CALLING ALL ASPIRING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPERS

author=Ocean
I guess I'm too old for this field and I really would rather not just make other peoples games for them. If I want to be involved in games, I want to do it on my own ideas and terms, not out there making someones flappy bird RPG or whatnot. I've been at this thing for 14 years now so I need a bit of a better plan for getting my game commercial and out there. I'll think on it!

I would not know, but I do not think that your too old. And 14 years of experience is seriously over qualified to break into the game industry, so a lot of studios will gladly have you, I think. And sure, indie games do have particular type of pixels, BUT, the type may change each title (eg. mark of the ninja, shank) to suit the mood, something you should be doing regardless of if you work or do not work with others.

And I always though that to make great game you need more then one person, albeit not a huge studio, though some have succeeded on their own. Because your experiences, skill sets and perspective are limited, bouncing off ideas continuously with a small group of people working first hand with a single title, each unit will be able to help the other realize what they want for the game. The designer may have a rough idea of how everything should look, the concept artist will have to go through various concepts until the look is met, the concept will be made by the artists creativity to capture the designers thoughts, later on the pixel artist will make decisions to make the game according to the concept art but also work at a pixel level and thus again insert some of herself into it. And tada, everyone had something to do with the art a and look of the game.