The phrase "artistic merit" goes against the concept of art as a whole. Art is just people expressing themselves and making somethings out of nothings with no real fixed solid goal.
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Mama Dizzys
Spring_Spring
maybe that's why the concept keeps confounding me, as does "goodness"
Julie_Pilgrim
"no real fixed solid goal" that leaves out vidoe games and books(and a lot of paintings) as you have an end goal for those
Mama Dizzys
But the player didn't create the game. The artist was the developers and the game was their art.
You made the end goal for yourself.
People can't decide if you met standards when you made your own standards.
Abstract art... what the heck happened there?
Anyways
The point is that you have no one to impress. You're doing the art for yourself.
You made the end goal for yourself.
People can't decide if you met standards when you made your own standards.
Abstract art... what the heck happened there?
Anyways
The point is that you have no one to impress. You're doing the art for yourself.
Spring_Spring
alas, but social media, youtube, gbatemp threads, all is about impressing, you see . . . and I'm so fed up with it U ' w ' U
Julie_Pilgrim
yes but that's still an end goal, set by the devs, the end goal is the game you are playing right now, no one starts devving with absolutely no idea
Mama Dizzys
People act entitled and talk about how one's art doesn't do everything that's perfect to that specific person.
Mama Dizzys
The player has no end goal. They're there to observe. They did nothing to contribute. That's like going to an art museum and painting on paintings that were hanging there
Spring_Spring
@Scott_pilgrim you really can totally do that though :3c
Julie_Pilgrim
"People act entitled and talk about how one's art doesn't do everything that's perfect to that specific person." yes because just because art wasn't made for you specifically, doesn't mean you can't have prefences
Julie_Pilgrim
"The player has no end goal. They're there to observe. They did nothing to contribute. That's like going to an art museum and painting on paintings that were hanging there" yes but im talking about the devs
Mama Dizzys
It really doesn't matter what the player thinks. What matters is that the creator was satisfied with what they accomplished