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Re:Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 p... by sarchertech on Thursday December 18, 2025 @08:15AM (#46312230)
> People laugh at games with thousand-case switch statements or if/else chains but they shipped

You have a very incorrect view of both of them if you think this is the kind of thing they are arguing against.

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Re:Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 p... by bmn__ on Friday December 19, 2025 @03:33AM (#46323565)
This refers to the decompilation of Yandere Simulator. This argument really happened. There is a whole rabbit-hole on Youtube if you care to confirm.
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Re:Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 p... by sarchertech on Friday December 19, 2025 @07:52AM (#46325259)
I can’t find anything about Casey Muratori or Jon Blow discussing Yandere Simulator.

But even if they did comment on the quality of the code, when they talk about so simplicity they are generally talking about avoiding unnecessary abstractions (usually OOP abstractions), not any of what the OP is talking about.

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