How To Make Good Small Games

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Regarding John Thyer's
"How To Make Good Small Games"

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. . . if you make something "great", it should happen more or less by accident. Get consistent at making stories you're pleased with. Build a joyful, healthy, positive relationship with art. . . . By regularly shooting for "good" . . . you'll be great without even trying.

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. . . have radical pride in your work, even when the ugly systems that shape our lives tell you your stories are worthless.

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Thyer uses the word stories in both of these quotes: "stories you're pleased with"; "your stories." It's interesting to me that he falls back on this word, but I can't describe in words what's piqued me about that. I know what it feels like.
Treading water.