I wish devs were allowed to just make the games they want and take as much time they want making them.
There is no better feeling then enjoying a piece of media that you can feel the creators passion from. There is something perverse about the way capitalism strips out the soul from art.
Capitalism incentivizes to make every bideogame into the same thing, but different dressing and once you realize that you can’t unsee it. It’s just going through the same thing over and over again and the only thing that tends to change is the fidelity. Exceptions where it doesn’t happen, really makes it visible even more.
I wish devs were allowed to just make the games they want and take as much time they want making them.
There is no better feeling then enjoying a piece of media that you can feel the creators passion from. There is something perverse about the way capitalism strips out the soul from art.
Cookie Clicker embodies this. The creator/main dev (out of a two-person team) says
and will go years between updates.
Capitalism incentivizes to make every bideogame into the same thing, but different dressing and once you realize that you can’t unsee it. It’s just going through the same thing over and over again and the only thing that tends to change is the fidelity. Exceptions where it doesn’t happen, really makes it visible even more.