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| Why is it so hard to find non-handicapped hobbyist game designers? |
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| Waru:
both GameDevClassifieds and INAT is filled to the brim with tarded people who either have game ideas too ambitious for first projects (oh god) or offer professional positions in which you need a sizable portfolio for. Both are very unappealing as someone that is a hobbyist that wants to create something with a group of people because it is either too professional or I kNoW i'll be left picking up the pieces that the project lead stuffs out when scoping the game too broad. Is my only solution attempting to lead a project myself? Whenever I ask others to work on something they're not as excited or ambitious about it as I am. Am I supposed to put the offer out there with a couple of good ideas and buckle down until the people come to me? |
| Outpact-:
Aspirants in a nutshell |
| IkeTheGeneric:
I'm currently working up my own skills /gamedev/ wise to teach friends so we can work on a project or two together... I think that's the best way to go about it, really. |
| Mr.Noßody:
Yeah, so as a current Game Dev student at a University I can attest to a massive influx of "stuff kids" that obviously know nothing of scope and have no real drive to make anything. To me it feels like they're only perusing this because they have no real direction and their parents simply want them out of the house. "Sweety, go do something with yourself! Go to college!" "Duuuh, I like playing video games till 4am. I guess Ill go for gaming!" And then they proceed to waste me and my colleagues time with their fake aspiration and piss poor work ethics. In other words, Im in the same boat. Finding people who you can rely on in the game development scene is really hard. My best suggestion is that you go out and network with people around you. Go to any type of "game dev" meetings or organizations and talk to people. The ones willing to do stuff will make themselves apparent. Im currently going to this event called IGDA Rhode Island thats run by people in the industry and its proved to be invaluable to my networking. If you're in the Boston area, there's an event coming up called Boston FIG where indie developers will be showing off their games. Its a great event. Just make sure to talk to as many developers as possible and take their business cards. Indie devs are normally very good at responding on their social medias. |
| beachbum111111:
Theres even an IGDA meetup in my city that I went to the other day |
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