idk if i have the right skillset but talk with me about this sometime, i would love to help out

like, even if they have the same end result, there's a big difference between toying with something until you're happy with it, and just... doing the 'right answer' because someone else told you to. u just gotta follow ur gut

for me, the problem is that game design is 'rules'. when i make something, i'm not considering 'rules', i'm considering how i feel about it, and i try to push it in a direction i like. it only becomes 'game design' when someone else tries to apply top-down, dogmatic boundaries to it after the fact

saying this as someone who loves doing gamedev: it objectively sucks ass to do gamedev. people just enjoy doing hard and annoying things sometimes for no good reason! embrace it, thats what like 90% of all art is lol

obviously only do what youre comfortable with, but imo you shouldnt let minor concerns stop you from doing something cool and fun that lets you meet interesting members of your community (:

also, the kind of people to use chatgpt are honestly weirdly proud about it??? and if youre worried about cringe/weird translation you can always use google translate just as a rough check to see that the meaning matches at least surface level

all very fair concerns, but i know a guy who likes to contribute hungarian translations whenever the opportunity arises. its fun to contribute to a community, people only do it if they want to! theyve got nothing to gain, so i dont think anyone will feel pressured at all

please stay ignorant for your own sake

well now you leave me no choice

are there any spaces left for artists?

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