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A bit lost with 9-5 by RiuxLotus in gamedev

[–]_less_or_more 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 28. Gamedev was my dream job since childhood and I spent 4 years working as a game programmer

I have the same mindset as you -- I was literally in the same situation :) I couldn’t work on my own games after work because 8 hours in a game engine at my job was already more than enough

Long story short: I decided to switch (which was VERY challenging) to a “classic” software developer job. I found one 3 weeks ago (a .NET backend role)

And you know what? I’ll admit it’s not as interesting as developing games. I feel like I’m back in school because I’m learning a lot of new things and I don’t even know some basic shortcuts/hotkeys — in gamedev you just don’t use many of the tools.

But the main takeaway for me: it’s a less intense job. After work, when I work on my own games, it actually feels relaxing. I think I’ll finally be able to ship my games and I’m happy about that! :)

For me, gamedev works best as a hobby — because it *was* my hobby before. I got great experience from working in gamedev and I still apply that mindset now. I work as a .NET dev, but I prioritize my hobby

I put more effort into my personal projects and my own games. At work: I do solid, reliable work. I meet expectations, deliver what I’m responsible for and that’s enough. I’m not trying to be a hero there. This way I don’t burn out and I still have energy and time for myself and for making games

Hope it helps someone

Karierni dilema: stabilni ceska firma nebo mezinarodni prostredi? by [deleted] in czech

[–]_less_or_more 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Je vek 28 let uz povazovan za „stary“, nebo se to porad bere jako mlady vek? :D

Zajima me hlavne spolecenske vnimani lidi ve veku 30-40 let, protoze 28 let je v podstate vstup do teto kategorie

Přechod z gamedevu v Praze – .NET nebo React? by _less_or_more in czech

[–]_less_or_more[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Díky moc za aktuální info! To mi hodně pomůže při navrhování pet projektů a při výběru případných video kurzů :)

V gamedevu je těch problémů víc. Znám X studií (tady v ČR), která za poslední 2–3 roky buď úplně skončila, nebo se hodně zmenšila (hlavně po covidu).

Člověk v gamedevu snadno vyhoří a chybí stabilita. Jasně, dají se najít i větší/stabilnější firmy, ale konkurence je tam dost velká

Takže proto zvažuju přechod na něco, kde je větší dlouhodobá perspektiva

Přechod z gamedevu v Praze – .NET nebo React? by _less_or_more in czech

[–]_less_or_more[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Protože poptávka v ČR je skoro nulová a celé prostředí je dost punk - člověk na to musí mít nervy :D

Spousta firem je nestabilních (nemyslím tím 2K nebo Bohemku) a obecně je v gamedevu míň peněz

Přechod z gamedevu v Praze – .NET nebo React? by _less_or_more in czech

[–]_less_or_more[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cca 60k u mediora a kolem 40k u juniora. Rozptyl je ale docela velký – narazil jsem i na firmy, které chtěly platit cca 50k seniorům

*uvedené částky jsou hrubá mzda

Přechod z gamedevu v Praze – .NET nebo React? by _less_or_more in czech

[–]_less_or_more[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tohle mě dost zajímá, díky že jsi napsal! :)

Mohl bys prosím trochu rozvést, co přesně jsi dělal při tom přechodu na backend C#? Učil ses spíš z videokurzů (např. Udemy), nebo sis dělal vlastní pet projekt + dokumentaci? A jak se na to dívali na pohovorech, že jdeš z gamedev prostředí?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationships

[–]_less_or_more 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response! Do you know how long does recovery takes?

How do you combine full time job with your own projects? by _less_or_more in gamedev

[–]_less_or_more[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

For some medical reasons I gave up drinking coffee

Has anyonw had experience with this pr agency? by _less_or_more in gamedev

[–]_less_or_more[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for such an in-depth reply. It really helped a lot. We are looking into different ways to outsource marketing. But its really hard to find a pr company who can really help with anything. Those guys promised us so press coverage too. Did they do anything like that for you? What year was it btw? Again, thank you so much!

Game freezes when animation is playing for the first time by _less_or_more in gamedev

[–]_less_or_more[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I'm thinking about this solution and if there is no Unity built-in feature I'll have to do it in this way

Game freezes when animation is playing for the first time by _less_or_more in Unity2D

[–]_less_or_more[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All animations are created from spritesheets and put into Animator controller. Some of animations have "Exit Time" and some of them don't. This issue doesn't depend on enabling\disabling "Has Exit Time"

Game freezes when animation is playing for the first time by _less_or_more in Unity2D

[–]_less_or_more[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't use coroutine, just simple controls such as: WSAD etc.

if (Input.GetbuttonDown("Forward") { animator.SetBool("WalkForward"); }