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This is clearly shaping up to be the pinnacle of this decade's technology (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] Norgur@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  1. Don't make an MMORPG as your first ever game with only you and your one friend as devs
[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oddly specific?

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yet depressingly common in MMORPG circles. People tend to vastly underestimate the amount of work needed to get an remotely playable MMO off the ground.

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I've entertained the idea, and the first to requirements that come to mind are advertising money and server upkeep money - then one could start worrying about actually making it

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is this smell? Is that the smell of self experience?

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, I can't tell a Class from a Function in most programming languages. I ain't making no game.

[–] 257m@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You won't be able to mistake the two if you don't use Classes.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, was it you who made Sociolotron?