Friday, January 15, 2010

Hobbyist VS Game Developer.

There's one clear distinction between a hobbyist and a game developer. A game developer is someone who make a living from making games, whereas a hobbyist is someone for whatever reason, decides no to sell his/her creation. Some hobbyists make games because they're fun to make and want to have as many audience as possible, so they release their games for free. For the most part though, most hobbyists don't sell their games because they aren't confident enough that their games are worth selling. I've always thought that I am a game developer, but the truth is... I'm just a hobbyist. And there's nothing wrong with being a hobbyist. Well... except for the fact that they usually don't stay in the scene for long. Hobbyists eventually fade into obscurity as work and IRL stuff continue to eat up whatever spare time they have left (as opposed to game developers who don't need to worry about this since game making IS their life).

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