In retrospect, there were several factors contributing to my struggle to establish myself in the gaming industry. I'd attribute it to a 60/40 split, with 60% of the responsibility lying with me and the remaining 40% on the gaming companies I had the "privilege" to work with. For those familiar with the Polycount community,…
Thanks for all your contributions, your support is highly valued here! And thanks for sharing your progression, I think this is helpful for other game developers to be realistic in assessing their own careers. It’s not easy sometimes, and game dev can be a real pressure cooker, with all kinds of bad management practices.…
Having spent most of my adult life in a game-dev desert, being unable to relocate due to family commitments and ending up working for some really dodgy bastards there are strong echoes of my own experiences here and it's hit me right in the feels. I was fortunate enough to find a path out but I remember the feelings well.…