Jonathan Blow - How to program independent games - CSUA Speech

What this video covers

Jonathan Blow speaks at UC Berkeley's CSUA about how to program independent games. He argues for keeping code simple, avoiding unnecessary work, and shipping.

Why it surfaced in Hacker News

HN recommends it as a talk whose advice on simplicity and avoiding unnecessary work applies well beyond games.

Recommendation context

Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.

“It's about much more than games. To me, it's about identifying and not doing unnecessary work.”

“Every time I get stuck on a project, I watch this video.”

“Three talks that I tend to reference a lot and have had a huge impact on the way I think about software”