This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Youge Wen aka. "Bearlike" the lead developer of my favorite strategy game Mechabellum published by Dreamhaven the publisher and developer founded by Blizzard's Mike Morhaime. We talk about the death spiral for online multiplayer games game design balancing for Mechabellum and exchange some advice with each other. Links to my Guest ➤ Play Mechabellum on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/669330/Mechabellum/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4VC3uEPFtlQ) 2025-09-04T13:22Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"51 Game Design Tips (In [--] Minutes) Are you working on a video game and looking for inspiration Do you need to come up with a good game idea Here are a ton of Game Design Tips and Tricks for you that should help you to get started. You can find all games shown in this video here: https://itch.io/jam/wowie-jam/entries"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5ijuH_oMu-U) 2019-02-08T16:52Z 220K followers, 251.1K engagements
"Game Dev Recap: Making Viral Games This is a short summary of the game dev podcast I recorded with Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star Games). We talked about how to make your indie game go viral and I tried to summarize the key points and takeaways for you. ➤ Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=2BsC1ywTHKU Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Cuffbust on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592220/CUFFBUST/ ➤ 2nd Channel (Game Design): @ScientiaLudos ➤ Main Channel: @TwoStarGames Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DGxmw9xa0eU) 2025-08-19T11:42Z 228K followers, 17.1K engagements
"How to Design a Puzzle Game In [--] Steps Designing puzzles for video games can be quite a challenge when you don't know how to best go about it. In this quick crash course you'll learn a reliable [--] step process for coming up with absolutely outstanding logic puzzles in no time at all. Hope you find it useful. :) Get my games on Steam: Will You Snail: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ISLANDERS: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046030/ISLANDERS/ Join our creative community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Thanks for watching. :)"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IxEg_Dr2utc) 2019-10-11T14:00Z 211K followers, 113.1K engagements
"We Made [----] Games About AI Here are the results from Wowie Jam [--] We Made over [----] 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. ➤ Play the results of this game jam: https://itch.io/jam/wowie-jam-4/results ➤ Play my game Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Honorable Mentions 7:58 - Top [--] - [--] 9:34 - Bonus Challenge 10:46 - Top [--] - [--] 12:14"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L9N2UwWxeUg) 2022-09-17T11:56Z 214K followers, 86.1K engagements
"Spending $20000 On My Indie Game (XXL Devlog) In this devlog I want to show you the progress I made on my indie game Will You Snail during the last [--] months and give you an insight why finishing games as a solo developer is such a big challenge. Wishlist Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MaFpf3nmHmo) 2021-09-08T12:54Z 210K followers, 173.4K engagements
"I Recorded the Release of Our Indie Game In this devlog I show you how we released our indie game Thronefall into early access on Steam. The game is lining up to become a hit so far and it feels weird. Thanks for following along on this strange game development journey Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_AGlduiULD0) 2023-09-19T13:03Z 228K followers, 104.8K engagements
"They Paid Us To Upgrade Our Indie Game We sold our game IP and they actually made a sequel For transparency: I was not paid to make this video but I did recieve an early test key for free. Also we sold our IP to them (duh) so I want the game to do well. Play ISLANDERS New Shores on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2368930/ISLANDERS_New_Shores/ 0:00 - Intro 0:14 - A Short Development History 1:05 - How We Ended Up Selling The IP 2:30 - What Happened Next 2:54 - They Actually Made a Sequel 6:08 - Game Dev Reacts To. Sequel (lol) 7:12 - Should You Sell The IP of Your Game 9:31 - How to"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b3aL3c9XNVo) 2025-07-05T18:58Z 228K followers, 99.7K engagements
"Making of Thronefall: Final Devlog I documented the entire development process of our indie game Thronefall. This is the final devlog in this series. See behind the curtain how we made and finished Thronefall and follow me around for a week in my life. Thanks for all the love and support Thronefall [---] is OUT NOW: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Thronefall-2669627.html#Overview My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bnbBd-zoHPQ) 2024-10-11T13:48Z 228K followers, 116.3K engagements
"Thronefall Level Design Live Stream Let's develop a new Thronefall Level Together. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design level design"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ecX9KHXgOvE) 2024-07-15T15:47Z 228K followers, 13K engagements
"I Made a Mind Controlled Game 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. Wishlist my game Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iLVgG3hLgko) 2021-01-10T09:02Z 204K followers, 152K engagements
"How to Sell Your Game on Steam In this video I want to teach you the basics about uploading publishing and selling your game on Steam. Content of this video: 0:00 - Introduction 1:11 - Make a Game and create a Steam account. 1:20 - Sign up to Steamworks. 2:11 - Create a new game on Steamworks. 2:58 - Implement the Steamworks API. 3:49 - Upload your game to Steam. 5:01 - Set the game settings. Create your store page. 5:34 - Publish the store page. 7:08 - Generate Steam keys. 8:44 - Publish your game on launch day. 9:13 - Interact with your community and update the game. 10:40 - Keep an eye"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kBMeL_GLA28) 2019-04-19T15:40Z 211K followers, 410.7K engagements
"Unbeatable AI Ruins My Game ➤ Thanks to GameMaker for sponsoring the video - Download GameMaker for free and start today: https://opr.as/GM-Jonas2 ➤ Download the BROINK project files from Git: https://github.com/LooveToLoose/BROINK I made a competitive PvP game. Then I realized I don't have any friends (who can beat me) so I made an unbeatable AI to play against. Let's just say I learned some new lessons here. Be careful what you wish for it might ruin your game. Lol. Besides that this billiard like game turned out surprisingly classy and fun so I decided to publish it as public domain (or"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kF7htOq0B3k) 2023-03-17T10:39Z 206K followers, 67.9K engagements
"YOUR GAMES Game Design Analysis I played your indie games and here is my feedback for you Hope you enjoy. :) 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - Project Tomb Runner by Edgar Canelas & Ibrahim zhan ➤ Itch Profile: https://ibrahim-oezhan.itch.io/ ➤ Itch Profile: https://deadllysin.itch.io/ 9:11 - Town Alight by Doops nova harbor Sergio Pulido ➤ Play on Itch: https://anthuulos.itch.io/town-alight ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/ColonelDoops ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/anthuulos ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/sporadicword 15:46 - Dreaming Worlds by Dominik Wolff ➤ Wishlist on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kfsII4O3H_s) 2024-05-11T16:53Z 228K followers, 64.7K engagements
"New Soundtrack for Ovus Nova There is new music for Ovus Nova. This game soundtrack has been created by DarkMiracle. Here is his soundcloud account: https://soundcloud.com/dark-miracle How do you like the new OST Is it better than what we had before Well yes obviously it sounds a lot more professional It's really good background music because it sounds interesting but it's not too distracting. I really like these sounds and I hope I can use something like that in the final game. Have a listen"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=olAC7x51aAM) 2018-03-05T15:00Z 215K followers, [---] engagements
"AI Will Make Better Games Than Me One Day Artificial Intelligence will have some massive impacts on game development not only as an incredible tool for game developers but we're also getting closer and closer to AI agents making full on video games without any intervention. This is a deep dive on the subject. We'll talk about why AI generated games are much closer than a lot of you may think what it means for the future and how to cope with it as a game developer. Enjoy :) The Basics: 0:00 - Intro 1:31 - The State of Text Generation 2:54 - The State of Image Generation 3:39 - Prompt"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qOArU7hpHtw) 2023-11-14T12:45Z 228K followers, 67.8K engagements
"How To Animate In Unity 3D In this Unity tutorial you'll learn how to animate anything from elevators to bridges all the way to patrolling enemies. We'll cover all the fundamentals you need in order to get started with animation in Unity 3D. Full Project Download: https://github.com/LooveToLoose/unity-tutorial Back To Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=pCBqgREiSUE Back To Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=V29O_Q7W2ZU My game WILL YOU SNAIL on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ 0:31 - COOL CUBES ANIMATION 0:31 - Unity Animation Basics 1:35 - How to Loop"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sgHicuJAu3g) 2019-08-30T14:03Z 210K followers, 430.8K engagements
"How my Game Launch Went on Steam 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: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK Video Content: 0:00 - Sales Numbers (How much money do indie game developers make) 3:41 - Reading Reviews 6:49 - Coverage on YouTube ➤ Olexa: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=IJmiWM98Cnk ➤ Robotic Press: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=ZHlxtcefCqI ➤ Full Graemeplays:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wXcUH9Ms1cE) 2022-03-18T13:25Z 210K followers, 190K engagements
"GET GAME IDEAS - The Ultimate Guide The first thing you need whenever you dive into making a video game is a promising game idea This is how to get one Coming up with game ideas is easy just coming up with a good one is quite tricky. In this video I tell you how to identify high quality game ideas and I'll share my [--] step process to generate them. This method has delivered pretty promising results for me so far and I hope it'll do the same for you If you want to get some feedback for your idea make sure to leave it in the comments or join our discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Good look on"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y2IAjXl5xRU) 2018-12-14T15:00Z 217K followers, 191.7K engagements
"3 Layers Every Online Multiplayer Game Runs On This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Erick Passos from Photon Engine (Exit Games Inc.) a company that provides networking solutions and server architecture for online multiplayer games. I try to understand more about how how online multiplayer works in general and in particular how to use Photon's Quantum and Fusion to develop online games faster. Links to my Guest ➤ Photon Engine: https://www.photonengine.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - The [--] Layers"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zDM9HnuXYX0) 2025-09-11T11:06Z 228K followers, 10.2K engagements
"Steam Demos Are the New Early Access This is a conversation with the Australian game developer Tommy co-creator of the tower defense game Gnomes. Thy made it in a custom Rust Engine with just [--] months of time and 0$ marketing budget. It looks like a game anyone could make but is it I was curious to learn more. Links to my Guests ➤ Gnomes on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133060/Gnomes/ ➤ Sea of Survivors on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2347940/Sea_of_Survivors/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 -"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CytZvXYLojA) 2025-12-12T11:57Z 228K followers, 22.6K engagements
"Writing Clean Code for Games (Industry Veteran) This is a conversation with Ricard Pillosu an industry veteran with over [--] years in both AAA and indie teams currently working as Co-Founder at Epictellers a 30+ head team working on the CRPG Starfinder: Afterlight. Links to my Guests ➤ Starfinder: Afterlight on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/3245640/ ➤ Epictellers Website: https://www.epictellers.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Why Big Success Can Be Dangerous 3:31 - Luck Is 70%"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fxea6TG0PXk) 2025-12-04T13:00Z 228K followers, 27.1K engagements
"You (Probably) Can't Trust Game Dev Formulas This is a conversation with my game dev friend and former collegue Friedemann Allmenrder. We created ISLANDERS together he then went on to make many more fantastic indie games such as Pizza Possum Summer House and recently Slots & Daggers. In this conversation with dive into the philosophy of game dev creativity and I try to understand more about how Fridemman's process for making hit games looks like these days. Links to my Guests ➤ Slots & Daggers on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3631290/Slots__Daggers/ ➤ Summer House on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d0jJmaLDtbA) 2025-11-27T13:01Z 228K followers, 34.7K engagements
"Their [--] Combat Game Made Them Millions This is a conversation with Danny Weinbaum from @EastshadeStudios the creators of one of my favorite roleplaying games Eastshade currently working on a new game called "Songs of Glimmerwick". How do you make successful adventure game What makes for good quests How to write peaceful games and bring them to satisfying conlcusion How to craft beautiful environments Links to my Guests ➤ On YouTube: @EastshadeStudios ➤ Eastshade on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/715560/Eastshade/ ➤ Songs of Glimmerwick on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8K9uYOQJf0o) 2025-11-20T11:57Z 228K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Grinding Steam Review Guesser On Hard Mode I turned the Steam into a video game. Can you guess how successful a game is just by looking at its store page This is my Chrome plugin "Review Guesser" where you have to guess the number of reviews of random games on Steam. I added a new game mode and open sourced it on GitHub for all of you to try. Get my Review Guesser Chrome Extension on GitHub: ➤ https://github.com/LooveToLoose/Jonas-Review-Guesser Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kwjrVen-_Aw) 2025-11-16T11:19Z 228K followers, 19.4K engagements
"This Young Solo Dev Built a Steam Hit in [--] Months This is a conversation with @zoroarts8930 a young solo dev who managed to land an indie hit with his co-op game Paddle Paddle Paddle. We talk about that success how to potentially replicate it and also about the role of luck. Links to my Guest ➤ YouTube Channel: @zoroarts8930 ➤ Paddle Paddle Paddle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3570070/Paddle_Paddle_Paddle/ ➤ Makis Adventure on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1843110/Makis_Adventure/ ➤ Rogue Jungle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2352850/Rogue_Jungle/"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A0Uln_uynZA) 2025-11-13T13:00Z 228K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Can You Guess Which Game Is a Success I turned the Steam into a video game. Can you guess how successful a game is just by looking at its store page This is my Chrome plugin "Review Guesser" where you have to guess the number of reviews of random games on Steam. It's surpisingly interesting and highly educational for game developers. Enjoy Get my Review Guesser Chrome Extension on GitHub: ➤ https://github.com/LooveToLoose/Jonas-Review-Guesser Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2cCEMwvHI) 2025-11-11T13:00Z 228K followers, 46.5K engagements
"Grow Your Game Dev Success Gradually This is a conversation with Stephen Huang from @isto_inc. They made games such as "Get to Work" and "Atrio: The Dark Wild" each game more successful than the last. Sptephen tells his story and shares his best advice on how to grow your game dev success long term. Links to my Guests ➤ On YouTube: @isto_inc ➤ Get to Work on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2706170/Get_To_Work/ ➤ Atrio: The Dark Wild on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125390/Atrio_The_Dark_Wild/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4MeVsdRiD8E) 2025-11-06T14:01Z 228K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Their Second Game Did Worse Now What This is a conversation with Julian Colbus from DigiTales Interactive the creators of Lacuna and Between Horizons. We talk about regrets from their last game how to succeed with story based games and how to make it as an indie game developer. Links to my Guest ➤ Lacuna on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364100/Lacuna__A_SciFi_Noir_Adventure/ ➤ Between Horizons on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/Between_Horizons__A_SciFi_Detective_Adventure/ ➤ The Great Sassanelli on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WvlQbqYsFSk) 2025-10-30T12:01Z 228K followers, 13.8K engagements
"Making a Cozy Game Hit in [--] Months This is a conversation with Kathrin Radtke from Spellgarden Games the tiny development team behind Sticky Business and Ritual of Raven. We talk about making successful cozy games scope marketing and more. Links to my Guests ➤ Sticky Business on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2303350/Sticky_Business/ ➤ Ritual of Raven on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2066520/Ritual_of_Raven/ ➤ Spellgarden Website (Social Media links etc): https://spellgardengames.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z3FS2MjdwuA) 2025-10-23T11:36Z 228K followers, 20.6K engagements
"Making the Correct Game Is Key This is a conversation with Timo Falcke and Zwi Zausch two of the devs at Toukana Interactive the developers of Dorfromantik and Star Birds. This is a game dev success story with some theory crafting about how to potentially reproduce an outcome like this. Links to my Guests ➤ Star Birds on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2719750/Star_Birds/ ➤ Dorfromantik on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/Dorfromantik/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Meet Toukana"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmJd60NEJc) 2025-10-16T11:01Z 228K followers, 19.8K engagements
"What Sells on Steam: You Don't Need a Hook How do you make a successful indie game that actually sells on Steam I claim that you don't need a gameplay hook for your game. Here is why and what you need instead. 0:00 - What I Mean With "Hook" 1:00 - Experience Over Hooks 3:34 - Why Hooks Are Dangerous 5:23 - Four Pillars of Game Dev Success 7:20 - The Actual Problem 7:54 - Some Solution Ideas 14:28 - Focus on The Correct Problem Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uiBDyZ-Pf2M) 2025-10-07T10:17Z 228K followers, 163.8K engagements
"Min-Maxing Your Steam Launch This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Cory Darby a indie games strategist / profissional min-maxer and the co-creator of Click & Conquer a game that with just [---] hours of work managed to turn over 100K in profits. We talk about how to optimize your Steam launch for maximum visibility and where the indie games industry on Steam is going. Links to my Guest ➤ No cost 30-Minute consultation: https://tidycal.com/ckdarby/biz-game-dev ➤ Cory on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThornityCo ➤ Click and Conquer on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vWidan8ggGo) 2025-10-02T11:01Z 228K followers, 18.7K engagements
"Build an Online Game In a Simple Database This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Tyler F. Cloutier co-founder and head of Clockwork Labs who are building their MMO Bitcraft Online entirely in a database. They are making this database available for other developers under the name SpacetimeDB. It's a real time relational database that promises to massively simplify infrastructure required for both applications and games alike almost like an operating system for the cloud. I'm very on board with their vision. Can it actually hold up Let's have a look. Links to my Guest ➤ SpacetimeDB:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gJSSMwkX21o) 2025-09-26T13:22Z 228K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Marketing Indie Games as a Developer vs. Publisher This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Philomena Schwab co-founder/CEO of Stray Fawn Studio the creators of The Wandering Village Dungeon Clawler Nimbatus and Niche. She's the head of Stray Fawn's new publishing branch and she co-founded the Swiss Game Hub a co-working space for game developers. We talk about what it takes to make successful games community building early access publishing and women in game dev. Links to my Guest ➤ Bootcamp games: Check out the games and leave a comment https://swissgamehub.itch.io/ ➤ More learnings from"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NDaZ8sqRnZM) 2025-09-18T11:54Z 228K followers, 29.3K engagements
"3 Layers Every Online Multiplayer Game Runs On This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Erick Passos from Photon Engine (Exit Games Inc.) a company that provides networking solutions and server architecture for online multiplayer games. I try to understand more about how how online multiplayer works in general and in particular how to use Photon's Quantum and Fusion to develop online games faster. Links to my Guest ➤ Photon Engine: https://www.photonengine.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - The [--] Layers"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zDM9HnuXYX0) 2025-09-11T11:06Z 228K followers, 10.2K engagements
"Make a Competitive Strategy Game Survive This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Youge Wen aka. "Bearlike" the lead developer of my favorite strategy game Mechabellum published by Dreamhaven the publisher and developer founded by Blizzard's Mike Morhaime. We talk about the death spiral for online multiplayer games game design balancing for Mechabellum and exchange some advice with each other. Links to my Guest ➤ Play Mechabellum on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/669330/Mechabellum/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4VC3uEPFtlQ) 2025-09-04T13:22Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Game Dev Recap: Should You Make an MMO ➤ Watch the full interview with Benjamin Zuckerer: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=LGTOgZTUy0Q Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Persist Online on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2082980/Persist_Online/ ➤ Play Tibia Online: https://www.tibia.com/mmorpg/free-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game.php ➤ Jobs at Cip Soft Germany: https://www.cipsoft.com/de/karriere/stellenangebote Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OIxxkbbbvE4) 2025-09-01T12:00Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Best Code Architectures For Indie Games What are the best code architectures for indie games How should you structure your game dev projects Here are my takeaways and my advice from the games I've made so far. 0:00 - Spaghetti Code 0:45 - Reusable Systems & Glue 7:00 - Game Database 11:22 - Dealing With Time 12:46 - Simulation & View 15:19 - Final Advice Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8WqYQ1OwxJ4) 2025-08-24T15:08Z 228K followers, 246.2K engagements
"Turn a Text-Only Game Into A Steam Hit This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Huw Millward the creator of Warsim: The Realm of Aslona an entirely text based asci kingdom simulation game (that was written to a single code file with 700K lines of code). Links to my Guest ➤ Play Warsim on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/659540/Warsim_The_Realm_of_Aslona/ ➤ Dim Parcio (Band): https://www.instagram.com/dimparcioband/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:56 - Why WARSIM worked 1:52 - From tiny sales to"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wxDJKxLQ7mk) 2025-08-22T12:04Z 228K followers, 19.5K engagements
"Game Dev Recap: Making Viral Games This is a short summary of the game dev podcast I recorded with Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star Games). We talked about how to make your indie game go viral and I tried to summarize the key points and takeaways for you. ➤ Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=2BsC1ywTHKU Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Cuffbust on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592220/CUFFBUST/ ➤ 2nd Channel (Game Design): @ScientiaLudos ➤ Main Channel: @TwoStarGames Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DGxmw9xa0eU) 2025-08-19T11:42Z 228K followers, 17.1K engagements
"TikTok and Shorts Are Insane for Indie Devs This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Johan Grnvall who managed to succeed with his debut game Bopl Battle in some part due to his TikTok and YouTube Shorts strategy in other parts due to his analytical perspective and going above and beyond to serve a strong vision for his game. Links to my Guest ➤ Play Bopl Battle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1686940/Bopl_Battle/ ➤ Johan's YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@johangronvall9473/shorts Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M-lhm11KsjU) 2025-08-14T11:44Z 228K followers, 23K engagements
"Test Your Game's Potential in Just [--] Days This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Ren Habermann who is behind games such as Domekeeper and PVKK (Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant) running a games studio called Bippinbits together with his wive. In this conversation we dive into how to validate your game ideas early. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist PVKK on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2956040/PVKK_Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant/ ➤ Play Domekeeper on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637320/Dome_Keeper/ ➤ Bippinbits Website: https://bippinbits.com/ Listen to the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xINHrIvtPrk) 2025-08-07T12:07Z 228K followers, 30.2K engagements
"Make An Online Game That Lasts [--] Years This is a Game Dev Podcast today with my guest Benjamin Zuckerer from Cip Soft the creators of Tibia an MMO that has been under continuous operation and development for over [--] years. This is an entertaining and educational look behind the curtain of how to make and run online games that last for decades. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Persist Online on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2082980/Persist_Online/ ➤ Play Tibia Online: https://www.tibia.com/mmorpg/free-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game.php ➤ Jobs at Cip Soft Germany:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LGTOgZTUy0Q) 2025-07-31T12:00Z 228K followers, 16K engagements
"Make Your Indie Game Go Viral This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star) and your host Jonas Tyroller. In this episode I want to learn how to make wildly successful indie games that go viral a lot. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Cuffbust on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592220/CUFFBUST/ ➤ 2nd Channel (Game Design): @ScientiaLudos ➤ Main Channel: @TwoStarGames Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Look Where The Market Is Going 4:02 - What Makes For a Viral Game Idea 9:05 -"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2BsC1ywTHKU) 2025-07-20T08:00Z 228K followers, 51.8K engagements
"They Paid Us To Upgrade Our Indie Game We sold our game IP and they actually made a sequel For transparency: I was not paid to make this video but I did recieve an early test key for free. Also we sold our IP to them (duh) so I want the game to do well. Play ISLANDERS New Shores on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2368930/ISLANDERS_New_Shores/ 0:00 - Intro 0:14 - A Short Development History 1:05 - How We Ended Up Selling The IP 2:30 - What Happened Next 2:54 - They Actually Made a Sequel 6:08 - Game Dev Reacts To. Sequel (lol) 7:12 - Should You Sell The IP of Your Game 9:31 - How to"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b3aL3c9XNVo) 2025-07-05T18:58Z 228K followers, 99.7K engagements
"Dear Creatives I Bet You Can Relate. Let's fix it Creative people tend to juggle way too many projects at once. How do you choose which projects to prioritize and work on How many projects should you have and how much is too much Let's figure it out. 0:00 - Intro 0:27 - My Situation 6:14 - Solutions 20:40 - Conclusion My game Thronefall: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Thronefall-2669627.html#Overview My last game "Will You Snail":"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2W1lZoZK-pE) 2025-05-02T16:55Z 228K followers, 55.3K engagements
"Game Dev Advice I Changed My Mind On I started giving game dev advice on YouTube over [--] years ago and have learned a lot since. Here are some beliefs about game development that I changed my mind on 0:00 - Intro 0:24 - I Changed My Mind on Flow and Fun 2:30 - The Oversight That Killed My Game 3:45 - Game Ideas Don't Matter. Or Do They 5:01 - Marketing Does Not Work The Way I Expected 6:21 - My Model For Appeal Was Too Short-Sighted 9:19 - You (Don't) Need a Hook 10:06 - I Tried to Find More Things. But ehhh. My game Thronefall: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jpmoRe_Ntz4) 2025-03-17T12:08Z 228K followers, 95.8K engagements
"My Sister Learns Game Dev In [--] Days My sister wanted to try out game development so I taught her how to make games in Unity in just [--] days. Klara has a YouTube channel as well: @KlaraDreamArt Play her game on itch: https://syndrielle.itch.io/crossy-gramps 0:00 - Intro 0:23 - Humble Beginnings 3:21 - The Grind 4:16 - The Big Coding Exam 6:29 - Game Art 7:10 - Showing My Moves 8:00 - Learning Blender 8:51 - Polishing Practice 9:34 - Sound Design 10:17 - MAKING A FULL GAME GO 10:33 - Prototype [--] 10:55 - Prototype [--] 11:15 - Prototype [--] 11:36 - Picking a Prototype & Talking Strategy 13:21 - The"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3o75cdIgKAQ) 2025-02-20T14:50Z 228K followers, 51.2K engagements
"Marketing For Indie Games Land a Hit Game I interviewed Chris Zukowski on how to promote your indie game to set it up for success on Steam. This is everything you need to know about indie game marketing and more. ➤ Chris Blog & Newsletter: https://howtomarketagame.com/free 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - Marketing: Product vs. Promotion -- PRODUCT -- 2:06 - What Actually Sells on Steam 13:10 - Can You Adjust Your Game for Steam 14:45 - CCU Data of My Games 17:36 - Just Chasing The Trends 20:48 - Genre Matters. Embrace It 25:09 - Don't Forget to Make it Good. 25:39 - The Power of Appeal -- PROMOTION --"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-MH5OTWl3zA) 2024-12-04T10:44Z 228K followers, 117.6K engagements
"Making of Thronefall: Final Devlog I documented the entire development process of our indie game Thronefall. This is the final devlog in this series. See behind the curtain how we made and finished Thronefall and follow me around for a week in my life. Thanks for all the love and support Thronefall [---] is OUT NOW: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Thronefall-2669627.html#Overview My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bnbBd-zoHPQ) 2024-10-11T13:48Z 228K followers, 116.3K engagements
"Making Music for Our Indie Game (Thronefall) Live Let's make some music for Thronefall together Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2WUp6-oRh3A) 2024-10-01T16:29Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Making Successful Indie Games Is Simple (But Not Easy) The fastest and best crash course on how to make a commercially successful indie game for PC (on Steam). 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Algorithms Are The New Marketing 2:32 - A Framework For Commercial Success 3:06 - SCOPE: Doing More With Less 5:08 - MONETIZATION: Impulse Purchases or Hardcore Fans 5:42 - APPEAL: For Gaining Players 7:10 - FUN: For Keeping Players 8:44 - Prototyping: How to do it right. 10:07 - Development: Design is a Search Algorithm 10:36 - The [--] Different Strategies to Success 11:51 - The Most Important Bit ;) My games & other"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xej_wsBB5tY) 2024-09-13T10:29Z 228K followers, 279.5K engagements
"Thronefall Level Design Live Stream Let's develop a new Thronefall Level Together. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design level design"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DQbwystdZpU) 2024-07-16T16:43Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Thronefall Level Design Live Stream Let's develop a new Thronefall Level Together. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design level design"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ecX9KHXgOvE) 2024-07-15T15:47Z 228K followers, 13K engagements
"YOUR GAMES Game Design Feedback I played your indie games and here is my game design feedback for you Hope you enjoy. :) 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - Blessed Burden by Podoba Interactive ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379230/Blessed_Burden/ ➤ X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/podoba_interact 10:20 - IDUN by IDUN Interactive ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186360/IDUN/ 18:58 - Star Vaders by StarVaders Studio ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097570/StarVaders/ ➤ X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/AxolotlStar My games & other links:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VW5d4y4AoQ4) 2024-07-05T14:25Z 228K followers, 61.4K engagements
"YOUR GAMES Game Design Analysis I played your indie games and here is my feedback for you Hope you enjoy. :) 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - Project Tomb Runner by Edgar Canelas & Ibrahim zhan ➤ Itch Profile: https://ibrahim-oezhan.itch.io/ ➤ Itch Profile: https://deadllysin.itch.io/ 9:11 - Town Alight by Doops nova harbor Sergio Pulido ➤ Play on Itch: https://anthuulos.itch.io/town-alight ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/ColonelDoops ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/anthuulos ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/sporadicword 15:46 - Dreaming Worlds by Dominik Wolff ➤ Wishlist on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kfsII4O3H_s) 2024-05-11T16:53Z 228K followers, 64.7K engagements
"This Problem Changes Your Perspective On Game Dev A new approach for thinking about game development and my very best advice for how to make a successful indie game. 0:00 - Design Is a Search Algorithm 1:33 - PROBLEM 1: Speed vs. Accuracy Tradeoff 3:26 - PROBLEM 2: Local Minimum 5:24 - PROBLEM 3: Infinite Search Space 7:52 - PROBLEM 4: Wrong Reward Function 15:58 - PROBLEM 5: Noisy Measurements 16:31 - PROBLEM 6: Exploration Costs 20:19 - PROBLEM 7: Multiple Captains 23:00 - Red Flags to Look Out For 25:27 - [--] Main Takeaways My game Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o5K0uqhxgsE) 2024-02-24T12:55Z 228K followers, 584.1K engagements
"200 Days of Game Development In this devlog I show you how we made a new map ("Uferwind") and a new infinite game mode ("Eternal Trials") for our indie game Thronefall. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=V305WJAZ8xM) 2023-12-06T13:04Z 228K followers, 86.7K engagements
"AI Will Make Better Games Than Me One Day Artificial Intelligence will have some massive impacts on game development not only as an incredible tool for game developers but we're also getting closer and closer to AI agents making full on video games without any intervention. This is a deep dive on the subject. We'll talk about why AI generated games are much closer than a lot of you may think what it means for the future and how to cope with it as a game developer. Enjoy :) The Basics: 0:00 - Intro 1:31 - The State of Text Generation 2:54 - The State of Image Generation 3:39 - Prompt"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qOArU7hpHtw) 2023-11-14T12:45Z 228K followers, 67.8K engagements
"I Recorded the Release of Our Indie Game In this devlog I show you how we released our indie game Thronefall into early access on Steam. The game is lining up to become a hit so far and it feels weird. Thanks for following along on this strange game development journey Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_AGlduiULD0) 2023-09-19T13:03Z 228K followers, 104.8K engagements
"Playing Your Will You Snail Levels WYS Infinite Will You Snail Infinite is out as a free update for owners of the game on Steam now ➤ Get Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK "Will You Snail Infinite" is a massive free update for the core game "Will You Snail". It brings Steam Workshop support and a brand new level editor. In this live stream I will play some of your levels and perhaps even create some of my own. For press: ➤ Press Kit:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nbJ6ajwDNqc) 2023-09-07T05:58Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"We Made a Massive Update For Will You Snail Will You Snail Infinite is coming out as a free update on September 6th [----] ➤ Get Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK "Will You Snail Infinite" is a massive free update for the core game "Will You Snail". It brings Steam Workshop support and a brand new level editor. For press: ➤ Press Kit: https://jonas-tyroller.itch.io/will-you-snail-press-kit Music: ➤ Hello 80s by Goodie: https://youtu.be/EVig7bCsFh4 Will You Snail Will You Snail WYS"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LAGu0viWvms) 2023-08-14T12:10Z 228K followers, 42.6K engagements
"👑 Our Game Thronefall is OUT NOW ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ We're excited to announce that our medieval base defense game Thronefall is Out Now Welcome to this little launch party consisting of: 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Developer Talking to Camera :D 2:07 - Thronefall Release Trailer 4:22 - Tips and Tricks You Should Know 9:41 - Outro Now go Play :D More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1s0gFb-Ttls) 2023-08-02T15:00Z 228K followers, 56.1K engagements
"We Made a Game With [--] Devs - (Biggest Team in GMTK 2023) ➤ Get organized with Miro for free: https://miro.com/yt/maximize-collaboration/ Thanks to Miro for sponsoring this video We signed up to the GMTK [----] game jam with a massive team consisting of [--] developers. In this devlog I'll show you how it went and what we learned from this crazy game making experience. Our finished game on itch: https://jonas-tyroller.itch.io/normal-activities Huge thank you to the entire team You were fantastic Organization: Yn (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT-MNEM5x0eAdh2MbT8IiTw) Jonas Writing: Harkie 3D"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jg16lIBjmyY) 2023-07-27T10:01Z 228K followers, 406.7K engagements
"Announcing Thronefall's Release Date ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=u4mYGYhyS-A&list=PLgsD7taGtaBhNaErAOaiEiTzt6-lOpVp0 ➤ Press Kit: https://press.futurefriendsgames.com/thronefall We're excited to announce that our medieval base defense game Thronefall is releasing into Early Access on August 2nd [----] My last game: ➤ Play Will"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4UXHq31zUrQ) 2023-07-11T13:59Z 228K followers, 25K engagements
"Dear Game Developers Stop Messing This Up DeltaTime. This video is all about that mysterious variable that oh so many game developers seem to struggle with. How to use DeltaTime correclty I got the answers and hope this video will help to deepen your understanding about how to make frame rate independent video games. 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Creating The Illusion of Motion 1:11 - Simple Linear Movement 3:25 - But What is DeltaTime Exactly 5:42 - Fixed Updates 8:22 - Movement While Changing Speed 10:41 - Integrals And Why You Might Need Them 13:17 - Approximations And Why They Are Fine 14:30 -"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yGhfUcPjXuE) 2023-06-30T10:50Z 228K followers, 994.5K engagements
"150+ Days of Development = YOU Can PLAY Now ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=u4mYGYhyS-A&list=PLgsD7taGtaBhNaErAOaiEiTzt6-lOpVp0 ➤ Press Kit: https://press.futurefriendsgames.com/thronefall We just released the demo for our next indie game Thronefall. In this devlog I show you how we got there after the video you can try it out and"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2Qyi7FahdHg) 2023-06-13T13:49Z 228K followers, 71.7K engagements
"Making an Epic Boss For our Castle Builder Game (Devlog) ➤ Wishlist Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ In this devlog we go we keep working and expanding our minimalist medieval base defense game Thronefall. We make a new level we reach [---] days of development and we give the game to our first playtesters Enjoy some good gamedev. :) My last game: ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-eAwyH3DPnQ) 2023-05-20T10:28Z 228K followers, 73.6K engagements
"100 Days of Game Dev Making of Thronefall (Devlog) ➤ Wishlist Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ In this devlog we go we keep working and expanding our minimalist medieval base defense game Thronefall. We make a new level we reach [---] days of development and we give the game to our first playtesters Enjoy some good gamedev. :) My last game: ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TmD1RJeddDg) 2023-04-29T10:30Z 228K followers, 103.4K engagements
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"Game Dev Advice I Changed My Mind On I started giving game dev advice on YouTube over [--] years ago and have learned a lot since. Here are some beliefs about game development that I changed my mind on 0:00 - Intro 0:24 - I Changed My Mind on Flow and Fun 2:30 - The Oversight That Killed My Game 3:45 - Game Ideas Don't Matter. Or Do They 5:01 - Marketing Does Not Work The Way I Expected 6:21 - My Model For Appeal Was Too Short-Sighted 9:19 - You (Don't) Need a Hook 10:06 - I Tried to Find More Things. But ehhh. My game Thronefall: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T12:08Z 228K followers, 95.8K engagements
"Marketing Indie Games as a Developer vs. Publisher This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Philomena Schwab co-founder/CEO of Stray Fawn Studio the creators of The Wandering Village Dungeon Clawler Nimbatus and Niche. She's the head of Stray Fawn's new publishing branch and she co-founded the Swiss Game Hub a co-working space for game developers. We talk about what it takes to make successful games community building early access publishing and women in game dev. Links to my Guest ➤ Bootcamp games: Check out the games and leave a comment https://swissgamehub.itch.io/ ➤ More learnings from"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T11:54Z 228K followers, 29.3K engagements
"This Problem Changes Your Perspective On Game Dev A new approach for thinking about game development and my very best advice for how to make a successful indie game. 0:00 - Design Is a Search Algorithm 1:33 - PROBLEM 1: Speed vs. Accuracy Tradeoff 3:26 - PROBLEM 2: Local Minimum 5:24 - PROBLEM 3: Infinite Search Space 7:52 - PROBLEM 4: Wrong Reward Function 15:58 - PROBLEM 5: Noisy Measurements 16:31 - PROBLEM 6: Exploration Costs 20:19 - PROBLEM 7: Multiple Captains 23:00 - Red Flags to Look Out For 25:27 - [--] Main Takeaways My game Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2024-02-24T12:55Z 228K followers, 584.1K engagements
"Steam Demos Are the New Early Access This is a conversation with the Australian game developer Tommy co-creator of the tower defense game Gnomes. Thy made it in a custom Rust Engine with just [--] months of time and 0$ marketing budget. It looks like a game anyone could make but is it I was curious to learn more. Links to my Guests ➤ Gnomes on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133060/Gnomes/ ➤ Sea of Survivors on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2347940/Sea_of_Survivors/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 -"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T11:57Z 228K followers, 22.6K engagements
"You (Probably) Can't Trust Game Dev Formulas This is a conversation with my game dev friend and former collegue Friedemann Allmenrder. We created ISLANDERS together he then went on to make many more fantastic indie games such as Pizza Possum Summer House and recently Slots & Daggers. In this conversation with dive into the philosophy of game dev creativity and I try to understand more about how Fridemman's process for making hit games looks like these days. Links to my Guests ➤ Slots & Daggers on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3631290/Slots__Daggers/ ➤ Summer House on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T13:01Z 228K followers, 34.7K engagements
"What Sells on Steam: You Don't Need a Hook How do you make a successful indie game that actually sells on Steam I claim that you don't need a gameplay hook for your game. Here is why and what you need instead. 0:00 - What I Mean With "Hook" 1:00 - Experience Over Hooks 3:34 - Why Hooks Are Dangerous 5:23 - Four Pillars of Game Dev Success 7:20 - The Actual Problem 7:54 - Some Solution Ideas 14:28 - Focus on The Correct Problem Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-07T10:17Z 228K followers, 163.8K engagements
"Marketing For Indie Games Land a Hit Game I interviewed Chris Zukowski on how to promote your indie game to set it up for success on Steam. This is everything you need to know about indie game marketing and more. ➤ Chris Blog & Newsletter: https://howtomarketagame.com/free 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - Marketing: Product vs. Promotion -- PRODUCT -- 2:06 - What Actually Sells on Steam 13:10 - Can You Adjust Your Game for Steam 14:45 - CCU Data of My Games 17:36 - Just Chasing The Trends 20:48 - Genre Matters. Embrace It 25:09 - Don't Forget to Make it Good. 25:39 - The Power of Appeal -- PROMOTION --"
YouTube Link 2024-12-04T10:44Z 228K followers, 117.6K engagements
"Best Code Architectures For Indie Games What are the best code architectures for indie games How should you structure your game dev projects Here are my takeaways and my advice from the games I've made so far. 0:00 - Spaghetti Code 0:45 - Reusable Systems & Glue 7:00 - Game Database 11:22 - Dealing With Time 12:46 - Simulation & View 15:19 - Final Advice Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤"
YouTube Link 2025-08-24T15:08Z 228K followers, 246.2K engagements
"Write a Game Engine - WHY and HOW. Should you write your own game engine And how do you even write one I never quite understood why some game developers write their own game engines nowadays. A couple of days ago that changed because I got to talk to Travis Vroman who has written multiple game engines for his company and I got to ask him some of my most pressing questions: 0:47 Why should you write your own game engine 4:39 Why shouldn't you 9:48 How long does it take to write a game engine What takes the most time 12:45 What's the hardest part about writing a game engine 14:04 Who should"
YouTube Link 2018-07-08T14:05Z 228K followers, 418.5K engagements
"Making Successful Indie Games Is Simple (But Not Easy) The fastest and best crash course on how to make a commercially successful indie game for PC (on Steam). 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Algorithms Are The New Marketing 2:32 - A Framework For Commercial Success 3:06 - SCOPE: Doing More With Less 5:08 - MONETIZATION: Impulse Purchases or Hardcore Fans 5:42 - APPEAL: For Gaining Players 7:10 - FUN: For Keeping Players 8:44 - Prototyping: How to do it right. 10:07 - Development: Design is a Search Algorithm 10:36 - The [--] Different Strategies to Success 11:51 - The Most Important Bit ;) My games & other"
YouTube Link 2024-09-13T10:29Z 228K followers, 279.5K engagements
"TikTok and Shorts Are Insane for Indie Devs This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Johan Grnvall who managed to succeed with his debut game Bopl Battle in some part due to his TikTok and YouTube Shorts strategy in other parts due to his analytical perspective and going above and beyond to serve a strong vision for his game. Links to my Guest ➤ Play Bopl Battle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1686940/Bopl_Battle/ ➤ Johan's YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@johangronvall9473/shorts Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
YouTube Link 2025-08-14T11:44Z 228K followers, 23K engagements
"Turn a Text-Only Game Into A Steam Hit This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Huw Millward the creator of Warsim: The Realm of Aslona an entirely text based asci kingdom simulation game (that was written to a single code file with 700K lines of code). Links to my Guest ➤ Play Warsim on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/659540/Warsim_The_Realm_of_Aslona/ ➤ Dim Parcio (Band): https://www.instagram.com/dimparcioband/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:56 - Why WARSIM worked 1:52 - From tiny sales to"
YouTube Link 2025-08-22T12:04Z 228K followers, 19.5K engagements
"Test Your Game's Potential in Just [--] Days This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Ren Habermann who is behind games such as Domekeeper and PVKK (Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant) running a games studio called Bippinbits together with his wive. In this conversation we dive into how to validate your game ideas early. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist PVKK on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2956040/PVKK_Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant/ ➤ Play Domekeeper on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637320/Dome_Keeper/ ➤ Bippinbits Website: https://bippinbits.com/ Listen to the"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T12:07Z 228K followers, 30.2K engagements
"Dear Game Developers Stop Messing This Up DeltaTime. This video is all about that mysterious variable that oh so many game developers seem to struggle with. How to use DeltaTime correclty I got the answers and hope this video will help to deepen your understanding about how to make frame rate independent video games. 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Creating The Illusion of Motion 1:11 - Simple Linear Movement 3:25 - But What is DeltaTime Exactly 5:42 - Fixed Updates 8:22 - Movement While Changing Speed 10:41 - Integrals And Why You Might Need Them 13:17 - Approximations And Why They Are Fine 14:30 -"
YouTube Link 2023-06-30T10:50Z 228K followers, 994.5K engagements
"Let's Name My Game (STOP ME :D) How to you come up with a name for your game How do you find the best name for your game How do you choose a name In this video I share my workflow for naming my current indie game title. Naming your game is extremely important in game development because the name of your game can decide between success and failure. It needs to be a catchy name one that is easy to remember one that is very unique and fits your game. In this video I use google docs to compare different game names with each other in order to choose the best one. I think this is a pretty smart way"
YouTube Link 2018-02-14T15:00Z 221K followers, [----] engagements
"I Answer All Your Game Dev Questions Q&A In this video I answer all of your questions about game development. All the way from how to learn coding to how you can survive in the games industry. Wishlist Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ --- VIDEOS RECOMMENDED IN THIS VIDEO My game dev journey (old games): https://www.youtube.com/watchv=kok4qOWhS6U Unity tutorial for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=pCBqgREiSUE Indie game marketing video: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=UwjbLFImXOg How I get my game ideas:"
YouTube Link 2019-10-04T13:11Z 222K followers, 22.1K engagements
"GAME DEV: I Played Your Games. (Again.) I asked you to send me your indie games if you want some feedback. In this video I check some of them out and take a little dive into their game design. Hope you (fellow game developers) find this useful. :) Wishlist Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ --- 00:17 - Vermin Hunter by Inturn Games Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1104030/Vermin_Hunter/ 6:21 - CupCakoon by Leonardo Fraga YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6VLX8BOkLU_5wW9F76Z-w Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeonardoFFraga1"
YouTube Link 2019-11-16T08:00Z 222K followers, 147.2K engagements
"How To Make Sound Effects For Games This is a sound design tutorial for beginners covering all the basics from recording to editing (using Audacity). You'll learn how to create quality sound effects for video games. We hope you find this useful. :) Free Audacity Download: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/ Check out Blipsounds on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PQKyte4ZlC-xYWZS8oOSw Join the Blipsounds Discord: https://invite.gg/blipsounds --- THE BASICS 0:57 - What You Need to Get Started 1:25 - Audacity Crash Course SOUND DESIGN TECHNIQUES 4:33 - Layering 5:24 - Pitch"
YouTube Link 2019-11-30T11:24Z 222K followers, 446.4K engagements
"Playing The Dreadful Whispers by Blackthornprod Launch day gameplay of The Dreadful Whispers by Noa Calice aka Blackthornprod. The Dreadful Whispers on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1112340/The_Dreadful_Whispers/ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev"
YouTube Link 2019-09-05T15:07Z 222K followers, 28.8K engagements
"How To Sell More Games on Steam (Store Page Optimization) 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: https://howtomakeasteampage.com/ Subscribe to Chris' free indie game marketing"
YouTube Link 2021-03-29T13:07Z 222K followers, 205.2K engagements
"Grinding Steam Review Guesser On Hard Mode I turned the Steam into a video game. Can you guess how successful a game is just by looking at its store page This is my Chrome plugin "Review Guesser" where you have to guess the number of reviews of random games on Steam. I added a new game mode and open sourced it on GitHub for all of you to try. Get my Review Guesser Chrome Extension on GitHub: ➤ https://github.com/LooveToLoose/Jonas-Review-Guesser Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-16T11:19Z 228K followers, 19.4K engagements
"How to make your game 2X as fun - (In No Time.) How do you make your game more fun Here are a couple of effective tricks that will help you to make your game way more addicting and fun in not time You want to become a better game developer but you feel stuck and don't know how to improve any further This video should help you to up your game because all of these tips are extremely easy things I wish I would have known when I got started with game development. Making a fun game isn't all that difficult so I bet you can easily double the fun players have with your game in just a couple of hours"
YouTube Link 2018-10-26T16:13Z 222K followers, 322K engagements
"The CrAItive Revolution - The Future of Art (Full Documentary) AI is here. Artists game developers writers voice actors video creators. All creative industries are about to be rattled up like never before. What does this mean for creatives How can you prepare What does the future hold In this full length (and ad-free) documentary I want to invite you to a deep dive into the topic of AI. I don't have all the answers but we need to start having a nuanced discussion about this right now before it's to late Collaborators: - David Shapiro: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidShapiroAutomator - Yn:"
YouTube Link 2023-02-25T15:20Z 227K followers, 310.9K engagements
"Making an Epic Boss For our Castle Builder Game (Devlog) ➤ Wishlist Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ In this devlog we go we keep working and expanding our minimalist medieval base defense game Thronefall. We make a new level we reach [---] days of development and we give the game to our first playtesters Enjoy some good gamedev. :) My last game: ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative"
YouTube Link 2023-05-20T10:28Z 228K followers, 73.6K engagements
"👑 Our Game Thronefall is OUT NOW ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ We're excited to announce that our medieval base defense game Thronefall is Out Now Welcome to this little launch party consisting of: 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Developer Talking to Camera :D 2:07 - Thronefall Release Trailer 4:22 - Tips and Tricks You Should Know 9:41 - Outro Now go Play :D More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube:"
YouTube Link 2023-08-02T15:00Z 228K followers, 56.1K engagements
"Make Your Indie Game Go Viral This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star) and your host Jonas Tyroller. In this episode I want to learn how to make wildly successful indie games that go viral a lot. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Cuffbust on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592220/CUFFBUST/ ➤ 2nd Channel (Game Design): @ScientiaLudos ➤ Main Channel: @TwoStarGames Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Look Where The Market Is Going 4:02 - What Makes For a Viral Game Idea 9:05 -"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T08:00Z 228K followers, 51.8K engagements
"150+ Days of Development = YOU Can PLAY Now ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=u4mYGYhyS-A&list=PLgsD7taGtaBhNaErAOaiEiTzt6-lOpVp0 ➤ Press Kit: https://press.futurefriendsgames.com/thronefall We just released the demo for our next indie game Thronefall. In this devlog I show you how we got there after the video you can try it out and"
YouTube Link 2023-06-13T13:49Z 228K followers, 71.7K engagements
"Dear Creatives I Bet You Can Relate. Let's fix it Creative people tend to juggle way too many projects at once. How do you choose which projects to prioritize and work on How many projects should you have and how much is too much Let's figure it out. 0:00 - Intro 0:27 - My Situation 6:14 - Solutions 20:40 - Conclusion My game Thronefall: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Thronefall-2669627.html#Overview My last game "Will You Snail":"
YouTube Link 2025-05-02T16:55Z 228K followers, 55.3K engagements
"Making Music for Our Indie Game (Thronefall) Live Let's make some music for Thronefall together Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design"
YouTube Link 2024-10-01T16:29Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"My Sister Learns Game Dev In [--] Days My sister wanted to try out game development so I taught her how to make games in Unity in just [--] days. Klara has a YouTube channel as well: @KlaraDreamArt Play her game on itch: https://syndrielle.itch.io/crossy-gramps 0:00 - Intro 0:23 - Humble Beginnings 3:21 - The Grind 4:16 - The Big Coding Exam 6:29 - Game Art 7:10 - Showing My Moves 8:00 - Learning Blender 8:51 - Polishing Practice 9:34 - Sound Design 10:17 - MAKING A FULL GAME GO 10:33 - Prototype [--] 10:55 - Prototype [--] 11:15 - Prototype [--] 11:36 - Picking a Prototype & Talking Strategy 13:21 - The"
YouTube Link 2025-02-20T14:50Z 228K followers, 51.2K engagements
"Grow Your Game Dev Success Gradually This is a conversation with Stephen Huang from @isto_inc. They made games such as "Get to Work" and "Atrio: The Dark Wild" each game more successful than the last. Sptephen tells his story and shares his best advice on how to grow your game dev success long term. Links to my Guests ➤ On YouTube: @isto_inc ➤ Get to Work on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2706170/Get_To_Work/ ➤ Atrio: The Dark Wild on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125390/Atrio_The_Dark_Wild/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
YouTube Link 2025-11-06T14:01Z 228K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Announcing Thronefall's Release Date ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=u4mYGYhyS-A&list=PLgsD7taGtaBhNaErAOaiEiTzt6-lOpVp0 ➤ Press Kit: https://press.futurefriendsgames.com/thronefall We're excited to announce that our medieval base defense game Thronefall is releasing into Early Access on August 2nd [----] My last game: ➤ Play Will"
YouTube Link 2023-07-11T13:59Z 228K followers, 25K engagements
"Can We Make This Button Fun To Press 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. Wishlist Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ This video is based on the work of other smart people."
YouTube Link 2020-04-14T08:58Z 228K followers, 1M engagements
"Their [--] Combat Game Made Them Millions This is a conversation with Danny Weinbaum from @EastshadeStudios the creators of one of my favorite roleplaying games Eastshade currently working on a new game called "Songs of Glimmerwick". How do you make successful adventure game What makes for good quests How to write peaceful games and bring them to satisfying conlcusion How to craft beautiful environments Links to my Guests ➤ On YouTube: @EastshadeStudios ➤ Eastshade on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/715560/Eastshade/ ➤ Songs of Glimmerwick on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-20T11:57Z 228K followers, 20.2K engagements
"This Young Solo Dev Built a Steam Hit in [--] Months This is a conversation with @zoroarts8930 a young solo dev who managed to land an indie hit with his co-op game Paddle Paddle Paddle. We talk about that success how to potentially replicate it and also about the role of luck. Links to my Guest ➤ YouTube Channel: @zoroarts8930 ➤ Paddle Paddle Paddle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3570070/Paddle_Paddle_Paddle/ ➤ Makis Adventure on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1843110/Makis_Adventure/ ➤ Rogue Jungle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2352850/Rogue_Jungle/"
YouTube Link 2025-11-13T13:00Z 228K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Thronefall Level Design Live Stream Let's develop a new Thronefall Level Together. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design level design"
YouTube Link 2024-07-16T16:43Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Writing Clean Code for Games (Industry Veteran) This is a conversation with Ricard Pillosu an industry veteran with over [--] years in both AAA and indie teams currently working as Co-Founder at Epictellers a 30+ head team working on the CRPG Starfinder: Afterlight. Links to my Guests ➤ Starfinder: Afterlight on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/3245640/ ➤ Epictellers Website: https://www.epictellers.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Why Big Success Can Be Dangerous 3:31 - Luck Is 70%"
YouTube Link 2025-12-04T13:00Z 228K followers, 27.1K engagements
"We Made a Massive Update For Will You Snail Will You Snail Infinite is coming out as a free update on September 6th [----] ➤ Get Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK "Will You Snail Infinite" is a massive free update for the core game "Will You Snail". It brings Steam Workshop support and a brand new level editor. For press: ➤ Press Kit: https://jonas-tyroller.itch.io/will-you-snail-press-kit Music: ➤ Hello 80s by Goodie: https://youtu.be/EVig7bCsFh4 Will You Snail Will You Snail WYS"
YouTube Link 2023-08-14T12:10Z 228K followers, 42.6K engagements
"Make An Online Game That Lasts [--] Years This is a Game Dev Podcast today with my guest Benjamin Zuckerer from Cip Soft the creators of Tibia an MMO that has been under continuous operation and development for over [--] years. This is an entertaining and educational look behind the curtain of how to make and run online games that last for decades. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Persist Online on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2082980/Persist_Online/ ➤ Play Tibia Online: https://www.tibia.com/mmorpg/free-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game.php ➤ Jobs at Cip Soft Germany:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-31T12:00Z 228K followers, 16K engagements
"Game Dev Recap: Should You Make an MMO ➤ Watch the full interview with Benjamin Zuckerer: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=LGTOgZTUy0Q Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Persist Online on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2082980/Persist_Online/ ➤ Play Tibia Online: https://www.tibia.com/mmorpg/free-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game.php ➤ Jobs at Cip Soft Germany: https://www.cipsoft.com/de/karriere/stellenangebote Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-01T12:00Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"100 Days of Game Dev Making of Thronefall (Devlog) ➤ Wishlist Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ In this devlog we go we keep working and expanding our minimalist medieval base defense game Thronefall. We make a new level we reach [---] days of development and we give the game to our first playtesters Enjoy some good gamedev. :) My last game: ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game"
YouTube Link 2023-04-29T10:30Z 228K followers, 103.4K engagements
"Can You Guess Which Game Is a Success I turned the Steam into a video game. Can you guess how successful a game is just by looking at its store page This is my Chrome plugin "Review Guesser" where you have to guess the number of reviews of random games on Steam. It's surpisingly interesting and highly educational for game developers. Enjoy Get my Review Guesser Chrome Extension on GitHub: ➤ https://github.com/LooveToLoose/Jonas-Review-Guesser Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-11T13:00Z 228K followers, 46.5K engagements
"How to Market Your Indie Game In this video I want to share everything I've learned about indie game marketing so far 0:00 - Introduction 0:50 - CHAPTER [--] MAKE THE CORRECT GAME 1:10 - Make something unique 2:00 - Make something people want to play 3:39 - Make your indie game benefit from content creators 5:43 - Make an appealing game 9:25 - Make a game that is contagious 10:56 - CHAPTER [--] GET THE WORD OUT THERE 11:37 - Use social media 13:22 - Set up your Steam page early 14:37 - Make your store page absolutely perfect 15:39 - Make an awesome game trailer and thumbnail 17:10 - Pick a good"
YouTube Link 2019-04-26T14:00Z 228K followers, 162.9K engagements
"200 Days of Game Development In this devlog I show you how we made a new map ("Uferwind") and a new infinite game mode ("Eternal Trials") for our indie game Thronefall. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord:"
YouTube Link 2023-12-06T13:04Z 228K followers, 86.7K engagements
"YOUR GAMES Game Design Feedback I played your indie games and here is my game design feedback for you Hope you enjoy. :) 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - Blessed Burden by Podoba Interactive ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379230/Blessed_Burden/ ➤ X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/podoba_interact 10:20 - IDUN by IDUN Interactive ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186360/IDUN/ 18:58 - Star Vaders by StarVaders Studio ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097570/StarVaders/ ➤ X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/AxolotlStar My games & other links:"
YouTube Link 2024-07-05T14:25Z 228K followers, 61.4K engagements
"Their Second Game Did Worse Now What This is a conversation with Julian Colbus from DigiTales Interactive the creators of Lacuna and Between Horizons. We talk about regrets from their last game how to succeed with story based games and how to make it as an indie game developer. Links to my Guest ➤ Lacuna on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364100/Lacuna__A_SciFi_Noir_Adventure/ ➤ Between Horizons on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/Between_Horizons__A_SciFi_Detective_Adventure/ ➤ The Great Sassanelli on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-30T12:01Z 228K followers, 13.8K engagements
"Making the Correct Game Is Key This is a conversation with Timo Falcke and Zwi Zausch two of the devs at Toukana Interactive the developers of Dorfromantik and Star Birds. This is a game dev success story with some theory crafting about how to potentially reproduce an outcome like this. Links to my Guests ➤ Star Birds on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2719750/Star_Birds/ ➤ Dorfromantik on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/Dorfromantik/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Meet Toukana"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T11:01Z 228K followers, 19.8K engagements
"Build an Online Game In a Simple Database This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Tyler F. Cloutier co-founder and head of Clockwork Labs who are building their MMO Bitcraft Online entirely in a database. They are making this database available for other developers under the name SpacetimeDB. It's a real time relational database that promises to massively simplify infrastructure required for both applications and games alike almost like an operating system for the cloud. I'm very on board with their vision. Can it actually hold up Let's have a look. Links to my Guest ➤ SpacetimeDB:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T13:22Z 228K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Game Dev: How To Be More Productive In this dev log I documented how I motivate myself to be productive and try not to procrastinate over annoying coding tasks. Hope you enjoy. :) ISLANDERS on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046030/ISLANDERS/ Join my Game Dev Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ game dev game development game developer game dev tips game dev motivation indie game dev indie game dev motivation coding productivity game dev productivity game dev tips and tricks game developer tips devlog dev log game coding make a game indie game development indie game developer"
YouTube Link 2019-05-31T13:53Z 228K followers, 11.6K engagements
"We Made a Game With [--] Devs - (Biggest Team in GMTK 2023) ➤ Get organized with Miro for free: https://miro.com/yt/maximize-collaboration/ Thanks to Miro for sponsoring this video We signed up to the GMTK [----] game jam with a massive team consisting of [--] developers. In this devlog I'll show you how it went and what we learned from this crazy game making experience. Our finished game on itch: https://jonas-tyroller.itch.io/normal-activities Huge thank you to the entire team You were fantastic Organization: Yn (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT-MNEM5x0eAdh2MbT8IiTw) Jonas Writing: Harkie 3D"
YouTube Link 2023-07-27T10:01Z 228K followers, 406.7K engagements
"Playing Your Will You Snail Levels WYS Infinite Will You Snail Infinite is out as a free update for owners of the game on Steam now ➤ Get Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK "Will You Snail Infinite" is a massive free update for the core game "Will You Snail". It brings Steam Workshop support and a brand new level editor. In this live stream I will play some of your levels and perhaps even create some of my own. For press: ➤ Press Kit:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-07T05:58Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Min-Maxing Your Steam Launch This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Cory Darby a indie games strategist / profissional min-maxer and the co-creator of Click & Conquer a game that with just [---] hours of work managed to turn over 100K in profits. We talk about how to optimize your Steam launch for maximum visibility and where the indie games industry on Steam is going. Links to my Guest ➤ No cost 30-Minute consultation: https://tidycal.com/ckdarby/biz-game-dev ➤ Cory on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThornityCo ➤ Click and Conquer on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-02T11:01Z 228K followers, 18.7K engagements
"Making a Cozy Game Hit in [--] Months This is a conversation with Kathrin Radtke from Spellgarden Games the tiny development team behind Sticky Business and Ritual of Raven. We talk about making successful cozy games scope marketing and more. Links to my Guests ➤ Sticky Business on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2303350/Sticky_Business/ ➤ Ritual of Raven on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2066520/Ritual_of_Raven/ ➤ Spellgarden Website (Social Media links etc): https://spellgardengames.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
YouTube Link 2025-10-23T11:36Z 228K followers, 20.6K engagements
"Make a Competitive Strategy Game Survive This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Youge Wen aka. "Bearlike" the lead developer of my favorite strategy game Mechabellum published by Dreamhaven the publisher and developer founded by Blizzard's Mike Morhaime. We talk about the death spiral for online multiplayer games game design balancing for Mechabellum and exchange some advice with each other. Links to my Guest ➤ Play Mechabellum on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/669330/Mechabellum/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T13:22Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"51 Game Design Tips (In [--] Minutes) Are you working on a video game and looking for inspiration Do you need to come up with a good game idea Here are a ton of Game Design Tips and Tricks for you that should help you to get started. You can find all games shown in this video here: https://itch.io/jam/wowie-jam/entries"
YouTube Link 2019-02-08T16:52Z 220K followers, 251.1K engagements
"Game Dev Recap: Making Viral Games This is a short summary of the game dev podcast I recorded with Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star Games). We talked about how to make your indie game go viral and I tried to summarize the key points and takeaways for you. ➤ Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=2BsC1ywTHKU Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Cuffbust on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592220/CUFFBUST/ ➤ 2nd Channel (Game Design): @ScientiaLudos ➤ Main Channel: @TwoStarGames Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/"
YouTube Link 2025-08-19T11:42Z 228K followers, 17.1K engagements
"How to Design a Puzzle Game In [--] Steps Designing puzzles for video games can be quite a challenge when you don't know how to best go about it. In this quick crash course you'll learn a reliable [--] step process for coming up with absolutely outstanding logic puzzles in no time at all. Hope you find it useful. :) Get my games on Steam: Will You Snail: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ISLANDERS: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046030/ISLANDERS/ Join our creative community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Thanks for watching. :)"
YouTube Link 2019-10-11T14:00Z 211K followers, 113.1K engagements
"We Made [----] Games About AI Here are the results from Wowie Jam [--] We Made over [----] 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. ➤ Play the results of this game jam: https://itch.io/jam/wowie-jam-4/results ➤ Play my game Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Honorable Mentions 7:58 - Top [--] - [--] 9:34 - Bonus Challenge 10:46 - Top [--] - [--] 12:14"
YouTube Link 2022-09-17T11:56Z 214K followers, 86.1K engagements
"Spending $20000 On My Indie Game (XXL Devlog) In this devlog I want to show you the progress I made on my indie game Will You Snail during the last [--] months and give you an insight why finishing games as a solo developer is such a big challenge. Wishlist Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK 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"
YouTube Link 2021-09-08T12:54Z 210K followers, 173.4K engagements
"I Recorded the Release of Our Indie Game In this devlog I show you how we released our indie game Thronefall into early access on Steam. The game is lining up to become a hit so far and it feels weird. Thanks for following along on this strange game development journey Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-19T13:03Z 228K followers, 104.8K engagements
"They Paid Us To Upgrade Our Indie Game We sold our game IP and they actually made a sequel For transparency: I was not paid to make this video but I did recieve an early test key for free. Also we sold our IP to them (duh) so I want the game to do well. Play ISLANDERS New Shores on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2368930/ISLANDERS_New_Shores/ 0:00 - Intro 0:14 - A Short Development History 1:05 - How We Ended Up Selling The IP 2:30 - What Happened Next 2:54 - They Actually Made a Sequel 6:08 - Game Dev Reacts To. Sequel (lol) 7:12 - Should You Sell The IP of Your Game 9:31 - How to"
YouTube Link 2025-07-05T18:58Z 228K followers, 99.7K engagements
"Making of Thronefall: Final Devlog I documented the entire development process of our indie game Thronefall. This is the final devlog in this series. See behind the curtain how we made and finished Thronefall and follow me around for a week in my life. Thanks for all the love and support Thronefall [---] is OUT NOW: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Thronefall-2669627.html#Overview My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on"
YouTube Link 2024-10-11T13:48Z 228K followers, 116.3K engagements
"Thronefall Level Design Live Stream Let's develop a new Thronefall Level Together. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design level design"
YouTube Link 2024-07-15T15:47Z 228K followers, 13K engagements
"I Made a Mind Controlled Game 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. Wishlist my game Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ 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:"
YouTube Link 2021-01-10T09:02Z 204K followers, 152K engagements
"How to Sell Your Game on Steam In this video I want to teach you the basics about uploading publishing and selling your game on Steam. Content of this video: 0:00 - Introduction 1:11 - Make a Game and create a Steam account. 1:20 - Sign up to Steamworks. 2:11 - Create a new game on Steamworks. 2:58 - Implement the Steamworks API. 3:49 - Upload your game to Steam. 5:01 - Set the game settings. Create your store page. 5:34 - Publish the store page. 7:08 - Generate Steam keys. 8:44 - Publish your game on launch day. 9:13 - Interact with your community and update the game. 10:40 - Keep an eye"
YouTube Link 2019-04-19T15:40Z 211K followers, 410.7K engagements
"Unbeatable AI Ruins My Game ➤ Thanks to GameMaker for sponsoring the video - Download GameMaker for free and start today: https://opr.as/GM-Jonas2 ➤ Download the BROINK project files from Git: https://github.com/LooveToLoose/BROINK I made a competitive PvP game. Then I realized I don't have any friends (who can beat me) so I made an unbeatable AI to play against. Let's just say I learned some new lessons here. Be careful what you wish for it might ruin your game. Lol. Besides that this billiard like game turned out surprisingly classy and fun so I decided to publish it as public domain (or"
YouTube Link 2023-03-17T10:39Z 206K followers, 67.9K engagements
"YOUR GAMES Game Design Analysis I played your indie games and here is my feedback for you Hope you enjoy. :) 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - Project Tomb Runner by Edgar Canelas & Ibrahim zhan ➤ Itch Profile: https://ibrahim-oezhan.itch.io/ ➤ Itch Profile: https://deadllysin.itch.io/ 9:11 - Town Alight by Doops nova harbor Sergio Pulido ➤ Play on Itch: https://anthuulos.itch.io/town-alight ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/ColonelDoops ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/anthuulos ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/sporadicword 15:46 - Dreaming Worlds by Dominik Wolff ➤ Wishlist on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2024-05-11T16:53Z 228K followers, 64.7K engagements
"New Soundtrack for Ovus Nova There is new music for Ovus Nova. This game soundtrack has been created by DarkMiracle. Here is his soundcloud account: https://soundcloud.com/dark-miracle How do you like the new OST Is it better than what we had before Well yes obviously it sounds a lot more professional It's really good background music because it sounds interesting but it's not too distracting. I really like these sounds and I hope I can use something like that in the final game. Have a listen"
YouTube Link 2018-03-05T15:00Z 215K followers, [---] engagements
"AI Will Make Better Games Than Me One Day Artificial Intelligence will have some massive impacts on game development not only as an incredible tool for game developers but we're also getting closer and closer to AI agents making full on video games without any intervention. This is a deep dive on the subject. We'll talk about why AI generated games are much closer than a lot of you may think what it means for the future and how to cope with it as a game developer. Enjoy :) The Basics: 0:00 - Intro 1:31 - The State of Text Generation 2:54 - The State of Image Generation 3:39 - Prompt"
YouTube Link 2023-11-14T12:45Z 228K followers, 67.8K engagements
"How To Animate In Unity 3D In this Unity tutorial you'll learn how to animate anything from elevators to bridges all the way to patrolling enemies. We'll cover all the fundamentals you need in order to get started with animation in Unity 3D. Full Project Download: https://github.com/LooveToLoose/unity-tutorial Back To Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=pCBqgREiSUE Back To Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=V29O_Q7W2ZU My game WILL YOU SNAIL on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ 0:31 - COOL CUBES ANIMATION 0:31 - Unity Animation Basics 1:35 - How to Loop"
YouTube Link 2019-08-30T14:03Z 210K followers, 430.8K engagements
"How my Game Launch Went on Steam 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: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK Video Content: 0:00 - Sales Numbers (How much money do indie game developers make) 3:41 - Reading Reviews 6:49 - Coverage on YouTube ➤ Olexa: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=IJmiWM98Cnk ➤ Robotic Press: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=ZHlxtcefCqI ➤ Full Graemeplays:"
YouTube Link 2022-03-18T13:25Z 210K followers, 190K engagements
"GET GAME IDEAS - The Ultimate Guide The first thing you need whenever you dive into making a video game is a promising game idea This is how to get one Coming up with game ideas is easy just coming up with a good one is quite tricky. In this video I tell you how to identify high quality game ideas and I'll share my [--] step process to generate them. This method has delivered pretty promising results for me so far and I hope it'll do the same for you If you want to get some feedback for your idea make sure to leave it in the comments or join our discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Good look on"
YouTube Link 2018-12-14T15:00Z 217K followers, 191.7K engagements
"3 Layers Every Online Multiplayer Game Runs On This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Erick Passos from Photon Engine (Exit Games Inc.) a company that provides networking solutions and server architecture for online multiplayer games. I try to understand more about how how online multiplayer works in general and in particular how to use Photon's Quantum and Fusion to develop online games faster. Links to my Guest ➤ Photon Engine: https://www.photonengine.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - The [--] Layers"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T11:06Z 228K followers, 10.2K engagements
"Steam Demos Are the New Early Access This is a conversation with the Australian game developer Tommy co-creator of the tower defense game Gnomes. Thy made it in a custom Rust Engine with just [--] months of time and 0$ marketing budget. It looks like a game anyone could make but is it I was curious to learn more. Links to my Guests ➤ Gnomes on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133060/Gnomes/ ➤ Sea of Survivors on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2347940/Sea_of_Survivors/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 -"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T11:57Z 228K followers, 22.6K engagements
"Writing Clean Code for Games (Industry Veteran) This is a conversation with Ricard Pillosu an industry veteran with over [--] years in both AAA and indie teams currently working as Co-Founder at Epictellers a 30+ head team working on the CRPG Starfinder: Afterlight. Links to my Guests ➤ Starfinder: Afterlight on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/3245640/ ➤ Epictellers Website: https://www.epictellers.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Why Big Success Can Be Dangerous 3:31 - Luck Is 70%"
YouTube Link 2025-12-04T13:00Z 228K followers, 27.1K engagements
"You (Probably) Can't Trust Game Dev Formulas This is a conversation with my game dev friend and former collegue Friedemann Allmenrder. We created ISLANDERS together he then went on to make many more fantastic indie games such as Pizza Possum Summer House and recently Slots & Daggers. In this conversation with dive into the philosophy of game dev creativity and I try to understand more about how Fridemman's process for making hit games looks like these days. Links to my Guests ➤ Slots & Daggers on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3631290/Slots__Daggers/ ➤ Summer House on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T13:01Z 228K followers, 34.7K engagements
"Their [--] Combat Game Made Them Millions This is a conversation with Danny Weinbaum from @EastshadeStudios the creators of one of my favorite roleplaying games Eastshade currently working on a new game called "Songs of Glimmerwick". How do you make successful adventure game What makes for good quests How to write peaceful games and bring them to satisfying conlcusion How to craft beautiful environments Links to my Guests ➤ On YouTube: @EastshadeStudios ➤ Eastshade on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/715560/Eastshade/ ➤ Songs of Glimmerwick on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-20T11:57Z 228K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Grinding Steam Review Guesser On Hard Mode I turned the Steam into a video game. Can you guess how successful a game is just by looking at its store page This is my Chrome plugin "Review Guesser" where you have to guess the number of reviews of random games on Steam. I added a new game mode and open sourced it on GitHub for all of you to try. Get my Review Guesser Chrome Extension on GitHub: ➤ https://github.com/LooveToLoose/Jonas-Review-Guesser Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-16T11:19Z 228K followers, 19.4K engagements
"This Young Solo Dev Built a Steam Hit in [--] Months This is a conversation with @zoroarts8930 a young solo dev who managed to land an indie hit with his co-op game Paddle Paddle Paddle. We talk about that success how to potentially replicate it and also about the role of luck. Links to my Guest ➤ YouTube Channel: @zoroarts8930 ➤ Paddle Paddle Paddle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3570070/Paddle_Paddle_Paddle/ ➤ Makis Adventure on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1843110/Makis_Adventure/ ➤ Rogue Jungle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2352850/Rogue_Jungle/"
YouTube Link 2025-11-13T13:00Z 228K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Can You Guess Which Game Is a Success I turned the Steam into a video game. Can you guess how successful a game is just by looking at its store page This is my Chrome plugin "Review Guesser" where you have to guess the number of reviews of random games on Steam. It's surpisingly interesting and highly educational for game developers. Enjoy Get my Review Guesser Chrome Extension on GitHub: ➤ https://github.com/LooveToLoose/Jonas-Review-Guesser Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-11T13:00Z 228K followers, 46.5K engagements
"Grow Your Game Dev Success Gradually This is a conversation with Stephen Huang from @isto_inc. They made games such as "Get to Work" and "Atrio: The Dark Wild" each game more successful than the last. Sptephen tells his story and shares his best advice on how to grow your game dev success long term. Links to my Guests ➤ On YouTube: @isto_inc ➤ Get to Work on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2706170/Get_To_Work/ ➤ Atrio: The Dark Wild on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125390/Atrio_The_Dark_Wild/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
YouTube Link 2025-11-06T14:01Z 228K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Their Second Game Did Worse Now What This is a conversation with Julian Colbus from DigiTales Interactive the creators of Lacuna and Between Horizons. We talk about regrets from their last game how to succeed with story based games and how to make it as an indie game developer. Links to my Guest ➤ Lacuna on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364100/Lacuna__A_SciFi_Noir_Adventure/ ➤ Between Horizons on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/Between_Horizons__A_SciFi_Detective_Adventure/ ➤ The Great Sassanelli on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-30T12:01Z 228K followers, 13.8K engagements
"Making a Cozy Game Hit in [--] Months This is a conversation with Kathrin Radtke from Spellgarden Games the tiny development team behind Sticky Business and Ritual of Raven. We talk about making successful cozy games scope marketing and more. Links to my Guests ➤ Sticky Business on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2303350/Sticky_Business/ ➤ Ritual of Raven on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2066520/Ritual_of_Raven/ ➤ Spellgarden Website (Social Media links etc): https://spellgardengames.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
YouTube Link 2025-10-23T11:36Z 228K followers, 20.6K engagements
"Making the Correct Game Is Key This is a conversation with Timo Falcke and Zwi Zausch two of the devs at Toukana Interactive the developers of Dorfromantik and Star Birds. This is a game dev success story with some theory crafting about how to potentially reproduce an outcome like this. Links to my Guests ➤ Star Birds on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2719750/Star_Birds/ ➤ Dorfromantik on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/Dorfromantik/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Meet Toukana"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T11:01Z 228K followers, 19.8K engagements
"What Sells on Steam: You Don't Need a Hook How do you make a successful indie game that actually sells on Steam I claim that you don't need a gameplay hook for your game. Here is why and what you need instead. 0:00 - What I Mean With "Hook" 1:00 - Experience Over Hooks 3:34 - Why Hooks Are Dangerous 5:23 - Four Pillars of Game Dev Success 7:20 - The Actual Problem 7:54 - Some Solution Ideas 14:28 - Focus on The Correct Problem Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-07T10:17Z 228K followers, 163.8K engagements
"Min-Maxing Your Steam Launch This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Cory Darby a indie games strategist / profissional min-maxer and the co-creator of Click & Conquer a game that with just [---] hours of work managed to turn over 100K in profits. We talk about how to optimize your Steam launch for maximum visibility and where the indie games industry on Steam is going. Links to my Guest ➤ No cost 30-Minute consultation: https://tidycal.com/ckdarby/biz-game-dev ➤ Cory on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThornityCo ➤ Click and Conquer on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-02T11:01Z 228K followers, 18.7K engagements
"Build an Online Game In a Simple Database This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Tyler F. Cloutier co-founder and head of Clockwork Labs who are building their MMO Bitcraft Online entirely in a database. They are making this database available for other developers under the name SpacetimeDB. It's a real time relational database that promises to massively simplify infrastructure required for both applications and games alike almost like an operating system for the cloud. I'm very on board with their vision. Can it actually hold up Let's have a look. Links to my Guest ➤ SpacetimeDB:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T13:22Z 228K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Marketing Indie Games as a Developer vs. Publisher This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Philomena Schwab co-founder/CEO of Stray Fawn Studio the creators of The Wandering Village Dungeon Clawler Nimbatus and Niche. She's the head of Stray Fawn's new publishing branch and she co-founded the Swiss Game Hub a co-working space for game developers. We talk about what it takes to make successful games community building early access publishing and women in game dev. Links to my Guest ➤ Bootcamp games: Check out the games and leave a comment https://swissgamehub.itch.io/ ➤ More learnings from"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T11:54Z 228K followers, 29.3K engagements
"3 Layers Every Online Multiplayer Game Runs On This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Erick Passos from Photon Engine (Exit Games Inc.) a company that provides networking solutions and server architecture for online multiplayer games. I try to understand more about how how online multiplayer works in general and in particular how to use Photon's Quantum and Fusion to develop online games faster. Links to my Guest ➤ Photon Engine: https://www.photonengine.com/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - The [--] Layers"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T11:06Z 228K followers, 10.2K engagements
"Make a Competitive Strategy Game Survive This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Youge Wen aka. "Bearlike" the lead developer of my favorite strategy game Mechabellum published by Dreamhaven the publisher and developer founded by Blizzard's Mike Morhaime. We talk about the death spiral for online multiplayer games game design balancing for Mechabellum and exchange some advice with each other. Links to my Guest ➤ Play Mechabellum on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/669330/Mechabellum/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T13:22Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Game Dev Recap: Should You Make an MMO ➤ Watch the full interview with Benjamin Zuckerer: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=LGTOgZTUy0Q Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Persist Online on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2082980/Persist_Online/ ➤ Play Tibia Online: https://www.tibia.com/mmorpg/free-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game.php ➤ Jobs at Cip Soft Germany: https://www.cipsoft.com/de/karriere/stellenangebote Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-01T12:00Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Best Code Architectures For Indie Games What are the best code architectures for indie games How should you structure your game dev projects Here are my takeaways and my advice from the games I've made so far. 0:00 - Spaghetti Code 0:45 - Reusable Systems & Glue 7:00 - Game Database 11:22 - Dealing With Time 12:46 - Simulation & View 15:19 - Final Advice Listen to my game dev podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ My game "Thronefall": ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤"
YouTube Link 2025-08-24T15:08Z 228K followers, 246.2K engagements
"Turn a Text-Only Game Into A Steam Hit This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Huw Millward the creator of Warsim: The Realm of Aslona an entirely text based asci kingdom simulation game (that was written to a single code file with 700K lines of code). Links to my Guest ➤ Play Warsim on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/659540/Warsim_The_Realm_of_Aslona/ ➤ Dim Parcio (Band): https://www.instagram.com/dimparcioband/ Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:56 - Why WARSIM worked 1:52 - From tiny sales to"
YouTube Link 2025-08-22T12:04Z 228K followers, 19.5K engagements
"Game Dev Recap: Making Viral Games This is a short summary of the game dev podcast I recorded with Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star Games). We talked about how to make your indie game go viral and I tried to summarize the key points and takeaways for you. ➤ Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=2BsC1ywTHKU Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Cuffbust on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592220/CUFFBUST/ ➤ 2nd Channel (Game Design): @ScientiaLudos ➤ Main Channel: @TwoStarGames Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/"
YouTube Link 2025-08-19T11:42Z 228K followers, 17.1K engagements
"TikTok and Shorts Are Insane for Indie Devs This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Johan Grnvall who managed to succeed with his debut game Bopl Battle in some part due to his TikTok and YouTube Shorts strategy in other parts due to his analytical perspective and going above and beyond to serve a strong vision for his game. Links to my Guest ➤ Play Bopl Battle on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1686940/Bopl_Battle/ ➤ Johan's YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@johangronvall9473/shorts Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤"
YouTube Link 2025-08-14T11:44Z 228K followers, 23K engagements
"Test Your Game's Potential in Just [--] Days This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Ren Habermann who is behind games such as Domekeeper and PVKK (Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant) running a games studio called Bippinbits together with his wive. In this conversation we dive into how to validate your game ideas early. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist PVKK on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2956040/PVKK_Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant/ ➤ Play Domekeeper on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637320/Dome_Keeper/ ➤ Bippinbits Website: https://bippinbits.com/ Listen to the"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T12:07Z 228K followers, 30.2K engagements
"Make An Online Game That Lasts [--] Years This is a Game Dev Podcast today with my guest Benjamin Zuckerer from Cip Soft the creators of Tibia an MMO that has been under continuous operation and development for over [--] years. This is an entertaining and educational look behind the curtain of how to make and run online games that last for decades. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Persist Online on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2082980/Persist_Online/ ➤ Play Tibia Online: https://www.tibia.com/mmorpg/free-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game.php ➤ Jobs at Cip Soft Germany:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-31T12:00Z 228K followers, 16K engagements
"Make Your Indie Game Go Viral This is a Game Dev Podcast with my guest Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star) and your host Jonas Tyroller. In this episode I want to learn how to make wildly successful indie games that go viral a lot. Links to my Guest ➤ Wishlist Cuffbust on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592220/CUFFBUST/ ➤ 2nd Channel (Game Design): @ScientiaLudos ➤ Main Channel: @TwoStarGames Listen to the podcast on the go (Spotify Apple Podcasts etc.): ➤ https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Look Where The Market Is Going 4:02 - What Makes For a Viral Game Idea 9:05 -"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T08:00Z 228K followers, 51.8K engagements
"They Paid Us To Upgrade Our Indie Game We sold our game IP and they actually made a sequel For transparency: I was not paid to make this video but I did recieve an early test key for free. Also we sold our IP to them (duh) so I want the game to do well. Play ISLANDERS New Shores on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2368930/ISLANDERS_New_Shores/ 0:00 - Intro 0:14 - A Short Development History 1:05 - How We Ended Up Selling The IP 2:30 - What Happened Next 2:54 - They Actually Made a Sequel 6:08 - Game Dev Reacts To. Sequel (lol) 7:12 - Should You Sell The IP of Your Game 9:31 - How to"
YouTube Link 2025-07-05T18:58Z 228K followers, 99.7K engagements
"Dear Creatives I Bet You Can Relate. Let's fix it Creative people tend to juggle way too many projects at once. How do you choose which projects to prioritize and work on How many projects should you have and how much is too much Let's figure it out. 0:00 - Intro 0:27 - My Situation 6:14 - Solutions 20:40 - Conclusion My game Thronefall: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Thronefall-2669627.html#Overview My last game "Will You Snail":"
YouTube Link 2025-05-02T16:55Z 228K followers, 55.3K engagements
"Game Dev Advice I Changed My Mind On I started giving game dev advice on YouTube over [--] years ago and have learned a lot since. Here are some beliefs about game development that I changed my mind on 0:00 - Intro 0:24 - I Changed My Mind on Flow and Fun 2:30 - The Oversight That Killed My Game 3:45 - Game Ideas Don't Matter. Or Do They 5:01 - Marketing Does Not Work The Way I Expected 6:21 - My Model For Appeal Was Too Short-Sighted 9:19 - You (Don't) Need a Hook 10:06 - I Tried to Find More Things. But ehhh. My game Thronefall: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T12:08Z 228K followers, 95.8K engagements
"My Sister Learns Game Dev In [--] Days My sister wanted to try out game development so I taught her how to make games in Unity in just [--] days. Klara has a YouTube channel as well: @KlaraDreamArt Play her game on itch: https://syndrielle.itch.io/crossy-gramps 0:00 - Intro 0:23 - Humble Beginnings 3:21 - The Grind 4:16 - The Big Coding Exam 6:29 - Game Art 7:10 - Showing My Moves 8:00 - Learning Blender 8:51 - Polishing Practice 9:34 - Sound Design 10:17 - MAKING A FULL GAME GO 10:33 - Prototype [--] 10:55 - Prototype [--] 11:15 - Prototype [--] 11:36 - Picking a Prototype & Talking Strategy 13:21 - The"
YouTube Link 2025-02-20T14:50Z 228K followers, 51.2K engagements
"Marketing For Indie Games Land a Hit Game I interviewed Chris Zukowski on how to promote your indie game to set it up for success on Steam. This is everything you need to know about indie game marketing and more. ➤ Chris Blog & Newsletter: https://howtomarketagame.com/free 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - Marketing: Product vs. Promotion -- PRODUCT -- 2:06 - What Actually Sells on Steam 13:10 - Can You Adjust Your Game for Steam 14:45 - CCU Data of My Games 17:36 - Just Chasing The Trends 20:48 - Genre Matters. Embrace It 25:09 - Don't Forget to Make it Good. 25:39 - The Power of Appeal -- PROMOTION --"
YouTube Link 2024-12-04T10:44Z 228K followers, 117.6K engagements
"Making of Thronefall: Final Devlog I documented the entire development process of our indie game Thronefall. This is the final devlog in this series. See behind the curtain how we made and finished Thronefall and follow me around for a week in my life. Thanks for all the love and support Thronefall [---] is OUT NOW: ➤ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Thronefall-2669627.html#Overview My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on"
YouTube Link 2024-10-11T13:48Z 228K followers, 116.3K engagements
"Making Music for Our Indie Game (Thronefall) Live Let's make some music for Thronefall together Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design"
YouTube Link 2024-10-01T16:29Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Making Successful Indie Games Is Simple (But Not Easy) The fastest and best crash course on how to make a commercially successful indie game for PC (on Steam). 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Algorithms Are The New Marketing 2:32 - A Framework For Commercial Success 3:06 - SCOPE: Doing More With Less 5:08 - MONETIZATION: Impulse Purchases or Hardcore Fans 5:42 - APPEAL: For Gaining Players 7:10 - FUN: For Keeping Players 8:44 - Prototyping: How to do it right. 10:07 - Development: Design is a Search Algorithm 10:36 - The [--] Different Strategies to Success 11:51 - The Most Important Bit ;) My games & other"
YouTube Link 2024-09-13T10:29Z 228K followers, 279.5K engagements
"Thronefall Level Design Live Stream Let's develop a new Thronefall Level Together. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design level design"
YouTube Link 2024-07-16T16:43Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"Thronefall Level Design Live Stream Let's develop a new Thronefall Level Together. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord: https://discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Hope you enjoy. :) #gamedev #indiedev game dev game development Thronefall devlog live development live game development game dev stream live stream development indie game dev indie game development Making of Thronefall level design level design"
YouTube Link 2024-07-15T15:47Z 228K followers, 13K engagements
"YOUR GAMES Game Design Feedback I played your indie games and here is my game design feedback for you Hope you enjoy. :) 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - Blessed Burden by Podoba Interactive ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379230/Blessed_Burden/ ➤ X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/podoba_interact 10:20 - IDUN by IDUN Interactive ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186360/IDUN/ 18:58 - Star Vaders by StarVaders Studio ➤ Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097570/StarVaders/ ➤ X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/AxolotlStar My games & other links:"
YouTube Link 2024-07-05T14:25Z 228K followers, 61.4K engagements
"YOUR GAMES Game Design Analysis I played your indie games and here is my feedback for you Hope you enjoy. :) 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - Project Tomb Runner by Edgar Canelas & Ibrahim zhan ➤ Itch Profile: https://ibrahim-oezhan.itch.io/ ➤ Itch Profile: https://deadllysin.itch.io/ 9:11 - Town Alight by Doops nova harbor Sergio Pulido ➤ Play on Itch: https://anthuulos.itch.io/town-alight ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/ColonelDoops ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/anthuulos ➤ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/sporadicword 15:46 - Dreaming Worlds by Dominik Wolff ➤ Wishlist on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2024-05-11T16:53Z 228K followers, 64.7K engagements
"This Problem Changes Your Perspective On Game Dev A new approach for thinking about game development and my very best advice for how to make a successful indie game. 0:00 - Design Is a Search Algorithm 1:33 - PROBLEM 1: Speed vs. Accuracy Tradeoff 3:26 - PROBLEM 2: Local Minimum 5:24 - PROBLEM 3: Infinite Search Space 7:52 - PROBLEM 4: Wrong Reward Function 15:58 - PROBLEM 5: Noisy Measurements 16:31 - PROBLEM 6: Exploration Costs 20:19 - PROBLEM 7: Multiple Captains 23:00 - Red Flags to Look Out For 25:27 - [--] Main Takeaways My game Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam:"
YouTube Link 2024-02-24T12:55Z 228K followers, 584.1K engagements
"200 Days of Game Development In this devlog I show you how we made a new map ("Uferwind") and a new infinite game mode ("Eternal Trials") for our indie game Thronefall. Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game dev community on Discord:"
YouTube Link 2023-12-06T13:04Z 228K followers, 86.7K engagements
"AI Will Make Better Games Than Me One Day Artificial Intelligence will have some massive impacts on game development not only as an incredible tool for game developers but we're also getting closer and closer to AI agents making full on video games without any intervention. This is a deep dive on the subject. We'll talk about why AI generated games are much closer than a lot of you may think what it means for the future and how to cope with it as a game developer. Enjoy :) The Basics: 0:00 - Intro 1:31 - The State of Text Generation 2:54 - The State of Image Generation 3:39 - Prompt"
YouTube Link 2023-11-14T12:45Z 228K followers, 67.8K engagements
"I Recorded the Release of Our Indie Game In this devlog I show you how we released our indie game Thronefall into early access on Steam. The game is lining up to become a hit so far and it feels weird. Thanks for following along on this strange game development journey Thronefall: ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 My last game "Will You Snail": ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-19T13:03Z 228K followers, 104.8K engagements
"Playing Your Will You Snail Levels WYS Infinite Will You Snail Infinite is out as a free update for owners of the game on Steam now ➤ Get Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK "Will You Snail Infinite" is a massive free update for the core game "Will You Snail". It brings Steam Workshop support and a brand new level editor. In this live stream I will play some of your levels and perhaps even create some of my own. For press: ➤ Press Kit:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-07T05:58Z 228K followers, [----] engagements
"We Made a Massive Update For Will You Snail Will You Snail Infinite is coming out as a free update on September 6th [----] ➤ Get Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK "Will You Snail Infinite" is a massive free update for the core game "Will You Snail". It brings Steam Workshop support and a brand new level editor. For press: ➤ Press Kit: https://jonas-tyroller.itch.io/will-you-snail-press-kit Music: ➤ Hello 80s by Goodie: https://youtu.be/EVig7bCsFh4 Will You Snail Will You Snail WYS"
YouTube Link 2023-08-14T12:10Z 228K followers, 42.6K engagements
"👑 Our Game Thronefall is OUT NOW ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ We're excited to announce that our medieval base defense game Thronefall is Out Now Welcome to this little launch party consisting of: 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Developer Talking to Camera :D 2:07 - Thronefall Release Trailer 4:22 - Tips and Tricks You Should Know 9:41 - Outro Now go Play :D More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube:"
YouTube Link 2023-08-02T15:00Z 228K followers, 56.1K engagements
"We Made a Game With [--] Devs - (Biggest Team in GMTK 2023) ➤ Get organized with Miro for free: https://miro.com/yt/maximize-collaboration/ Thanks to Miro for sponsoring this video We signed up to the GMTK [----] game jam with a massive team consisting of [--] developers. In this devlog I'll show you how it went and what we learned from this crazy game making experience. Our finished game on itch: https://jonas-tyroller.itch.io/normal-activities Huge thank you to the entire team You were fantastic Organization: Yn (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT-MNEM5x0eAdh2MbT8IiTw) Jonas Writing: Harkie 3D"
YouTube Link 2023-07-27T10:01Z 228K followers, 406.7K engagements
"Announcing Thronefall's Release Date ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=u4mYGYhyS-A&list=PLgsD7taGtaBhNaErAOaiEiTzt6-lOpVp0 ➤ Press Kit: https://press.futurefriendsgames.com/thronefall We're excited to announce that our medieval base defense game Thronefall is releasing into Early Access on August 2nd [----] My last game: ➤ Play Will"
YouTube Link 2023-07-11T13:59Z 228K followers, 25K engagements
"Dear Game Developers Stop Messing This Up DeltaTime. This video is all about that mysterious variable that oh so many game developers seem to struggle with. How to use DeltaTime correclty I got the answers and hope this video will help to deepen your understanding about how to make frame rate independent video games. 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Creating The Illusion of Motion 1:11 - Simple Linear Movement 3:25 - But What is DeltaTime Exactly 5:42 - Fixed Updates 8:22 - Movement While Changing Speed 10:41 - Integrals And Why You Might Need Them 13:17 - Approximations And Why They Are Fine 14:30 -"
YouTube Link 2023-06-30T10:50Z 228K followers, 994.5K engagements
"150+ Days of Development = YOU Can PLAY Now ➤ Play Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ More Thronefall Links: ➤ Join the Thronefall Discord: https://discord.gg/gVYctptyg8 ➤ Watch the official trailer: https://youtu.be/6-fd13vxfIc ➤ Watch the full development on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=u4mYGYhyS-A&list=PLgsD7taGtaBhNaErAOaiEiTzt6-lOpVp0 ➤ Press Kit: https://press.futurefriendsgames.com/thronefall We just released the demo for our next indie game Thronefall. In this devlog I show you how we got there after the video you can try it out and"
YouTube Link 2023-06-13T13:49Z 228K followers, 71.7K engagements
"Making an Epic Boss For our Castle Builder Game (Devlog) ➤ Wishlist Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ In this devlog we go we keep working and expanding our minimalist medieval base defense game Thronefall. We make a new level we reach [---] days of development and we give the game to our first playtesters Enjoy some good gamedev. :) My last game: ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative"
YouTube Link 2023-05-20T10:28Z 228K followers, 73.6K engagements
"100 Days of Game Dev Making of Thronefall (Devlog) ➤ Wishlist Thronefall on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ In this devlog we go we keep working and expanding our minimalist medieval base defense game Thronefall. We make a new level we reach [---] days of development and we give the game to our first playtesters Enjoy some good gamedev. :) My last game: ➤ Play Will You Snail on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115050/Will_You_Snail/ ➤ Join the Will You Snail Discord: https://discord.gg/G3mRDrK For the game developers among you: ➤ Join our creative game"
YouTube Link 2023-04-29T10:30Z 228K followers, 103.4K engagements
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