• Stillwater@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    3 days ago

    Would love to quit my job to make games. Curious about your journey. Regrets? Are you feeling it will be sustainable?

    • blargle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      82·
      3 days ago

      “Quitting your job to make games” is just like quitting your job to write your novel, or quitting your job to produce your electronic music, or quitting your job to sell crocheted goods for Etsy.

      Either you’re living at home with your parents not paying rent, you’re financially dependent on a spouse who has a very highly paid real job, or just in good health with no kids and enough wealth (probably from inheritance or landlording) invested that you can live comfortably off just the interest. It’s saying, “I can choose to retire right now and focus on my hobbies.” Is this the situation you find yourself in? Because I’m certain it is for the OP.

      Must be nice…

      • iegod@lemmy.zip
        5·
        3 days ago

        You’re leaving out plenty of other possibilities including simply having enough saved to be able to go without a regular job for a while in pursuit of other goals. I’ve worked with and know several people who will cycle in and out of work to pursue other things in life. Not all lifestyles require constant employment.

      • Shareni@programming.dev
        3·
        3 days ago

        “Quitting your job to make games” is just like quitting your job to write your novel

        I think it’s actually worse since you can’t directly make money from the game while making it. You can stream for example, but it requires a completely different skillset.

        Compare that to, for example, writers releasing chapters on royal road, getting some funding through patreon while writing (in return for advanced chapters), and quitting their jobs when the book sales pick up. Like yeah it’s still really hard to make good money, but the possibility of slowly progressing into full time writing is why people can try to do it.