Originally Posted by lordtiger
I don't think it is weird at all. As far as I can tell most of us have played video games in our childhood(or the period of time some of us call childhood). And I'm pretty sure everyone here has had a moment in a game where he/she thought "I have an idea how to make this better/why didn't they think of that?". Creating something that makes you happy is the best job in the world. There was a saying "Find a job you love and you won't have to work another day". I would really like to do that for a living, as long as I won't be working with more than 30 people in a team. Since the video game business is making more money than ever(just look at CoD), the big bosses or whatever want to make games dumber and easier to play in order to cater to the masses. And sadly ,a lot of creativity is lost that way. I'd kill to be able to work with 30 creative and intelligent people in order to make something I myself would love to play afterwards. It's all about doing what you love(Zing! for those of you with dirty minds). It's not an easy process by any means ,since creating a simple 2D side-scroller is a hefty task. I even tried that 4 years ago,but a great deal of sh*t happened in reality and it was abandoned. I will eventually work in a game studio(however small it may be), but it won't be in this country. I might do rock climbing without safety gear and full-contact martial arts, but I'm not that crazy. In about 4 years time I should be done with my Bachelor's degree. Starting 2013 I will be going on Work&Travel student campaigns every year. I'll try to visit different countries(I would really like to visit Canada, USA and UK in that order). That way I could see the world and accumulate enough money to support myself while I try to get a VISA. That's part of the reason I am working while studying(so I can finance my first Work&Travel campaign). But like TRichard mentioned earlier, you have to work at your goals. If you don't do anything about it ,you won't achieve anything.
@ThePitcher : In my country school is 12 years. I started it at 6 years old(the custom here is to start it at 7), because I didn't want to sleep at noon in kindergarden(Seriously. I had to go through 3 books of tests before my parents let me go to school at that age). I managed to survive these 12 years while retaining my intellect and critical thinking. So far of the things I learned have been disturbingly useless. I actually finished school a mere 9 months ago. Started university and the job 2 months ago. But I started university as my way out(Work&Travel) and with the hopes of finding smart people there. It's much better than school. Teachers and students are on a whole different level, and you actually learn interesting things. And I met smart people, and you all know I like smart people. I would advise you not to quit, it will be over soon. In today's idiotic society you won't find many places to work without any kind of diploma. Once you're out of it you can either try to get a good job or continue studying. Keep in mind your country is much more developed than mine and you have very little to worry about. Of course, you can always try and start your own company/business, but it requires a capital, and I don't know if you posess that. If you want to be an artist or a designer, I don't think it matters much what you have studied. If you have an awesome and varied portfolio and you can demonstrate certain high-level skills on demand, you should be hired. At least that's what I think
yea, that's the same as me, i started school when i was 6 years old, i was supposed to stay in kindergarten for 2 years, but the teachers there said that i was ready and smart enough for primary school. yea, i must admit, it was a little hard being the youngest in the class, i wasn't teased or any of that, just that whenever we would do special programs, they would be by age order, and i would always have to go with the lower grade class.
Originally Posted by Dose
How much money can you make from developing a relatively successful game?
I'm doing computer game making as a subject for school next year and I'm still wondering about which Media-related career path I should choose.
yeah might be a bit offtopic but Minecraft was a school project too... And only like every 3rd person playing it has bought it, still Notch doesn't need to go to work anytime soon
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