There is a crucial part to his success that needs to be mentionned, and it's not to diminish from what he's done: "create a success system" wouldn't even hold without the financial and psychological support from his girlfriend. That woman made him able to work full time without having to work for a score of years and we cannot understate how crucial she was in the success of Stardew Valley!
Couldnt agree more and this is my experience so far to with my partner. Ive been studying for 3 years while she has been hard at work. It does create another challenge when your having a rough month and are struggling to find bills or when an accident happens and we lose income for a bit. I've recently decided to dedicate my spare time to making a project to use as a portfolio or hopefully our own Stardew Valley.
I didn’t see this comment until weeks after I posted a similar comment, I’m glad this comment got some attention! Successful people more often than not have a group of supporting, patient, and challenging (I can’t think of a better way to word it, people motivating them to be better) around them.
@Tidder T every game rips off of another game, very few games nowadays reinvent the wheel. same for hardware companies, no wheels reinvented. rather the progression is toward perfecting existing technology
@Tidder T youre not wrong. But without ripoffs we wouldn’t have a lot of things we have today. I’ve played harvest moon. And I’ve played stardew valley. Like each one for different reasons.
@Tidder T I mean it’s still a ripoff of harvest moon but I watched a video where the developer of harvest moon and Eric had a interview with someone and he didn’t seem to mind and actually liked eric
I would like to mention another very important aspect of his success story. Contrarily to what most self-help gurus say, it's very important to not set big bold goals at the beginning of a personal project. Probably if he aimed to make a commercially successful game at the beginning of the project, his decisions would definitely lead him to a very different result and most likely frustrate him fairly quickly. Instead, in the beginning, he aimed to simply create a project that he could use at his resumè. Starting with a small goal in mind helps to remove excuses we constantly use with ourselves to justify our procrastination. Let's say, for example, you want to do at least 15 pushups every day when you wake up. You will probably say that this is too much or find a bunch of excuses if you're not an active person. But if you set yourself to simply do two pushups, it gets much easier. It's harder to find an excuse to justify why you cannot do only two pushups. And once you start doing it, you build momentum and it gets much easier to do the rest. So, I honestly believe, that in this case, the key is to set a goal that is big enough to get you motivated but not too big to get you frustrated before you're able to achieve it.
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 , even a 1 would be a hundred if you continue counting. . . its just that consistency is a whole new topic passion, motivation are probably one of the fuels to a moving car _any tips to keep the car moving?_
The keys to success: 1. You need luck. 2. Money is not a respecter of persons. But it loves lucky people. 3. Talent is as common as table salt. Luck is rare. 4. "Its better to have a lucky general than a good one." - Bonaparte
Hey Aaron, just wanted to stop by and say thank you for the shoutout :D I couldn't believe my eyes when you said my channel name and showed my page! I really didn't think my small channel would be noticed by a bigger CZcamsr like you, let alone give me a shoutout, so thanks for making my day :D
I've been subscribed for awhile now and I gotta say I really like what you're doing with your channel. It's awesome to see things laid out so clearly and concisely. Keep it up man, we appreciate all the work and effort you put into your videos.
I'm really enjoying your content. Like the three pillars you mentioned, you also seem to apply that here. It's not all just coding examples, you're adding a variety of topics related to development which really keeps this channel fresh.
Excellent post. I'm in my 60's and have been programming since the early 80s. I went back to college 9 months ago to sharpen my skills in web development. While many say that all the good ideas have already been taken, I had an idea several years ago that I'm now refining with my college courses. Once I complete my courses in the next few weeks, I will have enough content to demonstrate and pitch my idea. Set a goal, focus on it, and drive it to completion.
Aaron! You're a prophet!!! I needed this video sooooo much! Thanks for this. I've liked and subbed and will watch your videos going forward! Thanks again.
Aww hell yeah, megaman battle network! You just blew my mind, too. I had that game on my mind when thinking about myself making a game (series) I can take inspiration from. If you do happen to work on a game and take inspiration from the series, there's an active discord community and subreddit that would likely be interested in playing it one day. Thanks for the vid!
True inspiration. If you are a beginner and struggling and learning to code like me, I will say this that todays gonna be better than yesterday. Just keep pushing.
I think this one really resinated with us because not only was it coding news/information but it was helpful / inspiring in the spirit of why people watched you in the first place. I think that’s a special niche to have. Thanks for sharing.
fantastic Aaron... thank you very much for this great video... one of the best video or rather the best video so far I have come across on CZcams.. please keep going, cheers!!!
You should have so much more subscribers. One of the greatest CZcams channels there are out there. Great content, man! Keep up!!! Also. Stardew Valley is awesome! One of my favourite games for its simplicity and story.
I'm not in game development at all (built some games when I was younger though) but you're analysis could be applied to so many things. Many, for example, forget that they need to love what they're doing to really continue working on it. The community part is as well critical nowadays. Well done.
Very nice story, inspiring as well. Especially your (IDK whether if it was "inspired" from someone) abstraction of the "motivational triangle" out of it made is super scalable. Keep up bite-sized gems bro.
Aaron, this is a really good move you did; from being a coder-youtuber to whatever this is what you're doing now (news youtuber? :D). Keep it up man. Your content is amazing and the path to success is paved. Just to note, sometimes in your recent videos the camera gets a bit laggy.
looks like a lot of people are enjoying the new content, including me. i like how you put in effort into the videos but keep them casual too. hope to see the views catch up soon :)
A couple of factual errors: 1. I dont think he created the engine from scratch. From he Reddit AMA, he clearly said he used XNA Framework (newer: Monogame). Nevertheless, a fantastic achievement. 2. He has experience with creating and playing music. He even had a band when he was young. 3. His mother (or father) was an artist. He liked painting (creating art) too.
@@eon17was just about to mention the same thing. I'm a Monogame dev too. This isn't Unity where it's a game engine. You literally have to build the systems to make a game engine to then make a game from.
@@eon17game frameworks and game engines are essentially the same, the only difference being that Frameworks does not have a gui that you are going to work with so you will be writing everything in code. i have been a libdgx framework user back then and now a godot engine developer. its not like you are going to write the entire physics engine or rendering yourself anyways, there are 3rd party plugins that are available for your desired framework if not built-in already
Yo I am so inspired Aaron. I am still learning to code and recently started a gig as an RPA developer. But it would be super dope to re-create the likeness of megaman. Loved that game growing up too, as well as starfox, zelda to name a few. Well let me know when you start and I would love to contribute as well. Cheers
Aaron you rock 🤟💯. Thanks for the motivational video. I'm 51 yrs old who super determined to be a game developer. I have over 20 years of audiovisual experience, from tech jobs, set ups, break downs, editing, also lighting and some basic computer skills. However I still have a hunger to learn at this age. One of my hobbies is playing video games and I'm always fascinated by excellent video games. Anyway, my goal is to become a game developer. I truly believe I can become one. I already applied for college to study game development at SNHU.
There is a crucial part to his success that needs to be mentionned, and it's not to diminish from what he's done: "create a success system" wouldn't even hold without the financial and psychological support from his girlfriend. That woman made him able to work full time without having to work for a score of years and we cannot understate how crucial she was in the success of Stardew Valley!
Dedication, devotion and understanding goes a long way when it comes to a relationship
Behind every great man, is a great woman. - Napoleon Hill
@@TheUNdErMiNdEd coz a woman don't choose a fail Man.....
Just for fun dude.
Couldnt agree more and this is my experience so far to with my partner. Ive been studying for 3 years while she has been hard at work. It does create another challenge when your having a rough month and are struggling to find bills or when an accident happens and we lose income for a bit. I've recently decided to dedicate my spare time to making a project to use as a portfolio or hopefully our own Stardew Valley.
I didn’t see this comment until weeks after I posted a similar comment, I’m glad this comment got some attention! Successful people more often than not have a group of supporting, patient, and challenging (I can’t think of a better way to word it, people motivating them to be better) around them.
Dude, do more of these coder success stories, this was great.
@Tidder T every game rips off of another game, very few games nowadays reinvent the wheel. same for hardware companies, no wheels reinvented. rather the progression is toward perfecting existing technology
@Tidder T youre not wrong. But without ripoffs we wouldn’t have a lot of things we have today. I’ve played harvest moon. And I’ve played stardew valley. Like each one for different reasons.
@Tidder T I mean it’s still a ripoff of harvest moon but I watched a video where the developer of harvest moon and Eric had a interview with someone and he didn’t seem to mind and actually liked eric
Yes
There is great youtube channel that does exactly that: ThatGuyGlen
Watch him
I would like to mention another very important aspect of his success story. Contrarily to what most self-help gurus say, it's very important to not set big bold goals at the beginning of a personal project. Probably if he aimed to make a commercially successful game at the beginning of the project, his decisions would definitely lead him to a very different result and most likely frustrate him fairly quickly. Instead, in the beginning, he aimed to simply create a project that he could use at his resumè.
Starting with a small goal in mind helps to remove excuses we constantly use with ourselves to justify our procrastination. Let's say, for example, you want to do at least 15 pushups every day when you wake up. You will probably say that this is too much or find a bunch of excuses if you're not an active person. But if you set yourself to simply do two pushups, it gets much easier. It's harder to find an excuse to justify why you cannot do only two pushups. And once you start doing it, you build momentum and it gets much easier to do the rest.
So, I honestly believe, that in this case, the key is to set a goal that is big enough to get you motivated but not too big to get you frustrated before you're able to achieve it.
Thanks mane, this is really helpful and a great advice
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯
,
even a 1 would be a hundred if you continue counting. . .
its just that consistency is a whole new topic
passion, motivation are probably one of the fuels to a moving car
_any tips to keep the car moving?_
I read your post after my post but I agree. I worded it as manageable goals, however your comment also ties in to the actual story better than mine :D
The keys to success:
1. You need luck.
2. Money is not a respecter of persons. But it loves lucky people.
3. Talent is as common as table salt. Luck is rare.
4. "Its better to have a lucky general than a good one." - Bonaparte
@@RealisiticEdgeMod are you successful?
Hey Aaron, just wanted to stop by and say thank you for the shoutout :D I couldn't believe my eyes when you said my channel name and showed my page! I really didn't think my small channel would be noticed by a bigger CZcamsr like you, let alone give me a shoutout, so thanks for making my day :D
So you are the guy behind the awesome game. Your story was very inspiring. Jack of all trades and master of all.
@@parthaprateempatra4278 lol
@@parthaprateempatra4278 uhm.. no dude😂. This guy makes great vids about games.
Also, Hey Glen! Love your vids.
This is probably my favorite of the "new" content and I could see it being your niche.
I agree
@@paritoshbatish9984 i agree
How Do I Build Community?
"I'm having fun doing it" I love how you wrap up at the end, great video.
Landed on this from YT recommendations and man what a great video. Thank you for sharing and looking forward to seeing more like this. Cheers!
I've been subscribed for awhile now and I gotta say I really like what you're doing with your channel. It's awesome to see things laid out so clearly and concisely. Keep it up man, we appreciate all the work and effort you put into your videos.
Keep it up Aaron! Love the channel and this recent content cadence.
Love the conclusion at the end of the video. So important for videos
I'm really enjoying your content. Like the three pillars you mentioned, you also seem to apply that here. It's not all just coding examples, you're adding a variety of topics related to development which really keeps this channel fresh.
This was a great breakdown, would love to see more content like this!
Damn, this video came just in the right time for me. Thanks for great content!
Excellent post. I'm in my 60's and have been programming since the early 80s. I went back to college 9 months ago to sharpen my skills in web development. While many say that all the good ideas have already been taken, I had an idea several years ago that I'm now refining with my college courses. Once I complete my courses in the next few weeks, I will have enough content to demonstrate and pitch my idea. Set a goal, focus on it, and drive it to completion.
That's really inspiring~ How is your development going?
@@tyiffpeijc8702 It's ongoing. I hope to have a basic version of my web-based application ready for presentation by the end of the year.
Wow congratz! I wish you the best! I am a developer making a mmorpg.
If you are building it on MERN Stack I could help 😃
@@TimothyTrimble is it ready
Learning over time! Thank you for bringing this, really helps dealing with the preassure of having to learn faw yaw laifs sake
Aaron! You're a prophet!!! I needed this video sooooo much! Thanks for this. I've liked and subbed and will watch your videos going forward! Thanks again.
you've given me the inspiration ive been looking for, for a long time!
I felt something just now that I need to feel more often to get through this pandemic. More inspiration please
This is one of the few advice videos that are truly exceptional.
Well done.
Aww hell yeah, megaman battle network! You just blew my mind, too. I had that game on my mind when thinking about myself making a game (series) I can take inspiration from. If you do happen to work on a game and take inspiration from the series, there's an active discord community and subreddit that would likely be interested in playing it one day. Thanks for the vid!
I liked your old content but this transition to news is really working for me too. Keep it up
True inspiration. If you are a beginner and struggling and learning to code like me, I will say this that todays gonna be better than yesterday. Just keep pushing.
I think this one really resinated with us because not only was it coding news/information but it was helpful / inspiring in the spirit of why people watched you in the first place. I think that’s a special niche to have. Thanks for sharing.
fantastic Aaron... thank you very much for this great video...
one of the best video or rather the best video so far I have come across on CZcams.. please keep going, cheers!!!
Great video, man! Thank you🙏🏼
You’ve become my favorite CZcamsr dude. Keep it up!!
Yo Aaron , I love your work dude, I can relate to your story and you're now someone I'm looking up to, keep dropping awesome content like this!
You should have so much more subscribers. One of the greatest CZcams channels there are out there. Great content, man! Keep up!!!
Also. Stardew Valley is awesome! One of my favourite games for its simplicity and story.
Thanks Aaron for sharing this with us!
This was super inspirational. Thanks, Aaron!
Very educational and inspirational video. Great stuff !
I'm not in game development at all (built some games when I was younger though) but you're analysis could be applied to so many things. Many, for example, forget that they need to love what they're doing to really continue working on it. The community part is as well critical nowadays.
Well done.
this series is great man keep up
Great insights Aaron, you should start interviewing people like this!
Great video! You are keeping me motivated through my cs exams
It was really good, well combined, the music at the end. :D
Dude your sincerity and honesty made me to subscribe your channel. Keep doing the great work.
Great video man, thank you!
Love all your videos dude.Keep up the good work
Aaron you are a good man. Great video, thank you.
Great video, it's nice when somebody random becomes a success, as it makes you realise everyone has potential with the right idea and mindset
This is a superb value set - Thanks
Incredible video; inspiring and captivating with valuable nuggets sprinkled on top.
Great video! Thank you for sharing.
Dude this was great. Keep it up. Hope your channel grows the way you want it to grow. All the best!
I am having fun watching these. Well done.
Thanks so much for your awesome video! It's inspiring! Keep going! you definitely have loyal followers and incoming new ones!
Very nice story, inspiring as well. Especially your (IDK whether if it was "inspired" from someone) abstraction of the "motivational triangle" out of it made is super scalable. Keep up bite-sized gems bro.
Fascinating, thank you.
This was good. I like it far better that previous 3-4 videos. I'd like to see your next video about Digital nomads. Keep it up!
Thoughtful video. Thanks!
Nice video, mate! Digging the way you broke it down into principles for success. Good shit. :]
Loved this video, amazing story
Loving the new content
Great inspiration! Thanks!
If there was ever a reason for me to start coding, then that reason is now. This is inspiring!
"Now" is not a reason. Now is life
Hey i read this comment so what are you doing now developing game ???
@@Akashwade Right now, I first wanna learn the basics of coding. Then, I'll want to writes notes on the story and game mechanics.
dude i love your videos keep going
Great video, thanks for share your ideas
I subbed because of this video. Love stuff like this as it helps people like me out
This was so inspiring!
Great vid bro,keep up the great work,🍺
Nice video. I love Eric’s story, it keeps me going. Someday, ladies and gents, we all will have our chance at success ;)
Really great new content!!
Great vid bro!!!
This was an excellent video please do more
Aaron, this is a really good move you did; from being a coder-youtuber to whatever this is what you're doing now (news youtuber? :D). Keep it up man. Your content is amazing and the path to success is paved.
Just to note, sometimes in your recent videos the camera gets a bit laggy.
First time watching your channel, and wow it's great, keep up the good work!
Reliable and humurous, the kind of resource I'm looking for!
Thank you so much for this video. You're the best
Thank you so much!💪
Man love this.
This is inspiring, I just started doing devlogs
looks like a lot of people are enjoying the new content, including me. i like how you put in effort into the videos but keep them casual too. hope to see the views catch up soon :)
this was awesome, and love thatguyglen too
Great video!
Now that was pretty damn inspiring
Thank you, now even my coffee breaks are becoming productive!
Inspiring video bro 👍
A couple of factual errors:
1. I dont think he created the engine from scratch. From he Reddit AMA, he clearly said he used XNA Framework (newer: Monogame). Nevertheless, a fantastic achievement.
2. He has experience with creating and playing music. He even had a band when he was young.
3. His mother (or father) was an artist. He liked painting (creating art) too.
A Framework is not an engine lmfao. As a monogame dev myself,I can say that Eric Barone built an engine.
@@eon17was just about to mention the same thing. I'm a Monogame dev too. This isn't Unity where it's a game engine. You literally have to build the systems to make a game engine to then make a game from.
@@eon17game frameworks and game engines are essentially the same, the only difference being that Frameworks does not have a gui that you are going to work with so you will be writing everything in code. i have been a libdgx framework user back then and now a godot engine developer. its not like you are going to write the entire physics engine or rendering yourself anyways, there are 3rd party plugins that are available for your desired framework if not built-in already
Ayy ma boy Aaron Jack is back at it againn
This video was really inspirational! Love the hard work and content you’re putting in. Megaman battle network was also my childhood game haha 😄
Huh I like the way you talk and think man. Awesome video.
Thank you. I mean it as I am working on making my first true game and game company. I needed this information
💪
Keep this videos coming
earned my sub when you said your childhood was mmbn. loved those games growing up and always wanted to remake them, but co-op
this video is extremely motivating... Loved the transparency...
🙏😎
Dude. Awesome.
Thank you!
This is inspiring!
"I'm having fun doing it" is THE most important thing in this journey.
Thanks man
this video reminds me of ThatGuyGlen's video. both are very motivational 🙌
Nice tale of success.
Really inspiring
Megaman Battle Network 3 is still one of my favourite games of all time. Sick video, Aaron.
Yo I am so inspired Aaron. I am still learning to code and recently started a gig as an RPA developer. But it would be super dope to re-create the likeness of megaman. Loved that game growing up too, as well as starfox, zelda to name a few. Well let me know when you start and I would love to contribute as well. Cheers
You " inspired me" so much as per your definition 😜☺️.
bro, battle network was so unique. Been waiting on the port for that one on switch!
Very lovely story! Just about to start documenting an AR music app im making in unity
That's a hell of a portfolio project
Aaron you rock 🤟💯. Thanks for the motivational video. I'm 51 yrs old who super determined to be a game developer. I have over 20 years of audiovisual experience, from tech jobs, set ups, break downs, editing, also lighting and some basic computer skills. However I still have a hunger to learn at this age. One of my hobbies is playing video games and I'm always fascinated by excellent video games.
Anyway, my goal is to become a game developer. I truly believe I can become one. I already applied for college to study game development at SNHU.
Thank you, you got it!🙏