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ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I got burned out developing business software and lost my job after 13 years. I’m lucky if my previous game makes $100 in a year at this point. So now I’m wondering at what point I’ll need to give up on my dream of being a full time indie game dev and start looking for a new job.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Start looking. It’s a very saturated market. Unless you can get some YouTubers or streamers to play your game then it’s not going to make much of anything.
nullify3112@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Can you expand on why you think the market is saturated?
Games are some of the most complex pieces of software you can make and they rely heavily on artistic elements, meaning that it’s not 100% technical work.
It makes it hard IMHO to even become a game dev and make a game in the first place. Wondering why you think the game dev market is saturated given that assumption.
kazerniel@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not the one you responded to, but:
and roughly 3/4 of them get less than 50 reviews, and half has less than 10, which means basically no audience (source)
nullify3112@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Well that is an over-saturation of games. Isn’t that mainly due to AI tools making it easy to make all the elements you would need for a game in a mediocre way? People are still playing games and buying them and game devs still have to make them. Are you saying that the industry has been automated enough that the need for talent really isn’t there anymore?