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Want to design and build awesome games that can be played on the web (a web game developer)?

You’re in the right place.

It’s hard enough designing a fun game, but then you have to make it. Once it’s made, how do you make money from it? How do you get people to play?

You’re not alone.

Become a web game developer with me, Garrett Mickley. I have over 10 years experience in digital marketing, which I’ve had as a career while studying game design and development in college.

I completed my degree and now I’m ready to make some games!

Let’s learn together. Here’s what I’ve got so far:

Section 1: Game Design

Designing fun games.

• 5 Important Steps to Designing an Attention-Grabbing Game
• A Game Design Document (GDD) Tutorial That Will Save You Time and Energy

Section 2: Game Development

Building the fun games you design.

• Coming soon…

Section 3: Game Business

The day-to-day aspects of being a gamedev.

• There’s one thing you can do to save your gamedev career from certain failure.
• Start investing some extra cash and generate a sustainable “rainy day fund”.
• How do you generate revenue from your games? Don’t do ads…do this instead.

Section 4: Game Marketing

Making money from your games.

• You need to start marketing your game, even if it’s not done yet. Click here to find out why (and how).
• The easiest (and most rewarding) way to get started is with an email list. Check out the The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Email Marketing for Gamedevs.
• You want to start getting consistent with your sharing. Consistency is the key; read about it here.
• Don’t just use your favorite social media…use the one that works best for you.
• People can, and will, find your games if you optimize your site for search engines.