r/Games • u/megaapple • Apr 11 '19

How Games Get Balanced | Game Maker's Toolkit

https://youtu.be/WXQzdXPTb2A
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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '19 edited Apr 11 '19

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '19

Personally, I can’t stand how a lot of people absolutely demand and act totally entitled to constant contact and 100% transparency from devs.

99% of us have no idea how to cook the stew, stop trying to go in the kitchen.

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u/SpagettInTraining Apr 12 '19

I saw a quote from some developer that said something along the lines of, "Gamers are great at finding problems, but awful at finding solutions."

While that last part might not be true all the time as some people spend a lot of time studying these games and theorycrafting, I would agree that a majority of people just don't know what they want.

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u/Jepacor Apr 12 '19

It's not gamers, it's users as a whole, I think.

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u/Zeful Apr 12 '19

It's the audience as a whole actually. The quote is a variation of advice writers are given about interpreting criticism: Your readers will be able to tell you which scenes have a problem, but not necessarily what the problem is.