How Much Does It Cost to Make a SHMUP Game Boss?

🎮 Make It Right: Episode 15 – How Much Does It Cost to Make a SHMUP Game Boss?

How much does it really cost to design, develop, and launch a boss battle in an indie SHMUP game?

In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of my current project, Fightback, and break down the real costs, development stages, and lessons learned from building game bosses—one missile at a time.

🧠 From early concept and narrative design,
🎨 To art creation and UI,
🧰 Through Unity integration and coding,
🧪 And finally, playtesting and polishing.

Whether you're an indie game developer, Unity enthusiast, or curious about the game dev process, this video gives a transparent, honest, and slightly ironic look at what it takes to bring a boss to life in a bullet-hell shooter.

💸 Full breakdown of costs
🕰️ Team workflow & delegation
📜 Tips on working with freelancers
💡 Reflections on art direction, programming, and scope control

🔧 Tools & Resources:

Unity

Freelance marketplaces: https://freelancehunt.com/ and https://upwork.com/

Google Docs

Pinterest (for inspiration)

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✉️ Looking to design SHMUP bosses? Reach out—I might have a character design job for you.

🗓️ New videos every two weeks.
💬 Leave your thoughts in the comments or suggest topics you'd like me to cover next!

🕹️ Play smart. Build small. Ship big.
See you in the next episode!