Wild times

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[–] [S] 21 points 18 hours ago (7 children)

Apparently it's vibe coded. From their announcement:

Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look.

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  • [–] 28 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

    Imagine being a massive company and saying programming is hard.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago

    Imagine saying that you “hacked together in two weeks” (might’ve been a month, it’s been a while) the battle royale mode and made that free to play while you wait for the actual game to be completed.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 hours ago

    Imagine being the company that created one of the most used engines in gaming history, and being unable to create a launcher that worked on Linux, or even had like basic features that people expected.

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