Submitted 11 months ago by popcar2@programming.dev to programmer_humor@programming.dev
This is why modding games is great. Most of the hard engine and framework stuff is already done for you, so you get to focus on content creation (the “fun” part).
Still difficult, but it requires a fraction of the time and effort that making a game from scratch would take.
I’m so glad I made games as a hobby before I got anywhere close to graduating. Killed that dream real fast. It felt like shit having to play your own game so many times the game lost all meaning and it was hard to gauge if it was even fun anymore.
Reminds me of learning to play a piece of music you love. But the time you master it, all the magic has disappeared.
I tried to teach myself piano. I actually enjoyed it when I was learning it, however I was really enjoying the progress I was making and less about the music I was playing. I wonder though if you get really good with music, you can probably learn and play new pieces much more quickly so maybe the magic won’t fade as quickly.
Is that the same effect like playing a piece you love over and over and suddenly you can’t hear it anymore?
I did something similar. I would get about as far as writing the interesting mechanic/game logic and then give up.
So you succeeded in prototyping?
I’m also glad I did it as a hobby before I started viewing software development as a job. No code from me if there’s no money on the table.
Oh I actually love programming. I just hated writing games it turned out lmao. I love front-end development especially.
The third half is always the hardest
The fourth half is pretty easy though.
That’s only because the fifth half usually is as difficult as two halfs at once.
Just release unfinished DLC for $35, release a "definitive version" even though that was only the first half of the DLC, release the even more unfinished second half of the DLC and still leave a bunch of shit from the base game unexplained. Yeah I'm still salty about something, how'd you know?
This sounds like Destiny but I’m not sure.
It's Pokemon
This is why you just change jobs every three years.
project
Spend 42 hours making a professional quality message queue and entity component system then shelve the project because you got bored.
DoomBot5@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You don’t, you just release it as is and call it Early Access
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Its a “LiVe SeRvIcE”
bruhduh@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Quadriple A game right here bois 12/10”
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Just make sure the ingame store is functional so you can sell more add-ons to your vaporware - star citizen is the most profitable video game to ever not be released.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 11 months ago
Don’t forget to shut down your studio days later!
magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 11 months ago
“Due the global economic circumstances, we were forced to make the incredibly tough decision to say good bye to one of our staff members, cutting down the work force by 100%”