Yes, I've been making games for a long time, and I completely agree with you. In fact, I'll be documenting the whole process of creating my current game. I should have it up sometime this week (I hope). If you are interested, watch this link (there is nothing there yet).
Do you make/work on games yourself?
That's cool, I think we really do need more in-detail descriptions of the process. I'll watch.
Yeah I've been getting into amateur game programming as a hobby. I've been wanting to do it for a long time. I just finished my spaceinvaders-type game. Next is pacman, then I'm going to let myself start to be creative (which is the whole point).
This is the sixth bimonthly 'What are you working On?' thread. Previous threads are here. So here's the question:
What are you working on?
Here are some guidelines: