>play an amazing game>instead of feeling happy now I just get depressed because I start daydreaming that I could be the one making amazing video games, but then I remember I choose a soulless but steady career>inb4 "just start making games dude"I can't because if I want to actually retire one day I need to keep focusing on my current career. It's the safest path there is, gamedev is just too risky.
you can dev in your spare time at no cost. Only costs $100 to get on Steam, and you can post for free on itch. But your ideas probably suck and your will is weak like most wannabes. Try and prove me wrong, faggot.
>>739607407There's no such thing as "spare time".
>>739607765yeah you're right man, just enjoy your time on /v/trying anything new is too much work PLUS you really don't have the time for that shit!
>>739607765Of course, of course...just one more thing...>>play an amazing gamecurious how one with no spare time has the time to not only play video games but daydream about deving their own. But who am I to say I'm not an ideas guy.
>>739607897>just enjoy your time on /v/>mfw i only browse /v/ while at work
>>739607056But can you code at least?
>>739607765>Plays games>Posts all day on /v/>Not enough time bro.
>>739607056Not just start making games but making games is honestly fun and is a way to pad out your CV, potentially be a way to help change career if you ever have/want to.
I want to learn to draw get Claude to code my amazing game then just put my art over it and never tell anyone.Is it possible?
>>739608237>>739607961I have like 1 hour of free time a day
>>739608159Yeah, it's my day job and I fucking hate every second of it.
>>739608292I don't see why not. Just change the code a littke not to look like AI and gg
>>739608243Same anon.Also my CV has a game version of it. It's nothing impressive but it's an interactive CV to help me stand out. It took about 8 hours total to make and can easily be updated.
>>739608243I'm 40 with 20+ years working in sales. The next step in my career is director level, if I change careers now I go back to being Jr level.
>>739608380What slave job you have?
>>739608397You're telling me you're coding for your boss all day and not making simple games on down time?
>>739608520Good job ruining a cute image faggot.
>>739607056You're getting replaced soon.Releasing some shitty indie game in the ocean of slop that Steam isn't gonna change your life either.
>>739608519Sales manager
>>739608520>You're telling me you're coding for your boss all day and not making simple games on down time?Yes?I absolutely came to despise coding over the last 10 years or so. There's no joy in it.If I develop a game I will just be ideas guy or writer, fuck coding
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>>739608458>>739609170I would keep the job and dev on the side. Try to downgrade whatever grandiose idea you have into something workable for solo dev and your schedule.If you spent time fucking around in your engine of choice instead of bitching on /v/ you'll eventually make it. Hell head on over to the dev general and bitch there. It's something.
>>739609271Hello?
>>739609197>I hate puzzles>Wants to make gamesYou're no programmer. I bet you're a janitor in real life.
>>739609340>I bet you're a janitor in real life.I wishI would be happier as a janitor
>>739608520>spend all day coding at a desk>now to engage in my hobby, coding at a desk
>>739609386nothings stopping you
>>739609560This is why I chose gunpla as my main hobby
>>739607961>you must give up all small joys in your life>work will set you free
>>739607056My dude don't sweat it unless you got a family to feed. Get after it dude.
>>739608292Sure but make sure you at least try to understand the code the slopmaker gives you. That way you're slowly learning coding as well.
>>739608292More than possible, it's what every indie dev is doing right now. Coding has always been a means to an end, tons of games are made by artfags with terrible code, no one cares as long as it works
>>739607407i think that i have nice ideas but my execution is always terrible i have this idea for a mecha game and decided to make a very basic model just to be a place holder and try my skills and was only able to make this, in my mind it was so much cooler
