They are hireable (if they ever find themselves in a position where they need to be hired at all) by virtue of being absolute god-tier game developers, despite not using reasonable coding practices from this decade.
This is not the reality of most developers getting into the industry.

Rock and Stone, brother!

Class design is not architecture.
Silksong took six years; Team Cherry did not have time limitations.
Using sensible practices intended to save time has a tangential relationship with Uncle Bob's Clean Code.

There is no limitation in game development that would stop developers from using best practices for foundational units in the system.
HollowKnight also had a goofy codebase.

The pill that is hard to swallow is that it's just DevX and not correlates to project success.

Awesome tools and excellent write-up.
I'd honestly love to dive into everything you're using there.

What's your experience with HotReload? I was always apprehensive of giving it a try, due to instability/state leaks concerns, just focused on keeping my compilation times manageable instead.

Ackchyually, refactoring is the process of restructuring existing code without altering its functionality.

Jeans and jacket? That's crazy.

UI designer writing proper commits? Fake as hell.

Probably won't help, but here's the thing: once you become decent at coding and have marketable skills, you'll find yourself in a different market altogether.
it takes much longer than a year.

Would love to connect.
Opened up DMs.

𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬:
Full-time / Part-time, Contract, Remote.
Long term.
(availability for sync during studio core hours ET 12:00–15:00)

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬:
20–40 per week

Feel free to DM or email 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝@𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬.𝐱𝐲𝐳

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭: Yule
- Transitioning out of the pre-production stage.
- Mobile-first.
- Top-down ARPG.
- Multiplayer, co-op PvE.
- Inspired by Warframe.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲: Trellis.
- First project for a new indie game dev studio.
- US-based.
- Fully remote.
- Self-funded.

𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞:
You will collaborate with producers and engineering to develop and refine combat systems, enemy behavior, balance, and player progression. You will also help with establishing and managing project documentation.

#gamedevjobs #gamedevhiring

Jeremy Soule is basically the best producer of get-shit-done music.

Looks excellent. Can't wait. 🫶