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> many kids wanted to make games because 1) That's so cool and 2) There was not many games anyway. Yes. And the drive behind this was not only technical, but a
by vaylian 5y ago
> many kids wanted to make games because 1) That's so cool and 2) There was not many games anyway.
Yes. And the drive behind this was not only technical, but also artistic. You have seen the works of others (professional game developers) and you want to create something along the same lines. And into a very deep rabbit whole we went.
- hnthrowaway0315 5y agoYep! And a lot of people learned programming by this way. There was very little formal introduction to such topics back in the 80s if one does not go into a privileged middle school.