Hey I’m Sam! I’m a solo developer based in Canada. I’m mainly a programmer but I’m also very passionate about art and design. I’ve been making little games for close to a decade now, mostly little web games in Javascript and Pico-8. Easy Delivery Co is my first real attempt at developing a larger commercial game.
Easy Delivery Co is a relaxing open world delivery driving game set in a once-lovely snowy mountain town, you deliver packages back and forth for the local businesses and get to know the remaining townsfolk.
The game spawned in after I made a model for a Japanese kei truck and decided to place some boxes in it to see how they did with the car physics I was developing. There never was a grand vision to begin with I’ve simply gone with the flow and added what made sense to add or what I felt like adding to the game.
So far so good! Like I said, I’ve been mostly going with the flow and following the fun, its been very freeing to be able to design as I go. Although, since there are now more eyes on the game and more pressure to make it good, I have sat down to design the rest of the game and made a solid plan for finishing It on time.
For Easy Delivery Co I chose to use Unity simply because it’s what I know, at this point I’m very familiar with its tools and workflow, so I’m able to implement pretty much anything I design and I rarely run into problems I can’t work around.
The biggest hurtle so far has been motivation. Especially when first starting the project, it was hard to keep working on it while juggling a full-time job. There were a few times that I almost gave up completely. I’m glad I pushed through because I now have a publisher and I was able to quit my day job :)
When making a larger game - design based on what you know! In other words, make sure when you design your game and its features, make sure you have an idea for how to implement each of those features. For example If you aren’t fond of programming, design a game that uses as little programming as possible, or if you aren’t fond of art, design a game that doesn’t rely as much on visuals.
It is also really important to always learn and push yourself, so when learning its important to start small with prototypes and jam games to work up to your large game :)
-Sam
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