Ways of Minimizing Risk

Like I said before, there are many obstacles in the path of a single developer finishing and shipping a game. So I thought I'd do a post about what I'm doing to mitigate that risk.

• Using a pre-made engine: Unity
• Using middleware: Orkashi RPG Kit
• Using a unique art style
• Chose to do a relatively easier to develop game structure
• I decided to do a dungeon crawler, which I love, but also doesn't require as many unique art assets as an open world. 
• Easier to be creative within constraints
• Finding ways to minimize animation
• First, animation is time-consuming. 
• Second, it doesn't contribute as much to the world/gameplay for the time it takes to do as many other tasks that are faster.
• Using sprites instead of full 3D models
• Focusing on digital distribution
• Rather than focusing on finding a publisher or investors to fund a large scale physical distribution and advertising campaign, I'm going to try crowdfunding and releasing in a digital format.
• Developing with a harder heart
• If I cut features that are close to my heart when I see them taking too much development time, or that they're making it less fun, the game is that much more likely to succeed.