Technical Animator 🎮 15 years launching games across mobile, console & PC 🎮 Rapid Prototyping, Unreal Blueprints, Maya Rigging, Animating, & more! 🎮 Creator of the Duck King 🦆👑 on Roblox
This was hard for me, because I know people are financially hurting right now, so I was very cognizant of that when putting the books out there and pricing them. "Why not make the ebooks free!?" So, I used to give away absolutely all my advice and time for free. What I realized in that process was that most people did not understand the value I was giving them, and that was partly my fault. What I had to do to actually gain that knowledge, I would have killed to have all the stuff I'm saying right now at the start of my career. Even placing a small value on something makes sure that people understand it is valuable. And it also ensures that those who are dead serious about this will get the information. I'm happy to see there are enough people serious about this career that it makes sense to keep making these books. I knew this could have easily gone the opposite way, and my greatest fears would be confirmed. There was a time where I completely redid my portfolio, and it really helped me to get more opportunities. I learned a ton from that process, and I'd love to share it with you in July! #gameindustry #gamedev #portfolio #ebook
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Sam Buchholz
5mo
I’ve seen it time and time again that people pay attention to what they pay for. Being generous is always a good policy, and oddly enough, you’re being generous by putting some kind of price on useful knowledge. Because the person who buys it might do what you hoped for-make a meaningful change in their life.
Unapologetic Humanist | Co-Founder, The Wayward | Freelance Game Dev
5moI love getting free stuff as much as the next person, but this really highlights the same problem that exists in games: for the amount of time and effort that went into it, the price that you ultimately pay is actually really low. It's only in the volume that you make up the difference. So in particular when small teams or individuals produce something and ask a reasonable amount, I'm not going to resent them for it by any means.