I made the critical mistake of watching Gamescom earlier today and ended up blackpilling myself in the process. There were so many boring, generic game trailers being show off. Games with millions of dollars poured into their budgets, with teams of thousands of developers working on them. And it made me feel absolutely nothing. No anticipation, no excitement, nothing.
It occurred to me that although AAA game aren't my direction competition, I'm still competing with them for attention from players. But if even all these massive CGI trailers and insane gameplay reels aren't enough to grab my interest, what are the odds that I can make something that does? How the fuck am I supposed to make something that gets players excited to play my game? What do people even want these days?
I don't fucking know anymore. Maybe I'm just too jaded.