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> a likely repeatable formula for success: make a game that will catch on amongst these couple-dozen Twitch influencers. Sure, but like half the world's game d
by munificent 5y ago
> a likely repeatable formula for success: make a game that will catch on amongst these couple-dozen Twitch influencers.
Sure, but like half the world's game devs are all trying to do exactly that right now.
Similar to the stock market, game development is an novelty-based ecosystem. That means that there is essentially no long-term repeatable formula for success. Any formula will eventually discovered by others, over-exploited, and players will lose interest and go elsewhere.
- shuntress 5y agoThe problem isn't the formula (good enough game, readily accessible, noticed by players.) The problem is that last step, "be noticed", is extremely hard and mostly based on luck/money. And this is 100% "long-term repeatable" if you can continually deliver "good enough" games after being noticed. The obvious example is Call of Duty.
- derefr 5y agoIf the set of Twitch influencers is relatively static, presumably you could just cater to the exact peculiarities of their tastes in games to the exclusion of the wider market, the way that some authors try to cater to the exact peculiarities of the tastes of a particular editor.