Gamasutra: Making Games on the Side
Gamasutra - Features - Making Games On The Side: Development In The Real World.
Great article that profiles a couple of folks working on game projects in their spare time. A pretty inspiring read, particularly if you are trying to do the same sort of thing. Good advice from the developers too. Read it.
"I guess my main thing is I try never to force it, I don't try to stress myself out doing it," he says. "If I feel like I have something to say or a game that I really want to make, I'll take the steps to do it, but I'm not 20 anymore so I don't really feel like spending 24 hours of my weekend jamming on a game so much. I do have a wife, so she wouldn't be too happy with that.
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