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Derek Yu, the creator of the Spelunky series among other things, has just published a blog post on his experience with developer archetypes: https://www.derekyu
by grenoire 6y ago
Derek Yu, the creator of the Spelunky series among other things, has just published a blog post on his experience with developer archetypes: https://www.derekyu.com/makegames/archetypes.html https://www.derekyu.com/makegames/archetypes.html
Recommended short read, I'm sure you'll find yourself here and relate to your non-indie-game-developer self too!
- jedimastert 6y agoDividing game devs into archetypes is such a game dev thing to do; I love it
- umvi 6y agoWow, this article is great, it could be its own HN submission. Another archetype similar to "Burrowers" are "Architect Astronauts" - when you try to generalize every problem and create a portable universal solution to it
- grenoire 6y agoHeh, thanks for the idea!