Comment

Comment by whoisyc

You think the only game you will lose are generic Unity shovelwares when in reality you will also lose good games made by people with good sense in game making but likely not the resources or technical expertise to make their own engines. Think Cities Skylines (Unity, the studio had only a dozen people in total when it released), Dusk (Unity), Undertale (GameMaker), Spelunky (GameMaker)..

Another comparison is game modding which is essentially using the base game as the engine of your modded game. Do you think Team Fortress or Counter Strike or DOTA would have been made if their creators thought they have to build their own game engine?

Lowering the friction to make a game means more games get made. Yes there will be a flood of bad ones, but we get good one too.

parent whoisyc 1 year ago

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Live from the official Hacker News API

A modern reader for Hacker News · SvelteKit + Skeleton