• recursive_recursion [they/them]@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    As a software dev who’s participated in a couple of game jams and several group projects,

    • I’d say that anyone that claims to be a designer but has no programming experience is typically incompatible with any project
      • and it’s due to the disconnect of understanding just how difficult it can be to translate certain design tasks into functional code
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      8 months ago

      Not to mention that an idea is not a game, not even conceptually. There’s a reason it’s called game design and not game turn-idea-into-code.

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      Hey there, champ! I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I’m afraid I have to disagree with your statement. Game development with effort or coding skills? Today I’m gonna show you how to do it without any effort, it’s like becoming an astronaut by watching the big bang theory!

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