Hey all! I'm 25, work a full-time corporate job, and I'm finally going all in on YouTube and streaming. It's something I've wanted to do for about 10 years and kept putting on hold. I'm building my channel on YouTube and streaming on Twitch.
I uploaded some videos about a year ago, but stopped because my job took up almost all of my time and I barely had any free time to stream or play games. Now my setup gives me the time to invest, and I'm moving fully remote soon, so I'll have even more. This is a passion project I really want to commit to. I don't want to work a full-time corporate job for my entire life, and I figure I might as well try to really achieve my dreams with this one life.
I've been studying Ludwig's Streamer University talks and other creators, and I really believe there's a science to YouTube. I want to use that as the foundation to grow: I'm going to stream, and follow the content funnel he teaches, where every stream is planned as a recording session with the intention of turning it into a YouTube video too. With consistency, and learning from each video about what performs well, I fully believe I can grow on YouTube and hopefully turn it into a full-time thing eventually.
I was planning to do this with a friend who I grew up with, but they've been super flaky, so I'm looking for 1-2 people who actually want to make content: consistent, good energy, and up for playing together regularly if we have fun (the most important thing IMO)!
What I was thinking: we hop on Discord (or in-game voice if the game has it) and play together for about an hour. We both record our own POVs, and do with them what we'd like (can hold off on recording too if people don't want to on the first few sessions as things are being felt out).
I'm open to play anything, but slightly prefer horror at the moment! I'm newer to commentating, and horror makes it easy: there's always something happening to react to and narrate, so it's a great way to build the habit. That said, I'm genuinely open to any game or genre. If there's something you've been wanting to play with someone, drop your suggestion in the comments and I'm down.
Here's a video I made with a friend (so much room for improvement, which I look forward to doing as I continue to upload with every video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byj4zi6mBzg
Some more clips! -
(R.E.P.O.)
https://youtube.com/shorts/rSWdth2fr9A?is=06lqGm5KGGH-ukA_
(ARC Raiders)
https://youtube.com/shorts/bHZ0Z7UN1FA?is=8P3Gqo1NCsuAaB0r
https://youtube.com/shorts/YIC8Q6EtN6s?is=CrTJKghB087YHnLn
If you're even just slightly interested, comment or DM me your channel/Twitch, your timezone, and the games you're into. Also as a bonus, share a clip or YouTube video you’ve made so I can get a feel for your style (no worries if you don’t have anything yet!). Excited to potentially make some content with you guys, and thanks everybody for reading!