"Astra + UE + Blender makes everyone a game dev" meets skepticism: tools aren't the hard part
shekitup · x · 2026-09-06
A viral take claims Astra + Unreal Engine + Blender will soon make everyone a game developer, with indie devs selling AAA games for $5 instead of $60-70.
DanielLockyer pushes back: "If only making a good game was just about the tooling" — a common rebuttal that game quality and design craft aren't solved by better toolchains alone.
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