Make Small Games - This Game took 300 Hours
62K views · Apr 13, 2026 · Gaming
Comments · 98
@GozmaDev · 5 months ago
I can tell the seniority of a software developer by the amount of hair in his head.<br>This guy is a master of his field.
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@fille.imgnry · 5 months ago
Love this type of interviews where you take the time to acctually look up things during the interview. Great work!
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@Ragstal · 5 months ago (edited)
This fellas is dangerously cunning. Quite surprisingly open about talking on his tactics and approaches. Interesting information from this interview. Very observatory too…
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@nomadd3 · 4 months ago
I love how game devs say: "this is a small project it only took 300h". I know this is a small amount for game devs, but its crazy how fucking complex it is and how people take advantage over that at companies. They explore the fuck out of game devs.
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@S4m1d0 · 5 months ago
This was very enlightening
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@sauerkrautgyoza · 5 months ago
Thank you both for this podcast. Will the slides be available somewhere?
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@tylercampbell4507 · 5 months ago
I really loved click and conquer! Genuinely was a great game!
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@darthmolar · 5 months ago
Ok cakez i’ll do it but you better play it!
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@ConductiveMage · 5 months ago
Excellent interview.
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@Leikjarinn · 4 months ago
THIS and Digseum are my jam!
@Rat_Lord · 5 months ago (edited)
Hey man just want to say thanks for the info. I appreciate you being transparent and don't think you deserve any hate for this but it's just the internet I guess. I definitely gleaned some good info from this interview though and everything I can learn is very helpful trying to launch my first game. I've been doing this for 5 years already so I really need to actually publish something and these stories are motivating.<br><br>Also I like the bit about just not engaging with certain crowds that just want to hate. Because I do the same thing where I expect people to be logical and reasonable so I give logical responses and like you said if they just want to hate it doesn't matter what you say. That's something I need to keep in mind more. I think it's honorable that you said you don't want to go the laughing all the way to the bank route even though it's probably the response those people deserve.<br><br>Anyway hopefully I can find me a thornity one day because I'm much like the dev guy where all I want to do is work on games and don't have a lot of energy for the marketing side.
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@SethODaleStudios · 5 months ago
For anyone wondering you can unveil 5 a day.
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