On the job front, it has never been harder. But keep applying, don't give up or get discouraged.
You might try searching old HN for similar posts around the Great Recession.
Separately, Hytale is running a big Worldgen V2 competition and hiring out of the community. Very likely several contestants will be hired. (since it seems you are into games, you might pair your genre interests in, I suspect the more creative uses of their Worldgen tools will do well, saw a spiral galaxy gen that was super cool)