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by jordanmorgan10 1409 days ago
There’s a certain energy that’s either unmatched, or it’s just new to me, specifically from indie game developers that invigorates me. His post is just kinda filled with a “love of the game” vibe. I don’t feel like other tech related industries have that same art house feel like game developers seem to have, or at least write about. You don’t really see it in the sass space, or in my world of iOS, etc.

Just something I’ve noticed about the indie games world. Seems like an inspiring, genuine space.

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Imo, indie game devs don’t get nearly the amount of mainstream attention they get as artists. So many of them do everything on their own, from the art and music to, of course, the coding.

That kind of cross-discipline talent is so hard to find.

I think indie game devs of Pope's talent, motivation and ability are exceedingly rare. We're seeing only those who survive a filter that removes 99%. But the results are absolutely formidable.
True, I’m looking at the top 1% I’m sure when I made that comment. I guess another observation is someone of his stature could come off a lot more…entitled? I guess? But man, his post is pure though.