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What is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of? (lemm.ee)

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[-] njordomir@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I 100% believe this. It doesn't necessarily mean it's bad work, but the way you phrased it makes a dozen or so instances of "something feeling weird" make sense. Sometimes it's just a mismatch between the intensity of the fans fanaticism and the developer having to go to work every day and do a job.

I think game developers can harness this by embracing their modding communities. I'm currently waiting to see what Cities Skylines 2 is like. It has to be hard for a bunch of devs who seem like normies to develop a game for a bunch of nerds, some of whom know more about civil engineering and traffic planning than real engineers. :D The original was well-modded and it feels like the game was a collaboration between the community and the developers. To me, this kind of bridges the developer/gamer gap.

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