Leave School?

Hi, just need a suggestion.
If I sold a game and received a lot of money, should I leave my high school education and focus on developing video games?
As you knew, School eat a lot of our time.


I knew that there are a lot of rich people that drop out of their schools to focus on their work (like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and some game devs)


I also knew that some gaming companies hire people by looking at their works/what they can do and not by their educations.(I read it on gamecareerguide.com)
I think this is where portfolios are very useful.

I wouldn't recommend it unless you became a household name like Notch and were in a position where anything you create is guaranteed to sell.

Jobs, Gates and Zuckerberg dropped out of college, not high school.

I also wouldn't recommend it. School eats a lot of time, but it also teaches you lots of things and opens doors for you. How about finising school and studying games development at college?

Don't take Jobs, Gates or Zuckerberg as role models. It takes incredible amounts of luck to become like them.

Neither Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, nor Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of high school. Although I think Richard Branson did, and I know one other billionaire that did.

But that doesn't make it smart to drop out of school. Those are exceptional people.
That being said if you really know what you want to do and learn you'll do it faster on your own. The hard part is knowing what to do (or learn) next and keeping the drive for years and years to come. For almost everyone, school is pretty damn useful in that sense.

I don't think high school is necessarily very useful for an independent game developer, but it's good to have from a hiring standpoint if you need to get a job somewhere to help pay the bills.

Thanks for the suggestions. 

I don't think high school is necessarily very useful for an independent game developer, but it's good to have from a hiring standpoint if you need to get a job somewhere to help pay the bills.

Yep, That is what I'm thinking.
learning game development really starts in college. I think I could just go home school when I received a lot of money from developing video games. in that case I could focus on my work while studying some things that can somehow contribute to my desire course. (like geometry,story writing  etc)

Few hours are you in school? I have only 5h per day (September and June) 9h (Other Months)

Why? Are you saying you School eats a lot of time for you.
I'm not in the high school, but in the high school I will +45 mins in school.

Why? Are you saying you School eats a lot of time for you.
I'm not in the high school, but in the high school I will +45 mins in school.

Yes, I spent 10 hours in school. And when I come home, ill do a lot of home works and other projects.
In that way, I can't proceed in making my game. If I had a chance, I could only work a few hours cause my brain is tired and I will became sleepy. I want to work straight while my brain is focusing on my work.


BTW. I work full time in my WIP game on our summer here. And I almost done 60% of it.
But yesterday is the start of school, And I never had a chance to work again.

im a high school student now, i dont recomend it lol. The only reason is that what if the revenue stops, what if the game fails in the long run. Even, though it seems great to have alot of money nobody can take education away from you but they can take your job. Lol, but your the decision maker now ! Think hard , if you need more help PM me !

I think that you should only take classes in high school that you need (even if they are the easiest). If you take harder classes such as college prep classes in subjects that you don't care about you are only making your life harder and for what? Also don't wait for college to teach you how create video games. I attended the Art Institute Of Los Angeles (supposedly a faster way to learn the art of video game creation/ design) to learn how to make video games and believe me most of these technical schools and colleges don't have a clue. They will waste your time teaching you other crap that doesn't fit in with what you are trying to do (Plus you will be in Debt). More than likely they will want you to become a programmer so that you can do all the technical problem solving stuff and before you know it you are no longer "Finding The Fun" Instead you are 28 and are typing this message to a high school student. Oh boy lol - peace good luck with your choices. Check out college conspiracy on Youtube it's interesting oh and say no to drugs and hell no to the military. 

I'd also recommend staying in high school, but forget about college unless you can pay for it upfront.  A degree is more worthless than ever before.

Nah you'll need all the education you can get (especially in the business side of game making)

School can be really cool too, it's not always bad it depends on your teacher and classmates a lot.

High-school can be useful to make games IMO. (e.g. learning trig on math, human anatomy in arts, etc)
But either way I think you should complete high-school to a higher chance of employment.