While still having some doubts about my choice i was looking for some facts/motivation. Can i do it? Can i become a profiting game developer? Or is it a lost cause and i should think of something else?
Looking for answers to these questions i stumbled on an article about the 9 top mobile game developers. The last of them makes $100 000 000 per year! There are some who make $1 000 000 000. source
Numbers are astonishing. I think one could surely count on $100 000 per year. I mean a game development company, consisting of professionals. Not a single developer.
Why numbers are important? Because awesome games have huge budgets. You cant create an awesome brain-blowing game with no or small budget. You need a team of professional developers, designers, artists, etc. They need salary. Nobody will work for free, or for a percentage of future income.
So, the target now becomes to found a game development company. For that i need:
1) money
2) experience
Money earned from games, and experience how to make money with games. No point of hiring people and telling them to write games if you have no idea how to make this process profitable. I have to live through the lifecycle of a game. Will draw some visual later to represent my perception of this part.
When i will feel comfortable with this lifecycle model, and my games will be making profits, then will be the time to think about hiring somebody to speed up my work.
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