TikTok and Shorts Are Insane for Indie Devs

0:00 Intro 0:47 Why He Quit His Job During The Pandemic 1:55 The Game That Took 6 Years to Make 4:41 Starting By Improving on an Unpopular Game 8:22 The Motivation for Making Games 9:36 The Big Rewrite: Creating His Own Engine in Unity 12:52 What is Lockstep Networking? 15:23 Why Building on Top of Unity Can Be a Mistake 18:48 Coding Unique Physics That Unity Can't Handle 23:31 The Only Marketing That Actually Worked 25:50 How to Create Viral Shorts & TikToks 33:32 How Many Wishlists Do Viral Videos Generate? 36:53 A Genius Strategy for YouTube Content? 41:15 Why the Demo Was Almost a Full Game 45:28 Turning Bugs Into Beloved Features 51:30 The Struggle to Start The Next Project 55:52 The Explore vs. Exploit Dilemma for Creatives 59:14 Chasing "Success" as a Motivator 1:03:47 Why Indie Developers Should Be MORE Ambitious 1:10:09 Succeeding By Doing Everything "Wrong" 1:16:33 You Don't Have to Be a Super Genius to Succeed 1:19:33 How to Avoid Delusion as a Developer 1:24:24 What's More Important: A Fun Game or an Appealing Idea?