Re:Independent Games (Score 1)

You seem to have missed the point and assumed that I tried to say that code writing was not creative work, while doing the art, storyline, etc for a game is. Nearly all work can be said to be creative, code writing is definitely creative. The difference is that the art for a game is done for a specific project, while the game engine can be used in a general way for many projects. Therefore the people doing the art need to be rewarded right away for their effort, while the coders can be rewarded later on, by providing services to others wanting to use their code, making modifications to specific projects etc. Generalize work should be free, while specialized work generally needs to be rewarded at once.