My problem. | Forums

[rlmergeuser]

You're not even 16 man, there's no way you can already know what your future is going to look like. Just stay in high school and who knows, your perspective on life might change when you're ready for college/uni. And if you still want to pursue a career in the gaming industry, your parents will have to respect and accept that.

Regarding the typical teenager thing, spending a lot of time on the xbox/computer and such, it's all part of your age man. At that age (well 2-3 years ago) I would play Halo 3 pretty much all day. Still had my circle of friends, but I often too wondered: what the hell am I really doing with my life, playing Halo all day?

2-3 years later, I'm studying at a university, living in a student dorm (go home to my parents every weekend), hang out with my friends a lot, and still have time left for some Evo now and then!

You have nothing to worry about at your age, just see how things go and when you know what you really want, go for it.

*Gives Mice an Internet Hug*

[rlmergeuser]

I am 28. I JUST, like a week ago, started uploading 'guides' on youtube for various games. The point is: If you wanna get into the gaming industry start NOW. Sign up as a quality tester. Make video guides or reviews about various games. Make 3D models or backgrounds or textures. Write endless lines of code and programming. Do absolutely everything you can involving video games. Find out what you really want to do when it comes to games, and what you can do well. All of this would be to make sure you can do it. You don't wanna be out of high school living at mom's house 'trying to make it in the industry', you gotta KNOW you can do it and have a plan to actually do it.
Also, the same thing goes with teaching. Do everything you can to make sure its what you wanna do. Combine teaching AND games - make tutorials, guides, anything at all that can help.
Well, I'm kinda just ranting now so I'll quit. Later.