Game Design is actually pretty good.
However, the problem with it is the fact that it sort of takes the entire fun out of playing games, especially the ones which you make.
You'll be able to see through all the loopholes and glitches concerning the games and figure out the mechanisms long before anyone else. And that begins to get a little troublesome as the game keeps progressing as you can now see more than other players can. And since gaming is about exploiting game mechanics, more often than not, games start to get boring for you. What was once magical and immersive no longer is since you now know exactly how it works.
Not to mention the sheer amount of tedious and repetitive work put into game development which comes with a few sets of challenges which would initially be interesting to solve, but would become more and more boring as time progresses.
Playing games is fun and if you want to continue to enjoy playing games, I'd recommend that you learn building games with a pinch of caution. It usually does take much more dedication than painting and writing or even some sports as well. Being a game developer isn't easy.
Good luck!
This can very well be true but I think you can still appricate a great game which has not been developed by yourself. Even if it is just for the learning experience and how you can become better.
At the moment I am just fascinated by the topic especially how to balance a game and make enemies look smart etc.
Are you working in the gaming industry, you seem to know what you are talking about.
Anyway thank you for the very thoughtful comment.
Sorry for the late reply. I haven't had the time to use Steemit as often these days.
Yes, you can still enjoy games made by others. And many facets of game development can be quite fun, like the ones which you point out. Balancing a game and making enemies smarter is pretty much the artistic part of game development, rather than a cold, rational choice.
No, I don't work in the gaming industry. There isn't a real gaming industry in India yet, and the market is still open to business opportunities while the required skillsets aren't really available in the nation. However, I have developed a few games myself just for the fun of it. And while developing them has been fun, I've noticed that my friends have more fun playing them than I do. Not that they're uber fun to play anyway, but since I've practically made them, they're pretty much like those movies which you've seen more than fifty times to me. So yeah I can't really enjoy the games which I develop. Unless, of course, it is a team effort and I don't really know how the end result is going to turn out...
I guess that's probably another reason why developers and animators in big firms can enjoy their own games. They don't work on all of it, but rather their own parts.
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