Motivations for making games? (and other stuff too)

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why do you guys choose to make games?
Do you make games to tell a message, or do you make them to get your mind off something?

I don't make games with the expectation of people to play them (usually).

I make games because its fun to imagine a world where all of these people live and how they interact with each other.
its also a good creative outlet.

 

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I never thought about how i'd feel if i made a game because i was going through a mentally depressing time, and how it might make the project unbearable to work on because of it constantly reminding you of it. yeah i'd find it pretty hard to continue making a game that i only started because a loved one died, and i'd have even more trouble releasing it to the public.

hidden messages are also one of my favourite things to think about when playing games too, i always like to think about it whenever i play a game by anyone , but sometimes they can be abit in your face about it though.