• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Wush!
    Way to completely miss the message. Which include how user interfaces need to be usable on the small screen, and to make optimizations for lower end hardware and not just focus on mid range and high end.

    The exception being that if you make a very high end complex game, it may be better to not support Steam Deck at all, because if it doesn’t play well, it shouldn’t pretend to work.

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          Just about nobody out there is focusing on making a steam deck optimized game right out the gate. They build a full game, then they go through and try to optimize/update ui for smaller screens. That’s additional work, on top of an already hard task of making a good game.

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            Sounds pretty stupid if you don’t know which platforms you want to target from the beginning.
            If development really is that random and poorly planned, they are making extra work for themselves due to poor planning more than because they chose to support the Steam deck.

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          yes, that’s the hard work they were talking about. why are you even arguing when you’re agreeing with what they say?

          Wush! Way to completely miss the message.

          Wooosh, indeed (that’s how it’s spelled, btw).

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            14 hours ago

            It’s a moronic oversimplification, and making a different approach is not the same as harder.
            And just saying working harder says nothing about the ways that are described in the article, and provides zero additional info.
            Sad that such low energy effort without reading the article first is even upvoted. Lowest denominator rules here. 🤮

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          Please believe it when a seasoned professional informs you that ingesting user feedback, implementing good UIs, and optimization are all hard work.

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            14 hours ago

            Of course it is, but it’s just the focus on how the UI is made that has changed, that does not inherently make it harder. It just changes some of the design goals.

            I have fucking made UI’s from scratch in assembly on a pixel basis, that were better than a lot of the crap we see today.