Anyone ever get so bored of web development that they just want to make a game or some shit?
I had, had the WORST time completing a game project. I had gotten into the headspace where I thought I couldn't finish it (and, as for a large, wholly original project, maybe I can't).
I just decided to make a small match three game with minimal assets and minimal menu. Looks terrible. Unpublishable. But I finished it! I know how to plan it out, I know the warts that are involved, and I know how to get it on the platform I want should I want to publish.
There's something to be said for finishing an MVP of even a minimal project.
Anytime I’m talking with someone at a meet-up who wants to learn gamedev, I advise them to make pong and add a new mechanic to it. If they can’t learn to do that, the odds of them making the game they envision is extremely low.
I’ve been in the industry for twelve years and have done the indie thing very successfully, and I still have low confidence when it comes to making a game that is any good. I keep waiting for it to get easier, but every time it does your ambitions increase to match.
I say possibly worst advice because there have been times, and I'm currently in such a time, where I'm working on a fundamentally flawed idea but can't give it up in favour of something else. I need to finish it and finish it well, even if it feels undoable.
Having seen how the sausage gets made has made the lose the interest of being part of such industry.
If you want to have fun doing games, try some retro game development, homebrew, or game jams.
Naturally there are studios where the above doesn't apply, sadly they are still mostly the exception, on an industry that carries crunch time as medal of honor.
I suggest Ludum Dare nd GMTK jam. But there are many jams going on check out itch.io/jams