The Bottom Feeder: I Am the Cheapest Bastard in Indie Games
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Of course neither point is addressed, and he keeps pretending that the only way to improve is to expend more resources.
As also pointed out in the previous discussion, that's because he simply doesn't have an eye for art. He compares his game to the consistent-and-pleasant-to-look-at Baba Is You, because he can't see the difference, and so he doesn't even see there's a problem to be solved. We might as well try to explain the difference between blue and red to a blind person. That's why he can show a picture of dwarf fortress without realizing it looks better than his game. Going for a Caves of Qud look would also probably save him money - but he simply can't see that it looks better.
Discussed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20765521