[Rohansi]

> only work on Windows with Visual Studio

Really shouldn't be a dealbreaker when 95% of your users will be using Windows (to play games), so your most tested platform should be Windows.

> when you started it under a debugger

Hot reload isn't a replacement for scripting IMO. It will never be as good. Even hot reload in Rust would have more limitations than an actual scripting language.

[vlovich123]

Sure, that doesn't take away from the experience of Rust being better than C++ even if you probably still want a scripting language too.

In total Microsoft only holds ~12% of the total video game market share across PC and console in terms of owning the platform (i.e. Xbox + Windows). I think you're overestimating how many game developers get to use reverse debugging for gaming. In practice given the limitations for Visual Studio's implementation, I highly suspect that number is very rarely used anyway.

[pjmlp]

It is a share big enough that Valve cannot have games for the SteamDeck without Proton.