Why Every Successful Indie Dev Knows Each Other
17K views · May 12, 2026 · Gaming
Comments · 131
@tamararobinson6808 · 4 months ago · pinned
Your mom taught you not to be a psycho 😎 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/greatcontent">#greatcontent</a>
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@Uzknown · 4 months ago
Payne: "I hate networking"<br><br>We have so much in common Payne, let's be friends.
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@rbickles · 2 weeks ago
Here binging the entire Payne channel. 👍🏼
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@sleek8455 · 4 months ago
I thought this was gonna be about network programming until I read the title
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@SirWhinebottle · 4 months ago
"Hey Payne! Let's meet up at a skyscraper and talk about indie games!"
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@sirrus_sky · 4 months ago
Every time I see your videos pop up on my feed I keep forgetting your name, clicking your video and going "Hey it's THIS guy! I LOVE this guy!".
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@ALAvila191 · 4 months ago
hmm, talking to people huh. This is game dev thing might be harder than it first seemed...
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@leorainard2731 · 3 months ago (edited)
When your channel eventually blows up don’t change the casualness of the videos please it’s the best part. The fact that it’s not a super duper polished edit and I can see the mess in the the way the slides are put together make me less anxious about having everything together lmao.<br><br>The audio too makes it feel like a Skype call in a good way
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@Peter_Ropp · 4 months ago
Hey man, just want to say I love your stuff on YouTube! I've been getting into game dev as a hobby, and I'm not necessarily expecting/planning on making money from it but I like hearing about the thought process and behind the scenes workings of indie dev! Please keep making these great videos!
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@EldritchZach · 4 months ago
unhinged corporate power point is peak comedy
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@AdeelTariq0 · 4 months ago
I'm an awkward introvert and the only thing that genuinely makes me want to 'network' or say hello and talk to another dev is if I'm interested in what they are doing and not what they can do for me. Maybe they are local to me and I love my local game dev scene growing, so I go connect with them. Maybe they are using my favorite engine (godot) or a genre I'm really interested in. Or their journey is similar to me in other ways like working on games as a side thing or hobby etc. <br>Thinking about what someone can do for me and making connections and contacts based on that makes me want to die. Exaggerating but yeah can't make myself do that.
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@-LightSmit · 4 months ago
So you’re telling me I need to speak to people after choosing to become a gamedev? That sucks :(
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