I’m doing foundational courses in Unity and Unreal to see which game engine feels best to me to start developing games in. I’ve been building various bits of physics and rendering code from scratch in C++ and Rust as I like to understand the fundamentals before using any specific library, framework or software. Having done so I’m finding Unity and Unreal much easier to understand.
Ultimately it would be cool to be able to work on video games full time, either indie or if I could find a workplace that is healthy and inclusive and that looks to develop games with emotional impact and opportunities to encourage emotional growth or as support to people in general.
I will persevere because I find the domain of game development and development of audiovisual interactive experiences to be fascinating both technologically and artistically. I enjoy the challenges and opportunities.
My best advice for when things get tough is to follow what you feel you need in the moment, be kind to yourself and to try to do anything that feels both positive and manageable, even if it is thinking about the thing you would like to do for 5 minutes. Be happy for whatever you can do in whatever position you’re in at that time.