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The saddest thing is that so many are so passionate about it. :(
by angersock 12y ago
The saddest thing is that so many are so passionate about it. :(
- exelius 12y agoTry to think of being a game developer as similar to being a musician or a painter. You can be plenty passionate about it, but it's a hard business and there are only so many dollars up for grabs. For every musician who is able to make a living off of music, there are probably 10 equally talented and passionate musicians who didn't. I think game development is turning out to be a similar business.
- tr0picana 12y agoI completely agree. For every successful indie game developer there are at least 10 who have either quit part-way or failed to make any money.
- morgante 12y ago> The saddest thing is that so many are so passionate about it. :( That's precisely why pay is so low.
- Macsenour 12y agoIf you love what you do, it's not work.
- biafra 12y agoIf you have to do something else, to pay your rent, you can not do what you love.
- angersock 12y agoDoesn't mean I shouldn't be well-compensated for it. I'm creating value for others, right?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoSpoken like management. there are four words you have to remember in this economy and they're either "show me the money" or "fuck you, pay me".
- eropple 12y agoI prefer "I am coin-operated."
- cdwhite 12y agoLars Doucet's http://www.fortressofdoors.com/follow-your-dreams-or-maybe-dont/ http://www.fortressofdoors.com/follow-your-dreams-or-maybe-d... seems relevant. His company made a reasonably successful indie game ("Defender's Quest"); this article talks through his ambivalence about following a passion for making games, in the context of that experience. Could work out but probably won't, and it's OK either to not try or to try, give up, and try again at something with better odds. Edit: missing verb, missing particle in infinitive