I know the gaming market is practically collapsing at the moment but does anyone have advice on how I can get a foot through the door?

I have been trying for almost a year, these days I've pivoted to applying to more IT roles but I would love to atleast have the chance of getting in to industry I'm most passionate about, even if it's just as a QA technician.

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Make small projects and release them. There are two sayings in the industry that I think are relevant here: By the time you’re successful enough to tell someone your path that path is no longer possible, and The fact that any video game gets released at all is a miracle. Make tiny things and throw them online. Release them for a dollar. Build fan games or reverse engineer clones while crediting the original works. Use free and/or niche tools. Find your people- be clear when you’re networking and/or when you’re there to make friends. Don’t chase relationships with your heroes, they’ll probably disappoint you. Find people on your level and let those ships rise with your tide. For better or for worse, the industry is always changing. Find the better version of right now, not what dinosaurs like me did in 2010.

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Thank you for your insight, I really appreciate it.

I have been working on projects in my own time, currently working on a game in godot and have a custom game engine using Vulkan in the works.

It just seems like no matter what I create or what steps I take to put myself out there, I'm always shot down because i have no professional experience.

It's incredibly exhausting.

Game dev isn’t my main thing, but I love games and have been working on a hobby project.

My advice: download Godot and get into it. Godot is hands down the most accessible, performant, featured, and easy to use+powerful engine available right now. 4.7 just released, it’s great.
Use the godot docs, stumble through it, don’t use video tutorials. Just get something made. Doesn’t have to be perfect or even good, you just have to have fun with it. Enjoy the process and make something you think is cool, make the sort of game that the younger you, the one that fell in love with games, would think is awesome.

And if you make it to there, then you’ve either got a product you can self-publish and sell on Steam, Itch, or other platforms, or you at least have something to be proud of you can stick on GitHub and include in a resume. Or both!

The job market is rough right now; but hang on to hope. All isn’t lost, it’s just the season. But seasons change, something will give soon, and we’re gonna see a brighter tomorrow.

But for now, don’t hang your dreams on the decisions of someone else. Even if you can only give 30 minutes or an hour each day outside of your current job to play with Godot, take what time you can to sit down and practice the wonder that got you into programming and computers in the first place. Hope this helps!

Also, your experience in QA is so valuable for game design. Take what you know and leverage it!

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I agree Godot is an amazing and underrated engine, I have been using it for my latest game however development has been halted as the artist I have been working with has exams she needs to complete. In the meantime time I have been working on a custom game engine using the Vulkan graphics API and making a basic FPS shooter game.

Thank you for giving me hope that the state of the industry may get better.

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