I’m not asking if you think that games are art in general. Rather, do you consider the games that you, personally, have made or are making to be art? Are you an artist as a developer? Why or why not?
I have a hard time thinking of my own work as being art, even though I do feel that there’s artistry to it. There are probably a few reasons for that, but I think what it comes down to is that it just feels a bit too haute to call myself an “artist.” I just make what I want to make, for my own reasons, and hope that somebody else out there enjoys my work. I also never really internalized the “games as art” conversation. I grew up playing games long before that discourse came and went, and I never took much of a position on it.