ImaginaryFS

How a video game actually gets built, and why it takes longer than anyone said.

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The Cut

Scope, and who decides.

Something always goes. The question is whether it goes early, while it is still a plan, or late, after it has been built and lit.

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Section opener

Something always goes.

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Every entry is a budget and what gets cut from it

Every entry is a budget and what gets cut from it. Worked examples, never rules.