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Comment on Devs should not be "forced to run on a treadmill until their mental or physical health breaks", says publisher of Manor Lords, citing how gamers seem to be trained to expect endless content work now

NutWrench@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

A good game will stand on its own merits. It will be complete and self-contained at launch. And any DLC released later will have been planned from the very start.

Endless updates is just another word for cosmetic micro-transactions and an excuse to make you keep the game online all the time.

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derpgon@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Meanwhile Terraria: “So we are releasing this last final update, but you can expect bugfixes for the next two years, and a last last final, followed by finally last last final updates in the following two quarters”

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- LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Meanwhile Stardew: “here’s a sequel’s worth of new stuff. Oh, and here’s another sequel’s worth of new stuff. Enjoy!”
  
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- KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  “And at some point we’ll open source it” I think Redigit said that, and then he gave a small fortune to Godot and MonoGame.
  
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  - derpgon@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Holy shit, he said that? What a legend.
    
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