"Why C++? Why not A++??"
"Thanks, Mom."
Side projects are super important to get experience and passion!
Yeah, Muggles are incapable to differentiate hard work from slacking off.
Stop playing and start developing!
I stop playing games to scroll Reddit about studying. Personal growth
It's research!
"Playing games all day will not make a living" - the mother of most game play testers at some point, probably
tbf I know a game tester for ABK and it's arguable to say if he's actually making a living off it
Don't forget all the famous let's players!
We really need to stop letting baby programmers submit posts to this sub...
"Stop being on your computer a's start working for once"
Me, a CS student :
"Hey mom come look at what I'm working on"
Is how I dealt with it 25 years ago.
hard to do when you're making an eroge ðŸ˜
"Every time on the computer... You should work too"
"Mom I work at the computer"
"Oh you and your excuses"
damn, your mom gave a shit about stuff you were interested in?
My mom saw me working on gamedev stuff at 16 and used it as a reason to bawl me out for not getting a part time job with better hours.
I had a part time job at a restaurant.