My friend made this game all by himself in a year

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My friend made this game all by himself in a year is a life and fun game created by a solo developer over the course of a year. It launched in December 2015. The game is notable for being entirely self-made by one person, demonstrating a significant individual effort in game development. It is available through TouchArcade forums for those interested in indie gaming projects.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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  A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released2022 · ▲1,157

  I've seen some interests in (simulation) video games here on HN so I thought I'd share a short version of our story. More than 6 years ago, me and my friend from university were playing around with an idea of making a game we always wanted to play. We worked on it on weekends but the progress was quite slow, especially due to so many dead ends and wasted effort. Eventually however, we solidified our direction and decided to take the risk to resign from our well paid SWE jobs and work on it full time. It took more than a year but yesterday we have finally released it on Steam:…

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• IS
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• IM
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