I think these types of posts are important to read, to contrast with the success stories we typical see online. Read enough success stories and you start to bel

I think these types of posts are important to read, to contrast with the success stories we typical see online. Read enough success stories and you start to believe that success is a given if you just work hard enough. I'm reminded of the chapter on Stardew Valley in the book Blood, Sweat, and Pixels. That story is also about a developer who worked on a solo project, years, however, and who brought in no income while his girlfriend worked to support both of them. Obviously that one has a much happier ending. (I will say one huge difference is that from early on, it was clear that there was a fanatic user base just waiting for the game to be released.)