Writing this as I read a journal entries of Jordan Mechner - creator of prince of persia.
When my brother and I used to play prince of persia for hours on end when we were kids, why didn’t we drop our jaws in awe of its creator. Why did we never wondered, how much sweat and tears a creation of this magnitude takes. Why did we take art for granted.
Yes, we enjoyed the game a lot, but not once do I remember thinking “who made this thing ?”. If I would’ve done that, I would have become a creator instead of consumer much earlier in my life.
Still can’t believe the game that led to a movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal started out as a single line of code