[tomphoolery]

My primary reason for learning to program was to create video games. Eventually that dream died because the juice was not worth the squeeze. Like I'm gonna spend 100 hours a week at work for some OTHER guy's idea? Give me a break.

[fsk]

If you really like programming games, you should take a regular corporate software job and write indie games on the side.

[pjmlp]

This is really the best way to do it.

Just doing it for the fun, not the profit of a publisher that only cares about ideas that sell.