It’s been a little over a year now since I started my adventure as a solo indie developer. I thought it would be good to do a recap video going into detail about all the financial numbers and such.
One thing I neglected to mention in the video is the improvement in work-life balance. I think it’s important to maintain a healthy lifestyle even when doing solo indie projects. If you have to sacrifice all of your free time and sleep and exercise just to make things work out, it’s not worth it. The advantage to setting my own schedule is that I can sleep when it’s natural for my body to sleep (which is at like 7:00AM). I always try to make sure I get enough rest and take a walk every day. If I’m unable to to do these things as well as take care of other personal activities, I just cut back on development time. I’m attempting to complete this project without crunch (excessive working hours).