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Here's what Jonathan Blow put himself through to give you The Witness

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HyperZone<3

Member
You have to respect a guy who, ahem, pissed so many of his personally held resources into a game that's so defiantly not mass market.

I hope The Witness is good, I hope its a success for him and his team, and at the very least it doesn't cause devastating financial ruin for him (which it still very well might).
 
B

bumclot

Member
To use that, he would have needed to insert a catheter, right? o_O

I mean, just piss directly into the jug if you don't wanna walk to the bathroom!
 
B

BudokaiMR2

Member
You know, I am all about giving developers the credit they deserve and respecting the incredible amount of work that goes into making games. I'm not a programmer but I have been on crazy deadlines to deliver localized scripts, etc.

This is a little ridiculous and just seems like a way to get attention. Unless his bathroom is REALLY far.
 
H

hydruxo

Member
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U

UpDownLeftRight

Banned
Gross. Won't deny I can't help wondering what connects to the pipe though. Does he just have a funnel under his desk or something? Maybe the answer will be revealed by solving all the puzzles.
 
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minimumhippo

Member
Furthermore, if a project is causing so much strain on your life you can:
1. Hire more people to help. If this is not an option due to budget you can
2. Downsize the project so that you can make it in a realistic time frame, or if you insist on making it still, you
3. Don't show the game so early, and when it's ready, it's ready. This happened with Fez.
 
Zomba13

Zomba13

Member
pelicansurf said:
Why is the straw even there? Can't he just put his dick in the bottle?
Click to expand...

Then he'd have to hold or position it in a way it wouldn't spill which if he's doing that then he could spend the time and just walk to the bathroom if he isn't going to be programming while peeing.
 
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RomanticHeroX

Member
If he just worked round the clock on the toilet he would save even more time by not having to interface his junk with that then empty it. It would be even MORE efficient if he just lay in a basin and periodically had someone wash away his filth.
 
J

Jakten

Member
Wouldn't he waste just as much time when he got up to dump it out though? He should have programmed the game in the tub, that way he could quickly pull the plug when it got too full and use it as a bed when he got tired.
 
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thetrin

Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Well...uh. I'm not sure that's something I want to see in my twitter timeline (I did), and I'm pretty sure you're not going to lose precious coding hours by getting up and going to take a piss when required.
 
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MassiveNights

Banned
It takes what - 30 seconds to get to the toilet, 30 seconds to pee, 20 seconds to wash hands, 30 seconds to get back

You probably pee about 8 times a day.

So you're probably spending 14 minutes a day peeing, or roughly 1% of your entire day.

Worth keeping a bottle of pee beside your workstation? No.
 
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RoboPlato

I'd be in the dick
I really hope he didn't piss in a jug just to finish the game.

It may be pedialite or some similar drink due to poor dietary habits during crunch, which is bad, but not as bad as a homemade catheter.
 
I

iMax

Member
I'd honestly rather have the game delayed than know for the rest of my life its creator pisses in bottles.
 
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Mr. Nice_Guy

Member
This kinda sums up how I feel about Blow. Real talented guy, but certainly loves to let you know how much he sacrifices for his work. I remember Jontron mentioning an interview Blow did where he made note to mentioned that he had to rent furniture for the interview because he didn't have any in his house because he just puts everything into his game, or something like that. Could tone it down a few notches. That being said, looking forward to The Witness.
 
Y

YianGaruga

Banned
there has to be another explanation
Blow is smart, this would be very impractical as a pee bottle

and no its not a homemade catheter, shut up
 
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