Is 29 years old too late to get into game development

There is a benefit of getting to a more mature age. The mind may be a little slower but it can endure a thought process longer than what a gold fish has and copying everyone else's work loses it's 'I made this' delusion of self gratification.

 

Seems to me that many pro developers are well into their 30's/40's/50's these days.

 

Yeah, the question seems odd. 28, too old? Really? I got out of game dev, first time around at about 26, because pay back then was, well, crap. Im 48 this year, and I am developing a game for the first time. Though I did work on a number one game back in 1993-95.

My mind is not quite as sharp as it was back then, but I do have 20+ years of experience in TV Animation, Arch Viz, Movied VFX and now 5 years as a coder to use, going on. In the UK, retirement is now at 70 for men, so I have a good 22 years till then. I think it might be filled well developing games.

So yeah, stop procrastinating and go for it.

 

I didn't start programming until about 26 because I was more of a web/graphic designer. During this time I had always used mapping tools and been interested in game engines. It wasn't until I started modding Fallout 3/Dragon Age that I realised the scripting part was kind of easy. Fallout had scripts split into blocks like Begin/Update, which I recognised from messing with Unity. When Unity implemented realtime shadows, I just switched over to it.