How To Get Started with Game Development! (Featuring Indie Game Developer Southpaw Development)
Everything you need to know about getting into game development featuring Game Developer Southpaw Development, George LeMaster!
George's YouTube channel || Southpaw Development:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyXKzH1j7bWAMk1LTyFltyA
Consider Becoming a Super Supporter of the channel at my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/LeMasterTech
Southpaw Development's mobile game (Radius):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SouthpawDevelopment.Radius
Southpaw Development's PC Game (Dungeon Faller):
https://southpawdevelopment.itch.io/dungeon-faller
George's Favorite Games:
Ravenfield: https://store.steampowered.com/app/636480/Ravenfield/
Faith: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1179080/FAITH_The_Unholy_Trinity/
Inscryption: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1092790/Inscryption/
XCom: https://store.steampowered.com/app/200510/XCOM_Enemy_Unknown/
Free tool downloads!
Unity (game engine): https://unity.com/download
Blender (3d modeler): https://www.blender.org/download/
Audacity (Audio tool): https://www.audacityteam.org/download/
Educational Game Dev Channels Referenced Here:
Brackeys (Unity and Blender) https://www.youtube.com/@Brackeys
Blender Guru (Blender) https://www.youtube.com/@UCOKHwx1VCdgnxwbjyb9Iu1g
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Intro and Teaser Trailer
00:03:42 - How Do Game Developers Come Up With Game Ideas?
00:07:42 - How Do You Start Creating a Brand New Game?
00:13:34 - What Tools Do Game Developers Use?
00:27:13 - How Much Code Do Game Developers Have to Write?
00:31:51 - How Do You Know When A Game is Ready to Ship Out?
00:36:31 - Where Do You Publish and Sell Indie Games?
00:40:15 - What Are Your Biggest Projects and Games So Far?
00:49:46 - How Do You Push Through a Task You Aren't Interested In?
00:54:00 - What Newer Games Get You Excited About Game Dev?
00:57:31 - What Are the Differences Between Developing for Console and PC?
01:00:40 - What Are Your Favorite Indie Games?
01:05:18 - Summary, Closing Thoughts and Outro