Helldivers 2 and Palworld devs wish players understood that 'easy' additions and updates are sometimes really hard: 'That's half a year's work. That takes six months'

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Helldivers 2 and Palworld devs wish players understood that 'easy' additions and updates are sometimes really hard: 'That's half a year's work. That takes six months'

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 5 hours ago

it is possible to setup everything in a very generic way that is data-driven, but that also is a lot of work

Sure, but it can also be reused in future games. Separate styling from behavior and you can make it look unique for every game with minimal code changes.