Or people talking about Contact Damage like it's a difficulty thing and it really isn't at all. Like obviously if you added contact damage to a game not designed for it, it'd be harder, but realistically neither style is more or less 'hard', it's a different philosophy of interactions.

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I hate how so much old game design stuff gets wrapped up in the "HARDCORE!!!" movement because first off the difficulty worshippers suck and are weird posers, and also like that doesn't matter, old stuff is just cool and beautiful. Sylvie RPG is a cozy ass bump combat game, trying to inspire joy!

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montreal is cool (outsider opinion)

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As @mrsambarlow.bsky.social mentioned, small teams can operate effectively remotely. It's more of a logistical challenge as team sizes grow. TBH I'm not sure if any place in the US would be a good bet for starting a major studio these days. IDK I'm just a director though.

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I think it's worth saying that while the west coast has a reputation for being where the big studios are at 1) that's largely a consequence of being where many earlier companies (e.g. Interplay) had roots and 2) it's decreasingly true. By the numbers, AAA game dev is collapsing out here.

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