Eniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Nov 16, 2023

curious about something. wanna see how big the #GameDev community on mastodon is. are you a game developer? plz boost for reach

EDIT: i cannot prescribe that anyone is a gamedev or in what capacity. if you don't self identify as a gamedev, vote no, if you self identify as a professional gamedev even if you're doing it alongside a dayjob, pick the professional category. there are no wrong answers

Nope
45.7%
Yes, professional
16.9%
Yes, hobbyist
28.1%
Yes, former/retired
4.3%
Something else
5.1%
Poll ended at .
Show thread13 barn owls in a trenchcoatNov 16, 2023
@eniko somewhere between professional and hobbyist. It makes up half to a third of my annual income, mostly contracting to do internal docs, solving really specific compatibility issues, or writing example games for tutorials or docs. I plumped for professional, but it's tenuous, because I can't really point to a commercial game and say "I made that".
Show thread13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

@eniko haha, I see several of us are using your replies as an outlet for our professional identity crises.

It's a perfect storm of an industry with a huge number of moving parts, periodic gate keeping of dev roles, and widespread impostor syndrome.

Nov 16, 2023 at 3:19pmWeb
Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Nov 16, 2023
@HauntedOwlbear haha yep. i just dont want anyone to think im gonna tell em they dont qualify for whatever they identify as