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Re:Anime is booming, so why are animators living in poverty? by smrq on Friday February 26, 2021 @11:07AM (#26276198)
With all due respect to Jon Blow (and I respect him a whole lot!)-- I don't think he'd be able to do what he does if he didn't make a boatload of money off of Braid.
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Re:Anime is booming, so why are animators living in poverty? by slifin on Friday February 26, 2021 @11:26AM (#26276465)
Braid itself was novel because it took game state and made it immutable, immutability often needs a lot of consideration

This is definitely speculation on my part but maybe he didn't become a coder focused on his craft because of the finances afforded to him from Braid, maybe he created Braid a quality game because he was a coder focused on his craft?

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Re:Anime is booming, so why are animators living in poverty? by gameman144 on Friday February 26, 2021 @11:58AM (#26276895)
But he made a boatload off of Braid after he coded it. Not sure I understand this point.
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Re:Anime is booming, so why are animators living in poverty? by sjtindell on Friday February 26, 2021 @12:05PM (#26277006)
To me Braid was literally the first example of him doing what he does.
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