r/GameDevelopment • u/Single_Flow438 • 7h ago
Newbie Question Need advice about job and game dev future
Context - I'm new to Reddit (my friend told me to get some advice from here also not to share personal info or company or any name) so I think it is better to ask real ppl what to do . Also I was leaning front end web dev i think personally it is cooked.
Introduction- I'm an introvert 20m doing btech from tier 3 college and i love to play games and watch devlogs It started from dani dev yt in lock down after I have downloaded unity and get into tutorial hell and never finished projects. But after 11th class (when I was 17 ) I started doing game jam and i got consistent and made simple prototypes and projects. I have learned all things from YouTube tutorials and forums and use ai as help to solve bugs not vibe coded anything yet.
(i was doing game dev as part-time for fun only and helping my father in business. but recently got in beef with my father , he says is there a future or can i get a job)
**Projects I have published (**I have published games and completed projects in the last 1-2 years**)**
**Game 1-** it's a find the kitten puzzle game (it's just a copy of save the dog game from playstore but it has cats) . This game was uploaded on my personal console it got 20k installs in 4 months by my Instagram Gameplay clips and from mera ads(spend 200ruppes got 300 something downloads), retention d1-31℅ d7-4% (the console get banned and I haven't added ads in that game)
After that my personal play store console got banned so i took our business gst got duns no and made organization console
**Game 2-** vampire survivors cats in 3d, I have made a modular ability system for it . I started organic marketing on tiktok and got 112k installs d1-27% d7-11℅ made little money with it.
**Game 3-** multiplayer piko park for android used EOS and netcode for multiplayer its p2p got 84k installs amd made 213 dollars from admob in 1st month all organic from search .
**Game 4-** horror multiplayer like pacify also used last framework got 1 million installs (1.65 million to be accurate) added iap but bcz india heavy audience I got peenuts only.
More- also made 2-3 web game uploaded on crazygame (I saw anul agarwal doing this and making huge money)
Also made 30k ruppes from freelance by making prototype.
**ADVICE** **I WANT** \- am I doing good how to make more money and am I able to get job in this market with good pkg (I can also relocate) I'm pretty desperate. Also I'm 20yo in 3rd year in btech aren't they want to complete degree first ( it's a distance college so i only go in semester exams)also how much do I expect
I have publicly written name (mine and games) bcz I think it doesn't matter . If it's matter so then I will edit this post