--- title: Most Indie Devs neglect this $5 MILLION skill! | daily.dev description: Prototyping is a critical but often overlooked skill for indie game developers. Using the example of developer Jonas Sarmer, who earned over $5 million from a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/most-indie-devs-neglect-this-5-million-skill--tk2iici50 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Most Indie Devs neglect this $5 MILLION skill! | daily.dev og:description: Prototyping is a critical but often overlooked skill for indie game developers. Using the example of developer Jonas Sarmer, who earned over $5 million from a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/most-indie-devs-neglect-this-5-million-skill--tk2iici50 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Tk2IiCI50.png og:image:alt: Most Indie Devs neglect this $5 MILLION skill! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Most Indie Devs neglect this $5 MILLION skill! **[Code Monkey](https://daily.dev/sources/codemonkeyunity)** · 1 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Prototyping is a critical but often overlooked skill for indie game developers. Using the example of developer Jonas Sarmer, who earned over $5 million from a game discovered through iterative prototyping, the post argues that developers should test multiple ideas before committing to one. Rather than jumping into the first concept that comes to mind, building quick prototypes across different ideas helps identify which ones have real potential, significantly improving the odds of commercial success. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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