Re:Jonathan Blow – If AI Solved Coding, Why Is My Software S...
by sarchertech on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:01PM
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I think the majority of the improvements come from 3 places.
1. Hardware advancements mean that you can get the same results with less optimized code (this is what allowed 3rd party engines with GC scripting languages to become popular)
2. The proliferation of learning resources and open source code.
3. The budgets and size of indie studios as well as total time spent on the games. Seriously look at some of the games these days that get labeled indie.
Warcraft 1 (my first RTS) had just 4 programmers. And only one of them was on the project the whole time. And the entire project was only 14 months.
1. Hardware advancements mean that you can get the same results with less optimized code (this is what allowed 3rd party engines with GC scripting languages to become popular)
2. The proliferation of learning resources and open source code.
3. The budgets and size of indie studios as well as total time spent on the games. Seriously look at some of the games these days that get labeled indie.
Warcraft 1 (my first RTS) had just 4 programmers. And only one of them was on the project the whole time. And the entire project was only 14 months.