| Yes. Actually I'm designing the entire airplane. One point to keep in mind about indie games is they're usually not about the technology. Whereas AAA titles have to have the latest whiz-bang, indie titles just have to be fun. They can even have 8bit graphics (look at introversion games!). You can have a much longer shelf life with a game that sells on gameplay than with one that sells on graphics. So if it appeals to you it is possible to feed yourself with simple, fun long shelf-life indie games. You might also start looking at places like thailand to spend some time. A cabin in ao nang is $100/month with cleaning lady. You can tan during the day, work in the afternoon/early evening and party at night while spending about $10-20/day[1]. At least until you get traction. Anyways good luck. I've seen that industry and understand how soul sucking it is. EDIT: Edit: I think you'll do well because I've seen others come to the same realization -
the AAA games industry is soul sucking. The young kids come in and get ground up to feed the machine. Some grow balls and decide to work on their own terms. You're at
this stage now. You'll be much happier once you get out of the AAA industry and start setting the terms. [1] This is rockstar type living of course. You can easily live off $5/day (cabin excluded) if you don't want to party that much, don't need a daily massage and don't eat in the formal restaurants each night. Myself I was happiest when I had a great sunset and some food off the back of a truck. |