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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: &quot;I hate networking&quot;<br><br>We have so much in common Payne, let&apos;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

    &quot;Hey Payne! Let&apos;s meet up at a skyscraper and talk about indie games!&quot;

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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 &quot;Hey it&apos;s THIS guy! I LOVE this guy!&quot;.

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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&apos;ve been getting into game dev as a hobby, and I&apos;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&apos;m an awkward introvert and the only thing that genuinely makes me want to &apos;network&apos; or say hello and talk to another dev is if I&apos;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&apos;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&apos;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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