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So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« on: December 13, 2013, 09:02:51 am »
Hello Game Devs,
 
After seeing so many other posts similar to this I thought I should make my own thread about it.

Yesterday I quit my job to go full time indie. Currently, my 1st game is being finished and I'm quite excited.

I wrote a blog post here.
 
Please read it and let me know what you think.
 
I look for your wisdom and support in this huge life endeavor.

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Re: So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2013, 10:05:56 am »
The gaming industry and in the meantime also the indie part of it are quite a though business, but with the right motivation, inspiration and well a good game, one can make it. ;)

I wish you all the best! :)
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Re: So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2013, 03:28:28 pm »
Its rock the world or fail, I would know, because I am in the exact same situation!

Good luck brother, may the best always happen to you :)

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Re: So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2013, 03:11:10 pm »
Thank you guys for the support.

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« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2014, 02:37:54 am »
Good luck! It's been nearly 2 years since I quit my job to go indie, and now I'm only a few months away from releasing the closed beta of my game (using SFML of course!) ;)

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Re: So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2014, 03:51:08 am »

Ah thanks for the support.

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« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2014, 04:14:31 am »
Welcome to the party! while I didn't go as extreme as you and quit my job, I do however work 9-5 at a game studio then evenings work on my own game.

Careful not to get too burned out!

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Re: So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2014, 09:28:15 pm »

@Gobbles, understood.

There is many problems and stress that arise.

I wrote a song about it the other day, it is called, "The struggle goes on".

You can read about it here:

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Re: So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2014, 04:28:03 am »
Preaching to the Choir brahskie, good luck and I'll be watching for dat release. I'd love to do this myself but I'm worried about the legal side of things regarding software licensing and stuff. I don't want advice or anything but do you guys know where I could start looking into such a thing?

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Re: So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2014, 04:37:26 am »
Which software are you referring to? if your using paid software of some sort, there's always a free alternative on the internet somewheres.

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« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2014, 05:23:28 am »
Which software are you referring to? if your using paid software of some sort, there's always a free alternative on the internet somewheres.
I was referring to paid software since I have an artist and good friends that I'd love to hang out with more. It's just a matter of learning stuff on the legal side of things since I'm a programmer. If it was free I wouldn't worry about legal stuff because there's no lively hoods at stake.

Edit: I should say like taxes and things the government would care about but I've slightly found where to start looking into that. Copy write stuff for the software itself is where I haven't found any usable knowledge.

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« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2014, 08:53:44 am »
I'm worried about the legal side of things regarding software licensing and stuff.
Software licensing is for the most part really easy - it's similar to how you'd go groceries shopping. As said before there are many free alternatives, but even there you need to make sure that it's allowed to use it for commercial purposes, some example of such software would be GIMP, Blender, Code::Blocks, etc. For payed software you just need to make sure what the license allows you to do. Many applications have a "per desk" policy, which means you can only install it on one computer and need another license if you want to install it somewhere else. Some come with a license for two desks, so you could install it on your notebook and desktop for example. If something is not clear about a certain software, it's usually rather easy to contact the author or the support team.

That's for software application, however for library licenses things are very similar and it's mostly easier to understand, due to the usage of standardized licenses. If you find a library you'd like to use, you'll simply have to look up the license and there are many sites that break the legal gibberish into something understandable (e.g. TLDRLegal). Be aware that "Commercial Use" does not automatically mean, you can use it however you want, instead you need to see under which conditions you can use it commercially. For instance GPL allows for commercial usage, if you put your own software under GPL and make your source code available to the public, whereas with zlib/libpng (which SFML uses), you can do anything as long as you don't claim to be the original author.

This might now still seem rather complex and yes there are a few things you'll have to look up/learn, but overall it's not that complex.
Regarding legal I'd say things like registering your indie company, paying business taxes and other fees (depending on country - healt care, pension fund, insurances, etc) correctly, is quite a bit more complicated and I wouldn't be sure, if I could figure all that out on my own, or if I'd hire someone to go over it. ;)
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Re: So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2014, 05:36:03 am »
Thanks eXpl0it3r, you're a great help around here.

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Re: So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2014, 06:47:53 pm »

The big release happens tonight.

Behold: http://www.superlongname.com/programs/agriduel.

Agriduel!
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Re: So I just quit my job to go full time indie!!!!! Rock on!!
« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2014, 07:02:47 pm »
go go go mate! rock on :)