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Early in my career I was interested in game development because I had dabbled in graphics programming personally and it seemed like more fun than other types of
by crusso 7y ago
Early in my career I was interested in game development because I had dabbled in graphics programming personally and it seemed like more fun than other types of development.
A cursory look into opportunities showed that the schedules were grueling and driven by the market, which expects new flashy titles quite often but the demand for the new titles tails off relatively quickly. Worse, it's not like a spreadsheet where you can just fix some bugs, add some new features, then charge people for upgrades. You're constantly rewriting everything.
So I made the decision to not go into that market.
Software development skills are fairly fungible. I'd advise people to not go into game development unless they have a real passion for it and don't mind the demands upon them that are derived from the market forces.
- midnightclubbed 7y agoGame development has probably changed since you looked. I don't know of anyone who is rewriting everything between releases and even new games at new companies are built on top of existing tech 99% of the time. The market has also changed, the big money games are almost all games-as-a-service with multi-year lifespans. For better or worse there is a lot of 'fix bugs, add some features, charge people for upgrades'. The schedules are definitely getting better as the (remaining) industry talent matures and games are less driven by putting something in a box and moving on to the next title. I'm not saying it is perfect (by any means, and some things are worse) but it is not the same industry as it was 10 years ago.