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Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void
@nathanblack.com

Back when I worked in video games, there would inevitably be groups of high school kids brought through on a tour. They would ask how to get into games and I’d always say “be interested in literally anything else”

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Jennifer ScareCrow
@writerjencrow.bsky.social

I suspect that’s good advice for any creative endeavor. There was a kerfuffle in the writing community recently because someone had the audacity to tell prospective writers that they need to read, and read widely, in order to write well. Life experience is a big plus, too.

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void
@nathanblack.com

If you don’t have a perspective on the world it’s hard to share an interesting perspective. To quote National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson: “If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.” Get out and see things If you don’t get

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void
@nathanblack.com

Have a broad set of interests and a curiosity about how the world works. If your only interest is games you can only recreate existing games. Which I guess was fine for video games for a while, but you will only ever work on other people’s games.

LR
@lr.duangle.com

by this metric i'm the perfect game designer. i'm so much interested in literally anything else that i've already spent 10 years on my very first game