Comment by _the_inflator
6 years ago
Bad news are good news, so kudos to Jeff to riding this wave.
There are no ugly games, only markets. People should listen closely to him as he gives very sound advice. I read nobody in here stating: "Well I am also 25 years successfully in the business and here is my experience switching from ugly to artsy games." So why bother?
Jeff is right when he says that he focusses only on the buyers and not on the haters. Haters drive the bad news, which is good news for Jeff. He will never be ignored nor forgotten.
Rock on, Jeff!
exactly, there is a difference between the "right" way and the "way that works"
> exactly, there is a difference between the "right" way and the "way that works"
His post wasn't about the way that works, it was about the "only way that works".
If that was a post about how he made games, I would have made an amazing comment on it, congratulating him on working so hard, most probably saying how I wouldn't have though there was so much works behind the scene, even more so on new engine on such an old looking games, etc...
It wasn't that kind of post though... it was a post that said that art doesn't matter, that you just can't make it works (even though there so many games that does it).
He just don't want to make it works. It's fine, it's not different than me that am a simple employee.
You must have read different posts than me, because it didn't at all say that art doesn't matter. It says his customer base, in his niche isn't particularly sensitive to graphics, and that when he has tried improving it, he didn't get a return on investment.