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> I'm one of those kids who grew up playing now "classic" games wanting to become a game developer themselves. This is why I got into development. I am so far
by Yhippa 8y ago
> I'm one of those kids who grew up playing now "classic" games wanting to become a game developer themselves.
This is why I got into development. I am so far away from that in the dev world nowadays. It is sad because it sounds like the video game industry does not promote healthy work environments.
- bartread 8y agoDitto. I started out on a Spectrum 48K+ as a 10 year old kid in the mid-80s trying to write games in Sinclair BASIC. My dream was to write my own version of Defender/Defender II/Stargate[1]. Professionally, I have never worked in game development and doubt I ever will, but I have a couple of web versions of Star Castle (https://arcade.ly/games/starcastle/ https://arcade.ly/games/starcastle/) and Asteroids (https://arcade.ly/games/asteroids/ https://arcade.ly/games/asteroids/) that I've built that I feel 10-year-old me would probably have enjoyed. [1] Actually it still is, but now using WebGL. Watch this space.
- canada_dry 8y agoStarcastle is still one of my favorite games. Simple enough but frustrating to master. I swear I spent more quarters on that damn game in my early teen years than I've spent on Steam games as an adult (when factoring in inflation). LOL I also spent my childhood programming Trek games on the sinclair (kit).
- bartread 8y agoI missed out on the kit computers of the early 80s, although it seems like that scene is undergoing something of a revival with lots of new machines - and not just Pi based - popping up. Confession: I spend way too much time watching content on channels like The 8-Bit Guy on YouTube.