My BORING Desk Setup as a Game Dev!
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2023
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💬 On UA-cam there's tons of gorgeous looking Desk setups, always so perfect looking, super high end equipment and lots of RGB everywhere.
By comparison my setup looks super basic and boring, is it just me? Or is my setup closer to the normal and those gorgeous ones are the outliers?
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Done :)
You are such a sincere and open person that it evokes a heartfulresponse. Good luck and may all your games bring in at least $1 million.
Thanks for being a really down-to-earth guy. You're a great example of being a gamedev and content creator in this day and age without going all out crazy.
Well, nobody said that it's a necessity to have aesthetic hardware to be a good game dev or a content creator. It's all about personal preference, comfort, and peace of mind. I personally prefer my desk organized, clean and sleek looking. It keeps me motivated throughout the day. A clean and sleek desk with a comfy chair makes long hours bearable.
Couldn't have said it better, so I'll just ride on your coattails.
There's two types of desks. Those where work gets done, and those that people take pictures of and post on the internet.
Too true 🤣
Now this is a real setup, of a real life man. Also cheers for stoicism!
Agreed - the Work all the time you work, saying, seems smart too, to keep the focus going.
Daily Stoic !!! yup, nice one!
Most setups we see on YT look staged just for the videos. Yours looks much more reasonable and "real".
Definitely based on a "if it works, no reason to change it" mentality which I agree 100% with.
Obviously most people clean up their place and make it look as nice as possible. The high tier setups we see more from swag influencer streamers or tubers, and they have an image to upkeep.
I can't believe a person that has earned about a million dollars through Steam has such a humble setup. I am super happy for Code Monkey. He doesn't have Shiny New Thing Syndrome.
He does have a power PC though. The desk itself might not be as good as some of the other UA-camrs. I think that this is a very good setup. He has everything that he requires and he produces good quality products with it.
My PC is relatively old. I hope Code Monkey keeps on succeeding financially so we always get good quality content from him, as we already do.
Im not surprised. Its always humble people that always produces great content.
Well really its a solid 100k per year over the last 10 years. And obviously a person doesn't want to blast it all but save some of it for retirement or emergencies
I agree@@TheWipal
And to be fair, a million dollars over 10 years isn't that much once you take taxes and fees and insurance and everything else into account.
Beautiful doggies. That's what most setups are missing.
They definitely help me a lot!
I've been in IT since 2014, and a SWE since 2018. My setup is closer to yours, I have a desk with one leg that's about to fall off and break, old AOC monitors that are barely 1080p, a super cheap logitech keyboard, decent mouse because it was on sale, my desktop is from 2017, gtx 1080 ti, 8th gen i7, but 64gb of DDR4 ram (it was also on sale). I was considering upgrading my whole setup next black friday / cyber monday. Thanks for showing off your setup it's nice to see other professionals who aren't rocking super clean and high end gear for every single thing.
That's a functional setup! Doesn't need to look pretty if it gets the job done! 😆
Hmmm... I would suggest swapping the gamer chair for a proper ergonomic office chair though.
Also... cute dogs! ☺
💬 What does your setup look like?
Show me! twitter.com/UnityCodeMonkey/status/1699467733191008645
Man, I really wish to have a friend like you. You have something special in your personality that take my interest to wishing have you as a friend.
All my respect to you brother.
My favorite desk setup so far! No need for extra stuff just the things you need, simple and efficient!
"definitely is green" caught me off guard, hilarious. Thanks for all the content
This is why I probably watch your content more. It feels more educative than flashy.
This 100%
You are definitely not alone with such a setup :)
Now that's how my setup looks like except benq and wireless moue. Always felt glad for your honesty
This is one of the best setups i've seen! No distractions and just straight down to business!
Thank you for sharing us these things, huge congrats for everything you've done so far and good luck for your next projects :) previous videos helped me a lot so I would like to thank you again !
When I cleanup my desk and setup, I would say it's photoshoot worthy, but most of the time....no...That's the way I feel about these awesome setups you see online. Mine is closer to yours, but without the streaming "acccesories"
This is incredible. It really is the definition of "you can do it" no matter what's the environment or what's your setup, you can still do what you like and make it great. Thank you for being so realistic and showing up the more realistic side of the things and not that you have to spend thousands of dollars to do these kinds of things. You're the best !
Partly I watch you for your great content and partly for the openness that you demonstrated in this video 💛
I do the same thing with my notebooks, I have a lot of nice ones that I don't want to spoil with whatever I would write, so they just stay blank forever ah ah.
Also your dogs are so cute!
I wish I had those fancy beautiful set ups, but mine is definitely more like yours. 😅
I kinda love how compact your room is, prob would make some people feel clostraphobic. but I find those kinda areas are really cozy and safe feeling.
I couldn't miss that head first design pattern book in the background. One of my favorites from uni!
It's been a long time since I read it, I should probably go through it again, I remember really enjoying it
I'm definitely closer to your setup, but always trying to make it the more minimalist posible. Those clean setups sure looks nice, but in the end of the day, having the thing you use the most at the reach of your hand, saves a lot of time and stress, hahaha.
I love that you are so down to earth. Huge respect! Thanks for inspiration
I love how humble and honest code monkey is
Thanks for making this video after my request yesterday. It is so down to Earth and realistic. And your dogs are cute
nice setup, you are the living example of when you know how to get stuff done, it does not matter if you don't have the most shiny space, it still works, the most important is you like it!
You are like the realest youtuber I know. Amazing setup
I love how realist your setup is and not one of those fancy "geek dream's" expensive bs setup.
This honesty and realism is why we love you Hugo! My setup is similar with newer monitors but a Mac mini instead of a screaming PC. Also, I have more crap on my desk and need to clean it!
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR SETUP TOUR THANK YOU
For a gamedev, investing in a high-end PC while ignoring *almost* everything else is very smart, I admire that❤
I love ur lifestyle simplistic more productivity finally i wanted this type of video from you. ❤
nice down-to-earth setup. my personal highlight: the two therapy-dogs. they look so sweet and calm 🥰
Only thing worth mentionning in my setup is my 25'' wide monitor of 21:9 ratio. I use this thing flipped in portrait mode and can see 120+ lines of code at a time.
Took a couple days to get used to, but it's been a couple years now, and I will pretty much never NOT have a flipped second monitor for the IDE.
I've thought about getting a third monitor and experimenting with a vertical layout, but it just seems so strange!
@@CodeMonkeyUnity About a year ago I swapped my two regular monitors for the LG Ergo Dual Up, which has a 16:18 aspect ratio, basically almost square. I've since figured out it's rather annoying for playing games (most games hate weird aspect ratios) but it's a dream for productivity work and ergonomics.
It's basically two 22" screens stacked on top of each other, in a single display panel. This means you can either view a ton of code, or stack your engine of choice and IDE vertically, reducing head/neck movement and reducing the amount of alt-tabbing to switch between screens.
Because you live in reality, you get stuff done instead of posting empty contents for views! We love you dude! (And I recognised the watch charger at the beginning, I have the Galaxy 4 too! Been thinking of changing it to a fancier one but as you say: it still works!)
Great video! My setup isn't particularly expensive either, but I'm the kind of person who likes everything to be well organized on my desk. If it's not that way, my productivity takes a nosedive, and I end up feeling quite miserable about it, lol. I think you have a really nice setup though, and it's awesome to see your transparency about it.
CM ik in a recent video you talked about the lesser tutorials but I just wanted to say these more different style of laid back videos are definitely enjoyable and I'm loving the recent change
2:37 this is my exact case, glass side panel and full dark except the Kingston RGB rams
I like the simple setup. I'd like to underline the simple tools used for managing time and tasks. A simple calendar on a white board. A hand written Todo list. I like how even though you're utilitarian you have managed to have a fruitful life as a game dev. This has encouraged me to take your free game dev course. Thanks
so realistic yet so successful, really inspiring
*6:04** Meet the*
*SPY*
It's nice to see different kind of video one in a while.
Just found out your channel today, really helpful
Nice! Welcome!
As long as equipment works properly to answer your needs its fine :)
Wallah the best setup. A true worker setup. I always felt that these other UA-camrs have the PC setup as furniture.
I love the dragon ball picture on the wall behind the monitors. Keep up the hard work man, waiting for your next game.
Love this thanks for sharing!
We almost have the same setup :D -cool anime stuff. I recently got a monitor arm since I have a small desk, definitely recommended if you want to free up some space and raise your monitors to proper height.
great vid and cute dogs! my set up is nowhere near fancy, i use a plastic folding table as my desk and still use the 5:4 aspect ratio monitor i bought at a thrift store 10 years ago, i think i would start to watch TV at my computer or play too many games if i had a widescreen monitor so the square one keeps me from getting distracted too much
Is that the kunai, I really like it, in my old computer I had some very nice Pokemon sticker all over the place it really made the place feel as my own. I am very glad to see one of the person I look up to has a set up that looks pretty much as blend as mine, but even though my setup is not pretty to look at or equipped with the mightiest of equipment's it still took me quite a hard work to build it up, I was able to complete the entire set up winning some prize money from a game jam 😅
I don’t twitt so no photos, but I’ve been a game and XR developer for 37 years and my setup is really very similar. I prefer 3 screens, with the central one at QHD hdr, the other two are cheapest LG 27” screens. They’re on those wooden monitor stand box things which I like for the storage underneath. PC is decent, i7 with a 3080 and 32Gb… I’ve upgraded the drives twice and now have 2 M2 drives of 1Tb each, 2 regular ssd at 512Gb and a backup platter drive of 3Tb.
The desk is 15 yo, proper office equipment, I like the smoothly rounded front edge which stops my forearms getting chafed by the sharper square edges of most tables. I did spend $450 on a decent office chair with an 8 hour rating… definitely worth it.
My desk often gets messy though I tidy up regularly, can’t stand having toys in the workspace though - too much clutter messes up my focus.
I like how your dog is chilling in the back at 5:39 and then looks at the camera like "Are you filming me?"
Also, thanks for sharing!
heh yeah I only noticed that during editing!
My All time Ispiration❤❤❤
Your setup is very similar to mine. Not visually, but in the simplicity. I don't like lights everywhere, so I always keep the LEDs on my computer turned off. I have a razer keyboard that you can do a lot of flashy lights with, but I keep it static. I did customize the colors, but definitely nothing flashy.
thanks for this awesome video 🥰
Such a great humble person 👌
Yeah, I've asked myself this question as well.
Years ago I went to the doctor about wrist pain, spending a lot of time in front of the computer.
He told me to try pushing the keyboard further back on the desk, far enough so that your elbows are on the desk.
That worked for me and I've never had wrist pain ever since despite spending even more time in front of the computer nowadays.
Was that because your wrists were constantly in the air? For me my elbows sit on my chair and my wrists are perfectly on the table so don't have issues
@@CodeMonkeyUnityYeah probably. It was a long time ago now. I just saw in your video the keyboard was super close to the edge and you mentioned the wrist rest. Whatever works. Gotta look after those money makers :)
I have the same GPU and CPU combo. And it does everything I want it to do.
I was surprised to see that copy of Code Complete. I read that book close to 20 years ago. I don't know if it was the first or second edition, but I looked it up and the second editing was published in 2004 so it could have been either. Good recommendation.
Great books, even technical ones like this, stand the test of time.
And it is just as valuable now as it was back then! Great practices are truly timeless!
love my ryzen 5950. Thank you for sharing... nothing clean on mine... especially to the cable management. But I do recommend a 2nd speaker lol
I like you setup. Mine has a lot less stuff. I like it how you aways get the cheapest things. I do that too. my setup just has my laptop (For work, and for gaming) my second monitor, a note book for my game ideas, my Nintendo switch doc, my elgato HD60x for recording my Nintendo switch, then I got 3 shelfs. one for my Bible, and my note book for it. one for my school, and the largest one for my mic (When I am not using it), my ps4 controller (I use it for my Nintendo switch games), my capture card box (For if I need to bring it some place or if I need more space on my desk), and a few wires.
I have the exact same mouse and keyboard, they're working really well! And my setup (especially cable management) is a mess xD
I am a programmer working only with gamedev for the past 2 years. My setup features 3 year old peripherals, a chair that was given to me 5 years ago after being used for a few years by my wife's grandmother, a desk that is prolly 20 years old and one full HD ultrawide 25" monitor that I bought from my brother. It is not even close to fancy. Even my PC, until start of this year was a 2nd generation i5, 12gb of ram and a 1060 3gb graphics card. Now its a 13th generation i5 with 32gb of ram, but the same graphics card.
yeah, definitely my setup is way closer to yours than the fancy ones you showed first 😄😄
good video! also i agree that you dont need a mindblowing setup.
Sir, can you put some performance improvements videos into a playlist ?
Like the tick system thing
NGL, Your "Unity" notebook, originally I thought it was a Death Note at first glance. I was like "dang, Code Monkey taking out his competition."
one other thing dont worry much about the desktop set up as long you are confirmable with its okay and it's to work everything is fine
thanks for your humble self, i always think my desktop not enough to become game dev... because when i see gamedev video their desktop will be so amazing... thanks...
Thanks... I hope your knowledge will be always useful for more people and godblese you
Pretty much the same basic stuffs for me except for the keyboard (Apex 5 from Steelseries) that I invested for typing more efficiently when coding 😁
He got the developer’s problem solver duck ✊
Very cozy. Though I think you should update some of the really old stuff - like mouse mat 😅
Excellent dog setup, 10/10.
Maravilha o ç no teclado! Quando comecei a digitar não tinha o teclado em portuês! Ou se tinha não era fácil de achar! Obrigado pelo tour, aqui do Brasil!
heh yup quando eu comprei este teclado eu precisava mesmo que tivesse o mesmo layout que eu estou habituado à 35 anos, já tentei teclados em Ingles e é completamente diferente os simbolos { }
You have Dragon Ball figures too? Nooooice!!!
In the future, I want to slowly get stuff from other animes too, like some youtubers have on their backgrounds!
The first ever setup that makes me comfortable,
It's funny to me that you keep track of your all time views next to your calendar! Keep up the great work and I'm sure it will continue to go up haha
heh yeah it's a fun number to keep track
This is basically my setup but with a better chair. I splurged on a the high end model Secret lab chair and haven't regretted it yet.
Hey, first of all thanks for your amazing tuts! They help me so much currently :)
Have you a video(series) about connecting unity to a database? I want to integrate a leaderboard system into my game but i dont know exactly what to use etc.
It depends on what backend you want to use. From the Unity side it is really just a HTTP request, I made a Leaderboard using Azure here unitycodemonkey.com/video.php?v=bVqSLLvao78
@@CodeMonkeyUnity ohhh that helps a lot! thanks :)
U are legend brother ❤
Can you please make a video about Cloud Save and how to use it? All the love and Support for your content.
Love your dogs
I have a AMD 5600 with GTX2070 and the cheapest eco 32inch screen I could get (about 27 watts) and a small 24inch TV.
As I am learning and not making any money yet, this suites me fine.
Always interested in what books people have.
I am currently reading "Blood, Sweat, And Pixels", the guy who wrote Stardew Valley made his millions and still kept his old car. It did the job. Thanks for the insightful video.
I've heard great things about that book, definitely need to get it!
I try to keep my desk clean and I did buy a monitor arm, but it's mostly for mental clarity and ergonomics, nothing that would be remotely impressive in a photo.
Finally, someone who uses his computer without exaggerating the lights. Perfect setup I think.
like the videos. My question is do you sell tshirts with that code monkey logo on it?
heh not yet, right now it was basically just a friend of mine gave me one as a gift and then I made some more just for the videos, but might make some merch in the future!
you're the person id like to be my friend. you're very interesting, knowledgable and responsible
Hi and thanks for the video, i got a question, can you tell about how to get a unity job in a company? what things are requirements and important to know? also the portfolio for unity developers and
the duty of game developers in company, daily tasks to do, and these stuffs
or if its possible please make a video about it . thanks
That's going to depend on the company and what position you're applying for. But in general having a good portfolio helps, so make a nice website with your top 3 projects that you've worked on
Can you post some behind the scenes game dev videos
Cool setup, now we want more doggos ❤❤❤❤
My setup is just 2 laptops(a gaming laptop and the other without dedicated graphics, but can still run high quality dx10 GTA v), an RGB wireless mouse and an RGB headset. And I put them anywhere I want, on my bed or a very simple and small desk with a locker.
That's it.
I hope one day I get better rigs and a really fancy setup like the ones people use on UA-cam.
I have BenQ 24, too, for long years :)
The best set up and you know it 🎉
Thanks for being a decent example for us.
I recommend the IKEA mousepad and the dav3 wired/less (ergonomic masterpiece, for me). A colour accurate primary monitor would be great too, I have not looked into budget options so right now i can only recommend the AQN from ASUS
A new keyboard would be a welcome change too but i feel like that's too extreme, your keyboard probably works just great
That's how a developer's set up looks like..❤