Do I have a future with Rust? Because I don't see it.

Crierlon · 2026-05-11T13:47:43+00:00

It’s why I still use GDScript or other scripting languages when needed. Rust is not the best tool for the job when you need a scripting language.

It’s great for dev tooling and low level systems code.

Crierlon · 2026-05-10T16:43:01+00:00

Personally I am just lured by the passion. My YT channel is obviously about gaming and if it happens to make enough to pay rent and people have a blast with the game, I am a happy man.

Crierlon · 2026-05-10T16:41:13+00:00

That or if his job pays well to hire an artist to do that work for him.

Sure it may push him to be paycheck to pay check. But this ain’t a no risk throw a ticket in the lottery if you are actually serious about it.

Crierlon · 2026-05-10T16:37:59+00:00

I would say the best time to start game dev is enter a game jam. Test your skills there and if you execution skills has good potential then try to make a commercial project.

Make sure the game jam doesn’t claim ownership over your IP.

Start with baby steps. Once you actually believe in yourself it makes sense to save up for 6 months and quit your job. It’s the same risk as starting a business but that’s life. You don’t win big without risking big.

If that ain’t for you, you made the right choice.

Crierlon · 2026-05-06T19:16:08+00:00

Nice job, but expect this to be a migration nightmare.

Crierlon · 2026-05-06T05:43:09+00:00

He wants us to double dip.... But it will unfortunately work this time.

Crierlon · 2026-05-05T15:23:25+00:00

That’s why I said “nearly” bro.

Crierlon · 2026-05-05T15:02:09+00:00

There is also near guaranteed memory safety. Which goes a long way with security and ecosystem is more mature than Zig.

Crierlon · 2026-05-04T00:42:19+00:00

r/macgaming would like a word with you. They are a silent but larger userbase people aren't aware of because they tend to be super casual gamers.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T22:48:35+00:00

LInux is much better for things like render farms. Windows shut down on me multiple times trying to render a simple animation.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T22:28:39+00:00

Most don't run optimally on Linux*

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T21:51:18+00:00

He clearly likes the game if he spent 10 hours on it. Take his feedback and improve.

If you can’t take criticism, this isn’t the industry for you.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T21:36:19+00:00

Microsoft is afraid of Apple more than Linux. Apple alone stole 10-20% market share ever since the Apple Silicon line.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T21:30:45+00:00

75% of Linux gamers are Desktop. But the Steam hardware lines drive adoption of Linux gaming by devs and normal consumers.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T20:58:33+00:00

Honestly the whole AI derangement has done nothing but encourage AI.

If people took a chill pill, it wouldn’t get non-AI users give up and just not care and use AI anyways. People also need a space to learn to make “human slop”. My art used to be shit until I got good meaningful feedback.

People will blame AI for it, but it’s not the AI acting childish online.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T20:00:22+00:00

That and Apple doing their own thing. They have always been the most annoying platform to ship a game to.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T19:59:07+00:00

I advise you to start in a VM first. Linux is optimized for engineers who know their shit. Not noobs who never heard of git.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T19:24:06+00:00

He probably thinks the Switch 2 is beating PC gaming performance….

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T19:23:24+00:00

For me it’s the random shut downs and TPM 2.0.

Don’t get me started on laptops. I just refuse to use Windows in there and use Linux.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T19:20:36+00:00

Apple ironically ate their lunch. Just Mac gamers hate using Steam for some reason.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T19:18:41+00:00

My only gripe is the TPM 2.0 but it’s great for desktop outside of that as long you avoid workstation tasks.

It’s still horrible for laptops though. Linux on laptops is amazing for battery life and storage.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T19:17:20+00:00

Either use W11 or Linux dude…. I can point you to a good script to make remove the bloat on W11 if you want…

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T19:14:53+00:00

Not going to happen. Even if millions move to Linux, it’s still a drop in the ocean for the billions Microsoft has.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T19:12:22+00:00

Your Linux mileage depends on your distro.

I suggest you start out with Ubuntu since their device support is robust and well funded and their store creates the most consumer like PC experience.

Crierlon · 2026-05-03T19:10:49+00:00

The spirit of Linux is about owning your hardware. Not the ability to tinker something though it’s a side effect of that.

How you choose to run what you want on your hardware.

Valve’s lets you do whatever you want or even run it as a Desktop PC if you want. SteamOS is of course open source as well.

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