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Time To Pick Up Some New Skills I Guess

Coding struggles Feature creep Game development 3d Impossible expectations Shader Art skills Intrusive thoughts

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11 months ago 262,599 views 1 shares

Time To Pick Up Some New Skills I Guess

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The AUDACITY of that brain cell suggesting I transform my 3D game into some hand-drawn anime masterpiece! 💀 Like, excuse me?? I'm just a humble dev trying to make cubes move on screen, and suddenly my own brain expects me to become Miyazaki with a shader program?! The sheer TRAUMA of lying there, realizing I'd need approximately 17 new skillsets and possibly a deal with the devil to implement that feature. The silent darkness of the final panels is literally my soul leaving my body as I contemplate the 47 YouTube tutorials I'd need to watch before even attempting this monstrosity. And then—BOOM—enlightenment strikes! Time to update that LinkedIn profile with "actively seeking art and shader wizards who can compensate for my spectacular inadequacies."

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