Comment by Sophistifunk
6 years ago
You guys it's OK for some guy to make ugly games, and for other people you don't know to buy them, right?
He's happy, his wife is happy, his customers are happy, his rent gets paid.
So why is everybody trying to sprout off about how they have the solution to a "problem" he doesn't have?
>You guys it's OK for some guy to make ugly games, and for other people you don't know to buy them, right?
Sure. Nobody thinks otherwise.
>He's happy, his wife is happy, his customers are happy, his rent gets paid.
Good for him.
>So why is everybody trying to sprout off about how they have the solution to a "problem" he doesn't have?
Because he posted an open letter to the general public on the topic. If you don't want responses, don't post. Internet 101.
I think because most people dramatically underestimate the complexity of making games and overestimate the sales of games.
It's easy to say, "Just hire an artist" without understanding the complexities in finding that artist, negotiating a contract, ensuring they are delivering to your expectations, tracking their progress, ensuring they meet your creative vision, and recouping the money in sales to actually pay them.
Yep, for all it’s business know-how HN just doesn’t understand this one. He’s making games for people that value story and world building above all else. He’s making a relative pittance doing so — seemingly much less than a full time gig at a faang company.
He’s presumably happy, his customers are presumably happy, yet we insist on giving him obvious advice about a 25 year old venture. It’s honestly hilarious to see the immense amount of time collectively wasted armchairing over it!
"Yep, for all it’s business know-how HN just doesn’t understand this one." TBF his argument comes down to 'putting money into the company is too risky', which does go against the method of startups which is to pour huge amounts of into a company and take huge risks. Less poor know-how, more of failure to conceive of other ways of doing business.
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