Dunno who needs to hear this but:
Game dev articles a lot of times say "nobody wants to play this kind of game anymore" or "we have to do it this way now because," and
just ignore those bits. They're talking about AAA, if not F2P gamers, and seriously: who cares?
Make games for YOUR audience.
The one that really stuck in my craw recently was we "can't make RPGs like Morrowind anymore" because "nobody wants to wander around with so little direction" and
uh my guy, your audience just kinda sucks. Maybe you should take less budget and make smaller games for fewer peoples so you're allowed to say something with them again.
@glassbottommeg RPGs specifically have gotten too big. Remember the original Runescape? Just a set of skills to level up and compete for the high scores in, and an open world that's little more than a 3D chat room?
That's literally all I still want.
It's also what I'm basically making... or will be when I finally get back around to working on it. 😩
Megan Fox
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