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> People were basically LARPing as game developers, and throwing money at Unity for the privilege. If you make a game, and it struggles due to very tough marke
by Hammershaft 4y ago
> People were basically LARPing as game developers, and throwing money at Unity for the privilege.
If you make a game, and it struggles due to very tough market conditions, you are not LARPing as a game dev. You are a game developer. There are countless gems on steam that have not gotten commercial success, but are well engineered and well designed titles.
- seoaeu 4y agoYeah, no one would say a skilled painter is LARPing just because their work isn’t commercially successful
- DonHopkins 4y agoBut they're LARPing if they never finish or sell a painting.
- seoaeu 4y agoVan Gogh wasn’t a real painter?!
- Andrex 4y agoIn terms of artist-as-a-profession during his lifetime? It's harsh, but yes.
- cronix 4y agoI don't think that's a realistic definition. It all has to do with intention. LARPers, by definition, are role-playing and not actually intending to do the thing. A painter who never makes a sale or never finishes, but intended to, just failed at the task.
- antifa 4y agoLARPing would mean they are pretending to paint or pretending to have made works. I am technically a gamedev, but I am not a professional gamedev.