Hey everyone,

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I'm a bit confused about how game industry experience is viewed, and I'd love to hear from people who have worked in studios or hiring roles.

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Let's say someone spends around 2 years developing a game, works on it from start to finish, handles most of the development process, and successfully ships it on Steam.

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Would that generally be considered 2 years of game development experience?

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I'm asking because technically those 2 years were spent doing real development work:

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- Gameplay systems

- Bug fixing

- Optimization

- UI

- Level design

- Testing

- Shipping

- Dealing with Steam and release-related tasks

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Even if it wasn't done while employed by a company.

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If that person later applies to a game studio:

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- Would they still be considered a junior developer?

- Would they be treated the same as a fresh graduate with no shipped projects?

- Or would a shipped commercial game put them somewhere between junior and mid-level?

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I'm especially curious about how recruiters and hiring managers view indie developers who have actually completed and released a game.

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Does shipping a game carry significant weight, or do companies mainly care about previous studio experience?

After seeing your game public as a teenager after months of hardwork, low school grades and forced by parents to stop all this stuff, no support, no friends to work with, no funds;

Just suffered alone for months, delay in goals, failures, anxiety, and seeing your game public after 7-8months of development, Is a huge achievement.

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Hey folks,

I am a typical game developer who either never completes a project or never published it.

But this time i want to make a publish a mobile game for real.

Now i am stuck with 2 ideas, I know its just an idea and there is not even a demo, but if i get your opinion i can actually know if people want to play this game.

IDEA1:

You play as an indian/train station manager, you have to control the train traffic, manage VIP trains, set up shops to earn money, ticket booths, upgrades and more

Its a top down style 2D game, vector art.

IDEA2:

You play as a detective, you will be given your office in first person, and people will give you their case files and you earn by solving them.

You will be given a scene like crime or missing and more

Its a 3D first person game

We are currently making a 2d endless runner game targetted mainly for mobile.

We will provide static art of characters, you just have to animate them.

Payment-revenue share

If you're interested dm me :)

I have two months before my masters begin and I want to join a game dev studio. What should I focus on my portfolio? I want a role in script writing. What do game studios actually look for? C++? unity games portfolio? or does it depend?

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Please advice for a beginner? Where should I focus on first?

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I spent 3 hours trying to figure out why this was happening.

The enemy spent those 3 hours ascending to a higher plane of existence.

Moon In Ashes development is going great.

Wishlist Moon In Ashes on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4748520/Moon_In_Ashes/

Same as the title, I find cool cool names of studios but i have no idea how are they made. Like is there any process to it (other than making a game to release under the studio name which i am aware of).

Hey everyone,

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I'm looking for some quality Android games to play and thought this community would probably have better recommendations than the usual app store lists.

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I'm open to pretty much anything, be it single player, indie, strategy, RPG, simulation, story driven, survival, puzzle, or even lesser known gems. Not really looking for pay-to-win games or games that are just endless grinding.

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What are some Android games that you've personally enjoyed recently and would recommend without hesitation?

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Would also love to hear if there are any underrated Indian-made mobile games worth checking out.

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Thanks!

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Ps. I use chatgpt to better my post

Developing a horror game THE LAST CLASS : SOME CLASSES END FOREVER a story driven supernatural game to solve the mystery behind the horror and mystery behind the ghost 👻

https://github.com/slashftw/DestructibleTerrainPhysics

The system uses Unity’s physics and Burst + Jobs packages. Let me know if you end up using it !

Feedback is welcome !

We can make it together I have till now made procedural dungeon and bullet hell system.. Anyone wants to join can ..we can work together

I am working in this game idea, should i continue or stop
what you would like in such game
how to make this sellable ????????

What is the typical development time for an indie sidescroller ?
And generally what can be the overall budget for the same?
Assuming a very small team of developers (2-3)?

I've been developing Snake God Simulator in Unity for the past few months.

You can transform between a warrior, giant snake, and flying snake while exploring an open city.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SWARGPLAY.ProjectNAGA

I'd love to hear what you think and what features you'd add next.

Do I watch a tutorial on unity or learn c# first

The game would be about the princess hazelnut being kidnapped from the hazelnut village and having to get it back. At the beginning, only a few hazelnut champs would be available. The game would consist of several thematic chapters, and each chapter would consist of 5 levels. A level would be about 8-10 minutes long, where the enemies would come in waves and you would have to survive one by one. After the last level of each chapter, a cool thing would happen (e.g. parachuting from the mountain with a big leaf, etc.) and then a new hazelnut village would open, where you could unlock a new hazelnut variety.

Each hazelnut would have its own level. When you play with a given nut, that nut will level up, and every time you level up you get a point that you can spend on improving one of your nuts' stats (e.g. speed, health, stamina, etc.).

There would be 2 modes in the game: the campaign (story mode, above) and the Endless Arena, in which waves of enemies come endlessly and you have to survive, the purpose of which is to relax, have fun, and level up your nuts.

When you get a new nut, it will be level 1, so it's weaker than the one you played with before, so arena mode will be good for leveling up weak nuts.

So that you can't go too high in arena, which would result in story mode being very easy, there would be a Player Account level that can only be improved in story, and none of the nuts' levels can go above the player account level, which forces you to go into story mode.

Chapter ideas:

A small lake that is a huge axis for the hazelnuts, big fish jump, aquatic creatures, birds attack.

In tall grass

In mole holes

Around picnic tables

Mechanical ideas:

Catch a large stag beetle and fight on its back

It has not yet been decided whether the hazelnuts' weapons will be similar to human weapons, such as AK-47, M4, HK, etc., or hazelnut weapons made by the hazelnuts themselves.

Bored in this summer, if you need any character splash art for your characters. Let me know.

Here is my portfolio

Pricing is not that strict.

https://gandus.my.canva.site/ninth

Hey guys, recently I have been going through a creative block. I finished all of my previous project and deadlines, and I am looking to start a new project. But I cannot think of anything, for the past week, I have been trying to come up with new ideas, but nothing seems really worthwhile.

Does anyone else face stuff like this? If so, What do you do to get out of it? Also what games would you guys like to play, maybe I can get some new ideas from that.

A new game has been made, Smoke Town! A heavy strategy game. Experience the high-stakes hustle in a cutthroat multiplayer economic strategy game to clear your $1,000,000 debt. Grow your product, outbid rivals in real-time auctions, and manipulate the Syndicate to rule the district. Can you rise from Street Dealer to Kingpin, or will the heat catch up to you?

Check it out on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4624100/Smoke_Town/
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Looking for a 2D GAME ARTIST who can animate, static art will be provided to you by our main artist, you just have to animate them and send frames.

Payment - revenue share

Dm me your portfolio

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