03-08-2013, 10:44 AM
Anything I type in response to that is going to come across as thoroughly asshole-ish. So here goes
It was hyperbole. Obviously any game of any artistic complexity will require art assets, and those take time to make. But in my experience, programmers tend to do the brunt of the work for getting this sort of thing realized. It's the easiest thing in the world to have 'ideas for a game.' But the difficult work is done by the programmers.
This is all describing the buddy-buddy, ad hoc, 'no-actual-skills-but-boy-do-i-have-a-cool-game-idea' thing. Actual teams with an actual budget and actual skills operate differently.
It was hyperbole. Obviously any game of any artistic complexity will require art assets, and those take time to make. But in my experience, programmers tend to do the brunt of the work for getting this sort of thing realized. It's the easiest thing in the world to have 'ideas for a game.' But the difficult work is done by the programmers.
This is all describing the buddy-buddy, ad hoc, 'no-actual-skills-but-boy-do-i-have-a-cool-game-idea' thing. Actual teams with an actual budget and actual skills operate differently.
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