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Solo developer just means they developed the game themselves, not made it all themselves. I'm not sure how you could write what you wrote without that occurring

• computerdork 3mo ago
  Hmm, it didn’t occur to me. Yeah, not sure it’s obvious to many people so was glad for the explanation
• appplication 3mo ago
  FWIW, that was not obvious to me either, and I appreciated the parent comment
• SirHackalot 3mo ago
  Absolutely not obvious to me, especially since I have heard a lot of solo dev stories that insist it was purely a 1-person project. And it’s true in some cases.
• laserDinosaur 3mo ago
  In that case, please, define "developed the game" for us. Is doing all the programming "developing" the game? Is coming up with the game design and hiring programmers "developing" the game? sits back with popcorn
  • stackghost 3mo ago
    Designing the game and having codex shit out the code is how I roll.
  • streetfighter64 3mo ago
    > Is doing all the programming "developing" the game? Yes, if you're also doing game design. > Is coming up with the game design and hiring programmers "developing" the game? Yes, so is using LLMs to do the programming.
    • oalae5niMiel7qu 3mo ago
      What if you hire voice actors for each of the characters? And level designers? And animators? At what point does it stop being a solo project? Only when outside investors get involved? Or does it only stop being "solo" if those investors demand board seats? Or can it _still_ be considered "solo" even then?
      • simoncion 3mo ago
        Given that Death Stranding 2 only credits Kojima as the game's writer and designer, I guess -by GGP's very silly definition- it's a solo project. XD
      • djaro 3mo ago
        I would say when you start hiring people for monthly salaries rather than for specific tasks.
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