Great! Progress Is Great, Playtest Is Great, Everything Is Great Nervous Laughter

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Great! Progress Is Great, Playtest Is Great, Everything Is Great *Nervous Laughter*

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HONEY, THE PANIC IS REAL! Game developers put on the performance of their LIVES when someone asks about their game's progress! That forced smile? That's the face of someone whose code is held together by duct tape and prayers! The immediate deflection with "Great. Why, what have you heard?" is the digital equivalent of sweating through your formal wear while your game crashes if a player walks diagonally and jumps at the same time! Behind every cheerful "it's going great!" is a dev who hasn't slept in 72 hours because they're frantically trying to fix that one bug where all the NPCs suddenly decide to T-pose and float toward the ceiling! The truth would be too horrifying to share in polite company!

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