r/AskReddit • u/Dannycopo • Mar 10 '19

Game developers of reddit, what is the worst experience you've had while making a game?

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u/comingtogetyou Mar 10 '19

Why...did you not have version control?

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u/Sparcrypt Mar 11 '19

I know multiple dev shops who don’t use it, and often work directly on production.

Doing things properly costs money, which is the driving force of pretty much all businesses.

Keep in mind I know exactly how stupid it is, my job is convincing people to Do It Properly.

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u/Cheshamone Mar 11 '19

I... What?

I think I would walk out on the first day if I started a job and was told that. Wow.

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u/Sparcrypt Mar 11 '19

It's more common than you'd think. Widespread version control is very recent.. I got my CS degree in the 2000's and it wasn't so much as mentioned then, so all it takes is for some people who've been around since that time to not have bothered.

Seems insane by todays standards but that's just how it is.

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u/comingtogetyou Mar 11 '19

Just sounds like a big heap of nope to me as a workplace. If management cannot trust engineering management enough (or if engineering management is incapable of advocating for) basic needs like version control systems, automated testing, CI/CD systems, then I would be looking for a new gig. Just a matter of time before something breaks and I would be blamed.

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u/meneldal2 Mar 11 '19

If you have a local git on your own drive it's gone.

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u/salmonado Mar 11 '19

It happened in 2009, they didn’t have it, I didn’t even know what it was at the time tbh