tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261591.post6909479567370941127..comments2024-02-14T19:34:27.983-05:00Comments on Pulsipher Game Design: What does "game developer" mean?Lewis Pulsipherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11998403221823705918noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261591.post-49170023831239652052009-11-27T06:13:35.556-05:002009-11-27T06:13:35.556-05:00Why have you come to the opinion that programming ...Why have you come to the opinion that programming is something that "ought to be done by machines?" You're making a huge value distinction between game designers and artists on one side and programmers on the other, the basis for which is essentially "if we had some magic technology that could program for us, we wouldn't need programmers." This is hardly an argument,Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00828162526579942149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261591.post-18328441777517188222009-11-23T14:26:14.908-05:002009-11-23T14:26:14.908-05:00I don't regard video games as fundamentally di...I don't regard video games as fundamentally different from non-electronic games. There are tens of thousands of non-electronic games that were never touched by a programmer. If the video game designer had some "magic" (technologically advanced) way to create the software--and as time goes on and technology improves, this will be the case--then programmers would be unnecessary.<br Lewis Pulsipherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998403221823705918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261591.post-33797490330115497462009-11-23T11:26:53.707-05:002009-11-23T11:26:53.707-05:00I think the point that this article makes (people ...I think the point that this article makes (people should stop conflating "Game Developer" with "Game Programmer") is a very good point. We've pushed far past the days when game development consisted of a dozen coders locking themselves in a closet until <i>Doom</i> pops out.<br /><br />I do take issue with the specific notion that "Programming is a necessary evil.&Mark T. Tomczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932288233834247685noreply@blogger.com