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[–] [email protected] 103 points 6 months ago (3 children)

As a software dev who's participated in a couple of game jams and several group projects,

  • I'd say that anyone that claims to be a designer but has no programming experience is typically incompatible with any project
    • and it's due to the disconnect of understanding just how difficult it can be to translate certain design tasks into functional code
[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago

It's like scope creep, but where the demanding client is also your boss/coworker.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

Not to mention that an idea is not a game, not even conceptually. There's a reason it's called game design and not game turn-idea-into-code.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

buys masterclass

Okay so step one is you're gonna download Scratch

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You have to put /s in the end, because people in this day and age can no longer recognize sarcasm, probably because we all spend way too much time on the Internet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's not sarcasm, that's satire

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Is it? Didn't know about it until now...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

that's real cringe dude

might I suggest adding /s at the end,

  • not sure if that would help as reading that was painful
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

You absolutely nailed it LOL. Those flashy courses with absurd prices and "funnel techniques" prey on idea-people who are scared of code like whale sharks on plankton.