The Ship
The Ship
A rejection of the false dichotomy of starving poets & Rockstars and a meditation on sustainable seafaring.
Made for Manifesto Jam 2026.
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if I'd had more time this would have been more concise etc.
inspirations
- this one unrecorded talk that trent kusters gave one time
- this video you should watch with eighty views
- that aussie ad from a decade ago which leveraged this quote
- all the folks submitting manifestos for this jam
- especially all of you advocating for practice that is smaller and less commercial which I felt compelled to directly rail against
- i love you and your beautiful and/or fucked up games
- especially all of you advocating for practice that is smaller and less commercial which I felt compelled to directly rail against
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Very insightful manifesto! We absolutely need to see more Supergiants and fewer Rockstars if the medium is to keep moving forward.
It is a whole lot easier to set sail when you know a wreckage doesn't spell death - just a return to your shipyard to try again.
Thank you!! When you phrase it like that, game development certainly sounds like it has an enticing rhythm to it.
I have a strange urge to go and play Hades now..