no star glasses this time
I'm Sam Garcia.
An awkward girly making game dev videos on YouTube since 2020 while shipping games on the side. The channel grew to 130K+ subscribers. The games have sold over 5,000+ copies on Steam.
Before all this I studied computer science and worked at Google. I left to do this full-time because I'd rather follow my passions in this one life we are blessed with. And yes I like long walks on the beach.
// fun facts
Random things about me
- ๐ฎ Favorite genre mind numbing games
- โ Fuel H20 & O2
- ๐ป Devving in Unity
- ๐ Sleep schedule wip
- ๐ Cat? i'm a dog gal
- โญ On camera star glasses always
// what i make
The stuff
- โ Tutorials on Unity and game dev. I've done sponsored videos with Unity, Meta, Milanote, and GameMaker.
- โ Indie games shipped to Steam and itch.io.
- โ The Code Bundle: a lot of Unity tutorials source code from the channel in one download.
- โ Tools like the Indie Score and Steam revenue calculator
// why this site
One home for it all
YouTube is the front door, but I wanted a place that isn't owned by an algorithm. Somewhere the games, the shop, the devlog, and the tools all live together and stay where I put them.
Also it has sparkles. Look at them. โฆ
// the receipts
All my links
Pick any platform, I'm probably yelling about game dev on it- or doing something cool.
- YouTube @samyam 130K+ subs. Tutorials and devlogs.
- Discord /rwZYJj8KNc Community plus live chat.
- Twitter / X @samyam_youtube Shitposts and dev updates.
- TikTok @_samyam Short clips, dev memes.
- Instagram @samyam_youtube Game art and behind-the-scenes.
- Patreon /samyg Support the channel directly.
- Steam samyam 2 games shipped.
- itch.io sam-yam.itch.io Demos and game jams.
- Ko-fi ko-fi.com/samyam Buy me an iced oat latte.
- Sponsorship sponsorship@samyam.dev Press codes and partnerships.
- Email me sam@samyam.dev Personal contact.