17y/o Game Developer Surpasses 500k Users In Under A Month

Here at Unity Technologies, we love to watch our users succeed. A perfect example would be Inderjit Singh. Over 2 years of game development, Inderjit started a gaming firm called “ArkanSoft Games” which now has over 100k monthly users on multple different platforms. His success towards game development started with a game called “Space Craft:Galactic Warfare” that he released on the Play Store. Even though his first game had only manage to acquire 500+ downloads, he was still determined to succeed in the Game Development district.

However, after months of developing his next project at ArkanSoft, he decided to turn to web games instead. Within the first 2 months of developing web games, he managed to acquire over 30k users on just 1 of his games. In doing so, he had generated an estimate of $20k-$35k within his first month. However, on January of 2023, he had sold that same web game for over $55k to “IOgames”. Nevertheless, Inderjit & his team at “ArkanSoft Games” continue to develop Pc & Web Games that still generate an astonishing amount of users every month.

Inderjit Singh has an other-worldly way of getting task done at his company. Some the developers here at Unity has claimed that he would work up to 95–100 hours a week which would concern his co-workers about his health mentally & physically. Nonetheless, he couldn’t had care less about his health as he would just want get things done so he could move on to his next steps of building his projects. He would push his developers to different level of tensity to deliver his projects on time. Despite this, he would always deliver more than he had promised on time to stand out from every other firms. During Weekly Unity meets, Inderjit would always come up with new project ideas to other firm to invest in instead of wasting time talking about irrelevant subjects. Some have even called him “An Egotistical-Genius” for having some of the most insane project ideas that would even impress the official developers of Unity Technologies.

“Shut up & build it, We’ll do it now and think about it later.”

— Heard from a recent Unity Meet

The Teenage Self-Made Millionaire continues to make Web Games with us at Unity Technologies. Future projects are already well underway. We look forward to creating more exciting games for users to enjoy.

How did you get started with Android Development?

My journey with Android started back in my 3rd year of my undergraduate studies. I got an internship in a startup where I learned to develop an application that lets users watch videos. It was a simple application but that helped me start exploring android development. I was always in awe of the capabilities of Android applications.

What keeps you motivated to learn and stay up to date ?

In Android development, there are frequent updates that help developers write fast and efficient code. Keeping up with it would help build good quality products. Becoming part of communities where you can discuss and share best practices is an interesting way to learn and grow.

Which method of knowledge sharing did you find most effective?

I experimented with a few methods in the Android Learn and Inspire series. There are a few that I found quite effective.

Adding some fun activities helps in bringing energy to the session. You can put up some fun activities that will include the learnings of the session in a fun way.

Write up for the topic covered : Post the session, you can share a blog and/or code for the same. The members can access it if they want to revisit what they learned.”

How did you get started with Android Development?

I completed my Engineering in Information Technology from Siliguri Institute of Technology back in 2011. I was one of those unlucky 10% of students who graduated without any job offer. After a few months of struggle, I got a job offer from a company called Robosoft (this time I was one of the 3 selected out of 2,000+ candidates). Hence, I started as an Android developer from day 1 of joining Robosoft from the Honeycomb and Ice cream sandwich.

What keeps you motivated to learn and share?

One thing was consistent in my Android journey and that was connecting with good Android developers. BlrDroid, GDG Bangalore, Udacity Nanodegree and the Android community helped me to connect with people and learn every day. Solving tech problems and Android tech discussions are part of daily life. I like to develop Android apps because of its reach in countries like India. Open source is also one of the reasons to love Android. I got trained in my first job from my seniors on Android and that motivated me to share my Android knowledge in the community.

Which method of knowledge sharing did you find most effective?

One tip I would like to share is let’s bring those good engineers in Android who are expert in solving Android problems but shy in sharing knowledge.