'everyone can learn to make games' is a *great* message. Some people mishear it as 'everyone can make making games their day job'. That can be a trap. Compare 'anyone can learn to draw' 'anyone can learn to play guitar'https://twitter.com/Enichan/status/1141240279065866240 …
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100%. And it's hard telling this to some people in the same way it's a hard truth for the 1000s of actors and writers who move to LA trying to make it, of which most of them will never It's hard to reconcile trying to be positive and inclusive whilst being realistic + logical
It's particularly hard for stuff like gamedev and also digital art, music, and content creation (videos / streams) be wise anyone can start doing these in their own homes, there's fewer barriers to entry, so more people are like "I can try to do this as a career"
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exactly this. The bedroom coders of the 80s set an expectation that making a game in your spare time could make you rich. I've met plenty of teenagers who think they'll have a music career but I don't think it looks as intuitively plausible, cos guitars predate the music industry
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Yeah, I'd say the expectation was also reinforced by the burst of solo indies in the mid 2000s too, and recent high profile successes (e.g Stardew). In a sense, most know it's incredibly unlikely, yet everyone still secretly thinks / hopes that their game will be the exception
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