I can’t wait for that shift.
I can’t wait for people to finally see there are clear paths forward.
And I can’t wait for more creators to realize that fundamentals aren’t a burden,
They are the keys to the starship of success...
and iv been ready for lift off for a while now 🚀

95% of struggling games aren’t struggling because of budgets or marketing — they’re struggling because of missing fundamentals.

And the second we start acknowledging that, the entire industry levels up.

WE ALL WIN! Consumers AND Teams 2-

So instead of getting expert coaching that fixes root problems, devs get thousands of contradictory surface-level opinions, and then wonder why they can’t find clarity or direction. 5

The HARDEST part?
But at the same time, we’ve normalized asking random consumers for guidance
Early Access crowds, Discord groups, Reddit threads, Twitter comments
People with NO design training and NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OUTCOME 4-

Right now, our industry is upside down.
We obsess over “visibility,” “virality,” “wishlists,” and “market fit,” but avoid the conversations that actually change outcomes
The ones about craft, clarity, feel, game space, friction, and player experience for the consumer. 3-

For years now, we’ve treated marketing as the whole engine, when really it’s an amplifier.

If you already have strong fundamentals, marketing can take you even further. But if you don’t have strong fundamentals, all marketing does is expose the cracks faster. 2-

Its really good

Get your games inspected 😰

A good editor doesn’t rewrite the author’s story. They keep them from tripping over what they didn’t see or are going to run into.

That’s what the Game Doctor work is — coaching that has your back, not your blueprint
Ask the right questions so you can see/learn for yourself.

thegamedoctor.net

But here’s the thing: not everyone outside your team is trying to control your vision. What you lose is someone that exist to protect it — to keep it sharp, focused, and true to what you’re trying to make

2/3

As always, if the Game Doctor work helps push your creative thinking, design skills, or just gives you encouragement or direction then

SUPPORT

tell a friend, fellow dev, retweet, let me know it helped you, all of it is SUPPORT

😇

Imagine comparing like: Oppenheimer or There will be blood that are heavy, harder to digest and more focused watches

VS

Movies like Coco or Frozen that can be played nonstop for all ages/ on all day as background noise and appeals to a wider audience

These gotcha headlines

If you found this inspiring, or know another rising #gamedev that may need some guidance, send this their way
We can all use the help 😄 things work better that way

thegamedoctor.net

Are your projects starting to look uneven?
You CAN keep trimming yourself...
or you can let someone who's studied the art of thousands of games fix the shape before launch

#TheGameDoctor

Every writer has an editor
Every athlete has a coach
Every game needs a Game Doctor

SO, it finally all hit me
Sometimes the problem isnt the feedback loop - its the lack of a professional that understands the craft at a deeper level

Barbers exist for hair.
The Game Doctor exists for games 🎮

30 minutes later...

✨Perfect Balance✨
✨Visual Clarity ✨
✨Polish ✨
✨Rogained Confidence ✨

No crunch, no patch notes... just results

It was finally time for this so called "Barber" 🧙‍♂️

No forums.
No polls.
No community feedback.

Just one so called professional who looked, nodded and said "so tell me what you want"

I thought, really, that's it?? Just simply asked what i was going for?? Okay, here we go 🤷‍♂️