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by Lerc 615 days ago
I have aphantasia too an I do a lot of game jams where I more or less make something from start to finish in one go.

One of the things I noticed is I approach a game from the point of view of how it is played, whereas most people approach games from the perspective of what it is about. I'll make a navigation game with a pirate theme as opposed to a game about pirates where you navigate.

I also don't use engines and make something from scratch each time. These factors may go hand in hand, I build up from the mechanics instead of fashioning a scene into a game.

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Which programming languages do you prefer when creating games?
Recently, JavaScript, more due to the fact that everyone can play the things without having to install.

Previously pascal, Blitz basic, Delphi, Haxe, actionscript. some other things I forget.