I enjoy 94% meaning there is a 6% chance of failure and the reality of probability makes failure very possible with those numbers when rolled frequently. in any rng game the most exciting thing that can happen is succeeding on a 10%. Should that secretly be 0% because it so unlikely?

Not an abject failure to understand player POV when I'm giving my POV as a player. Lots of people arent into rng, that's a totally fair stance. It would blow if I wanted to play Chess and loaded up Stick Fight instead. that doesnt make chess bad, its just a different game and advertised as such.

There is an absolute mountain of story driven games with no rng. The genre isn't broken for following through with a basic expectation of the genre.

The idea that the % shown doesn't match the % given is confirmation bias. No design stands to gain from fudging stats to be less effective and rng always leaves some players feeling short handed. It's ironic to say 75% doesnt feel like 75% but also 94% should actually mean 100%.

Hello! I'm bipolar and have worked on dungeon defenders, Roblox, a bunch of indie games, and a variety of Disney projects I'm not allowed to talk about. I also run a game studio currently making a ttrpg and narrative adventure game.

Sounds like some tarantula propaganda to me

Look at those omen of odin ass eyes with the ability to form life long memories of human faces. You are defending the enemy, sir.

I joined bluesky to get away from toxic rage batting. Get your hyper-intelligent necrophiliacs outta here

Awesome! Yeah, Id recommend starting with something like a SHMUP. Its a genre thats super easy to make content for, with most of the work coming in the polish phase. It might not be the grand vision of the impact you want to make on the industry, but it'll give you the tools to get closer to that :)

A lot of indies make the mistake of valuing /more/ content over /quality/ content. It doesn't matter if your game is 8 hours if people get board after 1.

I don't know your background but if youre newish to game dev. Prioritize releasing /anything/. SHMUPs are an good place to start :)

A short game can be 30 mins. I would recommend not aiming over 3 hours. The most valuable thing any dev can do is to finish a game. Completing late game design and releasing is a more profound learning experience than milking mid game bs. When hiring, the first thing I look for is shipped titles.

Consider seeing the musical 'Teeth'.

I have never felt so instantly jealous of a person off one picture. Fuck a Ferrari I want my Another World box set.

Oh crap everyone go follow Jesse, were bluesky boys now.

That's what I keep hearing! Its really refreshing to have a digital space not fully funded by conflict.

Thanks! UE5s wild lighting definitely does me lots of favors :D

Truly my life goals

It's all about scheduling and discipline. I personally keep a tight schedule: Wake up→ Eat breakfast→ Review the days tasks→ Panic → Clean up the cat pee on the carpet→ Start a new side project→ Existential dread→ Shit it's midnight.