Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion

• dumpsterlid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, this is a perfect opportunity to practice feeling empathy for artists pursuing their dream which as we all know often requires biting the bullet and doing something like working for a big soulless company to get enough industry experience to do the thing an artist really wants to do.

  Also a great opportunity to just practice empathy for fellow workers, we get nowhere without solidarity.

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  • doctorcrimson@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    often requires biting the bullet and doing something like working for a big soulless company

    No, it really doesn’t. People who chose that path in the last few years made a very clear mistake. A decent enough artist to get hired by Triple A can absolutely get plenty of work elsewhere, and it’s getting easier every day.

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    • dumpsterlid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A decent enough artist to get hired by Triple A can absolutely get plenty of work elsewhere, and it’s getting easier every day.

      Citation needed, ESPECIALLY with regards to it “getting easier every day” to earn a decent living making video games… or as an artist in general.

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      • doctorcrimson@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Entry level average salary for Game Designers is around 50K USD, or $24 Per Hour equivalent, veteran positions make over 100k USD. For artists that number is even higher, from 60k to 120k.

        In the last 3 years alone Indie games have gone from about 10% of the market to 20%. There has never been a better time to abandon the corporate overlords and make your own games with small teams and studios.

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