back in 2000's actual wizards uploaded completely free fleshed out games with working multiplayer. in 2001. for free. how did they do it. trying to make my own in unity with all the spoonfeeding and having so much trouble makes me feel retarded man

What 2001 game are you thinking about?

@smugumin@poa.st The point is that with Unity you gotta do things the Unity way, while doing things on your own can be surprisingly easier once you know how to get moving

@smugumin@poa.st my guess is that the hardware and software stacks were simpler

@grips@cawfee.club @smugumin@poa.st they were, but the things they had to do to make them run on consumer hardware is stuff you would never touch today. Even just displaying larger sprites on the original Mario bros was a massive pain in the ass

@smugumin@poa.st it's called a little something... CIA