Tears of a Game Dev

Tears of a Game Dev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtBc5ABgYEM (Tears of a Rapper by Flight Of The Concords)
https://soundcloud.com/ronsrogue/fotc-hurtfeelings-dic
[I considered having the chorus swap between "An Indie Game Dev" and "I'm Still a Game Dev." Even "Indie" and "Game Dev" can be swapped, if one works better. I wasn't sure which one worked best. In the end, I went with the original "I got Hurt Feelings," but it's still open]

Some people say that devs can't be artists
They are artists
(they're art)
Some people say that we are not artists
we're artists
(hashtag art)
Hurts our feelings when you say we're not artists.

Some people say that games can't be art
we make art (they’re games)
What you’re about to hear next are true stores
(real experiences)
Artistically rendered
(They’re so much better this way)
All true, explore those narratives!

I make a game for my mates with a cerebral concept
keep the thematics complex
and with a modern context
But they still can’t finish the tutorial
They say the game’s unplayable

I got hurt feelings! I got hurt feelings!
[Alt: But I'm a game dev! An indie game dev!]
They’re treating it like malarkey
No one is smashing the patriarchy
I got hurt feelings!
I got hurt feelings!
Guess they won’t be invited to our launch party!

There’s a trigger warning that comes with this crime
I was drawing more art to post up online
But the team told me that we were running behind
And we’d have to stay late to code in twine

I got hurt feelings!
I got hurt feelings!
We don’t have to work all night! Who has time for that?
I got hurt feelings!
I got hurt feelings!
Really, we all know that storytelling is the hard part.


We've got a fun new feature to tease,
But we're also running low on production fees.
(ding)
so click donate please.

I got hurt feelings!
I got hurt feelings!
Being an artist is never easy, our fans understand that

I tweet at my friends, to buy my game,
But they’re all too busy to play my game
So I check their steam pages, to see their games,
They’re playing games, but not my game.

I got hurt feelings!
I got hurt feelings!
The world’s clearly not ready for my trans-humanist queer characters of color.

Have you ever used sound that’s only 8-bit?
Have you ever used 2D retro graphics
Have you ever pandered with your tweets?
Have you ever been dissed by 4chan NEETS?

Ever been told walking sims are so lame?
Have you ever actually made a game?
Ever scammed dosh by claiming you’re sick?
Ever told a troll to go choke on your dick?

Tears of a game dev
(Hashtag tears)
I’m crying tears of a game dev
(Tears of an indie)