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If they’re not making indie games, they’re experimenting with ROM hacks and fan games. Nowadays, they tend to get into software development in more typical, boring ways.
‘Bedroom coders’ became a fad, especially in places where microcomputers like the Commodore 64 were big. Once upon a time, tech-savvy kids could code their own games, sell them to publishers, and enter the computer world that way.
