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This goes for basically anything. I have witnessed way too many times those who do to make product not do to learn and enjoy. Its a fast track to burning out and ultimately making nothing at all. I make games, random bits of software, write, draw, make music etc and all of it is for myself and if I do one day think it might be worth selling sure I’ll give it a go if its easy to do but its not the core of why its made.
If you’re not making something you yourself want then you will ultimately never finish making it because its not something you would buy for yourself. Or something. Bideo gay
One of these days i’ll make an rts that isnt shit
it does indeed go for anything. something terrible happened between when i was young to now, where hobbies became too eccentric and everyone was pressured to convert it to a "hustle". don't make friends, cultivate a network. your efforts towards anything must be evaluated within the lens of exchange-value for your labor time.
i understand the pressure, but there's a difference between playing the game and being played by the game. the difference is believing the premise to be eternal, immutable.
we must always carve out time to pursue simply for the love of it. i like to paint. i'm not good, but i find great pleasure in imagining landscapes and creating the optical illusion of distance on a flat surface. like a window into the mind. and i can always take something down and add or subtract from it, tinkering with the vision as i am inspired to do so.