/lit/ - Literature

>>11424015
Stop making me feel like a newfag

>>10968831
Making a book is infinitely easier than making a game
First you need to learn how to make one, using an engine and the like, then you need to figure out what you can do best; turn based, FPS, walking sim, text adventure, etc. Finally you need to make a story that fits in and integrates well with the gameplay. Gameplay comes first and foremost, with story coming second, music third and graphics last. Also when making a RPG you can’t make it linear, so you have to live with the fact that some will never find that little snippet of love you put in, that the story will go over people’s heads, and that some will criticize you for other aspects and not appreciate the story if you fucked up the other parts. I want to be a game dev but it’s even worse than being a starving musician or artist because you have either amazing technical skill but shit imagination or a creative mind but can barely us html

If all self-help books are trash, what are you even supposed to do?

>inb4 ask for help

While writing a novel, should i put my philosophical inspirations in a subtle or an obvious way?

any chart(s) with books that deal with attaining meaning and happiness?