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I think my favorite line of the article was knowing when to quit is its own kind of skill. Shuttering my startup last year, I felt this one. I think I quit six
by madrox 4y ago
I think my favorite line of the article was knowing when to quit is its own kind of skill.
Shuttering my startup last year, I felt this one. I think I quit six months later than I should have. Knowing when to quit is difficult...especially when you think others are depending on you. I applaud this team for leaning into that instinct.
- schnevets 4y agoWithout knowing what your startup did, non-"As a Service" game studios are an interesting animal in the world of software development because their products have a clear Release Date. To me, this sounds like the developers didn't want to do more cerebral, optimization puzzle boxes, so they decided to close up. Like someone else mentioned, it's more like a band breaking up because artists no longer want to follow the framework and expectations that they have progressed into.
- madrox 4y agoI absolutely agree, and I think even bands can feel the pressure to keep going if they think people count on it as a livelihood. Making a collective decision to move on is brave no matter the context.
- eru 4y agoYes, they have a clear release date. But eg Klei keeps sending out updates and bug fixes and improvements for Oxygen Not Included, and they are well received by the community. But, of course, if Klei was stopping updates to Oxygen Not Included tomorrow, you could still play the game exactly as it is now, and people could also still make mods.
- robbintt 4y agoGetting within 6 months seems good to me.
- yourad_io 4y agoMy favorite was this: "A game without someone to play it is hardly a game, and it’s only because of our players that our games have meaning and a life of their own."
- ianai 4y ago(Money works on a similar principle. Only has meaning when used in commerce.)
- lukaslalinsky 4y agoI think it would be fair to say that money is also a game. You need to play the game to survive in this world, but it's a game and there are many ways to play it.
- eru 4y agoDepends. If you have a fiduciary money, it has some meaning even when not used in commerce. Fiduciary money is basically when your note say 'the issuer promises to give the bearer X on request', where X can be a cow or certain amount of gold or some other base currency. Without commerce, this kind of money essentially degenerates into a voucher. But vouchers have some (minimal) meaning, even without being used in commerce.
- remram 4y agoRedeeming that token for goods or services looks a lot like commerce.