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Category: Journal

  • The 50% Rule

    “I’ve seen so many fellow devs voice discontentment about being unable to do it as a hobby or pursue their actual passion (game dev) after exhausting their mental energy 40 hours a week, basically every week, to be able to afford the basics. I’d argue the real problem isn’t learning to divide your time spent…

  • Simon’s Casual Cat

    I’ve never really felt the urgent need to go ducking into a more recent block matching game when despite more than a few attempts from EA to trash it, Bejeweled 3 (or Bejeweled Classic as it is these days) has more than amply filled the niche for me. However, I’ve been kinda more exhausted than…

  • Ori And It Gets Results

    “Was the feedback given in constructive ways? No. Was the feedback ultimately constructive? Yes,” said one developer, who felt the behavior of the leaders was atrocious but felt mixed in his opinion of the founders because they got results. from this article on the studio behind the Ori games. This is the most ass backwards…