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Subreddits focused on gamedev have long stopped being about the craft itself, unfortunately. 90% of the posts are about marketing or are self-help/motivational
by whstl 2y ago
Subreddits focused on gamedev have long stopped being about the craft itself, unfortunately.
90% of the posts are about marketing or are self-help/motivational.
Anything related to art, sound or programming barely gets upvotes.
- nkrisc 2y agoBrowse by new though and you’ll see it. Post after post with zero comments about questions or problems that are answered in the docs.
- whstl 2y agoAnd the people who can actually answer have been driven away by the money-chasers.
- Arisaka1 2y agoThe other side effect to that is the difficulty to socialize, albeit online, with those who care about the craft itself. To paraphrase a meme "best I can do is text editor wars".
- whstl 2y agoYep. Gamedev.net was an amazing hang back in the early 2000s up to the 2010s. Now it's just a perpetual "how do I do this with Unity" that is super hard to filter. I just go to meetups now. > best I can do is text editor wars Or Unreal vs Unity wars in this case :'D
- elpocko 2y agoThey like to talk about feelings a lot. Lots of posts about how it feels when their upcoming game reaches <number> of wishlists on Steam, or how it felt when their low resolution pixel art game using Kenney's asset packs flopped against all odds.