Game development is a process to make a game
If you enjoy the process even the product fails you will keep improving and enjoying it
As I said in the game dev course and I will always say
Try to focus on the process of developing itself instead of giving hopes on a single product and 99% it’s the first project you make
You put your time in it, love the project and it looks good but it doesn’t buy, either bad marketing or the game concept isn’t clear but whatever the reason people don’t care they see the project and say naah I will pass
And here is the dangerous point of time where all that passion, hopes and dreams crash with reality and make people quit development
But If you truly love and be passionate about the process of creating the world that never existed before your creation instead of loving the world itself
Trust me you will improve no matter how many fails and how many time spent on learning, trying and improving
And this isn’t only in game development
It’s in every aspect of your life
Love what you do instead of what is the product of your doing
And I am not saying that out of the blue Its a scientific research I am making for my Bachelor’s in Human nature, language and phonotactics.
And have a great day

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Emphasize the joy of the development process rather than focusing solely on the end product. This approach helps maintain motivation and continues improvement even if the first project fails. Loving the process over the result is applicable not just in game development but in all aspects of life. The advice is backed by scientific research in human nature.

Love the process instead of the product

Make a game for money: ✖
Make a game for fun: ✔️

I see where you are coming from, and you are correct to a point. But if you only love the process and not the product it doesn’t work to your benefit.
When we develop a product, we need people who both love the process AND the product. Teams that love one but not the other will always be at a disadvantage, imbalanced, and your product will always lack something important and be either without a soul and even boring or tiring to maintain or both.
What is often identified as “a soul” is the result of love for the product.
You can definitely make such products, and they can be successful and fun. But they won’t be excellent. They won’t be memorable.
We can see this in games known as hypercasual. Most of these games are made in a few weeks. They can be fun and successful, sure, but is there any one of them that you think it will be remembered after a few years?

Totally agree. A thousand of different things can happen and your project will fail at the end. So if you are concerned only about the final product you’ll be devastated. And if you have fun during its relization, you’ll have the srength to continue your work

This is so true; failure is just the beginning and its actually an important part of the process. I would know this better than anyone else.