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Thank you for that.",{"value":105,"source":96,"evidence":106},"Inspiring story of learning game dev later in life",[107,110],{"id":108,"by":11,"text":109},"29177973","I would think that quite a good chunk of people who go into tech (as a general domain) did so because they loved games as a kid. This is true for us and anecdotally, everyone I…",{"id":111,"by":11,"text":112},"29170662","So glad to see that there are more and more people taking on new things whatever their age. Hope you find time for game development, eventually. It's fun.",[114,120,129],{"value":115,"source":54,"evidence":116},"UI and icons are confusing",[117],{"id":118,"by":11,"text":119},"29170116","Great and detailed feedback, thanks! - UI has always been my weakest point in the sense that what seems logical to me might be puzzling to others. 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