In this episode, we discuss no scope game dev, independent levers, and readability. You’ve gotta think in the short term to survive, but the long term to succeed. Making that mental shift is hard when the world doesn’t want you to do it. But if something that used to take you a minute now only takes a second, you’ve stolen some time back from the void.

00:00 Intro
00:53 Thanks to our supporters!
01:04 Congrats to Druid Dad!

Questions answered (abbreviated):

• 09:22 TimConceivable: Now that you're nearing the completion of the Game Changer, does that mean that Scuffle Buddies or a game like it might be a possibility in the future?
• 23:29 Retro Banana Man NL: What is your favorite hotkey?
• 34:51 cprice: Knowing what you do now, would you go back and tell 2014-2016 Bscotch to stop making Crashlands and make the Game Changer instead?
• 42:06 IcykragDoopot: How do you understand your old code?

Things mentioned:

• Clean Code by Robert C. Martin (https://bit.ly/3N7Myq1)

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