"Once I reopen the book on Stardew, I always have a hard time closing it again"

“Once I reopen the book on Stardew, I always have a hard time closing it again because I always want to add more things, make it better, make it cooler, make people happy,” Barone said. “It’s exciting. Every single thing I’m adding, I’m thinking about how people are going to play this and talk about it and love it. It’s gonna be part of their experience. It could make a memory that they might cherish forever. That’s a special thing. It’s hard for me to not want to do that.”

    • darkmode [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      21·
      6 months ago

      to some extent it does, however, it used to be a bit easier to scrape by and have a roof over your head, hangout with your friends, and hone one’s craft in america. There are a lot of stories where someone worked at a bakery, recorded there after. Another where two guys bought a small place to put a studio together in Portland, just a lot of shit like that. The walls have closed way, way in.

        • darkmode [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          12·
          6 months ago

          it’s good that you found advice like that. rick rubin’s book is a load of shit and in interviews he’s saying shit like ‘maybe your job is your livelihood and your art is secondary’ basically telling ppl to strive for less straight up, not even veiling it in a myth which is incredible considering he threw his entire life into helping ppl create music

      • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        10·
        6 months ago

        There are a lot of stories where someone worked at a bakery, recorded there after.

        lol, my (estranged) dad did the opposite. Spent X years in the Florida prog rock/metal scene, his band finally recorded and released an EP, and within a couple of years, the band had split up and he was working as a pastry chef over a thousand miles away.