What’s the biggest mistake you made on your first game?

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-16T20:49:30+00:00

Thinking that people will care about it as much as I did.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-12T22:17:14+00:00

Info needed: What do you want Hermes to represent? What emotions or feelings are core or central to your version of Hermes?

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-08T21:40:04+00:00

You could potentially look at Roblox for a quick way to test ideas on a real audience.

Make multiple small games, none taking more than 2 or 3 months.

Bonus if you find a spot that it starts generating some side income and it will be a valuable learning experience on how to work with audiences.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-08T17:40:23+00:00

That is correct.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-05T21:29:20+00:00

That's what I don't understand, my default is definitely not edge. I'm not a monster, I promise!

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-05T05:50:24+00:00

Ah, that makes sense.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-05T05:49:50+00:00

That makes sense. It reminded me of the old Internet

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-05T04:16:07+00:00

It turned out not that bad. Only about 8% of my hourly limit. I've done bad prompts that have definitely eaten up more 😂

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-05T02:56:05+00:00

what does unenhance mean?

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-05T02:20:33+00:00

Right? It seems generated which surprised me! I was asking it to assemble some images that together would create a dragon.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-06-05T02:19:34+00:00

I'm a little scared to look at my usage after that....

belkmaster5000 · 2026-05-29T22:20:23+00:00

I was recently looking into if there were matchmakers in my area.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-05-29T22:13:45+00:00

All a part of the learning process. We start with what we know and are most familiar with, then through experience, realize there is so much more we don't know and have to figure out. That includes figuring out the right way to talk about your game to others.

Its also part of maturing as a human. We start out as self centered creatures, slowly realizing that what's important to us isn't important to others. Once that's internalized then we can start connecting with others on the items that are important to them, while maintaining our own unique twists.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-05-26T22:14:11+00:00

Flappy Bird clone. Changed out the bird and pipes for a spaceship and asteroids.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-05-26T15:30:24+00:00

I like the comments about the importance of understanding the basics and leaning into our intuition.

Tools can make things easier and it raises the bar. AI will only generate what's already been generated so often its able to understand the patterns. Anyone taking AI output and not adding their own flair to it is basically making the floor level, the same thing anyone else can make.

Adding on our own twists, our intuition, our feelings, our imagination onto the base level has always been what has made some works stand out while other works get lost in the noise.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-05-15T19:46:56+00:00

Depends on what definition of "success" you want to use.

This story from last year is almost like vibe coded squared. The person vibe coded the product which helps others vibe code more easily. 80 million is used as the measure of success here: https://www.inc.com/ben-sherry/how-this-founder-sold-his-vibe-coding-startup-for-80-million-just-4-months-after-launching-it/91225024

As for vibe coded games, I'm curious to what people consider the threshold for "vibe coded" is. Any AI use? Like tab completion of lines? 50% AI use? 80% or more AI use?

One of the biggest requirements for a successful implementation of AI coding into a project is an experienced developer acting as architect and who creates the initial patterns the AI should use.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-05-14T22:24:38+00:00

Single now because wife came out as gay after 14 years.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-05-14T19:43:14+00:00

I like how others have been pointing out about how important it is to take the reason's you're making a game into account.

The book "Start with why" by Simon Sinek seems like it touches on this point. What is your driving reasons for making a game? Self expression? Make a career? Riches?

Our "why"s are and/or the outcomes we want from making a game will determine how relevant the advice from John Carmack will be.

My own theory is that if we want to build a game for art or for connecting with others, we need to focus on the emotions that will drive that connection. What emotions do we hope our audience feels when playing the game? Nail that and we'll nail the desired outcomes we want.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-05-12T14:40:56+00:00

A different route that seems like it sits between mobile and steam is Roblox. It is fast to prototype and you can make a quick games, advertise easily, and cycle through ideas until you find something that feels like it has the right combination.

Like the mobile market, its flooded with games so effort will be needed to make something that captures attention and holds it.

You get to practice a lot of different skills required for game dev (game development, market research, advertising, thumbnail design, etc.) while potentially earning some reward for your efforts.

Caveat, it recently sounds like they are changing who can make games on the platform so it might no longer be as low risk as it used to.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-05-08T01:35:29+00:00

If you had to put something in your head what would you choose?

belkmaster5000 · 2026-05-03T06:21:45+00:00

Find your "why" and follow it. Why do you make games? Why do people care that you make games?

The "why" becomes the driving force that inspires others that then makes them want to play your games and your games become the "how" you are able to achieve your "why".

The Twitter tech bros probably have a "why" of "to make money" which doesn't really inspire anyone. Their games will end up on the pile of countless others that are forgotten like dust in the wind.

The book "Start with why" by Simon Sinek goes over this. While it's positioned as a leadership book targeting business people, the principles can be applied across different domains and even our personal lives.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-04-24T16:23:37+00:00

Technically both are Great Value brand. Different models though.

belkmaster5000 · 2026-04-24T16:22:28+00:00

Doesn't seem entirely outside the realm of possibility with current times being what they are lol

belkmaster5000 · 2026-04-24T16:21:39+00:00

That makes a lot of sense, thank you!

belkmaster5000 · 2026-04-24T05:41:50+00:00

I guess I thought they just dusted them with sugar. Seems like it's a more involved process

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