Does being a gamedev provide u with the

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I went for lunch.

The games industry is a multibillion dollar industry, of course there's the possibility to earn a living from it.

To answer the separate parts of your question.. it depends ..

Freedom to create the games you want? Only if you're indie.

Earn a living from it? If you're working for a company, yes obviously..

Working as an indie? Yes, it's possible, there are countless examples of this. But, for every example of someone earning a living, there's probably a thousand failures.

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But doesn't that apply to all fields? There are failures everywhere maybe they lacked somewhere in their work

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I have also seen some people first work at a job and then later quit the company and start publishing their own games after gaining the experience

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Yes, to both comments

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Thanks, Imma go with gamedev and give it my best I believe in myself so let's do what my heart wantss!

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If you're going the indie route, you can still have a full time job and do gamedev in your spare time, until you reach a sustainable level where you earn enough to just do gamedev

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Imma go with this, First work and get more experience then quit and get indie