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by weystrom 1206 days ago
On the flip side, these days you can download UE or Unity for free and make your own game. Not even from scratch, just throw together a bunch of free assets and have at it.

And it's getting easier and easier, just search Steam for "meme-games". Game development is more democratized than it has ever been.

Look what happened to music production, how easy it is to start with all the free DAWs and cheap hardware. I believe game development is going down the same road, as tools are getting more approachable for newbies, we're going to see an even bigger explosion of indies.

Man I can't wait to retire in 30 years, the games are going to be sick.