Why I Burned Out in Game Development: 5 Lessons From Startup Life
Game development is supposed to be creative work, but startup culture can make it surprisingly easy to burn out. Here are five lessons I learned about salary, creative freedom, team culture, meetings, and constant pivots.
I Don’t Want to Spend Five Years Making One Game
I don't want to spend five years making one game. As an indie developer with a kid, goats, hobbies, and an actual life outside of game development, I'm rethinking the obsession with massive games and years-long development cycles—and wondering whether…
I Don’t Want to Build a Community: An Indie Game Developer’s Perspective
Do indie games really need a player community? I’m an introverted game developer who wants to make, self-publish, and enjoy making games—not become a full-time community manager.
Rekindling My Love for Game Development After Burnout
I left game development years ago—not because I stopped loving games, but because I stopped loving what the industry had become. After burnout, toxic industry culture, social media expectations, and too much time spent making things for everyone except…