mid_gen's Launch a Game Studio Thread

[mid_gen]

Can't help but feel you are going to need a lot, and I mean a lot of money to actually make some sort of return on the investment if ever, let alone get everything up and running.

Respect for giving it a go though, good luck.

I'm not trying to make a return on investment, because I haven't invested anything. The aim is to create a self-sustaining business, not just burn a load of money trying to ship a game

I'm undecided so far when/if I will focus full time on developing my own titles. I may carry on bringing in fintech money and just outsource much of the development and build the studio that way, doing the coding work in my free time. Maybe I'll end up doing bits and pieces of game dev contract work here and there to keep things ticking over.....or maybe I will just go full-time trying to get a title out the door myself. I'm pretty flexible.

I very deliberately live a frugal lifestyle, no debts, no monthly outgoings other than a modest mortgage. Gives me the flexibility to take on an enterprise like this without gambling my retirement on it.

 

[Noxia]

I can remember how to do a 'hello' world in C++ on MS Visual C++ 6.0, DM me and we can talk about how to split any profits.

Seriously though good luck with it, I found my enjoyment playing games did not translate to making them, though now I don't enjoy playing them much. Arguably its easier than ever now to actually ship a game, but perhaps harder than ever to get noticed because of that.

I do sometimes get a wee bit of inspiration and I jot random things down I dream up or think would be cool in a game. If I were to ever pursue making one, it would be one I'd want to play if I saw it, and I'd treat any financial input to it as a write-off. I do wonder if I'm arguably in the best position ever to do so as I have (albeit not game) a fair bit of digital product delivery xp for some far reaching apps and services with unique challenges, and have picked up a fair bit of tech knowledge along the way due to integrating myself into some of the dev teams and getting stuck in. I think my tech skills are probably the least important factor when I think about it holistically. Anyway, it's not about me, and I certainly have no desire to move from my current field, especially with the state of the world right now.