THE ONLY HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION THAT MATTERS...FOR GAME DEVELOPERS WHO ARE ALSO GROWNUPS.

In response to Asaleri stating the gaming industry is in trouble due to the current economy, I'd like to point out that entertainment - particularly video games, movies, books and other forms of escapism, have their highest sales when the economy is roughest.

Just look at Monopoly, for example, that came out during a depression, and because it centered around spending and gaining a lot of money, people used it as escapism and everyone went and bought it.

I guess time will tell. My guess is that a dismal Christmas as this one is projected can't possibly be good for the gaming industry, and with unemployment on the rise, I don't think there are suddenly going to be several openings for jobs in game making.

Monopoly may have worked for Charles Darrow, but it didn't put thousands of jobless people to work, i'll tell you THAT much.

If said developer would supply me with room and board for minimum 3 months I'd go for it. Anything bad and it'd be simply a paid vacation!

- Mike

To answer the question in the first post, I would not leave. I can only work on a game in which I have absolute final say, and I wouldn't be interested in working on a sports game, MMO RPG, or shooter.

All of the people I have known that got jobs in the industry, were required to move.

I would weigh moving carefully.

All in all I think the point is clear Max: Ppl who already got stabilished in another career and has ties to their home wouldn´t bother, the rest would probably take it at least as experience :P

I wouldn't mind uprooting. It would have to be someplace I could stand.

I imagine being in the game industry is just like any other industry; you don't really get to the parts I enjoy in making a game!

Having the freedom to try any ideas I want is much more important being in an industry where I'm just another cog in the machine.

A small indie shop wouldn't be unbearable depending on the setup, but again unless you're on the ground floor of one you're likely to be a resource for the visionaries that started it all.

I also couldn't pick up and move, so even if I did get an opportunity I don't think I'd take it.

Again I feel a small indie shop would be definitely the more exciting way to develop when you like getting your "hands dirty" with the games.

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I imagine being in the game industry is just like any other industry; you don't really get to the parts I enjoy in making a game!

Having the freedom to try any ideas I want is much more important being in an industry where I'm just another cog in the machine.

That is a big deal for people like us that have been using these programs to develop our own projects ourselves. We are the scenario writers, the character designers (even with RTP, you can still edit them and make them yours), the mapmakers, and the battle coordinators. We direct our entire projects, choose our own hours, and when we feel like it's gonna just flop - we may just move along and try something else for a bit.

I used to work in a team with my younger siblings, and we divided tasks but if one person wasn't happy with it then we scrapped the idea all together. If I was the only one that liked an idea, and the other two didn't, I trusted their thoughts and opinions so much that it was okay. It was a very tight trio, and we wouldn't hire outside help (if we were all still working together) because no one would understand our development rules. It may set us back, but we work better when it's just us.

If Asa and I were to make games together, we would probably be the only people in our team. I couldn't have my old team integrated with my new team, because every group has different policies that they hold to.

I like working by myself or with the occasional partner. But when it's MY project, these days I really need MY decisions to be understood. If the project is started as a group, it's different.

LOL with internet, you don´t need then to live in your town ;)