You Don’t Need to Code to Be a Game Developer

By RookieDev

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Being a game developer doesn't mean being a programmer. Coding is one tool inside game development — a very powerful one — but the real job is deciding what to build, how it should work, and whether it's actually fun. In this video I talk about why "what engine?" misses the point, why technically excellent systems can still make a worse game, what Undertale, Celeste, To the Moon and Stardew Valley tell us about code vs. decisions, and why the question is shifting from "can you make a game?" to "can you make a game worth playing?" So — are you a programmer, a designer, an artist… or a slightly bad version of all three? Tell me in the comments. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 "What engine?" 0:41 The wall called code 1:11 Who actually makes a game 1:40 The tools changed everything 2:12 Two people: programmer vs game developer 3:02 Building systems vs building the game 3:27 Technically excellent, still a worse game 3:50 Can I build this? Should I? 4:15 Proof: Undertale and Celeste 4:55 Coding still mat

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