“Load-bearing Tomato” is a famous tumblr post about game development.
Every game has something like this. Every. Single. One.
I share the unholy secrets behind the curtain for two reasons.
So that developers can become better at their jobs
So that players can understand how things work
So that I never have to hear the word “just” again
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Veteran game developer making Ambrosia Sky, an immersive sim cleaning-FPS in an alien infestation on the rings of Saturn, and writing New Astoria, a sapphic cyberpunk thriller. Ex Call-of-Duty, Dauntless, lolesports, Razer, Twitch, et al.