As a kid, I used to dream of making my own video game. I remember at one point I grabbed my tiny notebook and started writing down my ideas. When I was finished, I kicked back on my beanbag with a satisfied grin on my face thinking that somehow, one day, it would actually all come together. I suppose as a kid I had a problem with mixing reality with wishful thinking and delusions of grandeur. 10 years later, here I am sitting behind my computer typing about my lethargic pursuit. My dusty notebook lost, probably tucked away somewhere underneath an old cartridge of Duck Hunt. I think it all abruptly stopped when I found out I wasn’t smart enough to figure out what the hell a preprocessor was.

I’ve realized that talking about game development is much less dry than actually DOING game development. I’ve found a new respect for game developers after researching the struggles they go through in finalizing a product. Just hearing about the multitude of problems they are faced with and overcome on a daily basis makes me wonder, “maybe they were born with computer chips in their brains…”

Just to skim the surface and show the community some of these problems game developers run into, I’ve spoke with two independent developers working with the rare MMOFPS genre and asked them a single question:

"As an independent game developer, what has been the most notable struggle towards a solid product?"