If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s not to listen to jaded assholes online.
I get the feeling a lot of gamedev communities are full of people who haven't built anything anyone wants to buy, and so get super bitter towards anyone wanting to try, or anyone who manages to make something that actually picks up steam and becomes successful.
They're the sorts of people that will go "X Game is objectively bad!" and then shill their own game which is also bad.
The same happens in art and animation communities, where something will become popular and people will disguise their feeling of "Why can't I get that?!" with "pfft, it's objectively bad!".
Speaking as someone who knows a little about game development from formal education in the matter
99% of people on the internet critizing game development have not the faintest idea what they are talking about.
A quick, translation guide (joke):
“I understand that might not be easy but” - would be super easy but there is a list of good reasons why we shouldn’t
“Seems like it would be easy too…” - its a pointlessly impossible endeavour to spend any time on this.
I am sure you are right, but r/gaming is a general gaming board. It's not really focused on game creation/development.
Also with gamedev there is the additional "I have this great idea but I don't know how to code" community too.
Some takeaways here:
Don't give up on yourself or your dreams.
Keep a steady income going while you work on those things, because then your work can be your art for yourself instead of desperately trying to make something sellable before you run out of cash, and treating yourself to a latté feels like you just blew money on a steak dinner using funds that aren't coming back. That stuff is scary.
Game Dev / Gamer reddit has some gem, but on the whole it is full of very, very bitter people. They got that "everything you do is gonna suck and I'm totally saying this because I care" treatment, and they pass it right along. You're better off finding /starting a local club.
reddit specifically has also become a cesspool of hateful, miserable, morons.
The internet really tends to be cruel. I used to open up about myself in some online spaces, but it only made me feel worse. Now I only talk about non personal stuff
I will listen and not judge, especially if you don't have people in real life you can open up to.
This is such a weird collection of comments.
I guarantee you, every loser making one of those comments doesn't do shit with their lives.
They can't comprehend that in order to get better at things, you have to practice them.
Their lives consist of working, sleeping, and playing video games. It's pathetic.
i was going to take this online negativity seriously, but i was recently reminded not to
Except if you're MAGA. Then I hope you do spiral to the point that you get locked up in the crazy house.
Do not consider online judgements at all.
Do your thing. Pursue your passions. Do it.
But my passion is clubbing baby seals...
Goddamn, that's an ancient image. 😂
If that is what you love, please club as many seals as it makes you happy.
Don't let your dreams be dreams.
I've found online feedback useful. You just have to be careful about where you get it and take it with a grain of salt. A very large one.
If someone is being mean and negative it's fine to ignore. If someone is giving constructive feedback that's negative it's more worthwhile
If someone gives you tips, advice, or constructive feedback: there's a good chance they're worth listening to.
Hostile, critical with no other feedback : almost certainly garbage.
The first comment in the image, to my mind, wasn't actually bad. It didn't tell them not to do something and it wasn't critical. It just said they the category was very saturated and they should temper their expectations.
And, you're also entirely correct that you should take even the feedback worth listening to with a grain of salt, or maybe a shaker. :)
There's a thousand and one ways to do anything, and it can be difficult to convey the difference between "this is how I would do it" and "this is how you should do it".
(Doing software code reviews is a skill that can help teach the difference, and not everyone learns it)
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