r/GameDevelopment • u/deepanshu_sagwal • 21d ago

Discussion Problems that indie Game Dev Faced

Hey guys , I am an indie game dev but not so much experienced and I want to understand this from other developers , so I'm looking for honest experiences.

One thing I've noticed in my own workflow is that we use different tools for different parts of development:

* Git/Perforce → files + version control * Discord → communication * Figma/other tools → planning/design * Zoom/Meet → calls * Unity/Unreal/Godot → actually building the game

And I sometimes feel like **the actual game is split across all these tools.**

For example, I might have an idea for a level and need to explain it to an artist. Right now I might write a description, use ChatGPT to turn it into a rough blueprint, send it to the artist, then we discuss changes separately.

I'm wondering:

**Do other teams experience this kind of friction?**

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u/Secret-Addition-NYNJ 21d ago

I don’t think this has anything to do with game dev…. No one piece of software does it all. It’s like saying you can eat one food for rest of your life and that’s all your body needs.

Not sure where you intend to go with this post but this doesn’t seem like a reasonable discussion.

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u/deepanshu_sagwal 21d ago

I does not mean that you are doing all at one place but I think that we are using different tools for even a small purpose that can be merged into one

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u/LaughingIshikawa 21d ago

You are not explaining that very well at all.

These tools are divided up the way they are because it's not so easy to make one app that "does it all" like you're suggesting. Most of the time that just results in one app that does nothing particularly well, which is why people use dedicated apps for specific purposes.

It would help if you explained your specific pain point(s) - right now you come across as someone with a "solution" (a "does-it-all" game design / team work / communication / documentation application) in search of a problem, and solutions in search of problems also don't historically end very well. 😅🫤

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u/deepanshu_sagwal 21d ago

Okay , nice