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Why now is actually the BEST time to get into Indie Game Development

Dusk Sharp
3 min readAug 18, 2020

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Stop waiting for a better opportunity!

Contrary to popular belief, now is actually the greatest time to get into indie game development.

It’s 2020, people are at home starved for entertainment, and you are at home with more free time than ever. If you are lucky enough to still have a stable living, you can certainly benefit from adding a new skill to your repertoire. Most office workers regained their commute time, and if you are between jobs (and living stably) then now is the greatest opportunity to pick up a new trade.

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The *FREE* Tools of the Trade

There are plenty of resources out there to learn how to program, if you are a beginner. YouTube has free channels dedicated to game development tutorials. Cheap online courses typically will run you about $10 for what is usually upwards of 40 hours of lessons, projects, and resources.

The tools to make games have never been so accessible. With Unity, Godot, Unreal Engine, Phaser, GameMaker, ClickTeam, and more! There are plenty of free software, with a whole community online waiting to help you with your inevitable coding questions. Many of these tools give you free license to sell your game, so long as you are making under a certain…

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Dusk Sharp
Dusk Sharp

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