SLASH'S PROFILE

My day was long but it could've been worse... I'm glad most of you had a good day, and I hope tomorrow is even better for all of you :)

You shouldn't seperate devs into "people who make games for fun" and "people who make games for money". It's a fallacy. Games, especially indie games, are a horrible way to make money. If you have the skill to make games, you can almost certainly make more money with that skill anywhere else. Most anyone who's only in gamedev for the money will really quickly realize that they are not going to be the next Minecraft. "Selling out" in games does not pay off.

No, I think most people who make commercial games are in it because they love making games. I love making games. The reason I would sell my own games is simple - so I can work less at my daily job, and spend more time making games. It's not out of some get-rich-quick desire, it's because I would love to spend more time making games and not just the two hours I can sneak in between work and sleep.

I understand the desire for free games and I don't see that going away. Some things do change when a game or a dev desires to go commercial. But I don't think there's an innate loss of integrity or love of the craft.

actually sometimes love is really nice and simple!

Yup, time to bury myself in work and game making and hope everything else just kinda falls into place! What could possibly go wrong?

you're the thingiest thing that has ever been around when stuff happened on RMN