Developing video games is not for everyone. Some can afford risking their income to pursue this particular dream, some just can't keep up to make ends meet and decide to have a 'real' job. I had the privilege of working with video games as project manager but unfortunately it closed down, so here I am writing stuff about video games.
Vidar will be his first RPG for PC, which is an tribute to this off-the-tracks adventures, a game featuring a random plots that represents Razavi's very own embrace of the uncertain -- in case you didn't get it, he quit his high paying job to develop games which has an uncertain future.
Kotaku added that Razavi never thought of game design as a means of livelihood neither a career until he had a vision a few days before Vidar launched successfully as a Kickstarter campaign. The lawyer-turned-indie-developer also added that his professional options were already determined, coming from a Jewish family. He only had lawyer, banker, or doctor as choices.
Kotaku.com is nice enough to publish their conversation with Dean Razavi, if you want to know more, visit their article, tons of learnings you can get from their dialogue.
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