The game development industry is highly competitive, with numerous talented individuals vying for limited entry-level positions. This competitive landscape can be demoralising for junior developers, especially when they compare themselves to professionals who have more experience. Landing that first job or freelance gig can feel like an uphill battle.
Additionally, the job stability and compensation are lower compared to other software development jobs due to the long time a game is spent developing. Some games are developed by start-ups which usually start with small teams of highly experienced professionals and the compensation is only seen when the game is released to the market.
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Any advice for people who want to explore this industry? Anyone interested in this industry? Any project ideas?
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Such an interesting and helpful article.
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Thank you for posting @FilipaVieira, this is a great topic. The game development industry is definitely a hard one to crack into, the entry criteria is usually very high and employers would rather than on experience developers over recent graduates, if working in the industry is your passion then I would say those extra applications are definitely worth it. For someone interested in the industry and those who want something to work on during their free time, I would definitely advise they work on building up their portfolio. There are sites likes https://itch.io/ where indie game developers post their work which others alike play, review and debug as a community. During your studies, your focus after your studies should be to take steps to make yourself more employable, building your portoflio is doing just this; you should also be on the lookout of internships and placements in the industry. These things help build you experience and tell the employer that your will be able to handle the work the assign to you. Hope this helps. 
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We should have an AMA on this.
I’ve added this to the list you started in Google docs, @amberinsyed
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Thank you for the idea! 
@Patrick
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