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@bleedingphoenix @Nils WIZZY KNOWS WHAT'S UP

@Terry only does it make sense from a pure numbers standpoint if "babies" doesn't mean infants but also extends to toddlers.

@ninja8tyu that horse gura needs its own content warning jesus christ

@matrix still hoping we find Atlantis

i do want to make some cleaner graphics for the cards, though. these are just placeholder for now.

@ninja8tyu there's also the point of like... how much of it constitutes a "game?" because a solo game dev could make a game that literally only uses text, it's been done plenty of times. but, an artist or musician couldn't make something considered a "game" just by using their art/music skills alone, they would need to incorporate some skills for game design or programming too. even the engine a game is made on can't really be called a game by itself, let alone the OS it runs on. so can you call someone a "solo game dev" if all they did was program the game and incorporate game design into it?

my personal definition is someone who did all the programming, art, music, and writing, but not necessarily the engine or any modifications to the engine like add-ons.

@xianc78 i know dandelions at least cure warts.

@gruyere welcome back :)

fedi is more or less fedi as usual lol.

@rlier23 @ninja8tyu cave story and touhou are rare breeds. those are true solo devs who even built their engines themselves.

@ninja8tyu it depends on how semantic you want to get.

can you make a game without employing or commissioning anyone else? yeah definitely. for the vast majority of people though, they're still going to be relying on a lot of things that other people have made, and the extent of that just depends on how semantic you want to get.

a lot of games made by "solo devs" have someone else who made the music, or they have voice actors, or there is some art that was done by a third party. if you want to go even deeper, they didn't contribute to the engine they built the game in, or they're using plugins other people wrote for the engine. even testers could constitute as someone not being a solo dev.

i've made a game "on my own" before, called 3rogues. it still uses some plugins other people made and artwork i commissioned. when does a game go from being "solo dev" to SOLO DEV?

i think ZUN is a pretty good example of an actual solo dev. he makes all the art, music, and even the engine itself. few people have that sort of skill, let alone work ethic, though. people sometimes refer to toby fox as a solo dev, but he's not.

@Matty this is actually one of the better ones i've seen

lol, testing out the blackjack system. i went broke xD beautiful, working just as intended.

@arc yeah dude, even just a short amount of time is good. i found that, when i had basically no motivation, just dedicating that 15-30 minutes every day actually increased my motivation A LOT.