Games business advice ages like a fish milkshake
“Don’t make large games! Make lots of small prototypes and test them all publicly and ship the one that’s hooky”
“Oh no people are using AI to copy all the small hooky prototypes! Actually you should be making more complex, deeper games instead that can’t be copied as easily”
The only gamedev advice that has any longevity is “this industry is perma-f*cked, only do it if you have the sickness that makes you do it regardless”
The Seven Voyages Of Steve
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