I tried and failed. My dream was to be an indie dev, but 1 year

>>61958927
>but 1 year and I only made $14,000
That's not too bad actually. My friend calls himself an indie dev and in the last 3 years he's made a total of $2,000 off 4 different games. Still doesn't want to "give up".

Not in tech but having worked at big and small companies before I've always found small ones to be more stressful.

>>61958927
>send out CVs
>...????
>profit

>>61958927
Why not keep making indie games on the side while applying for a programming job?

>>61958927
Not bad. How many games did you make in that year?

>>61958927
that's not too bad for an indie dev. barely below poverty levels but still livable. $600 per month to rent a room in someones house with access to everything including laundry. $200 per month for gas and car insurance, $200 per month for food leaves you with $166 for misc stuff like the doctor and alcohol to numb the pain of being poor.

>>61959106
Because his "indie game" was probably just an rpgmaker piece of shit with tits in it.

>>61959007
People I graduated with are making at least 50k/year, at most 140k/year. 14k is not good.

>>61959106
It's actually a lot of work to finish and ship a game. I was working 60-80 hours a week. Art, promotion, paperwork, not to mention actual development.

>>61959114
1 Steam game, 2 few "free" mobile games which made some ad revenue but basically nothing.

>>61958927
Think about it OP. All you need to do is produce 4-8x the amount of games you produced in that year and you will be making a lot of money.

$15,000 * 8 = $120,000

So basically you'd be getting at least 6 figures. Your revenue would also probably be higher than that because the more games with your name on them, the more people will look into you and purchase other products. You could basically make $1,000,000 (one million dollars) over the next year if you just stick to it and octouble your work output.

>>61959146
Unity for all of my games. RPG Maker is for artists/newbies. I'm a programmer, so I wouldn't be effective with that.

>>61959181
Diminishing returns. A game will make its most in the first year. After that you can't expect the same income unless you're doing regular updates which will cut into dev time for other projects.

>>61959222
Just try it OP. You could make Billions of dollars if you get it right.

>>61958927
I made about 5k on various iOS apps and used the experience to get a nearly six figure job in Austin. Working for yourself is nice but if ya need to eat, go get hired. Employers fucking love deva who've made money on their own. Shows initiative.

>>61959251
Over what time period?
What kinds of apps?
Do you know if iOS apps generate greater revenue than other platforms?

>>61958927
Dude, thats not bad at all. Get a full time wagecuck job, and work on games on the side, keep advertising for that passive income. Did you use an engine to make it or rolled your own?

>>61958927
What game(s)?

>>61959235
I could make millions from the lottery, it doesn't mean it's a good idea.

I decided to give it 1 solid year. It didn't work. Maybe in the future, but I can't live off of 14k a year

Add trading cards if you haven't.

If it had been a few months ago you could have earned six figures making achievement and trading card games.

>>61958927
you should start a youtube career as a professional streamer

>>61959251
>Employers fucking love deva who've made money on their own. Shows initiative.
Yeah I've found this. I've had a few job offered from bullshitting with friends about the game I was developing. Shipping a game is hard, and anybody that has respects it.

>>61959276
>Get a full time wagecuck job
Then I wouldn't have sufficient time to make the games I want. I could do games part time, but them I'm going to make part time games.

>>61959299
Since I posted steam income I can't dox myself. Steam could remove my game. It's in the ToS.

>>61958927
> My dream was to be an indie dev

Found your problem.

You dont dream to be an indie dev. You dream to make games.

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>>61959326
I have trading card, achievements, and my last big update will have limited mod support and steam workshop. I have a few very dedicated players and reasonable activity. Pic related.

The spikes are updates.

>>61959374
What genre is your game?

>>61959377
My dream is to make games, that's what being an indie dev is.

Post it, maybe I'll buy it you fag

>>61959438
This isn't a shill thread

>>61959423
shooter

>>61959407
can i get a key

>>61958927
>What should I do /g/?
make iOS apps like me. I made ~ $85k from Jan - July of 2017 selling on the app store. If I can do it, anyone can (since I'm not a genius and not a 10x programmer).

>>61959484
Just shill you idiot, I'll buy it

>>61959484
>shooter
If you want to generate revenue you need to design your development strategy around that. Low-end shooters probably don't generate revenue. Clickers on iOS probably do though.

I'll buy your game anon.

Figure a way of telling us the name without violating the ToS.

>>61959007
That's more than what I earn in a year you fuck.

>>61959794
Meant to reply to OP

>>61959765
>believing anybody on this site isn't a piece of shit
Guarantee there's going to be that one faggot trying to fuck with OP by immediately reporting him for violating the ToS.

>>61958927
It's not your fault it's steam. There's so much shit on the store good games barely make it. I've seriously considered going back to retail and brick and mortar stores.

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>>61959504
I have unity experience as an artist but no c# experience (have coding experience but don't remember any of it).

If I wanted to do some bullshit like "make iOS apps" like you did, any reason to learn something other than c#? Would python be better to make a generic app?

Unity can build for iOS and has game templates on the asset store. I'm in a desperate state financially and would be looking for a quick turnaround, so this bullshit appeals to me. I am not above exploiting normies if I can.

>>61959907
>A year old
>Indie shooter
>Achievements and trading cards
I'm sure that's enough information to find out

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bro get a job with feral and backport games to linux for us

get them to work with the VULKAN API which is compatible with mac/windows/android too

make tux proud bro

>>61960332
unity has a vulkan capability :D

>>61958927
How much are you selling your game for? From those numbers it's 2.60 a pop, I'm wondering how much steam has made from you. Have a game I've been working on for almost 3 years now, will be ready in the next 4 to 6 months and was thinking to price it at around 7.99. Worked on it around my full time job, put in 15 to 20 hours a week, at this point I'm just adding in content, the core game is finished and playable now.

>>61959407
Could you please give me any more information? Single player ? Co op? Online multiplayer

>>61960486
huh? I think you responded to the wrong post?

>>61960562
Link to repo.

>>61958927
>$14k
>For one years worth of work

I could probably take a picture of a poo and post it on kickstarter and generate more funding.

>>61960677
He probably wants to actually make some money on it, so I doubt it's open-sores.

>>61959504
What kind of apps do you make?

>>61960677
There's no repo, I've got a fair few completely unique features and I've been completely silent about the game itself online as I think it could be pretty big. Also as other anon said it's not open source.

>>61958927
1. long tail
2. consider living in a lower cost country

>>61958927
How many hours/week did you invest on average?

You would live a very good life with that kind of money on the Balkans.

>>61960790
Nobody has a good life in the balkans, he'd just be a slightly better off depressed alcoholic than his neighbour.

>>61960332
>If I wanted to do some bullshit like "make iOS apps" like you did, any reason to learn something other than c#? Would python be better to make a generic app?
you should learn Swift. it's very similar to C#. apple has a free book on swift that takes your from someone who doesn't know what a for loop is all the way to intermediate. you can get an app into appstore that way.

>>61960733
>What kind of apps do you make?
lifestyle apps mostly. I have a fairly successful organization/GTD app that keeps on making me 60% of money. I also have two free games that make me the rest through IAPs and merch sales (t-shirts, mugs etc).

>>61960763
Post link to beta version.

>>61958927
Start ups = long hours, high stress, but you have a *small* chance of getting rich
Big companies = higher base salary, better hours, and you will likely have enough spare time to keep doing game development on the side

Also don't come to Silicon Valley, the cost of living here is astronomical. All the extra money you make here will go straight into your landlord's pocket. Consider Austin or Seattle. Neither place has state income tax.

What kind of shooter op? Does it have a story? What's the art work? When exactly will it have mod support?

>>61959313
Sometimes it takes more than a year op. Follow your passion, ignore money. Hit it bigger than ever.