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| Why is it so hard to find non-handicapped hobbyist game designers? |
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| otto-san:
the simplest answer is probably just a form of the dunning-kruger effect. game dev is a deceptively complex subject matter and a skill that can only be honed through experience and practice. people who are inexperienced with the development of video games (or even software in general) probably aren't going to have a good idea of what it actually takes to make a finished product, and they probably won't know where their skills realistically start and end and where they'll be needed. in any case they'll realize it soon enough if they actually begin working towards their goals. there's nothing wrong with them and they aren't stupid, they just don't have enough knowledge to know that they don't know anything. and that ignorance is probably a good thing, because if they didn't have that, they might never even start to begin with (copy-paste and edit references to game design with literally any other skill or body of knowledge and this still holds true btw) |
| hootaloo:
--- Quote from: Mr.Noßody on September 03, 2017, 11:01:07 PM ---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!" --- End quote --- i go to GAME SCHOOL and this is 100% true its my biggest annoyance tbh and yes your only salvation is to start your own group and to look for outside connections so you can have a proper project |
| RedGajin:
@anyone, are there not a lot of entry level positions for graduates with game design/development degrees? do large companies not offer internships that provide trainings or certifications to people that are new to the field? i also see a lot of indie games looking to hire, are these generally not entry level or require a lot of experience? im curious if you guys are just talking about starting a solo/team dev project or the field as a whole |
| TheABELBOTO:
Game dev became a meme job because people make the assumption "hey I like video games, and people say do what you love as your job so why not!" |
| Drydess:
--- Quote from: TheABELBOTO on September 04, 2017, 09:22:52 AM ---Game dev became a meme job because people make the assumption "hey I like video games, and people say do what you love as your job so why not!" --- End quote --- along with that learning how to program doesnt require you to leave your house for hardly anything, and it's pretty much a luck of the draw that if you make a good game that it'll either explode or run unnoticed |
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