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For this week's blog, I wrote about why "making small games" is not as easy as it sounds. Inspired by a post-GDC article by @gamedeveloper.bsky.social and encouraging statements by @dukope.bsky.social, I did a mini-postmortem about BoJ's "product performance." www.essay-games.com/blog/make-pe...

Apr 29, 2025, 12:54 PM

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