You do enough data analysis and one day it hits you that 90% of people cannot or do not read data
100% for real. It’s like I went to grad school to learn how to be ignored by people. People also behave the same way with internet privacy and personal data online, and so between the two I feel like Kassandra, cursed to shout warnings that go unheeded and point out data that connects it all. Even with a good narrative and meet them in the middle examples, many people simply can’t handle any single tiny aspect of their worldview be changed, one iota.
FWIW, if you have time at the moment, there’s a TON of resources online to make coding a game very, very easy, and can be done for relatively little to no money. It’s the artwork that takes time and effort. Just don’t expect to get rich from it.
Boy who cried wolf but no actually he was right the whole time and you just thought he was a witch.
As to game dev: Fortunately, I have a lot of experience making mods and game modes for games, I have also worked as a software dev, and I am very much aware of, and actively catalouging, a whole bunch of useful concepts and opensource code and projects and such.
My main ‘blocker’ right now is that I got fucking crippled in a mugging / car jacking and am still recovering… I am just in too much pain to be able to physically make the game, write the code.
The good news there is my daily at home PT is working, things are improving every day, bit by bit… but it still may take a good chunk of time.
So I just catalogue and basically do framing and conceptual work for how systems would work and integrate.
I don’t expect to get rich haha, I would be happy if I ended up with a game I enjoy playing.
100% for real. It’s like I went to grad school to learn how to be ignored by people. People also behave the same way with internet privacy and personal data online, and so between the two I feel like Kassandra, cursed to shout warnings that go unheeded and point out data that connects it all. Even with a good narrative and meet them in the middle examples, many people simply can’t handle any single tiny aspect of their worldview be changed, one iota.
FWIW, if you have time at the moment, there’s a TON of resources online to make coding a game very, very easy, and can be done for relatively little to no money. It’s the artwork that takes time and effort. Just don’t expect to get rich from it.
Hah yeah, Kassandra is a good analogy.
Boy who cried wolf but no actually he was right the whole time and you just thought he was a witch.
As to game dev: Fortunately, I have a lot of experience making mods and game modes for games, I have also worked as a software dev, and I am very much aware of, and actively catalouging, a whole bunch of useful concepts and opensource code and projects and such.
My main ‘blocker’ right now is that I got fucking crippled in a mugging / car jacking and am still recovering… I am just in too much pain to be able to physically make the game, write the code.
The good news there is my daily at home PT is working, things are improving every day, bit by bit… but it still may take a good chunk of time.
So I just catalogue and basically do framing and conceptual work for how systems would work and integrate.
I don’t expect to get rich haha, I would be happy if I ended up with a game I enjoy playing.
Ah! Sorry about the incident and injury! All the best on your recovery, that’s terrible.
makes a thumbs up sign, grimacing through the pain that causes, wearing a wrist brace (and many others)