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Message: [QUOTE="lestagio, post: 547993, member: 911738"] I was always fascinated with game design and computers in general when I was younger. I've made a few of my own (bad) games myself, but it sure becomes one hell of a lot of work when you consider even basic things like having a concept at all, controls, graphics, collision, music, etc. I eventually sort of hit a point where I just decided it was too much work. I'm still a programmer so I'm in that field, but game design is hard. I like to DM for DND and that alone gets very complex when you're coming up with story and designing places... making a video game is a million times harder when you have to define so much more stuff and create graphics and an experience that actually WORKS. DND is practically just "advanced pretend". I'm a game nerd and I somewhat critique games as I play them and just recognize what is great, what isn't so great... But I realize that nearly all parts of a game are DIFFICULT to make. It's why I have absurd amounts of respect for ConcernedApe (Stardew Valley dev) or Billy Basso (Animal Well dev) because these are singular people who managed to create a complete, cohesive experience while keeping it very polished and just having amazing mechanics. Making a video game is a ridiculously hard thing to do. I don't think most people give enough credit to all the folks who work on great games, because it's such a difficult thing. [/QUOTE]

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