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Yeah. I've seen the same puzzling thing in game development. People don't seem to want to make good games! They want a hat that says "I made a game". That done,
by cousin_it 1mo ago
Yeah. I've seen the same puzzling thing in game development. People don't seem to want to make good games! They want a hat that says "I made a game". That done, they want a hat that says "my game is successful", so they go on subreddits asking for promotion advice. Honest comparison with existing state of the art is seen as annoying; advancing the state of the art isn't seen as a goal at all.
- tatjam 1mo agoI'm a bit of a victim to this mindset. I don't particularly play many video games, except the occasional one that clicks, but love making small game experiences and similar. I find that gamedev programming is very fun and engaging. Nonetheless, I don't think that I have the combination of skills and creativity (nor game knowledge) to make a game as great as those that have clicked for me in the past ;)
- PaulRobinson 1mo agoI read somewhere that there are more game engines in dev at any now point in time than there are games. I can believe that. I think it's OK to do something for the fun of doing it. It's expecting to a) be successful without doing the thing at all and/or b) doing it because you want the success that's the problem. Go make games that make you smile, share them see if others smile too. Then think about the success thing.