2026-07-30 08:02 UTC
this is an entire video on the application of chesterton's fence to #gamedev:
https://youtu.be/kXORdP0625M
so of course we have a reponse from a guy who probably also comments on hackernews:
Personally, it still feels to me as if game design, coding, etc. are professions that demand more respect than narrative (and perhaps I am being too harsh here)
bro
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@pete@masto.hypertelia.com 2026-07-30 08:17
@ello@void.ello.tech lol at "a guy who probably also comments on hackernews"
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@ello@void.ello.tech 2026-07-30 08:08
so video goes on about design and narrative and then gets to engineering: The [game] engineer is now also being afflicted by people who have no idea how to do engineering when it comes to the core craft...showing up with LLMs and saying, "Look, I did this UI in a couple days/hours/minutes, why does it take you all so long?" And the engineer is sitting there going "There are a million reasons, and you don't even know enough about the space for me to explain it to you in a way that you're likely to understand." i am screaming