I wanted to learn game development instead of playing because I got bored. I used to do programming as a hobby at hs, but I havent coded for 18+ months. Now I am back, slowly learning and trying not to use ai (hard)
I am 19 and I have a blue collar job, decent pay but all my money goes to savings for an unrelated reason, I left with little money to spend. I have 4-5 hours everyday for this hobby.
Should I start see it as a side part time job? Maybe save enough to buy an used old civic after couple of years? I watched some youtube videos about it and it may be doable, I am not trying to become the 1% or the next schedule 1/stardew valley/minecraft. I am unaware of the current market what are my expectations should be.
I dont have anyone to feed ahah, what harm to try right?
AI aside, coding is a lot of fun but actually making a game is very hard work. There’s a lot that goes into it, not just code, and every one of those things is immensely complicated.
I wouldn’t even think of the money aspect.
I learned through making games before AI became a thing. It’s a great way to learn and have fun doing it, but you will quickly burn out if you expect to be making something sellable in a short time frame. Every game engine has a lot of intricacies so there’s learning the software on top of it as well. There is more involved than a simple flask app for example, even if it’s just beginner stuff.
Eh, its not really that hard, it’s just time consuming and tedious. The work itself isn’t difficult.
In the same way a marathon isn’t hard because it’s just one foot in front of the other until you’re done.