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Watching YouTube tutorials on unity/godot/unreal? Attempting art because you want your assets to match? You’re in the depths of trying to master the crafts that fall under indie game developer. What solo developers and tiny teams usually don’t get right is not enough emphasis on production. Learning all of the game design, programming, asset production, […]

GB Studio has my heart as a beginner’s, bite-sized game engine! GB Studio’s point and click capabilities are perfect for narrative-based games, which can be more accessible to beginner game devs. If you’re not familiar with GB Studio, it is a no-code-necessary game engine by Chris Maltby for making game boy or emulator games. If

If you have found yourself reading this article, likely you are a beginner game developer with limited coding experience and you haven’t made much headway. Perhaps your search looks a bit like this: How to make video games without coding? Is unity easy to learn? Best game engine for beginners, no coding. How hard is

Making one of your first indie games is an exciting endeavor, and you’ve picked the right medium for one of your first games. Pixel art is such a diverse medium for game art, and there are many resources to find free 2D game assets for your pixel art indie game. You might be choosing pixel

Let’s get your beautiful pixel art that you’ve made on Procreate social media ready! You might have finished making pixel art on Procreate after having checked out my article How to Use Procreate for Pixel Art: A Quick Guide! Or you have been making pixel art in Procreate for some time and are ready to

If you’re reading this article before you join your first game jam, congratulations! Joining your first game jam is a meaningful because it means you’re ready to share your game development journey with the world. You may be an expert indie game dev or you haven’t even completed your first entire game yet. Either way,

Winning a game jam is one of the most rewarding experiences I have had as a game developer. You have to wear so many hats to be an indie game developer. You are a game designer, a coder, a writer, an artist (even if you’d rather not be), an animator, a sound designer, a composer,

If you’re just getting into pixel art, you’ll need to learn from great pixel artists who are also good teachers. The following pixel art youtubers demonstrate different styles, and they can help you see the breadth of the medium. They also show their processes in a digestible way for beginners. If you’re here from my

Looking to make pixel art assets for a game that you’re developing? There are a lot of constraints within indie game development, one being game art assets. You can hire outside help to see your game’s vision perfectly (sometimes imperfectly) executed, but it will hurt your pockets. You can buy cheaper game assets on marketplaces

Pixel art tutorials can be frustrating for a beginner. You might be coming here after reading Pixel Art YouTubers For Beginners to Subscribe to, watching some videos, and getting stuck. Tutorials are either be too basic, repetitive or too advanced to follow. This quick pixel art terms glossary can help bridge the gap. Pixel Art