Indie Dream - SAATH GameDev
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- SAATH GameDev is the culmination of the local indie dream. One of our key objectives is to see Pakistani indie gamedevs flourish and elevate the local game industry.
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Absolutely, I want the Pakistani game industry to grow as well, and I agree with all the points you mentioned. Our neighbors are already doing well in the game industry, from AAA to indie to mobile. I hope we can also reach that level and beyond one day. I've joined your server and look forward to working together with other devs on SAATH. Thanks for doing such amazing work for the community. Hopefully, your hard work will pay off in the near future.
Thank you, Khizar and inshaAllah! I am very optimistic and I have been following you for a while. Your work is really good and we will work together at SAATH iA.
Hi bilal
Have you considered going abroad ?
Obviously you have alot of knowledge and skill which u have acquired over the years
Maybe going abroad like canada or usa for example where there is a proper gaming industry would serve better for you as there are alot of oppertunities in job department and you can grow as a professional 10 times more and faster
would really like to hear your thoughts on this
This is a really good question. I am reminded a couple of times every day regarding moving abroad.
Gaming industry has reached a global status. You can develop and publish games from any part of the world. Moving abroad (1st tier countries) will allow for much better networking, visibility, exposure and marketing.
Sure, there are obstacles and nuances to it like not being able to access developer kits for consoles but those are farfetched concepts to even indies abroad. But it is actually much harder to stay abroad (not all countries but only counting the top tier ones) as an indie game developer capable of developing their own games as compared to here in Pakistan.
What makes it hard? The high living cost. A decent living is very tough without a job and the crunch culture in the gaming industry is horrible.
Moving to any of the 2nd tier countries in Europe or even, countries like Malaysia, is actually much better. Not as high living cost and you can stay as indie without much pressure involved. But you won't get benefits like better networking, marketing, etc.
I am generally not interested in moving up the ladders in the job careers. Ultimately, having your own intellectual property (game product) is the real deal whether in Pakistan or abroad. Massive layoffs are happening in the entire industry and people are shifting to be indie.
The actual issues in Pakistan are in regard to the local government, their policies and skilled human resource. There is also the massive cultural gap and having no gaming culture which leads to us not being creative with gamedev. Developing a niche like-minded group like SAATH GameDev would fix the gaming culture problem at a much smaller scale and promote us towards actually developing a solid indie game.
@@ProgrammerCheema Thanks for giving such a elaborated answer it was really interesting to read
Insha'Allah will be looking forward to your next indie game
best of luck