alt Hacker NewsYou can just start making games. In my game dev group we have a bunch of experienced programmers.
Nothing is stopping you from downloading Unity or Godot.
The actual business sucks though. It’s very hard to make money or stay employed. Industry legends are on LinkedIn soft begging for work*.
Edit: Work , not workers.
It’s a fantastic hobby though
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> It’s a fantastic hobby though
And this is where things get... a bit weird - game developers that want to make a living out of what they do are competing with people who'd do it for free and who have no risk if their thing fails. It's the same in most creative fields - why would my employer pay for a band or dj at corporate events if we have some hobbyists working for us that will play for free / for fun?
> It’s a fantastic hobby though
For sure, but to make anything bigger than a toy game, you'd need a set of skills that is not easy to come by in a single person. Say, coding, graphics, and sound are completely different area, and within each, you typically have sub-specializations...
That said, if anyone's up for founding a purely virtual game dev studio, hit me up!