My bank teller is also a game dev
Just wanted to share a funny moment that happened to me this week. I was doing some routine banking transactions at a local branch when the teller suddenly asked: "Do you play video games?"
Completely confused, I said "....yes?"
He laughed and said he could see my Nightsail Game Studios business account on his screen. I told him yes, I had a game out on Early Access in Steam.
He starts asking me all kinds of questions about my game, and ends up telling me to write the game's name down so he can look it up later. He then tells me that he also makes games on the side.
"No way! What engine do you use?"
"Godot, but I've tried a bunch of others"
At this point, we were both completely talking shop, with no work getting done at all (thankfully there was nobody waiting in line). He told me he worked on a game called Super Gorilla Quest.
"I'm bad at coding"
"Me too"
Anyway, I just thought it was a funny experience. I have to say, I walked out of there quite proud of being part of this community of part-time solo devs who might be lacking in skills/funding sometimes, but make up for it in willpower and passion. That was also one of the rare times my game dev life intersected with my "real" life.
If you are the bank teller I was talking to - hello! Feel free to reach out! It was awesome encountering another game dev in the wild like that.
EDIT: Some of you are understandably confused why I was at a bank branch at all. No, I am not ancient. I was just picking up a foreign currency order, it's cheaper through your bank than through those dedicated exchanges 😅