Hey guys!
I guess this a silly subject compared to most other posts here, but it's been making me feel depressed lately.
So.
I'm a pretty creative person, I've always had projects making computer software/games/etc. and I've always been pretty humble about it, I never "released" anything to anyone or stuff like that, always kept it to myself. I did it because I love programming.
But now I've got a wish to become an independent game developer; to come up with ideas and to execute them. Ideas that turn into fun games that I can polish and let people play.
I'm really excited about this--I'd love if other people were playing my games, to get feedback, improvement suggestions and all that, maybe get some followers. It'd be great, and I already have a couple of game ideas and a way of implementing them.
But what's the problem, then? Ok, so this is what's making me depressed; no-one cares about my projects. No-one even tries to make it seem like they care. When I talk to people, it's always me asking them about their projects, asking leading questions and all that. Holding up the conversation. When I say something about a project of mine, they might say "that's nice", tops. At worst, they laugh. Not out of spite, but, yeah. They're obviously not interested at all, and that hurts. I didn't care before, but with my new goal of becoming an Indie, I need people to be interested, to want to try my games!
Why is it like this? Is it something wrong with me, how I represent my ideas, or am I simply uninteresting?
I guess this a silly subject compared to most other posts here, but it's been making me feel depressed lately.
So.
I'm a pretty creative person, I've always had projects making computer software/games/etc. and I've always been pretty humble about it, I never "released" anything to anyone or stuff like that, always kept it to myself. I did it because I love programming.
But now I've got a wish to become an independent game developer; to come up with ideas and to execute them. Ideas that turn into fun games that I can polish and let people play.
I'm really excited about this--I'd love if other people were playing my games, to get feedback, improvement suggestions and all that, maybe get some followers. It'd be great, and I already have a couple of game ideas and a way of implementing them.
But what's the problem, then? Ok, so this is what's making me depressed; no-one cares about my projects. No-one even tries to make it seem like they care. When I talk to people, it's always me asking them about their projects, asking leading questions and all that. Holding up the conversation. When I say something about a project of mine, they might say "that's nice", tops. At worst, they laugh. Not out of spite, but, yeah. They're obviously not interested at all, and that hurts. I didn't care before, but with my new goal of becoming an Indie, I need people to be interested, to want to try my games!
Why is it like this? Is it something wrong with me, how I represent my ideas, or am I simply uninteresting?