You're a life long gamer and want to join the industry. Where to start?

[Euphoria14]

DavidValbu said:

Makin' videogaes is quite difficult, it's not so funny than playing them. By the way, do you know C or Java?

 

I actually do not know C or Java. While I would like to create a title, I do not know if I would want to sit at a desk all the time trying to program it.

 

sergiodaly said:

i have always felt like you... but i am Portuguese and there are only one or two game developers in my country, so that narrow things down even more. if you say that you would want to create a game of your own, and likes to write, why don't you create a IP, one genre or just write a plot for a game and try to some publisher grab that and turn it into a game... just a thought.

Like I mentioned above, I can't make one myself without schooling.

I can write, so that isn't an issue. Plus I always have weird ideas in my head and I tend to draw them while at work or begin writing little stories. I always send them to co-workers, they find them amusing. I tend to be very comedic. I am usually the joker in the room.

Sometimes I can also be just sitting down, look at the floor or wall and always find something within.  My bathroom tile for example, it has this design that would normally look like nothing, just brown lines and patches, almost as if it were rusted. However, for the longest time each time I stare at it I can swear I see a set of womanly legs, along with an ass too. They say you do your best thinking on the toilet right?

Is that weird? I guess so, but I see things from body parts to faces to even weapons. I like to draw those a lot as well. My artwork isn't the greatest, but it is more than enough to get the point across. Not too great at shadowing or portraying depth. Art was the only thing I took multiple courses of in Highschool. I dropped language to focus on art only.

At the moment the best I could do is probably take time, write a story and create some artwork.

Also most of what I do would be quite niche.