So your teenager tells you they want to 'make video games' for a living

Re:So your teenager tells you they want to 'make video games... by kybernetyk on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @05:55PM (#5489460)

I wanted to make games and that's how I got into programming. I dropped the game part a few years after that but I kept programming.

If a grey haired computer programmer would have told my 12 year old self "just give up because you're not a math genius" I probably wouldn't be a programmer today.

So no, don't tell kids they shouldn't want to make games. Because making games is a gateway drug for programmers.

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Re:So your teenager tells you they want to 'make video games... by outworlder on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @06:14PM (#5489585)

This is not what the author said. He said that you should give up on 'the industry', and you'd have a better chance of creating a best-seller on iOS than landing a job in a studio.

The math requirements are very different if we are talking about triple-A games vs an iOS tower defense.

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Re:So your teenager tells you they want to 'make video games... by andrewroycarter on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @06:09PM (#5489548)

Same experience here! Got started with Qbasic games -> web dev -> iOS

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