Skills Indie Game Developers should have

Hello, I am Ashtermest, The writer of this Blog. Today's topic is quite different. Today we are going to talk about the skills an Indie Game developer should have. I did some research on this topic and also I have talked about my experience too. To be clear, what I am trying to say is in every field you need to have a specific skill required to do the work and if you have that required skill and you are good at it then you will grow more in your career. In the gaming industry, you will also need certain skills which will help you to grow in your career and be the best at what you do. These skills are just not enough for your game development career there are more skills to learn and these are some skills that will help you for your game development. 

Creativity. 

Before learning how to be creative first, we need to understand what creativity means. It is the way to create the original or new Idea with the help of imagination to solve a particular problem or to do something differently. If you have played games like GTA, Mario, and Assasin's Creed you will understand that these games didn't belong to the same category or had the same gameplay but they are known as one of the best games. 

Why? Because they are different and have their uniqueness in them. They were always creative to do something different and fun which players will enjoy playing. As a Game Developer, you should always try to do something different in your games. 

There will be times when you will not have good ideas, you will not be able to think properly, you will feel like you are stuck and you can't do anything, but you will just have to be patient because you will get ideas maybe not today but tomorrow you will get a better idea. 

The best way to think about your ideas is by finding a quiet place and having Journal or diary and writing down whatever ideas you get in your mind and then pick the one you love the most. Journaling can help you more than just in-game development, like when you are angry just write down what comes in your mind don't think about handwriting or spellings just keep writing, at the end you will feel better than before you can also do it when you feel sad. 

Programming.

As a game developer, you need to learn a programming language like C++, C Sharp, Javascript, and more. As a beginner in game development, I am guessing that you can't afford a programmer or software for visual scripting in some engines you can do visual for scripting like Unreal engine but it depends on your computer too. 

If you want to learn programming by yourself and not join any course or to pay for an online course the I think I have a solution for you, my friend, you can start learning basic programming of C sharp, You can find it on youtube. I will suggest that you watch the playlist of Brackeys on the basic of C sharp. C sharp or C++ will be easy for you to start as a game developer. 

Let me tell you one thing that if you are interested in programming for game development then you can join any course or you should do the degree which is related to computer science or programming. 

If you live in India then you can do BCA or BSC, if you want to be a game designer, game animator, or game artist then you don't need to learn to program but if you are interested and you want to be an Indie Game Developer then you should do any Game development course or become a self-taught game developer. 

Analyticalal Thinking. 

Analytical Thinking is one of the essential skills you should have, not only as a game developer but as a human being or dog unless you can think it's fine whoever you are. Analytical thinking is more of a habit than just a skill, It is what everyone should have, in every field, you will need it. 

But now the question is what is analytical thinking, if you didn't have this question well then now I gave the question. The best way to understand something is by starting to learn about it from 0 knowledge. 

So what is analytical thinking? Well, first we will learn what analysis means. An analysis is a process of breaking down a complex topic or substance into smaller parts to get a better understanding. So to think analytically you will need to break the complex problems, substance, or topic into smaller parts. 

Ok got it, but now they're one more thing you will have to do it Being fast at analytical thinking. Every human being in this world thinks and almost everyone thinks analytically, But what will be more fascinating and helpful will be that being fast at doing it and being correct. 

Analytical thinking will help us to solve problems and being fast will save a lot of your time in life and your game development. It will take a lot of practice and time at first but you could improve. 

Content Creation. 

This skill depends on you whether you want to do it or not but as an Indie Game Developer you should do content creation. Why? Because, when you will make your games and you will sell them on steam or epic games store you will need an audience to play it. 

No one will come and play the game until they don't know about you. You will need to build your brand to gain profit. One of the best will be by running Ads but the other best and the affordable way will social media marketing and content creation, You will need an account in which you can post content, you can use your accounts of social media but I will still suggest that you make a different account for it. 

You can post whatever you want, you can post about game development or you can entertain others with your Devlogs. The most important platforms you should post your content on should be LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and Reddit. 

Reddit is one of the best platforms to find peoples like you, you will find a game developers community where you can talk with them and ask them for help. There are three things you should be doing, posting qualitative content, Taking feedbacks, and being consistent. 

It is important to do these three to grow as a content creator. you will have to interact with others on these social media platforms, this is how you will find new people and build an audience for your game. 

Conclusion. 

As game developers, we need to learn to take different approaches and to keep learning. Game developers are the peoples who design a different world where people can forget their tension and escape reality for a while for good, It's what I think let me know your thoughts on this. Thank you for reading till here, for more content on Games and Game development follow this blog. For Updates of the blog follow us on: Instagram: ashteronn. Twitter: ashtermest.