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Their wordsIf you treat finishing like a skill, rather than simply a step in the process, you can acknowledge not only that it’s something you can get better at, but also what habits and thought processes get in your way.
Their wordsJust remember: a damn game can be played, and if you have not created something that can be played, it’s not a damn game!
Their wordsThis is true at some point during every game’s development. Your code will always be a mess.
Our reading
Limited time and resources are what force a work to be tight and to feel like it has a purpose.
Their wordsIt’s our limited resources and time that forces us to make tight games that feel like they have a purpose.
Our reading
The last tenth of a project takes most of the work, because what is left at the end is all detail.
Their wordsThey say the last 10 percent is really 90 percent, and there is truth to this.