Is it even worth it for aspiring Indies?

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@franktech;716384

Success? Way too many unknowns there! Also is this solo Indie or small team?
Overall, if you’re after a quick buck from a Game Jam idea etc, I’d say Unity too.
But if you’ve a real passion project or its ambitious (commercial or not) then UE4.

But aside, if you’ve got skills like modeling why not take part in the next game jam?
It’d answer questions you have because it all boils down to the specific game idea.

Everyone has a different opinion on what makes UE4 difficult / easy / rewarding etc.
The thing is, its not that clear what competency-level Blueprints are at versus C++.
Can you make your game using only BP, which would be a huge strategic advantage.
Or will you find out later you can’t, and the project is dogged with problems & delays!

What if Epic benchmarked the kinds of ‘vanilla’ games that can be made using 100% BP?
Both today and tomorrow, showing where BP is heading… It would take away ambiguity!
Whereas in Unity, since you do everything in C# it brings a little more certainty / clarity.

Commercial success isn’t even what I am after, although I am using that as a metric to judge success in terms of trying to get into a game studio. I don’t mean to say you need to sell many copies to have a decent game but I think anywhere from 1k+ copies sold is a success. I am not in it for a money grab. I know you are suppose to love it but being here almost 1 year in and very little to show for it and mountains still to learn is depressing.

I dislike blueprints with a passion, and so unfortunately I am having to learn Unreal C++ to add to the list of things I need to have a grasp on. I loved C# scripting in Unity.