The Snowball Effect of Building Smaller Games

Consider what impact building your dream game may have on your career as an indie game developer. In my game development process, and shared in this video, I perform a risk analysis of my large dream game vs smaller, tightly scoped, games and what benefits they provide. Jake Birkett talks deeper about the long tail and success as an indie developer: https://youtu.be/JmwbYl6f11c Try the Eggcelerate! to the Tropics Demo on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1621320/Eggcelerate_to_the_Tropics/ Thanks for watching, please share with other game developers! More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ 00:00 Introduction 00:58 IndieDev as a Business 01:36 A Large Dream Game 03:00 Building 'Smaller' Games 03:34 1. Stepping Stones 04:17 2. Tighten Scope to Reduce Risk 05:11 3. Building an Audience Over Time 05:43 4. Bundles and the Long Tail 06:32 5. Gaining Experience & Technology 07:24 Bonus: Better Content Creation 07:52 Other Thoughts 08:31 Announcing Eggcelerate! to the Tropics Demo 08:50 Outro #gamedev #indiedev #tips