Toby Fox made Undertale all by himself and earned 2 million dollars. He made the soundtrack, the story, the graphics and all of the game's programming.
And you, what did you do today?
>>52076014
I think hes a lucky drop in the bucket because a lot of people do what he does and gets no where
Notch from Mojang did almost the same as well. He made Minecraft all by himself and is now extremely rich (a billionaire)
>all of the game's programming
he used Game Maker Studio
>>52076065
it's still programming
>Defining success by money
Verifiably false, like how the flappy bird creator deleted his app when he was making $16k a WEEK, because it ruined what used to be a simple quiet hobby.
Now go back to /v/ with your toy software for children
>>52076014
Enjoying life
>>52076014
well nothing, because it's a sunday
but I have a steady job as a software engineer and I don't gamble on one in a million lottery chances like indie games.
I purchased a PS4 for my girlfriends brother cause he and his girlfriend have a 1 year old and cannot afford one or really a lot of things and their PS3 is on the fritz. Which i fixed when i was there. And i fixed their samsung tablet they got from her parents cause it slept in a puddle of beer for the night.
>>52076065
You have to write programs in Game Maker Studio if you want something more than just walking around the map and teleporting the character at teleporting points.
>>52076014
I just woke up senpai.
I'll write my super successful video game this afternoon.
>>52076014
i reinstalled arch
jelly?
>>52076156
No he was wildly successful but also a faggot.
>>52076014
soundtrack is shit.
story is either edgy or sappy
programming was game maker
>2015
>not making your own game engine
The only reason he's successful is because of tumblr/plebbit cancer
>>52076227
>story is either edgy or sappy
Sperglord detected
I worked my 8 hour cashier shift
>>52076227
>he forgot to pander to tumblr and plebbit
This is why you are not successful.
But sure man. Keep believing that the reason you have never done anything worthwhile is because you're better than everyone else.
>>52076193
Impressive anon, may the light of GabeN shine down upon you
>>52076227
You're just jealous that Toby Fox is a polymath
Toby Fox's game is pretty good, however it was built in Game Maker Studio. Which, in itself isn't that bad, but it makes your post stupid.
>>52076227
>not making your own game engine
There's a reason why libraries (and Game Maker Studio) exists and that's because not everybody is interested in reinventing the wheel.
He retired at 26
>>52076014
Why would i make a glorified bullet hell game. Seems pretty lame desu.
Masturbated and made myself a useful script.
I made souped-up night vision goggles with a camera module, an ordoid, openCV,and FPV goggles.
>>52076309
A new wheel you say.
That seems interesting.
Maybe we could add new features, like spikes, or lasers.
>>52076220
This. The creator of Flappy Bird was a fucking idiot who threw his success away.
I was making a rogue-like based off of sims 3 today.
>>52076014
>all game's programming
nice try, back to your home
>>>/v/
>>52076526
>>52076479
I'd hardly call ending an income of $16k per week "throwing success away". I would call throwing away all the income earned from Flappy Bird as "throwing success away". He still has the money he earned before.
>>52076227
someone's jealous!
>>52076227
>soundtrack is shit.
stopped reading there
>>52076065
I'm guessing you're one of those C elitist faggots that never accomplishes anything because you're too busy arguing about correct curly brace placement and how many spaces should be in a tab.
Didn't become a meme>>52076014
>>52076545
>>52076620
You too, for that matter.
>>52076156
he deleted before fading out to obscurity it to maximize the headlines, so he could ensure that anything he does afterwards will be reported as "FLAPPY BIRD CREATOR RETURNS? : DEVELOPER OF 'TOO POPULAR' MINIGAME RETURNS WITH NEW TITLE". only a literal retard would believe he'd legitimately stop such a massive income stream for no reason other than "muh hobby"
>>52076620
4 spaces in a tab
no strong preference about the braces
>>52076479
>>52076659
He got a C&D from Nintendo
>>52076659
Flappy Bird was an uncontested success. Anything that he attached his name to would guarantee that people would report on it. There was no need to commit a marketing campaign by "causing controversy".
>>52076014
Me and my friend actually plan to make apps this coming summer, he's a java programmer for a famous weps contractor, and I'm a graphics designer.
He flipped out when he heard an app that reminds women to drink water made like $250,000.
I'm actually pretty excited. We plan to build a publishing name with free small crap then slowly start adding 1-2 dollar apps here and there. The hardest thing is getting him to understand patent laws....
>>52076651
he did not even use opengl. He is a lazy bitch
>>52076715
>graphics designer
please leave
can someone explain to me why flappy bird was such a hit? it was literally just a clone of the helicopter game which has many variations
>>52076737
The fact that he's a graphic designer is fine. The problem is that they're going to develop proprietary software (and possibly get software patents?)
>>52076014
>By himself
Nope, sorry. There's at least one other person (temmy), and IIRC there's another.
>>52076745
>ripoff of sort of popular existing game
>free to install
>extremely simple, does not require a working brain to play
>addictive and "hard" (not really, just luck-based)
it fits all the criteria for a mobile game to become popular
>>52076760
Android you can publish what ever, till enough complaints get your publishing power revoked.
IOS, if they even smell you plagiarized another app that makes them money, your 2-10k developer license can be revoked.
>>52076250
anon, you do something most people would hate to do, despite probably hating it yourself. I'm proud of you for sticking with it. Good luck with your job and hopefully you can find better.
>>52076556
Yeah i know, i like to waste my time
>>52076014
His success is very impressive, but undertale is a pretty crappy meme game.
Music is nothing, graphics are nothing. It's about the quirky gimmicks.
