Thread 717534110

Whether you love him or hate him, you have to admit that Jon Blow has the right attitude to be an independent creator and is extremely dedicated to his work and craft and is willing to give everything in his life for his goals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY0WclQU7x4

>>717534110 (OP)
He's the most based programmer alive. He would be the second most if Terry Davis were still with us.

idk of course i am worried about the success of my games during my lifetime
because they will make a difference in my ability to do more or less of "God's Work" as he puts it
if i make 1k dollars from a game vs 100k dollars makes a big difference in my ability to invest more time into doing the thing I love
do I care about making 10 million dollars? no i suppose not. not in the same way. it would be nice to win the lottery but it's not something i NEED to be satisfied with my mission

Is the attitude spending 20 years on one game and having nothing to show for it?

>>717534743
Jon Blow has released 2 critically acclaimed and commercially successful games already. Very few indie devs can claim to his level of success. In fact, I think only Notch, Concerned Ape Scott Cawthon and Toby Fox are the ones who can still outclass him. And those 4 are literally the unachievable cream of the crop.

>>717534110 (OP)
Is that his game? Looks like trash lmao.

>>717534987
Braid was a massive fluke from an era where any indie game would've succeeded.
Witness is pretty good yeah.

All you do is move left & right & jump n shiet

>>717534987
lol
maybe from a financial standpoint

>>717534110 (OP)
I have fantasized so much about quitting my job and working on my gamedev projects homeless. I literally don't give a shit if they make money or not. I just don't want to starve to death or not have a backup if my laptop dies.

For me, it's Ninomae Ina'nis

>>717534987
Anon, this is just a Sokoban game. Everyone seems to be enabling his delusion.

>>717536127
>just a Sokoban game
that's like saying "The Witness is just a line puzzle game". You know there will something mind blowing about the game that will make everyone talk about it for years

>>717534110 (OP)
has he weighed in on Soulja Boys in-depth review of his games?

>>717536536
doesn't he stream development of his game regularly? if no one is talking about it now then I doubt he is cooking anything amazing

>>717534110 (OP)
There ain't no point to the game
Stupid as hell mane

>>717536706
he has lots of stuff disabled in the stream version, including graphics and visual effects. When asked about his marketing plan he said he couldn't reveal it yet, but it's something special

>>717534110 (OP)
gee billy, TWO blow-threads in one day?

>>717534110 (OP)
>WOOOP!

>>717534987
He released other games prior to Braid that failed horribly but his rich daddy kept bankrolling him and bought him a mansion, he's a nepobaby retard.

>>717536542
Yes. Contrary to the memes he took it in stride and didn't care much.

>>717534743
He has some screenshots at least.

>>717534665
Why did he cry

>>717534987
>Notch
>Concerned Ape
please be bait

Chris Sawyer, Tarn Adams, Zun, Mossmouth, Zach Barth, David White
made more than one successful game, inspired dozen others

Braid wasn't very good, but The Witness was amazing.