ylai to GamingEnglish · 8 months agoHow are CD Projekt's side quests so good? Cyberpunk quest designer says they reject 'over 90%' of their pitcheswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down114cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workscyberpunk2077@lemmy.worldcyberpunk2077pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1113arrow-down1external-linkHow are CD Projekt's side quests so good? Cyberpunk quest designer says they reject 'over 90%' of their pitcheswww.pcgamer.comylai to GamingEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square18fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workscyberpunk2077@lemmy.worldcyberpunk2077pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·8 months agoThat bit about “every designer or artist has a bunch of shit ideas and just picks their best 5%” is SO TRUE. Remember this when you’re doing something creative and don’t feel great about it. Just keep doing it.
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoForget who said it, but: “Kill your darlings.” Photography, painting, writing, jokes. You produce a lot, you cut most of it, you gain practice along the way. This being said, there are people with inate genius who produce 90% gold.
That bit about “every designer or artist has a bunch of shit ideas and just picks their best 5%” is SO TRUE. Remember this when you’re doing something creative and don’t feel great about it. Just keep doing it.
Forget who said it, but: “Kill your darlings.”
Photography, painting, writing, jokes. You produce a lot, you cut most of it, you gain practice along the way.
This being said, there are people with inate genius who produce 90% gold.