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High level game design
"We live in a golden age of indie game development, all you have to do is make a good game, release it on Steam, and it will make money. You should take…
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Dec 17, 2022
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November 2022
Super People's major update
"The devs have a much more detailed view of their game than I do, so the fact that they reached the same conclusions as me means this framework allows…
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Nov 17, 2022
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October 2022
Game quality is all that matters
"If you make a game and it doesn’t succeed, it’s because it was bad. There’s no other possible explanation. You can’t give yourself any other excuse."
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Oct 4, 2022
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September 2022
Self-expression vs. vesselization
"You should think of yourself as a vessel. You don’t have ideas, they come to you from above."
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Sep 18, 2022
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Skill death spirals
"This is counterintuitive. You would think making individual encounters more punishing would make the game less welcoming to new players."
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Sep 9, 2022
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Thoughts on Super People's final beta
"I guess in my heart of hearts, when push comes to shove, I’m an artist too."
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Sep 2, 2022
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August 2022
Deep instinctive changes
"Games are an endlessly shapeable environment of body training."
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Aug 8, 2022
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July 2022
Unity and Godot, artists and their hatred of money
"An artist who hates money is unable to imagine people who don’t."
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Jul 22, 2022
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June 2022
Authorship isn't real
"X’s story will happen, and when it does it will inspire indiedevs all across the world, and a world of completely permissionless remixing will manifest…
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Jun 19, 2022
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Competition isn't real
"There is no competition among indie developers. The more successful indie games there are on Steam the higher your future chances of success as an…
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Jun 15, 2022
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Luck isn't real
"Which indie gamedev will more likely succeed: the one who believes himself destined for success who will not stop until he becomes worthy, or the one…
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Jun 14, 2022
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April 2022
Why indiedev creativity is stagnant and how to fix it
"Destruction is not the antithesis of creation. Rather, it’s the prerequisite, and its ultimatum. We give birth to the new by a self-destructive act."
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Apr 3, 2022
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