Games Degree

Heya guys! Recently I've finished my first year of university, and I'm about to go into my second year in 2 weeks time.

The course I've been on has had its ups and downs, I've enjoyed the technical design of it, but I've hated the programming side, what I struggle with is trying to understand it and then apply it into my own work. I was seriously struggling to make a hangman game for it in C++ and although my friends helped me and showed me in some ways what to do, I wish I could just try and do this by myself because I could spend ages trying to do something with this code, but I'd get no where.

On top of this from what I've researched it's very competitive and not a lot of people can get jobs in the games industry, and I'd rather do something that not only do I enjoy but I can get a job at the end of it. That's where I feel this degree is going wrong, I enjoy it someways, but I'm not 100% happy with it and it makes me feel really nervous that I may not get a job after dedicating myself to a degree for 4 years.

I was considering dropping out and taking a gap year, I'd use that year to get a job and look for a degree that I'd be happy with and a degree that I know that I can get a job with. At the end of the day I just feel that there's too much risk involved in the games industry in terms of looking for a job and that's what's putting me off it. There's more graduates than there is jobs and I don't want to be 22, thinking what was the point of doing that?

I've looked at other degrees that don't include coding that I'd be happy with, one of them being marketing and advertising. I did enterprise and AS level (which is similar to the modules that I've been looking at) and really enjoyed it, on top of that there's jobs in this industry that I can get into.

Just wondering what your thoughts are, because I feel like I'm really panicking about this and I don't want to go into the second year feeling this way. Should I stay and try to give things another shot? Or should I drop out, and look for something else that will make me happier, because originally before I started the degree I was already kinda doubting it, because I didn't feel that I could get a job at the end of it, and I don't want to be feeling this way throughout the second year.

Looking forward to hearing from you all

I'm not studying Games, but the course in In has a similar employment rate. I struggled as well with elements of the course which my friends had to basically do for me.
I'm considering dropping out and taking the gap year too then reapplying - however make sure you haven't registered for second year yet or attended anything at the university yet otherwise SFE will have technically funded 2nd year and you won't get funding for the full 3 years of a new degree.
Have you tried talking to your careers advisor or just researching what grads at your university or on your course have achieved?
Also, if there are courses within your current university you'd be interested, such as marketing, contact them now and see if you meet the requirements and if they have space on the course - you could always get a transfer!