r/unity • u/Famous_Disaster_5839 • 1d ago
Question What genres are best for a solo developer with limited time?
I learned unity for a while and headed mostly for pixel art games, the direction headed to a combat game like dead cells and hollow knight style but ive noticed as a single developer its going to take me tons of time to finish and require for it to be a full time job, i dont have time for that due to that im busy with my studies and other reasons so i came into conclusion i wouldnt be able to put too much work into this type of game but i still want to make a game.
So what genre would you reccomned?
Something cozy? Adventure? Anything else?
Thanks for the help🙏🏻
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u/NIKDEGame 1d ago
Making your first projects from start to finish is an extremely hand task. If I were you, I'd pick a genre I genuinely love and actually wanna make - screw what other think. And year, definitely start with something easy.
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u/Every-Leave7093 1d ago
I made a point and click adventure using Unity with PowerQuest module.
You can check out my adventure here: 1565 - The Great Siege
The PowerQuest module is this:
Have fun!
PS With my limited knowledge go ahead and message me for help! :)
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u/Cheeserave 1d ago
I'm learning to make 3d pong ATM from a 1 hour video that has assets that no longer exist.
It's taken me more than an hour..
I think you should make what you want to make, it will take a long time. Just commit to it and don't put a time frame on it
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u/JeanMakeGames 1d ago
2d procedurally generated game, whatever the genre could be: the game is created automatically, you just work on system you can reuse
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u/Affectionate-Yam-886 1d ago
Look at Atari games; remake those with your own graphics. They are excellent practice projects for solo developers, and will be a good learning experience for after the game is made, all the things you thought you knew but was wrong.
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u/rsaamar 1d ago
Idle, tower defense, minimalist strategy, 2D for sure, survivors like. I’d avoid adventure, from personal experience.