Flagg wrote:timmy wrote:Haha Flagg you are a coin
You jape would be even funnier if you'd ever demonstrated a positive contribution to society
I point out when people dumber than me do stuff I'm not dumb enough to. And I'd hardly consider 'videogame designer' as a positive contribution to society. Unless we count whores with the clap. And we leave mothers out of it.
Actually, I'm even worse. I write tabletop shite. HAHAHHAHAHAH. LUDDITE.
Released one product and have about ~14k copies of it in official circulation (most of which sold via a charity bundle style package). Nowadays I get a few sales a month with my royalties going into PayPal and helping my Steam habit. Did it through an Australian gov't program to train people who want to run small businesses and stimulate entrepreneurialism. Turns out my business plan/budget went out the window when a back injury forced me to spend personal funds that were going to be advertising costs on physio appointments. But it was worthwhile. I learned a lot about setting up and running small businesses as well as admin stuff that carried over into my job now.
But I still try to do this stuff on the side, but 7 years (and counting) between actual releases rather than "hey guys I play with regularly, check out this concept I've smashed together and try and break it" stuff means that I don't really count.
It was something I did and was proud of. It didn't work, but I gave it a shot.
It's easier to try (and fail) when you don't have kids et al to worry about. Now I'd be too frightened to take such a plunge again.