Become an Indie Game Developer Using Only Free Assets and Resources
With music, visuals, text, and interactivity blended seamlessly into the experience, games have the ability to be the most dynamic and immersive form of artistic expression.
Unsurprisingly then, in recent years the market for games has grown to become much, much larger than the movie industry.
With so much money flowing into gaming, you might imagine that there’s lots of opportunity for you to make a good living in this industry — and you’d be right. However, as an indie developer you almost certainly won’t be able to do this with your first or second game. Plan on shipping at least 3–5 games before potentially going pro. On average, learners who release their first game make less than $300 on it, and quite a few don’t make any sales at all as you’ll notice from the stats in this article.
