This Opening Mistake Is Destroying Indie Games
By Overload
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Most indie games lose a player before anything asks them for a decision. Count the seconds in your build until they can decide anything. Doom hands you a weapon. Balatro deals you a hand, Vampire Survivors the stick. Skyrim's cart and Half-Life's tram hold you on purpose. All of them have their reasons. š Subscribe for more game design tips! https://www.youtube.com/@overload-gamedev?sub_confirmation=1 š Discord: https://discord.gg/fwVWguY5VF š Wishlist my game! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2489610/TrishuDrift/ Timestamps: 0:00 The opening nobody answers 0:26 What the player already did 1:04 The splash you cannot delete 1:39 The ten-second bar 2:42 What skipping teaches them 3:32 Doom, Skyrim, Half-Life 4:30 A first choice that is theirs //About me: My name is Jan. I have been working in game development and coding for over 12 years. I am working hard to publish Videos, which can be anything from tutorials, devlogs, and to Asset-/Game-Reviews. š© Business inquiries: over
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