This ended up to be much more about the author than about "making games". Obviously nothing wrong with that but it wasn't where I thought it was going. I thin

This ended up to be much more about the author than about "making games". Obviously nothing wrong with that but it wasn't where I thought it was going. I think there are plenty of artists that make money. I think there are plenty of spaces where people are known inside the space but unknown outside. I don't know whether most indie developers want to be "known" or not, but obviously the vast majority of people in any space are not known, inside or out. I don't know. Indie game dev is a niche profession with a low success rate, and even those that have some success often leave.