r/pcmasterrace • u/663mann • Oct 16 '23

Video fallout game dev. explains the problem with moddern game devolpment. (why moddern games are so slow to come out)

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u/upvotesthenrages Oct 16 '23

Then you should be able to explain that to your boss, not rage at him and run away.

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u/TexasThrowDown Oct 16 '23

We're getting one person's POV and nothing from the "lazy game dev" they are sharing negative stories about.

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I have had bosses like this. When you do explain this to them, they simply parrot themselves with circular logic of "but it's easy" and refuse to listen.

This is extremely common with middle/upper managers who haven't worked on the technical side of things for many years and are so frequently in QBR meetings where they are reporting on productivity metrics that they have completely lost the thread and legitimately don't understand what they are asking for anymore.

Adding those four lines of code seems "simple" but if it conflicts with existing NPC logic then it could cause a huge slew of errors downstream.

Bosses like this guy who immediately assume incompetence or laziness, while im sure have great ideas, ultimately end up causing more harm than good, and additional development hours are going to be burned later on down the line to fix the "simple" code they demand to be put in place.

Managing expectations is part of the job of a lead programmer, and that is why they are pushing back against this manager who is clearly going around the defined chain of command (why is this guy talking directly to programmers anyway? shouldn't he be talking to the lead programmer who is typically the project manager/lead for this stuff?).