>Better value then most art or game dev schools.

While you could learn what the writer learned in a formal education setting, it very much seems like he could have learned everything he found out here from a few more chats or reddit posts with developers also in his situation.

Additionally, him launching the game seemingly without finding other people who really enjoyed playing the game feels like a major dissonance - I wish there was a concise way to put this without being harsh, but it reads like this was an expensive lapse in common sense and self awareness for someone who has the ability to build software for humans.