Superflight
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Thomas Brush10 min
I Was Wrong About Making Games...
The primary thesis of this analysis is that indie game developers often hinder their success by obsessively pursuing groundbreaking, unique mechanics rather than focusing on quality and execution.
- Success in the indie game market does not require creating a groundbreaking or entirely unique mechanic; focusing on executing a solid, high-quality game within an established genre is more effective.
- Attempting to force innovation often leads to bloated codebases, development paralysis, and wasted resources, as evidenced by the speaker's failed attempts to iterate on complex, 'unique' mechanics like magnetiles or skydiving.
- Leveraging your specific strengths—your '20%' or forte—is the most reliable way to ensure quality, as seen in the speaker's shift from struggling with new mechanics to focusing on storytelling and atmosphere in his title, Twisted Tower.
Thomas BrushJul 2025
![Cover of How to Make a Successful Game! - 10 Short Tips - (Theory) [2018]](https://files.gameindustrylibrary.com/thumbnails/38146/page-1.png)
Jonas Tyroller6 min
How to Make a Successful Game! - 10 Short Tips - (Theory) [2018]
The pursuit of commercial success in game development requires a structured approach to design, centered on ten core factors that influence player engagement and marketability.
- Success factors in game development act as multipliers rather than additive components, meaning a deficiency in any single area can disproportionately undermine a project's overall potential.
- Developers should evaluate projects using a 10-point diagnostic framework covering ease of learning, visual communication, skill ceiling, player fantasy, graphics, shareability, social mechanics, differentiation, fluid gameplay, and motivation.
- The framework utilizes a comparative scoring system where multiplying the scores across all ten dimensions generates a total success index to identify and prioritize design weaknesses.
Jonas TyrollerMar 2018