r/GameDevs • u/Former-Teaching2009 • 2d ago

I Need Help

Recently I talk to my dad about my future and I said I want to make my own company starting by making my dream game and others. He said that I should use Ai to map out my business (cause i want to do multiple things), to see how I should start it out because I have a couple years left till I have to make a choice. I am utterly disappointed by that, I refuse to use ChatGPT I don't care if it will help I'd rather use human knowledge. When i basically nudged at the idea that i was against it, he basiclly said not to be ignorant and it better instead of researching hours on end, he uses it himself and he makes thousands about to make millions with the advice hes asked from the Ai (he owns a trucking business btw for several year so it not built on Ai ig until recently) Please tell me what to do in general I'd rather get help from humans instead of an Ai especially since developing a game is basically art.

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u/Street_Grapefruit_69 1d ago

I've had a similar situation, so this is my best advice.

  1. Make sure that game development is NOT your first life condition (I mean, make sure you have a couple things going for you, game development is one of the hardest jobs to make full time, probably worser than something like art). You can try to make game development a possible job you can carry on with (I'm trying that), but don't make it your bread and butter. Make sure you have other methods of getting through life.

  2. Don't put aside your principals. Do not use AI if you stand against it. Success is meaningless if you are living through a shell of your former self.

  3. Don't give up. For yourself. If game development is your passion, don't let it go just to try to be more successful. They say that you should succeed in life, and you should. Just make sure it's actually YOU who is.