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'I've Never Seen It This Bad:' Game Developers Explain the Huge Layoffs Hitting Riot, Epic, and More (www.ign.com)

submitted 9 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not for the indie space.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Oh no. There is a legion of lazy indie "developers" who see AI as a cheap and easy way to avoid the difficult creative aspect of pushing out whatever half-baked idea floats between their ears. Good indie games created by talented developers let go from AAA studios will certainly exist, but it's going to be even harder to find them under the massive crush of shovelware than it already is.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah, shovelware doesn't survive very long. We learned this through the "indiepocalypse", where the number of games that could sustainably release and keep companies afloat eventually leveled out.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Idk, but I still have trouble finding interesting indie titles on my own because of just how many absolutely terrible titles are out there.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In my experience, Steam's recommendation engine has gotten way better over the years, and there's a good chance you can find something you were looking for just by filtering by the tags that interest you. I was looking for another co-op roguelike after Streets of Rogue, and those tags were enough to point me to Vagante, which I ended up liking even better.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I've never had any luck with algorithmic recommendations actually helping me find anything I'm interested in. I guess it depends on the person.