The Secrets of Game Dev Success | Safely Extreme Cast, Game Design Talk

The Secrets of Game Dev Success | Safely Extreme Cast, Game Design Talk

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For this week's Safely Extreme Cast, we're talking about the not so secrets that every indie developer needs to understand to succeed in the game industry.

0:00 Intro
3:59 Understanding why a game succeeds or fail
23:55 Order of events of success (core gameplay loop)
40:15 Figuring out your target audience (marketing)
47:51 Researching Your Genre/Design
1:00:35 Single vs. Multiplayer and Monetization
1:15:51 The importance of aesthetics
1:41:22 Wrapping Up

Start of the series - https://youtu.be/5bmvLZVeWS8

part 2: https://youtu.be/IU-S3XFyrOo
part 3: https://youtu.be/KWIxi201-n0
part 4: https://youtu.be/gX9PsHfTsGU
part 5: https://youtu.be/N25oMnA_Qjs

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