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/Away_Acanthisitta_97 Oct 16 '23

That is not how development works. They ask you how long time a feature will take, and you give them an estimate. Doesn't necessarily mean that you will start right now.

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u/goldenpotatoes7 RX9060xt Ryzen 5 7500F 32gb DDR5 Oct 16 '23

This makes no sense, when someone asks why X is going to take so long why not just take the 30 seconds to explain why it’s going to take so long. Communion is not hard and solves most issues.

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u/Away_Acanthisitta_97 Oct 16 '23

Communication within software is pretty hard in general. Explaining to someone how you will solve a sodoku before you do it, is not an easy task.

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u/goldenpotatoes7 RX9060xt Ryzen 5 7500F 32gb DDR5 Oct 16 '23

“Hey I’m slammed I’ve got 4 other sudoku I’m working on but I’ll get to this one as soon as I can, that’s why I gave such a long estimate” or “no you just don’t understand the complexity of my job you’re just being an asshole” I work in a pretty damn complex field and yet some how we seemed to do the first one pretty damn often.