10 Amazing Perks Of Being A Game Developer Nobody Talks About

Have you ever been on social media? Oh, you haven’t? It’s this unanimously positive place, where crowds form to chant reassurance if you’re feeling a bit low.

Even if you decide you want to post something a little bit risqué, unusual or controversial, the people on there will be there to back you up. Truly, it brings out the best in humanity.

But here, back in the real world, Twitter continues to be my favourite thing I keep telling myself I should quit forever (Facebook is a close second).

The reason? The unbridled, unbound negativity, particularly targeted at those trying to achieve something in their lives. In my opinion, if a person is trying hard, they should almost never be ridiculed for giving it a go, even if they fail.

But why do I stick around? Well, the unfettered positivity, of course! It’s a place of hyperbole, where something can be “nightmare cancer” to one guy, and “the most important thing in my entire life” to another (even if that thing is just a photo of buttered toast).

Games tend to evoke such passionate responses on Twitter, and whilst you’re going to inevitably get a few people telling you your game is Auschwitz Marmite, they are always drowned out by the fantastic folk who tell you how brilliant your contribution to the experience they just had was.