You can MAKE GAMES for FUN!

This person was definitely projecting. I think it’s quite obvious hard work pays off, and it will take years to learn a topic as complicated as gamedev, yet alone master it. To anyone who reads this: The people who pretend they have all the answers, are the ones who know too less to realize they in fact, have no idea what they are talking about.

"If someone is promising to teach you some kind of secret knowledge to guarantee that your games make six figures, they are really just saying that to sell you courses." Thomas Brush getting called out. :)

For me, releasing a game on a platform for people to play is already a huge achievement. Even if it doesn't make any profit, I will still be happy about it. Well said on this video!

Yeah, i'd ignore most of those comments in the post. 2-3 weeks to get to intermediate C# skill, but then says a profession takes 5-10 years? Intermediate programming skills put you well on the way to senior programmer, the world would be swimming in senior programmers after 3-4 weeks if that timeline was anywhere near true.

I really like what Code Monkey said. I'm almost 60 years old and I enjoy making games. For most of my professional life, I've made documentary films, animations, and various educational content, but I've also designed machinery and entire technologies. The greatest joy in all of this was learning, feeling a sense of accomplishment, and just having fun. You never know who you'll be in the future, so there's no need to stress. I enjoy making games but I'm not good at playing them. I'm too old, too slow, and I think too slowly. But because of this, I have a group of "kids" (adults) around me who teach me humility as I watch them play, and I'm glad to be in their world. No one knows how things will turn out, and no one promises it will be easy.

I live near a car club, there are people who spend every free moment of their lives building their cars, spend tens of thousands of dollars on custom parts or even make some themselves. And they don't see a penny in return, they only do it because it's fun. I also know people who are into music and even invested in their own recording rooms, buy gibson guitars and play at bars for fun in their free time. And everyone around them think its ok. I don't know why so many people think arts in general are different, you can paint for fun, you can publish a book if you only wanted to write one, and of course you can make games and spend whatever money you want while doing it. But every time they mention their hobbies they ask how much money they make from it. Life's weird.

well said, success is 10 percent talent and 90 percent hard work

best part about programming is finding a solution to something that really getting on your nerves, and feeling like a genius until the next 2 seconds, you encounter another bug 💀 thats why i love programming. why don't people understand

id say doing the hobby isnt just to have fun but to also learn learning new stuff not only teaches u about that stuff, but it also changes ur mindset mybe u will incorporate knowledge from another field when solving a specific problem, improving ur problem solving skills and game development certainly has a whole lot to learn about in every different aspects

I don't consider myself very talented. I've struggled greatly as an artist, but i've also made it farther than the past me would have ever thought possible. Same with C#. I started learning it a little over 2 years ago and it felt hopeless. But with the help of these "hug box" Youtubers and by not being a quitter, I've come a long way. Passion is what drives me, not money. If money was my goal, I would have given up a long time ago. And if you quit things just because they seem too hard, that's the best way to guarantee failure.

I been learning how to make games for years now. I still have to make one. I followed several tutorials, included one of yours on udemy. Some would say i failed, but I do it for fun. Just to learn new things. Maybe one day I will make a game. For now I just find it awesome when I made something work, just one tiny part of what would normally be a game, but it's just fun to be creative. Many people doodle when drawing, no meaning to become the newest most awesome Manga artist out there. I doodle in unity and blender. I learn things, I'm not great at them, I have a ton of fun. I got a job that pays all my bills, allows me to save money and buy nice things, I don't think I could ever make a game that can make me live comfortable as I do now. So I just do what is fun for me, and this works for me! Great video and good to hear someone say it's okay to make games just for fun and not for the profit.

It's a really sad take to say that someone that, this commenter does not know, is incapable of something. I have 0 technical or artistic ability and have started my own studio with 3 other people and we're making awesome games. Just MAKE GAMES and you will get better. Anyone can learn anything!

I've likely spent well over a grand on assets and software to create things. I don't make money on these things. It's all pure passion because I love it. If one day I release something and it does well that's just a bonus! also I'd like to note that learning timeline, I've learned everything I know EXTREMELY SLOW probably a course of months. but that's because it's all for fun. really hope someone says "I can't learn code" because they didn't understand it in 2 weeks. that's a bit absurd.

I totally agree with this. I work in the AAA industry, and since I always looked at this as a hobby, sometimes when I get home, I just go learn more and do my own projects :D. If we make what we love with pleasure and fun in mind, the chance of the game going well in terms of sales is also high, so just do what motivates you

My feeling is, that people who argue with talent want to save themselves from the disappointment that it’s mostly discipline and work that get you somewhere. Pushing it off as “missing talent” is a nice way to avoid accountability for themselves.

Seeing as how it takes at least one semester just to teach Maya or drawing, I don’t know where that commenter is getting his time tables. When’s the last time you learned anything in 1-2 weeks? Doesn’t that fly in the face of the whole point of college? Learning that shit was like learning the interface of a starship. MFer, this ain’t job training for seasonal employment at Home Depot.

Thanks Code Monkey. Really needed this at the time I am in.

Tank you for this video. I've been grinding gamedev experience for a while, hoping to make this a living, but as my family grew, I had less and less time to spend on my projects. Nowdays it became a hobby that I can spend some time to relax a bit and escape from every day struggles. I've met a lot of interesting devs that I can talk to about this and money is really not my focus. I learned a lot from your videos and I still hope I will make it into at least a side money source, but it's not really my goal. Thanks a lot for your effort to make gamedev more accesable for others.

I agree. Besides, making games is a great way to exercise your brain (i.e.: becoming wiser...), learn Programming & and gain new skills by studying coupled with trial and error.... and on Top of that: making games makes my Life Happier, without a doubt ❤😁👍🏻

In my first game, my goal was to finish building a game and that was satisfying.