8 QUICK Indie Game Dev Tips! (Steam, Marketing, Mindset)

Eight practical tips for indie game developers covering Steam page launch timing (wait until game idea, visual style, and enough screenshots are ready), sustainable development through genre specialization, testing game ideas via Reddit/Twitter engagement, why game dev success isn't random, why sharing your game idea publicly beats secrecy, defining personal success metrics, the reality that most hits aren't first games (Rovio made 51 games before Angry Birds), and how revenue is non-linear across a game dev career.