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The article starts off by saying they want to poll white men, because marginalized developers are struggling. It includes quotes from people such as this: > I
by imnotjames 6y ago
The article starts off by saying they want to poll white men, because marginalized developers are struggling.
It includes quotes from people such as this:
> I think most local white dudes
> don't think of a prototype as something they "funded". They
> ”just made it” because they had
> time, space and hardware.
Generally, refers to hidden privilege throughout as subtext. If you're white and male you have more access to these kinds of opportunities, etc.
- Danieru 6y ago> kinds of opportunities The irony of course being "working for free on personal project after work" is not an opportunity. No doubt I am the exact class of "white dude" the article is talking about. My "funding" story is super boring. I worked on my game after a full day of work and after getting kids to bed. Spend savings from day job on commissioned art to make the game pretty, after a couple years you should have a game worth players time. If "having job" counts as privilege then sure it requires privilege, to the exact extent paying rent does too. PS: Occasionally commenters say "I program all day and have no energy to program at home". To which I can only warn: games programming is not what you want.