Game Project Completed: How Successful Indie Game Developers Finish Their Projects

by Thomas Schwarzl

Learn How To Become A Successful Indie Game Developer.Most game development books address design, coding, graphics or similar topics. They teach you how to make games. This book does not show you how to make games. It shows you how to take your game project to the finish line. Many game projects never make it beyond the alpha state.

Game Development Success Is All About The Inner Game.Being a successful game developer does not (just) mean being a great programmer, a smart game designer or a gifted artist. It means dominating the inner game of game making. This separates the pros from the wannabes. It's the knowledge of how to stay focused, motivated and efficient during your game projects. It's the skillset of keeping things simple and avoiding misleading dreams of the next overnight success. Finally it's about thinking as a salesperson, not just as a designer, programmer or artist.

Genres: Nonfiction, Games, Game Design, Technical

116 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 24, 2014

Reviews

[Beatrice Lapa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm already doing most of what's in the book before I even got myself a copy. It's just really good to know that my methods have been validated by a published author and someone who has been in the industry for more than a decade. :D

And don't worry Mr. Schwarzl, I may have suffered a major setback (in the form of two thieves, one using the title "landlord") while creating one of my games, but I promise it will not see the same season.

[Jon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great encouragement for someone who always finishes 75% of his games.

This book comes across more like a “self-help” book, but specifically for someone who’s in a specific situation - needing to wrap up building a game. There is a ton of great advice for different levels of indie developers, and it’s encouraging to see an entire book covering a topic that seems to bite me after 100 hours of game development.

[Vanz Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some part of this book is basic things, so many people may already know about it. But, Basic things are proven to be right.
So, I enjoyed reading this book and want to keep it close to me for the case I forget the basic things which I think is important.

[Hesam m · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thomas has a friendly, easy to read writing style which helps to deliver the most from the least words. This book doesn't try to tell you 1000 ways a project can go wrong, however it tells how to prevent all those ways while staying motivated and goal-oriented.

[Ahmed Moudabel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good general overview of how to finish game projects but doesnt really go into detail, so its pretty short. Reccommend starting on last chapter before reading it because it proposes IRL lifestyle changes.

[Candy Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

i recommend this book for newbies in game dev, it exposes multiple topics that you will encouter in your way.. thank you Thomas, i really enjoyed reading it

[Zack Zefferini · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent book.

[Francesco Corso · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good information, but fairly obvious. There's nothing groundbreaking in here. Pretty well put together though and fairly short to boot.

[John Janowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Lots of great advice and a helpful read to stay motivated in making games or just in life in general!

[Osama Alsalman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely book, you can get many nice tips from it. However I took 2 stars out for the book fillers, which are stuff that most of us know and are not that beneficial.

[Daniel Selbee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short self help book

For those of you expecting key elements to finishing a game on a technical level, you won't find it here. This is more of a self help book that deals with the emotions you may experience and gives you tips on dealing with them. Given that, I still really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to not just those working on a game, but to any entrepreneur working on a project.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and to the point. Good tips to keep in mind.

[Reik Val · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice advices and it gives you confidence. The book is short and well written, a must read, at least for beginners in the industry.