I don't know where to post this but I want to talk about it and I want your guy's thoughts on this and maybe can help me out

so I finally made a game and it was great I had a fun experience with it plus I love to make a simple game with good storytelling, however, working on it got me thinking of a few things

The thing is I want to make a game that I have been preparing for years but I always come back to being afraid

cause if I do game making I am going to get a big responsibility while making this and hiring people, and this is making me not take the first step

and then I thought I'd make it to a novel and write stories about it. I will have more control over my things but again I stopped and took a step back

I have been struggling with what to choose for 2 years and almost

The reason is this, I want the audience, to read it or play it

The whole reason I choose game dev is that I will get more people to play it and interact with it and if I choose to do a novel then there are going be less of people who would be instead to read it, (I don't know if people still seem to find reading fun or would their rather play it or watch it)

I thought that gaming would work, but now I don't know

I want to do one of those things but I am afraid because one is simple and I will have more things under control but the other one is more work and keeping an eye on everything, 

I just want people to experience this story.. either a game or a novel

I don't know what to choose, if you guys could give me some advice or info on what to do that would help a bit for me 

Write a book/short story  if you imagine only  one  outcome and one way of getting there.

If you imagine multiple  endings or maybe one ending with different interesting ways of getting there, stick with games. 

Sounds like a visual novel would be your best fit.

I read a lot myself, but if I had to pick between a book and a game, I'd pick the game. Stories are much more engaging when they're interactive.

Hi Haziq,

I had pretty much the same decision and went with game dev. As your main priority is people reading/ playing your stuff, I'd say this makes more sense. Either way, your success will rely a lot on marketing but you seem to be good at this judging by your Youtube viewer and sub numbers (yes, I went on your page and stalked a little bit!). You've also got experience in commissioning and putting a team together from your first game, which is a big plus. If you haven't got the hang of Unity you still have options for a VN (Ren'Py for instance). 

Minuses for game dev are the added time and cost of a project, commissioning and working with people knowing that your whole project can be derailed if this goes wrong, the strange and unexpected challenges you're likely to face (altho if you're resourceful, you should be fine) and, of course, culture snobs won't value your work as highly.

Pluses for game dev are that you're not so dependent on clueless publishers (don't forget Stephen King, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien all got rejection letters), you can actually see people play your game on Twitch and Youtube rather than just hear their thoughts afterwards, you've got tools to work with in terms of sound and graphics, and the better you get, the more ambitious your projects can be. Also, the odds are you can make more money in the long run. Possibly. Don't quote me on that.