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Braid, Anniversary Edition 'Sold Like Dogs**T,' Developer Jonathan Blow Says

5 points by felipemnoa 2y ago

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
> Did you buy Braid, Anniversary Edition? Tell us why in the comments No, because I already own Braid. Like how the toughest competition for Windows is not desktop Linux, it's pirated Windows.
gnabgib 2y ago
Discussion (45 points, 3 days ago, 106 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41121718 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41121718
horns4lyfe 2y ago
Braid is an excellent game and a work of art, but it certainly didn’t need an anniversary edition.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
  Yeah. I went through a few drafts of comparing Braid with Celeste, but I don't think I'd even buy a Celeste Anniversary Edition. Not to shit on JB, but maybe the difference between Braid and Celeste is that Maddy knows her game doesn't need a remake. (granted, Celeste is only 6 years old, it's not due for a remake or remaster)
justinclift 2y ago
> Did you buy Braid, Anniversary Edition? Tell us why in the comments Nope. Never heard of it before, and it doesn't look interesting to me.
0xy 2y ago
He fell into the ultimate game developer bikeshedding trap of building not only his own engine, but his own programming language for some reason. It's been over 8 years between releases, and all that time has been spent building a closed source programming language that allegedly speeds up game development. Very few studios are capable of maintaining their own engine, none are capable of maintaining their own programming language. This is why, as an example, 343 imploded after one of their leads insisted on continuing with the 20 year old non-standard engine Slipspace. If they had their own programming language in addition to that, they never would've released anything.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
  Yep, programming languages are a money pit, that's why all the great ones are open-source
cedws 2y ago
Tangential but I recently played The Witness and found it incredible. It is a bit shocking that they’ve blown through so much cash to develop their own engine/game, but I think they’ll be fine. It’s nearly ready to go, Jonathon is confident sounding enough he’ll be able to raise capital if he needs.

5 points by felipemnoa 2y ago

> Did you buy Braid, Anniversary Edition? Tell us why in the comments No, because I already own Braid. Like how the toughest competition for Windows is not desktop Linux, it's pirated Windows.

gnabgib 2y ago

Discussion (45 points, 3 days ago, 106 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41121718 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41121718

horns4lyfe 2y ago

Braid is an excellent game and a work of art, but it certainly didn’t need an anniversary edition.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
Yeah. I went through a few drafts of comparing Braid with Celeste, but I don't think I'd even buy a Celeste Anniversary Edition. Not to shit on JB, but maybe the difference between Braid and Celeste is that Maddy knows her game doesn't need a remake. (granted, Celeste is only 6 years old, it's not due for a remake or remaster)

justinclift 2y ago

> Did you buy Braid, Anniversary Edition? Tell us why in the comments Nope. Never heard of it before, and it doesn't look interesting to me.

0xy 2y ago

He fell into the ultimate game developer bikeshedding trap of building not only his own engine, but his own programming language for some reason. It's been over 8 years between releases, and all that time has been spent building a closed source programming language that allegedly speeds up game development. Very few studios are capable of maintaining their own engine, none are capable of maintaining their own programming language. This is why, as an example, 343 imploded after one of their leads insisted on continuing with the 20 year old non-standard engine Slipspace. If they had their own programming language in addition to that, they never would've released anything.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
Yep, programming languages are a money pit, that's why all the great ones are open-source

cedws 2y ago

Tangential but I recently played The Witness and found it incredible. It is a bit shocking that they’ve blown through so much cash to develop their own engine/game, but I think they’ll be fine. It’s nearly ready to go, Jonathon is confident sounding enough he’ll be able to raise capital if he needs.