Is being a video game developer a terrible job?
It'll definitely ruin videogames for you
you start going from "Hey, that's kinda neat" to "Hey, that's kinda neat, I wonder how they implemented that" and "Why the fuck didn't they do X"
mobile?
indie?
tripleA?
There is no job security.
Better off working in another field that benefits from the same skills.
Being a video game developer seems to be hell. You're overworked, comparatively underpaid(compared to regular software development), and are working on some relatively cutting edge stuff. From that standpoint, making video games is already a bad job.
But some people just really want to make a game and enjoy doing so, and that is a good enough reason for most.
shit pay
hyper competitive job applications
long hours
crunch time
frequent layoffs after a game ships
why would you ever want to work for video games?
>>333294287
All of them
Any job is terrible.
being an indie it's pretty comfy if you have good taste and can do everything by yourself like cave story and spelunky
it's shit if you have to put up with other developers ruining your game with their bad taste and shitty ideas, be it indie or a big studio
I'd rather just be a wageslave working a job I don't care about than picking the latter option
>>333294229
this.
I'm an indie dev, I do what I love, work from home, and have no boss. It's the best thing ever
It's another passion job essentially - shit pay, low security, shitty hours
you only do it if you really like it cause any business pays better
>>333294574
underrated post
>>333294039
what part of game development do you want to focus?
programming? CGI? art department? sales? marketing? the idea guy? writer? the guy the glue all the pieces and create the final product? the jew aka producer? the beta tester? the payed journalist? the shill?
>>333294229
it'll ruin bad games for you
>>333294815
>tfw you spent 3 years making a game and it sells like shit
Just kill me senpai
>>333295836
Shoulda let me fuck the mom
>>333295836
the lesson here is marketing > product quality
much cheaper to viral market a bit than improve a product to a level where it makes a lot more sales
