[faanghacker]

> I sometimes get an urge to work on the myriad of game ideas I've written down over the years. And every time I remind myself that what I really like is the "idea" of making a game, not the actual process. Because the actual process is a draining, thankless and often rage inducing process. The actual building of a game is 95% of the time spent on stupid little details like making a door work properly.

Yeah, I agree. I actually started out learning programming as a pre-teen by making my own games. It can be a lot of fun at times, but a lot of frustration too, and I can see how the latter eclipses the former as as you scale into a more complex game and with a bigger team.

It's not an easy job that's for sure.