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
@eniko Voted something else mainly because while I've not shipped a game myself, I'm pretty sure the DevOps work I did at a game company to help them ship a game should count (Last I checked, I was even in the credits under my team.), but unsure if that technically counts as a game developer, because I didn't write code that technically went into that game.
Other than that, hobbyist in my downtime when I'm not frantically doing my job search.
@eniko I feel it might be a disservice to more mainstream devs, but I went with pro game dev. My game is just a silly bingo extension for twitch and it doesn't exactly make a lot of money but it pays for itself and buys me a few coffees each month 😅. It's still fun and a bunch of folk love it so pretty happy with it!
@eniko I mean I studied game design in college for a few years, but saw enough of how the sausage was made (and how ruthless the gaming community can be) to switch majors.
@eniko Hello! I've been almost 10 years in the industry (not quite). I went from gameplay programming into graphics and engine programming. I helped ship two titles with a third one coming up.
@eniko Are we talking about table top, board games, rpgs, or something more like video games, etc? It may not matter, but I'm unsure which set of folks this is generally addressed to :)
@eniko It's funny how I work for one of the world's largest game companies, but I don't consider myself a game developer.
I'm even listed in the credits of several games, as the company's big on "everyone has contributed to this" which is true, but I'm a systems engineer who is pretty far detached from the action.
@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".
@eniko one day I'll make all the stupid websites I need to make and jump right in :(
Unless a voice-based web party game counts, then I guess I am a hobbyist :D
Made it back in early 2020 when it was clear we won't be meeting up IRL to play anytime soon, we still play every week but I never got it to a presentable state: https://shlyapa.online
@eniko I still have identity crisis, as I work as system level game engine programmer, but there are a few layers between me and people who actually do make games powered by that engine.
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