“I came to gamedev after watching Evgeniy Grishakov’s video, so my main goals in the club were to get into interviews and the 5k+ chat. After joining the club, I made games on the advice of Evgeniy and other developers whom he interviewed - I did them quickly to feel out niche. Thanks to this, I learned how to quickly make MVP projects. I joined the club in December 2022 with an income of $1200-1400 per month from all 18 games. After that, I posted my most successful project, Merge Imposter, which brought in almost $2,000 of all time. "Thanks to my mentor, I am working on ideas for new projects. The analytics from Sensor Tower are also very helpful for me in finding niches."

“Communication with the mentor had an impact, according to the instructions we made the game and it took off) Of all the events, I liked participating in the game workshop, we are still working with that team on the game, in the process of the entire development of that project I am gaining new experience. The club as a whole gives a powerful motivation and help, they will always help if you ask)"

“From the moment I joined the club, I began to work even harder, to look at game development not just through my fingers, but as a real job. The club gave me motivation and psychological support, I always know that if there are any problems, the club is my support, where they will always help, advise, and find a solution. The game I made has no competitors on the site yet, I just realized that players might like it and published it. The main advice and idea is to just do something, and some game will definitely work. The mentor also advised me to add innaps to the game and told me what to do and how to do it, after which additional income appeared from the game.

I haven’t regretted for a minute that I joined the club, you can find a lot of useful information and valuable advice for yourself, the mentors not only give advice if necessary, but also motivate. And the care manager is like your right hand, you can count on help in any situation) The club is fire!”

“Joining the gamedev club allowed us to sort out the accumulated information, structure it and understand it. Based on this information, we held the first hackathon, successfully launched and moved forward with earnings, using the same strategy: “find a topic that will take off in a couple of weeks” We began to rivet a couple more products that were even more successful. We learned a lot of useful things regarding monetization from Slava Fonderkin, I bow to him, the calls are very useful, sometimes solutions to problems are found that raised the overall level of skill, we began to use new technologies and techniques."

“I continue to develop the supporting project. I am gradually moving towards hiring employees, I want to assemble a team. Income has increased multiple compared to last year, it’s not even worth counting)) And what happened last year - I joined the club) I think this is the decisive factor, influenced success"

“Hi, I just want to say a huge thank you for our last Zoom meeting! It was really cool to learn how the guys work with the team, what tools they use when working in a team, and how candidates are screened when hiring!

Ivan, special respect! A very simple but detailed answer on how to select people for an outsource studio and how to work with them strongly resonates with my approach to working with people and that’s why maybe it suited me the most. It's really important that you shared practical examples with the guys. Also, special thanks to the girl Nastya, if I remember correctly, who hosted this entire event."

"After 9 years of commercial development, we decided to develop and release games on our own. We looked at the game development club and decided to give it a try. We joined Evgeniy’s group and literally 3 weeks later we already released our first project with good metrics. Now we are actively releasing new games, testing various niches.

We thank the club for quickly finding the necessary information, for networking (we found several partners), for various useful meetups and workshops."

“My first year at the club has passed)) I want to share my story of how it was.
It all started a year ago, with a search for how to structure all the information I had in my head about game development. I recently left the business that I had been building for the last 8 years (a network of quests in Belarus), but I already had firm confidence that after a short rest I would continue my movement in creating games, but in the digital sphere. and not in reality. But then Evgeny @Grishakof appeared on the horizon with a 12-week movement and suddenly decided to speed up all my plans, creating for me an action quest in reality and an incredible challenge for the whole year - to complete a whole year of tasks with daily reporting without missing a single day (or rather, a maximum of 1). and to all this add a monetary incentive of $1,700. they made a bet, so to speak. but at the same time they also gave me full access to the club (that’s a pretty good bonus and I thought it was right in my direction) and the challenge was accepted.)))
It's been an incredible year for me. I understand that I haven’t achieved great results, but now I know that it’s just a matter of time and I just need to move on and increase the pace.
This year I took part in all four hackathons of the club (and even managed to win the last one). I met and went through fire and development with cool guys at each of these hackathons, took part in many other activities of the club, and met a huge number of people thanks to the club. Well, the amount of knowledge that I received during this year at the club can never be compared with trying to figure everything out alone. Now I don’t need to do other urgent things for long, but I will definitely return to this unique community later)). Thanks to everyone with whom I had the opportunity to communicate this year. to the entire club team. And for this incredible annual challenge to Evgeny and Sergey personally."

“So, review. I’m very glad to join the club, it gave me self-confidence and determination - I’m no longer scattered. An environment of competent, active and mature indie developers. People who probably know that my goal is achievable. In the first weeks of participation in the club, I improved the concept of the game and for the first time I feel confident that I am moving in the right direction.”

“A month at the club and first thoughts.

About people. I was lucky, I fell into the hands of good guys: Evgeniy and Pavel are competent and calm mentors, Nastya is a very responsive and active manager/helper. Many thanks to them for not abandoning us in this abyss of chaos and uncertainty.

About the club. Does it make sense to join it? It does if you have zero experience in game development. Buy someone else's experience and time and speed up your work. Definitely useful.
Will you make money from this? This is absolutely not a fact; this business is clearly not cheap, it is quite complex and uncertain. But there is a big plus, an almost limitless audience (read limitless money) if you find that very idea.

Gamedev club is a good help in this difficult matter. I always advise buying expertise from experienced people, and this time is no exception.”

“Participation in the club motivates me to move, not to give up, and also various useful things: for example, yesterday I received contacts of developers and other specialists - it was useful) In fact, I earned money thanks to the club and mentors, so of course there are benefits. I picked something interesting in my opinion template, uploaded it and the game started)"