nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months ago'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down11cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.cagames@lemmy.world
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minus-squarecalamityjanitor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·6 months agoWell yeah, Hopoo sold the RoR franchise to gearbox 2 years ago. Moving from a small indie studio to Valve they are giving up a lot of agency.
minus-squareGiveMemes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoIsn’t valve’s structure essentially that they allow any dev to work on any project they want?
minus-squarecalamityjanitor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoThat’s the fantasy. It’s full of politics and informal power structures though.
Well yeah, Hopoo sold the RoR franchise to gearbox 2 years ago.
Moving from a small indie studio to Valve they are giving up a lot of agency.
Isn’t valve’s structure essentially that they allow any dev to work on any project they want?
That’s the fantasy. It’s full of politics and informal power structures though.