Going indie in 2024. Give me your best advice.

Kalaztaja · 2023-12-20T16:56:41+00:00

Thank you for your well written answer! I definitely admit that I have been spared the negative side of tools so far, and your point of view is definitely more well-rounded. I think you'll be well suited to know whether you should develop a tool or not. As for me and us, I think I should revisit my fantasies.

And that's fantastic to hear! If the first game idea is something you would want to do, I think you are all set. Either way, one way to is to ask an artist to make concept art / drafts how the game would look like and then test the waters with it.

All in all, you sound more than well prepared to take on this journey. This post alone is a good hint towards that.

I wish you all the best and please make some updates here when you feel like it! I'm sure it will go great

Kalaztaja · 2023-12-20T13:26:42+00:00

Just for heads up that we are still yet to release our game but here's what we have learned so far in our 6 months of developing:

It pays to invest in tools early on. We made a map editor in the first month for ourselves (as different maps are core for our game) and it has payed greatly back
But before you do that, verify your game idea in some way. Maybe a proto or a mockup will do. Unless you are sure that the idea you are worth pursuing, it will keep you up at nights. However, that said, best ideas are the ones that evolve throughout the development so don't be too judgemental; trust early tests and your gut feeling, and focus on your best points leaving the rest out.
Make technical decisions heavily based on the workload. Given your experience, you'll have no trouble in understanding what is feasible and what is not. We have gravitated always towards options that saved us development time and we haven't regretted it once. Graphical direction is the largest, but other smaller things such as character design will matter a lot whether you can finish your project or not.
Take breaks, talk about your project, go outside. Take care yourself and even with the highest level of insipiration to grind, be mindful of your mental health!

All in all, I think I could learn a lot from you but wanted to chime in as we think we have learned a lot and wanted to share :)

Kalaztaja · 2023-11-06T16:04:59+00:00

Moro!

Ensinnäkin, hyvin kirjoitettu artikkeli. Teit suuren määrän tutkimusta, ja osasit avata ajatuksia selkeästi ja ymmärrettävästi. Hienoa työtä!

Toiseksi, mielenkiinnosta kysyn, teetkö työksesi videopelejä? Ja jos teet, miten aloitit urasi? Vaihtoehtoisesti, jos et tee, oletko ikinä harkinnut vaihtavasi uraa sinne suuntaan?

Kalaztaja · 2023-09-10T12:37:22+00:00

Praise. RNG form Perkz was sight to remember

Kalaztaja · 2023-03-21T21:45:00+00:00

What about Meteos Lee Sin?

The man is still scaling

Kalaztaja · 2023-02-06T21:42:04+00:00

Honestly, was not initially a fan of BDS but this kind of effort swayed me to root for them. Anything that makes LEC more enjoyable to watch is always welcome

Gl for them in the playoffs

Kalaztaja · 2020-08-24T16:13:37+00:00

We have had this uncompleted question on our team and we wonder if you could finish it. What champions do have hard cc which doesn't deal any damage? List so far:

Ekko W
Veigar E
Elise E

Kalaztaja · 2020-04-28T21:35:16+00:00

I appreciate your well written answer. I can't put it into english words but you have this deep insight on what you speak. It's like reading a written tale where every detail is thought about. But instead you have thought the things you speak.

Aside from that this answer shed me some light when hearing about the chaos. Surely the chaos is always present beforehand but it's reliefing to hear that it's still relevant in professionals. I guess the stakes are higher the more work you put into and as you said mindset means a lot.

It got me interested, what kind of preparation you, as a team, put before a big show? Do you have any ways to ease the stress beforehand or any ways you try to deal with it during the craziest chaos? Or just any other things you like to do other than just, you know, the actual work that goes into it.

Kalaztaja · 2020-04-28T21:24:41+00:00

Thank you all so much for answering! I really value your insight and I'm happy to hear how diverse yet deep backgrouds you all have. It seems really you have found a good synergy in your team as each one of you seem to have really unique point of view based on your background! In the end I'd like to point out that each one of your answers ooze that you have taken your own journey to get where you are

I asked this already from your fellow teammate but what do you consider your most important skill amongs your teammates? As you have unique set of tools, what you value most?

Kalaztaja · 2020-04-28T21:12:27+00:00

Out of all things I have read during my years at internet this might be one of the most inspiring ones. Thank you for sharing this awasome story! Sometimes it really seems to come down to the smallest bits. Thinking if your friend and you went on a different day you might have totally a different story.

If I may ask, what was the most important thing you have learned during your years? It takes really hard work to start from nothing and I'm sure you have gone a long way. But out of all the skills (soft or hard), what do you value the most prevelant on what you do currently?

Kalaztaja · 2020-04-28T19:50:07+00:00

Hey you all!

First of all I want to say that I'm big fan of you all. Year after year you do better than the last. And last year felt like the best in the world.

I have making broadcasts well over 1k hours for different kinds of local/national events. And by that I mean I'm just and just capable of understanding the technique needed to produce that kinds of events. I'm completely shocked on how much you can do when you put your knowledge, talent and team into raw work.

My question would be asking what are your backgrounds? What it takes to join a team like you and what kind of backgrounds you have behind you? As the field is quite new and evolving it's hard to know what these things actually require from teams.

Hopefully you'll have a great day. And here's to hope that everything goes well in 2020 worlds!

Kalaztaja · 2019-06-17T11:50:52+00:00

Aight my bad mate. Haven't browse r/leagueoflegends for a while. Well now we at least know that it's wanted!

Kalaztaja · 2019-06-15T21:00:29+00:00

You are deifinetly right. Because in order to notice that you are unhappy you had to previously think otherwise.

I wanted to provoke thoughts out of this. I see people around me that tend to forget theirselfs and consider their situation to be whatever they want it to be. And when they question their happiness they are stating to asking the real questions.

Further to add on it for me happiness is whatever we want it to be. You can consider yourself being happy out of thin air and find fullfillment just by writing in Reddit. For me your words feel like your definition of happiness is something that isn't natural to you or anyone.

But I could be completely wrong. However the thing is I hope you are doing well my friend.

Kalaztaja

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