

I Wanna Be A Game Dev!
Lyko Studio · November 22, 2024 · Visual Novel, Time Management, Life Sim, Cute, RPG
I Wanna Be A Game Dev! is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.
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I Wanna Be A Game Dev! is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.
About I Wanna Be A Game Dev!
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
I Wanna Be A Game Dev! — game info
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
DLC & expansions
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
This was... kind of bland, I guess. I don't think it's a bad game, but it never really surprised me. The mystery was decent enough, though I saw the "plot twist" coming a mile away, and the main villain ended up feeling pretty generic. I get the message the story was trying to tell, and I can appreciate it, but the execution just didn't do much for me. That said, I still enjoyed exploring the world. The atmosphere has a nostalgic charm, and the soundtrack fits it really well. There are also plenty of optional interactions if you like paying attention to small details. Still, this is a free game with an additional DLC, so it's hard to complain too much. I wouldn't say I don't recommend it. It didn't fully click with me, but if the premise interests you, it's probably worth trying for yourself.2 found this helpful
Its. Not. Real. This might be a more personalized review, but I thought I would share a story instead of a regular review, I don't want to spoil the game for anyone so here it goes: [Spoiler]In my senior year of High School, there was a Video Game Production class (we went to an art school). And four of us had taken the class before in our previous year. This was the only class of its kind, so most of it was all stuff we already did before, we all took it just to fill an elective. (And who doesn't want to work on video games at school?) So instead of all of us doing the same stuff over again, so we made a deal with the teacher to make a single game for the entire year instead of following the lesson plan. We worked on a game that featured a stranded pirate named Larry, attempting to escape a deserted island. It was stupid, crudely made on Blender Game Engine (yikes), and we put so many dumb easter eggs in it. Never released it, I still have a copy, sitting on my Google Drive. It's completely unplayable unless you download an ancient version of Blender with the game engine functionality, and even the entire thing is a jumbled mess. Why have I described this abomination of a pro…1 found this helpful
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Great game, worth every penny! Looking forwards to the sequel.
Britney for life. This is the best free game you're ever going to get anywhere.
finished the game and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ would never judge the book by its cover again, i thought it was some wholesome vn when first download and damn the more i play the more i got into it (cant spoil much hehe) but at the end im kinda disappointed not because how it end but because that i wanted to know how it really end great game and its free, worth my time
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