7 Deadly Sins Of Game Dev (That Destroy Your Dream Game)

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  @sebbyspoons · 2 weeks ago · pinned

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  @Hexxecutioner · 2 weeks ago

  Definition of Perseverance <br><br>Sticking with something after it stops being pure fun and turns into work.

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  @helo_xd · 11 days ago

  The thumbnail made me think you were dissing godot

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  @angrylizard83 · 2 weeks ago

  The biggest sin was the second—not because of my own ambition, but due to tester feedback. My initial game was a 2D platformer focused on wall-jumping and precision jumps where a single hit meant death; that was all it was supposed to be. When I asked streamers to test the game, I ended up adding the following features because they felt the game needed them to be funnier:<br><br>1. Enemies.<br>2. Secret rooms.<br>3. Collectibles.<br>4. Skins.<br>5. A timer.<br>6. Bosses.<br>7. More enemies.<br>8. Achievements.<br><br>I added everything, and honestly, they—and I—enjoyed it more. However, the project became so massive that constant modifications and re-modifications were required; that’s when it spiraled out of control, and I had to put it on indefinite hold.

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  @hadibendakji3858 · 2 weeks ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob_QPjlDbUQ&amp;t=384">6:24</a> Funny how YouTube decided to show me an ad when you mentioned Greed.

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  @wtmftproductions · 13 days ago

  I feel like your &quot;Lust&quot; is just a repeat of &quot;Sloth.&quot; I think a more relatable &quot;Lust&quot; we indie game devs have is much earlier than you described, where we think of an entirely different game and are tempted to &quot;divorce&quot; our current game because of how sexy the new game idea seems.

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  @hystericalpeanut2844 · 10 days ago

  I think Greed is the Most Notorious Game Dev sin in AAA.

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  @SomeoneNothing-w5m · 2 weeks ago

  I love how most of these were the exact same thing. If you can&apos;t find 7 different &quot;sins&quot; you don&apos;t have to

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  @maddyv5948 · 2 weeks ago

  I love how these are in order of the start to the end of a project. Also, I think the first one would be more fitting as sloth (a lot of these, when I think about it). Good vid 👍

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  @DarthPotato963 · 12 days ago

  6. Gluttony - sounds like the concept in writing &quot;kill your darlings&quot;. &nbsp;If you&apos;re a creator, you have lots of good ideas, and it&apos;s very tempting to want to use all of them. &nbsp;It takes discipline to discard or delegate to later projects.

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  @dougwarner59 · 2 weeks ago (edited)

  My biggest sin in game development is that I am killing it...not really - but maybe one day.

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  @noyz-anything · 13 days ago

  TLDR:<br>7. Arguing online about engines<br>6. Scope<br>5. Redoing assets while other areas are waiting<br>4. Following the trends<br>3. Redoing assets while other areas are waiting (repeated and rephrased for a Christianity motif)<br>2. Scope (repeated and rephrased for a Christianity motif)<br>1. Not sloughing through the boring parts at the end of development

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