Thread by @Gaohmee

For crying out loud man. Y’all need to stop calling devs lazy when we work cost-efficiently - re-using technology and parts of older work is a perfectly normal thing to do.
You can’t pretend to care about crunch culture and ALSO bash us for working smart.

https://twitter.com/Dann_Sw/status/1373968197871882241

Re-purposing parts of the work we have created is a PERFECTLY NORMAL THING TO HAPPEN IN GAMES. We re-use technology, 3D assets and models all the time. Look up kit bashing. Understand why this is important to do. It’s like asking us to toss out literal months/years of work.

Building up a library of things to re-purpose and reference is a great goal for every studio to have because it saves us time and work. It builds expertise in tooling and internal technology. It defines a studio-specific style without spending 10 months on lookdev.

Just... let us fucking work smart.

And never, NEVER call devs lazy. In 10 years of career I have not met a single lazy dev who didn’t want to do this work from the bottom of their heart. Not once.

(Redoing this tweet because the anger made me say “hard” instead of “heart” 😅)

Also, by the way.... *gasp*

A technique as old as video games.

Addition, since everyone is blowing up my mentions:

Telling me about how you're not mad at devs but instead at the illusive "executives" is not the hot take you think it is.

Re-using technology is NOT a shortcut - it is normal practice. It has nothing to do with execs.

Re-using and re-purposing technology is simply normal practice. It's not cutting corners. It's not greedy. It's not a means to mess with players. It's simply normal.
It would be like asking Apple to re-build their iOS with every iPhone.