This is definitely a question I have asked myself on multiple occasions.
The short answer is an emphatic YES!! However, there is so much that goes in to developing a game it can definitely discourage you. Then there is life outside of the project. Bills, relationships, family, work, goals, dreams, aspirations and anything else that makes life worth living.
To be clear I would not trade this journey for anything else. I was told to not start with such a daunting task as my first game. Chances are I stacked against me and I wont finish the game. Last year, May 17th 2021 to be exact I packaged up my first playable demo. It was a feat within itself.
To be brutally honest there is a part of me that never thought i’d get that far. Let alone where I am now. Thanks to the awesome Unreal community, I a person with no previous knowledge in game development was able to put a project together. That leads me to where I am today. Spilling out my thoughts as we walk this journey together. Thank you for coming along. It is much appreciated.
Once again this is a passion project. I am dedicated to seeing this through to the end…. whatever that may look like.
Jonathan Tewnes