{"id":6533,"date":"2021-12-13T16:16:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/blog\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:56:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T04:56:53","slug":"how-is-game-development-as-a-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/blog\/how-is-game-development-as-a-career\/","title":{"rendered":"How is Game Development as a Career?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/game-development\/\">Game development<\/a> is challenging. Games take months to years to develop, so games, in reality, take thousands of individual work hours, not even combined development hours. That goes for the good as much as the bad ones. Somebody spent thousands of hours making the games you hate, and someone also spent as much if not more time making the games that you love as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Links \u21b4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/blog\/how-can-small-businesses-get-benefit-from-mobile-apps\/\">How can small businesses get benefit from mobile apps?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/blog\/web-stories\/7-ways-how-enterprise-web-development-is-helping-businesses-grow\/\">7 Ways How  Enterprise Web Development  is Helping Businesses Grow<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/blog\/web-stories\/6-ways-to-grow-business-with-wordpress-website\/\">6 Ways to Grow Business With  WordPress Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/blog\/signing-of-mou-between-career-development-center-cdc-of-daffodil-international-university-diu-and-riseup-labs\/\">Signing of MOU between Career Development Center (CDC) of Daffodil International University (DIU) and Riseup Labs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/blog\/web-stories\/mobile-app-development\/\">Mobile App Development Services- Riseup Labs<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"emaillist\" id=\"es_form_f1-n1\"><form action=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533#es_form_f1-n1\" method=\"post\" class=\"es_subscription_form es_shortcode_form  es_ajax_subscription_form\" id=\"es_subscription_form_69d1207fd7c15\" data-source=\"ig-es\" data-form-id=\"1\"><div class=\"es-field-wrap\"><label>Subscribe to our blog &amp; stay up to date with latest tips, news or articles*<br \/><input class=\"es_required_field es_txt_email ig_es_form_field_email\" type=\"email\" name=\"esfpx_email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Email Address\" required=\"required\" \/><\/label><\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_lists[]\" value=\"54024bf39d0e\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_form_id\" value=\"1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"es\" value=\"subscribe\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_form_identifier\" value=\"f1-n1\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_email_page\" value=\"6533\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_email_page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/blog\/how-is-game-development-as-a-career\/\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_status\" value=\"Unconfirmed\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es-subscribe\" id=\"es-subscribe-69d1207fd7c15\" value=\"193f724924\" \/>\n\t\t\t<label style=\"position:absolute;top:-99999px;left:-99999px;z-index:-99;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span hidden>Please leave this field empty.<\/span><input type=\"email\" name=\"esfpx_es_hp_email\" class=\"es_required_field\" tabindex=\"-1\" autocomplete=\"-1\" value=\"\" \/><\/label><input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" class=\"es_subscription_form_submit es_submit_button es_textbox_button\" id=\"es_subscription_form_submit_69d1207fd7c15\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><span class=\"es_spinner_image\" id=\"spinner-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/email-subscribers\/lite\/public\/images\/spinner.gif\" alt=\"Loading\" \/><\/span><\/form><span class=\"es_subscription_message \" id=\"es_subscription_message_69d1207fd7c15\" role=\"alert\" aria-live=\"assertive\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Game development as a career can be:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Competitive<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More people want to work in video game development than jobs available. You have to be a really capable candidate to get a good job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unstable<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average game developer has four jobs in five years. Too frequently, companies go out of business, or teams are laid off as soon as their projects are completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stressful<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are deadlines to meet, and the more critical the deadline, the more likely problems preventing you from meeting it arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exhausting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sixty-five work-weeks are not uncommon in this field; as deadlines approach, the hours can be even longer and longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Imbalanced<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As in work-life balance, it&#8217;s getting better, but it still can be hard maintaining a family life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fairly-well paying<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average game developer&#8217;s salary in 2021 was $101,644\/yr. Artists earned $$65,000\/yr, designers $74,000\/yr, audio professionals $$150,000K. That&#8217;s only when they were employed and earning a salary, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fulfilling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But only if you have an extreme passion for game development, don&#8217;t expect to have creative control over your project, and equally enjoy working on your own and as part of a team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Thought<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Game developers&#8217; careers can be very successful if you come up with awesome ideas that people immediately fall in love with, find addictive and relatable or fantasy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"schedule-a-visit\" style=\"font-size:59px;line-height:1.15\"><strong>Hire Game Developers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/riseuplabs.com\/hire-game-developers\" style=\"border-radius:50px;background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff\">Visit to Know More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game development is challenging. 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