I am a SDE with 8 yoe. My experience has mostly been around backend services. Lately I have been losing interest in doing the same thing over and over again. I have had a keen interest in gaming. I have also played around with unity engine few years back, writing C# scripts, using sprits etc. I wanted to know how folks from IT industry moved to gaming industry. And was it worth it. I’ve heard gaming companies are infamous for very tight deadlines.
Not worth it if your motivation is money. This year has been particularly brutal for the gaming industry with widespread layoffs everywhere.