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 Nobody talks about the dearth of creativity though. Millennial creators, artists only turn out a hot dog emulsion of their favorite franchises. 

Look at any art school kid trying to break into the industry, it’s generic sci fi with a handful of inspirations. “Oh this guy loves dead space, halo, and cyberpunk. Hmmm, this one really liked the thor world in marvel movies, but he added some old naboo architecture to it” 

They don’t live REAL lives, gain human experiences rooted in something other than life through a media lens, so all they can do is grab meat from every franchise they like, blend it together, and cook it into a weenie

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 I resemble this remark  :angrynoises: 
 I know. I’m friends w/ a couple guys from school who ended up in the industry, I’m their harshest critic. You can’t complain about the lack of quality in the industry, then graduate into it and start turning out MORE bland, retread imitations of mediocre media. 

There’s fresh inspiration all around out there, you gotta get outside your own head and see life from others’. Designers really need to see real workplaces before making more non-functional shit, too, but that’s a whole other thing. It’s hilarious to think a guy who’s never seen a real mine is out there designing space mine levels for a multi bil franchise 
 I don't really watch big movies or buy AAA games so maybe I'm in a bubble, but in some ways we're in a creative revolution. Just look at all the indie stuff on steam, some of it is cookie cutter but a lot of it is really unique.

From what I can see the endless reboots, sequels and copies isn't so much coming from grunt creatives churning it out as executives trying to play it safe and make something blandly popular. 
 At this point it seems the only teams that have actual creativity are either one man dev teams or extremely small ones led by weird schitzos/autists, like Ultrakill, Faith, or Falling Frontier 
 @Shadowman311
popular indies have a habit of getting co-opted by faggots
@Springtime for Zeon (Woggy Mk II) 
 Yeah thats another problem, Ultrakill is a great game but its community are a bunch of degenerate weirdos 
 Indies cant make money either. With all the drm and app store bullshit good luck making any bucks on your indie title 
 It's finally a bit better now at like 25% instead of the 40% it was for a while. 
 For what access to steam? Microsoft is nigger tier about it and access to their store. 
 Apple and Google. Epic store is still the best for dev profit. 
 Im talking steam, sony and microsoft. You basically have too sign your soul too some publisher too get on 
 Approval is a bitch, yes. Epic games is still the cheapest and best for indie devs from a real actual platform. If you're a regular dude who wants to do a solo project labor of love, you can make a game and publish it there and keep 88% of gross profits. It's like $250 to list it. If you use unreal engine dev kit it's free until the first million of gross revenue. 
 How scaleable is that though? Epic also seems like its unsustainable from everything i hear 
 From their side? Not terribly, but unreal engine is very good now and I think the appeal will be there for those who want to make games and aren't rich or don't want to give up their IP to work with the big evil companies. It's one of those things that will work great once it gets some momentum. 
 I mean you hope but idk. I hear UE5 is this greatest shit ever and gives you a bj as you dev it but ill believe it when i see it. If companies continue to make billions on microtrans schlock i dont see it being sustainable. 
 Enough people have to be done with the microtransaction scheme for it to work. It's only going to take a few dudes who get bored and start tinkering on their own. But yes UE5 is sweet! This dude documented his whole process from zero programming to making a game that he's since released on steam. He shows how he sources different things like customized models and lighting and all kinds of stuff in the video series. I see this as a "much watch" couple of videos for dudes interested in the idea of making a game. He even shared the results of his stuff as a dev with the steam store in a follow up video.

youtu.be/w2xKPrThHuE?feature=shared 
 “Oh, Stardew Valley is kinda fun.  It’s basically a Harvest Moon game for the modern era.  Let’s check out the mods. . . “

checks out mods

“Jesus. . . fucking. . . Christ. . . I can’t put into words the horror I just stumbled into.” 
 Basically the only indie game I've found that isn't like this is Starsector because its still really obscure, but even then I expect it to eventually get ruined once it gets released on Steam and the usual suspects find it. 
 "Oh boy another heckin indie title that I can make about my made up sexuality, furry porn addiction, and various mental illnesses" 

every fucking time

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 Me when I see some faggot with a calarts profile picture, or pride flag talking about how they are a big fan of some indie game I've known about and owned for years that they just discovered last week (and have already made 67 porn commissions out of its characters because tehy were disappointed at the number of entries on Rule34)

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 idk why this video is looped but whatever. 
 the funny thing is that I could even live with this stuff if there was simply an "no faggot shit" filter.

But that's the crux of GG - no, you can't have you gaming experience. We are going to put trannies and pronouns and fags in everything. 
 Yes, when I was younger I was told that homosexuals and other degenerates are just like you and me.  All they want to do is be left alone.

That is complete fucking horseshit.

I have watched multiple groups, multiple, based around something niche like making hacking the switch get utterly infected with faggots to the point that they fly the tranny flag 24/4 to show their conquest.

Once they get a foothold into something, it must be made 100% into faggot bullshit.  It must be turned into propaganda. It must be used to groom new faggots.

It wasn’t the Nazis that convinced me that faggotry must be destroyed wherever it shows itself.

It was the faggots. 
 that's what Queerness is about. it's about forcing everyone to accept all of that shit. Because equality! 
 It’s for the same reason that the Jews demand that we bow to them.

They know that even the slightest sign of defiance will lead to them being wiped out because they deserve it. 
 those are two different things going on.  the queerness people want everyone to be equal because they feel inferior and are trying to squash the feeling. Jews feel superior but feel powerless. 
 Same, but I'm a nazi now because they were right about everything. 
 @Codeki 

Not one gay I've known agrees with said groups. Many have rejected "gay culture" prior to the 2000s.

@professionalBigot @Shadowman311 @Sick Burn, Bro @Springtime for Zeon (Woggy Mk II) 
 Get the fuck out of here with your stupid NAXALT bullshit, the existence of homosexuality in our society, regardless of anything else, is the reason why we have child rapists telling kids about anal sex. Their existence is a threat to everything good and decent, whether they lie to themselves or not. 
 They were the result of the sexual revolution, which in turn was the result of the jewish control of America, its a matryoshka doll and every layer needs to be removed from our society, permanently for the good of mankind. 
 @Shadowman311 

You're dumber than a woke masktard, Mr. Karen.

You're dismissed.

@Codeki @professionalBigot @Sick Burn, Bro @Springtime for Zeon (Woggy Mk II) 
 Karen is an anti-White slur, have fun with Tyrone in the retirement home boomer, remember; history will vilify you and God hates you. 
 nice story bro, but there was no magic after gay marriage was legally enforced.

They may say they "reject" gay culture, but if they identify as gay, they in fact haven't and are just picky about the gay clubs they go to. 
 I simply believe you're lying 
 or more possibly, he didn't really question them that much because he didn't want to know. 
 Possibly 
 starsector is kino altho ive only played a little bit 
 >he doesnt use the Monster Girl Livestock Mod
And you use poast? 
 I was more referring to the “fuck everything” mod I saw /v/ laughing about a few years ago.  And it wasn’t joking. 
 *checks out stardew mods*
"Why are so many of them flagged adult?"
"Oh. Oh no..."

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