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WalterBright8y ago· 3 in thread

The same idea has worked for a lot of things for me. I often get told I'm a unique snowflake in what I like, but it turns out that's not true at all.

throwaway76458y ago

Write any games in D in your spare time sir? If not commercial, just for fun? I'd be curious to hear how good D can be in that area.

dkersten8y ago

> I’d be curious to hear how good D can be in that area

Many of the games by ABA Games/Kenta Cho (Torus Trooper being the one I played the most, a long time ago) are all written in D, as is his BulletML library that is used in most of his games.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABA_Games

WalterBright8y ago

D is used by Remedy Games for Quantum Break:

http://dconf.org/2016/talks/watson.html

http://dconf.org/2017/talks/watson.html

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hyperpalliumOP8y ago· 1 in thread

Wrinkle: "scratch your own itch" make the game you want to play (not the game you want to make)

hyperpalliumOP8y ago

    1. Something you'd *love* to play
    2. Prototype: are you right?
    3. is it feasible (for you) to make?
    4. is it worth it?

Maybe it's not necessary to articulate it, just some idea or sense is enough to move toward it.

WalterBright8y ago· 1 in thread

I read about Carmack/Romero making Doom, and they also made the game they wanted to play.

0xBA5ED8y ago

Best way to go. It's hard to make something great unless you're personally invested imo. Although, Carmack can do about anything he sets his mind to. Love that guy.

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