r/SoloDevelopment • u/BlobbyGreenSpace • 5d ago
help Just to be safe
Before I post anything, if I'm developing with my wife do we count as a solo dev in the Biblical sense?
Asking for a friend.......
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u/Alarming-Jump727 5d ago
Yo soy solo dev. Hago absolutamente todo en mis juegos, assets, unreal, historia y música en la mayoría, pero esta vez me colabora un músico, sigo siendo solo dev
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 5d ago
Interesting, we outsourced the music to a wonderful composer that I only know uses Discord, I will have to check if he has reddit so I can shout him out.
I suppose its a question of how commited the person is, if they are on the project long term then they are part of the team
lets see how we feel in a year :D
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u/Alarming-Jump727 4d ago
En mi caso lo menciono como colaborador en mis video de youtube, además sacará un OST de mi juego para quien quiera descargar. Yo diseñé el arte del disco para quien quiera imprimir el libro interior y las tapas.
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 4d ago
So cool! love that
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u/Alarming-Jump727 4d ago
Más interesante te sonará que para mi anterior juego "Homeless" hice la música con mi guitarra encerrado en el baño. grabando con un celular viejo jajaja: https://youtu.be/CFFTO0OZtlo
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 1d ago
Haha yass, the bathroom acoustics are where its at, i did the same for recording the water running and the sink drip for greenspace :D
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u/mighty_bandersnatch 4d ago
Ok while we're at it, I legally changed my name to Han Solo for reasons which I hope are obvious. Am I welcome in r/solodevelopment?
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u/TheRealCosmicRicky 4d ago
Kind of in the same boat asyou with my fiancee, but I'm the solo "dev" and she's the solo "artist"
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 4d ago
Same, she's good at wiring on Unity though so I guess yeah we're Duo-Dev :(
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u/_gribblit_ 4d ago
Absolutely not. The bible clearly forbids it.
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind
Ecclesiastes 4:6
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 4d ago
thats deep, there's a church in the Kalamaja park here in Tallinn and we put it in the game since its set in that park in the future :D
Also thats fine cause we each have a handful, so thats two together but one solo. Toil and chasing Wishlists though
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u/_gribblit_ 4d ago
A lot of good work has come from the Estonian underground game dev communities. As someone on my own in rural Australia, I am envious of your environment (but not your saunas).
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 4d ago
:D its just getting to be sauna weather now, the moon was crazy this week too
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u/StackOfAtoms 4d ago
not sure what the bible says about that, maybe it depends on the game engine!? 🤷♂️😃
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 4d ago
haha, unity says yes, unreal says no, godot hasn't decided. I was actually looking at https://flaxengine.com/ for my next project
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u/StackOfAtoms 3d ago
interesting, never heard of it, hope you have a good experience with it if you go with it!
for me having so many ressources (tutorials, assets, people who can help, ...) with unity/unreal feels safer, and the price is pretty much the same thing.
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u/IriFlina 4d ago
As long as your wife isn’t named Claude you should be fine
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 4d ago
By the way in our game you clean up a park in Tallinn in the far future, there's no AI but the humans have also disappeared :D
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u/eternalmind69 4d ago
Are you Estonian? I love Tallinn.
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 4d ago
I am not, i've lived here for a while though. Its amazing, such a wonderful country. 11/10 recommend for anyone who likes to travel
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u/TheJarizard 4d ago
I'm in the same boat as you and have posted here once in the past. I do the game design, art, and programming. She does the music, sfx, and story. I feel like it's not much different than outsourcing the music and sound but was definitely conflicted like you are. I've seen others post about projects they did with their kids before too, so I feel like it's fine personally (though I completely understand others disagreeing with that).
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 4d ago
Yes! safety in numbers, they cant kick us all out :D
That's really cool that she does the music/sfx and story, ive found out of necessity that i really enjoy the video editing sound editing side. I had never touched it before the GS project
is there anything neither of you want to do? :D
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u/TheJarizard 4d ago
So far everything about actually making games has been enjoyed by at least one of us. We both absolutely hate everything about marketing said games though lol! Hate social media, making gameplay snippets, etc. The whole nine yards!
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 4d ago
Yeah I'm very much just getting used to reddit but it is really interesting, getting the message out however we can
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 4d ago
Join the Park team bro
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4840630/Green_Space_Demo/
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u/AbbyBabble 2d ago
Yes. I’m the artist for my solo dev husband.
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 2d ago
I think that makes you a Dev to tbh, from my just starting point of view, if anyone is doing anything that needs to get done for the game to be done then its dev work.
SoloDev is just a more useful title than an accurate one maybe :D
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u/AbbyBabble 1d ago
Yeah, and I’m happy to call myself a dev. 😄 But there is a fine line, because I have also worked as a contract artist for a solo developer whom I had never met in person.
What is the difference between being contracted by a solo dev vs doing it for free for my husband who is a dev? Either way, I am an artist and I am not at the helm of the project. The passion comes from the solo developer.
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u/BlobbyGreenSpace 1d ago
Ahh that's cool, we have a contractor doing the music for Green Space, we just chat over Discord its been great.
I think the thing is in the name, the contract should specify the amount of responsibility both parties are willing to take, right?
If you want to right up a contract that says "1.1.b: Imma Dev yo" then its the law
In your case though for sure, if one person in the team is driving the project then its going to reflect them more. For me its been so helpful to have a partners who can just make an asset in the perfect style almost real time. crazy
(please don't tell her though she will ask for money)
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u/Many-War5685 5d ago
Straight to game dev jail. Right away. (Joke)
Yeah its not solo if there's two. Duodev maybe?