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I just read a great quote about this in an Italo Calvino novel: "If I think I must write `one` book, all the problems of how this book should be and how it sho
by ericmcer 2y ago
I just read a great quote about this in an Italo Calvino novel:
"If I think I must write `one` book, all the problems of how this book should be and how it should not be block me and keep me from going forward. If, on the contrary, I think that I am writing a whole library, I feel suddenly lightened: I know that whatever I write will be integrated, contradicted, balanced, amplified, buried by the hundreds of volumes that remain for me to write"
- bjconlan 2y agoItalo Calvino was noted as being of great inspiration to Jonathan Blow (as a relative point of interest on the OP's question) I think during one of the Braid 20th anniversary podcasts[0] he talks to it which I loved listing to (from a historic viewpoint; well moreso than a game dev/design) [0]https://open.spotify.com/show/7t7FUL1e9vMCLWpKqcknAL?si=B_Bd4sRJT3a6l6SCu7zzlQ%0A https://open.spotify.com/show/7t7FUL1e9vMCLWpKqcknAL?si=B_Bd...
- bloomingkales 2y agoYour gems are in the back of the stack: [shit, shit, kinda shit, sorta shit, gem], gotta keep popping the stack.
- stevekwon211 2y agoThat’s a thought-provoking point. Sometimes I feel like I push myself too hard in the process of building stuff.