xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@beardalaxy
>Even God's Disdain wasn't done purely solo, though.

I know that, but I remember you saying that After Midnight would be a one-man studio because you couldn't keep everyone to stick around.

>I am and probably always will be a game dev hobbyist. It would be awesome to make money doing it, but I'll always work on them regardless.

I wish I can say that, but given how many game dev hobbyists eventually have to give up on the hobby, I feel like it's necessary to make some money. I notice that most of them give up after their first child.

@beardalaxy I'm trying to think if there is anything that would make open-world design much easier. The only think I could think of is using a procedural generation algorithm to assist in creating the world and characters, but that obviously has it's own problems (even with AI).

I don't think open world games should be done solo. I bet even most total-conversion mods for open-world games are done collaboratively by people over the Internet, not in an "open-source" type way, but more of anyone can join but must keep the development stuff classified type way.

Also, the whole 6-10 years thing made me realize that I might not be even able to make video games in 6-10 years. I always remind myself of Pixel not being able to make a full sequel to Cave Story and having to make Kero Blaster (a much smaller game) instead because he has a full-time job and family now. It's kind of the reason why I want to make some money off of my games so I can still have some time to work on them, even though there will ALWAYS be someone who will scold you if you do anything for profit.

@beardalaxy One idea that is worth considering is have it take place in a single town/city/village that changes over time, instead of the typical "road trip movie" structure. That idea was Itoi's inspiration for Mother 3.

@beardalaxy It seems like every video game sequel ever is just a collection of ideas that couldn't be implemented in the previous game due to a limited budget, time constraints, or technical limitations. I'd say just work on the horror game next while having a complete design doc for God's Disdain 2.

@dcc @theorytoe @gabriel I never thought I would live to see Bryan Lunduke say "nigger", but given that he is pretty much cancelled everywhere, he probably realized that he has nothing to lose anymore.

@theorytoe @dcc @gabriel I think that depends on where you live. All the small tech businesses here are mostly IT, not CS. Though ideally, I think you should have knowledge in both.

@theorytoe @dcc @gabriel
>I think also we are at a point where a lot of my own generation is starting to finish the school/college grind and start actually integrating themselves into the industry

Except so many tech companies are still doing mass layoffs that these graduates are working at McDonald's or going back to school for a different degree/cert.

@theorytoe @dcc @gabriel These idiots think that the FLOSS movement has always been a far-left movement when that has never been the case.

@theorytoe @dcc @gabriel The president is friends with Drew DeVault.