Game Development Tips and Techniques Tim has learned and shared during his adventure of making a business building racing games. Learn to be a better Indie GameDev!

Tim Beaudet

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Eggcelerate! to the Tropics is a very challenging time-trial racing game with an egg on top of your motorcycle. Try over and over again to improve your time without dropping an egg.

Eggcelerate! to the Tropics

Influencer marketing with Keymailer to get your game played by streamers and creators. I share how I tried marketing my indie game, Eggcelerate! to the Tropics and a summary of the tools offered. Find Keymailer’s role in your marketing strategy in this overview.

00:00 Introduction
00:43 The 4 Parts of Marketing
01:30 Why to Send Keys to Streamers
02:44 How to Send Keys to Influencers
03:27 Keymailer: Requests
04:33 Keymailer: Limits & Pre Approval
05:36 Keymailer: Outreach
06:19 Keymailer: Giveaways
07:15 Final Thoughts
07:53 Eggcelerate! to the Tropics
08:17 Outro

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Keymailer for Publishers/Developers: https://account.keymailer.co/signup?campaign=Eggcelerate
Keymailer for Creators/Influencers: https://www.keymailer.co/signup?campaign=Eggcelerate

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1621320/Eggcelerate_to_the_Tropics/
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet

#gamedev #marketing #eggcelerateonkeymailer

Get Noticed: Game Marketing with Keymailer

This video briefly covers how deadlines increased motivation so I could actually finish developing a game! Eggcelerate! to the Tropics was released today thanks to the pressure of deadlines, my community on twitch and I’ll be sharing more gamedev lessons from that experience soon!

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1621320/Eggcelerate_to_the_Tropics/
Release Party on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet 

Thanks for watching, please share my game with any communities you think would be interested, your words help so much!

More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ

#gamedev #indiegame #racing

How Deadlines Helped Me Release My Game

This video covers how to start making games for the aspiring game developer just getting started. Watch this one if you are wondering how to get into game development or want gamedev motivation to take those first steps toward your game development dream!

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00:00 Introduction
00:45 Who is Tim
01:31 What do you Need?
02:49 What is a Game Engine?
04:31 Just Get Started!
06:11 The Tutorial Trap!
07:21 Art and Content!
08:55 Words of Encouragement
09:55 Outro

More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet

First Steps Toward Your Game Development Dream

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/

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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

The Snowball Effect of Building Smaller Games

Reduce risk in your game dev business with my game dev lessons from 2022. I share game developer mistakes I made and how to improve success of an indie game by avoiding those mistakes yourself!

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More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet

00:00 Introduction
00:27 1. Identify Your Weakness
01:39 2. Business is Hard
02:44 3. Projecting the Future
03:34 4. Working with Others
04:57 5. No Scope Challenge
06:02 6. Untrustable Trajectories
07:10 7. Trust the Process
08:06 8. Question Your Efficiency
09:19 9. Project Timelines
10:10 10. Commit to Events
10:47 Introducing The Sunday Shift
11:20 Outro

#gamedev #lessons #tips

Efficient Game Dev: 10 Lessons from a Fulltime Indie

2020 was the best year yet for my business making racing games as an indie gamedev. I learned a bunch of lessons the hard way and share them so you can take the easy road. Oh yea, and I moved!

0:00 - Introduction
1:20 - 1. Just Do It (don't wait for inspiration/motivation)
1:56 - 2. Don't be Rigid Too Early with Level Design
2:56 - 3. Playing Other Games Improves Your Own
4:40 - 4. Be Ready and Unafraid to Pivot
5:30 - 5. Don't Use Marketing Time to Continue Development
6:57 - 6. Running a Business in Games is Brutal
8:32 - 7. Reserve a Day for Random TODOs
9:45 - 8. Project Trajectories can be Misleading
10:34 - 9. Overcome Burnout by Understanding the Cause
11:48 - 10. Implementation is Improved by Preparing First
12:57 - Bonus: Don't Add Series Numbers to Filenames
13:31 - Bonus: Organize Your Files
14:08 - Bonus: Don't Typo: crontab -r
14:44 - Plans and Goals for 2021
15:31 - Outro

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More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Discord Community: https://www.tyrebyt.es/discord
Support Me: https://www.patreon.com/timbeaudet

#indie #gamedev #business

10 Lessons 2020 Taught My Indie GameDev Business (a Year End Review)

Live Streaming Game Development comes with a lot of success and failures. Here are the best victories, funniest failures, saddest and craziest moments from my indie gamedev stream on Twitch which is live every morning from 6am(ish) to 9am ET. 

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Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet
More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ
Discord Community: https://www.tyrebyt.es/discord
Personal Portfolio: https://www.timbeaudet.com
Support Me: https://www.patreon.com/timbeaudet

Victories, Failures and Highlights While Livestreaming Indie GameDev

The story of my first $10,000 as an indie game developer stating where I started, where the money came from and how the money and time was spent. Travel through each of the years of my gamedev business to learn what might work for you.

00:00 - Introduction
00:32 - Where I Started
01:34 - 2018 Income and Costs
03:00 - 2019 Income and Costs
04:21 - 2020 Income and Costs
05:56 - Thank-you $10,000
06:21 - 3 Year Total Revenue
06:56 - A Word of Warning
07:46 - Outro

*Hourly Cost: Not paid or gained. It is the cost of living with my ideal of 40 hour work weeks. Of course I am employed full-time and living costs are covered, but I do not approach this adventure as a hobbyist and thus each hour costs me $16.15.
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Support Me: https://www.patreon.com/timbeaudet
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Discord Community: https://www.tyrebyt.es/discord
Wishlist Turbo Boom!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1235340/Turbo_Boom
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My First $10,000 as an Indie Game Developer

Carry an egg through loops and over jumps with your racecar, being careful not to drop it! Laugh, cry, scream and shout with hilarious failures and amazing victories. Don't crack up!

Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1535490/Eggcelerate/
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Discord Community: https://www.tyrebyt.es/discord

Eggcelerate! Trailier, Available on Steam!

A guide on the advantages of building a game for Steam that convinced me to launch on steam. I am publishing a game on Steam to reach more players and offer them more value.

00:00 - Intro
00:25 - The Game
01:03 - Selling to Developers
02:06 - Marketing Plan
03:05 - Business Advice
03:55 - My Game Plan
05:20 - My Expectations
06:05 - Outro

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More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ
Fry Eggcelerate!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1535490/Eggcelerate/
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Discord Community: https://www.tyrebyt.es/discord

Publishing A Game on Steam to Add Value for Players!

I gathered player feedback for my game during development to make it the best indie game I could. A gamedev running a survey for getting player feedback can work more efficiently. By knowing what the players want you can deliver a better game.

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Why Run a Survey
02:13 - What are Good Questions
03:53 - When to Run a Survey
05:25 - The Survey Funnel
06:28 - How to Analyze the Results
07:45 - Bonus Tip
08:29 - Outro

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More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Fry Eggcelerate!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1535490/Eggcelerate/ 
Support Me: https://www.patreon.com/timbeaudet

#indiedev #gamedevelopment #lessonslearned

Amazing Player Feedback for my Game from a Survey!

You can make a better game by hiring help from other contractors to benefit from their skills. Hiring game developers can also save you time and reduce the project cost. Improve quality by hiring gamedevs to fill missing roles in your team!

00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Why to Hire a Contractor?
02:10 - Does Hiring Cost a Lot?
04:32 - How to Hire Someone
06:36 - When To Start Hiring
07:37 - Additional Thoughts
08:07 - Outro

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More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Discord Community: https://www.tyrebyt.es/discord
Support Me: https://www.patreon.com/timbeaudet

How Hiring Game Developers Improves Game Quality

Beginning a new game project can take a fair bit of time and effort. Creating a template game will save time and reduce the cost of development. Learn how to save your time with a template game.

Please share with other game developers looking to start a new project!

More GameDev Tips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Support Me: https://www.patreon.com/timbeaudet

How to Save Time with a Template Game

Learn to organize and structure a project to find your assets and files easier while developing your game. Increase your efficiency by remaining consistent across multiple games and find what works best for you. I present the directory structure of my projects as over many years and experiments I learned what did and did not work for me.

00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - The Root Directory
01:38 - The Run Directory
02:35 - The Source Directory
03:27 - The Build Directory
03:58 - Misc. Directories
04:48 - Bonus Tips
05:38 - Conclusion

#indie #gamedev #business

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Support Me: https://www.patreon.com/timbeaudet

How To Organize Your Game Projects as an Indie Developer!

Selling the first game I made on Steam has been an experience with many lessons. Eggcelerate! was made with Unity for LudumDare 46 before launching a game on steam.

00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Game History
02:07 - The Starting Point
03:27 - Show the Money
05:34 - What Went Well
08:08 - Experience Gained
09:50 - Outro

Please share with other indie game developers!

Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Eggcelerate! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1535490/Eggcelerate/
Discord Community: https://www.tyrebyt.es/discord

Selling the First Game I Made with Unity on Steam

Learn how to find a budget for your game with market research using the Boxlieter method described by Jake Birkett here; https://tyrebyt.es/yCd3zr This will help you know your game and increase the odds of making a profitable game.

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More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ

Buy Eggcelerate! http://tyrebyt.es/eggysnow
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet

#indiedev #gamedev #marketanalysis

Market Research to Find a Budget for Your Game

Find out why I built a tool for the Unity Asset Store and how I tackled the project in hopes to earn income from development efforts. Help game developers save time and make better games with tools that make development faster and easier.

00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Why
02:06 - The Plan
03:01 - Pre-Development
04:22 - Development
05:58 - Documentation
07:08 - Promoting the Tool
08:38 - Conclusion / Outro

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ShadowGhost Pro:  https://tyrebyt.es/ghost2
More GameDev Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiPxPsXsA8QGqcwd-efgviZ
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet

#gamedev #unity #indiedevelopers

Making Money Developing Tools You Need!

Here is a game development post mortem reviewing the production and release of the Winter Eggspansion for Eggcelerate! My story is a perfect example of how not to sell a game as an indie game developer.

Thanks for watching, please share with other game developers if you enjoyed the lessons in releasing a game!

More GameDev Videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTb05P0VqSFiHm9dsibuBUH15kYFJuo3y
Daily Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Support Me: https://www.patreon.com/timbeaudet

Avoid my Mistakes, and Sell More Games!

This video is reflecting on business as a game dev in 2021 where I doubled revenue from the previous 3 years combined! This boosted my game dev business for me and achieved a goal I thought unlikely.

To see how I made the first $10,000 checkout https://youtu.be/-EEwd7YNf8c and how I mitigated risks to become a full time game developer: https://youtu.be/1zBv5vmV_Ns

00:00 - Intro
01:36 - The Plan
02:52 - Expenses
03:48 - Income
05:35 - Hours
06:58 - Next Goal
07:27 - Conclusion

Thanks for watching, please share with other game developers who have the indie dev dream!

First 1000 Game Sales: https://youtu.be/-EEwd7YNf8c
First $10,000: https://youtu.be/l_rLH6hxnUQ
Eggcelerate!: http://tyrebyt.es/eggsnowy
Daily Live Streams: https://twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Discord Community: https://www.tyrebyt.es/discord

#indiedev #gamedevelopment #revenue

I Doubled Game Dev Business Revenue in a Year

I am now a full time game developer and this video is about jumping into indie game development as a business. I also talk about the dangers of solo indie games and how to reduce risk as a game developer.

Thanks for watching, please share with other game developers who have the indie dev dream!

Follow https://twitch.tv/timbeaudet to learn game development tips and techniques while experiencing the indie game lifestyle, I stream 6am ish Eastern time every day to inspire and motivate indie game developers and show the daily grind transparently and honestly. I believe you should chase your dreams while understanding the risks involved.

00:00 - Intro
00:28 - About Me
01:59 - My Projects (so far)
03:38 - Risks of Indie GameDev
03:57 - Uncertainty of Selling Games
04:38 - One Job With All the Hats
05:05 - Not Enough Time to Do It All
06:03 - Hiring Additional Help
06:33 - Business vs Personal
07:13 - Losing Interest in Indie GameDev
08:04 - Burnout, Losing Focus, Getting Sick
08:50 - Channel Announcement
09:33 - The Final Outro

Twitch Streaming: https://twitch.tv/timbeaudet
Discord Community: https://www.tyrebyt.es/discord

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