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Dwarf Fortress creator blasts execs behind brutal industry layoffs: 'I think they're horrible… greedy, greedy people' (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 8 months ago by fzz@programming.dev to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 67 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No surprises here really. The creators of dwarf fortress are incredibly passionate about their game. It just happened to become successful. The AAA game industry is the exact opposite.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They basically made it while living in poverty because they refused to charge for it for the first 10 years. I donated for a few years and got drawings for my money. Great game and great people.

[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the glorious thread on the steam community page. Somebody was suspicious of all the sudden positive reviews.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 16 points 8 months ago

I literally bought a copy for all my friends. I don’t think any of them played it though :(.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Trying to think what the opposite of that is.

Passionate about being successful. Just happened to make game?

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

Dispassionate about game, passionate about making money of it.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

Yeah, the corporate heads could have ended up in any industry, they don't care where the money comes from.

[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

Haha i think you got it right