Consultant and experienced developer Rami Ismail has shared his thoughts on the state of the games industry, while expressing some fears and concerns. He tried to outline the issues of the existing system where funding decides what gets made.

Good.

Also first post. Go team Lemmy.

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thesis seems to be that small developers are unfairly compared to successful AAA games, but that dynamic has existed forever.

    Maybe it’s a good thing that Baldur’s Gate prevents the creation of a dozen bad copies. Indie devs should be looking to innovate and if you’re being compared to BG3 maybe it’s not actually innovative.