{"id":1458244,"date":"2026-01-11T20:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T20:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/EzVNQFFAr25GGSw4DWTXkY"},"modified":"2026-01-11T20:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T20:03:31","slug":"dont-toil-away-on-the-things-that-dont-really-matter-peak-creator-says-its-rapid-development-cycle-has-proved-that-there-are-definitely-different-but-maybe-better-ways-to-mak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dont-toil-away-on-the-things-that-dont-really-matter-peak-creator-says-its-rapid-development-cycle-has-proved-that-there-are-definitely-different-but-maybe-better-ways-to-mak\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Don\u2019t toil away on the things that don\u2019t really matter&#8217;: Peak creator says its rapid development cycle has &#8216;proved that there are definitely different, but maybe better ways to make games&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Red Dead Redemption 2 has some of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-mind-boggling-work-that-went-into-red-dead-2s-incredibly-lifelike-horses\/\">the most precisely represented horses<\/a> in the videogame industry. They have multiple distinct gaits, a realistic sense of weight, and miraculously, their little Arthur Morgans shrink in the cold. It&#8217;s an admirably attentive but kind of stupid detail touted as much by the game&#8217;s fans as its detractors, and it says something about triple-A game development that real man hours were poured into horse testicle simulation in a game as massive as Red Dead.<\/p>\n<p>Peak is somewhere near the opposite end of the spectrum. It&#8217;s a small, focused idea, and originated as a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/sim\/peak-devs-say-the-hit-comedy-climber-was-pitched-in-a-swedish-hot-tub-and-developed-in-a-frantic-4-week-korean-game-jam-we-brought-our-computers-to-an-airbnb-in-hongdae-and-locked-tf-in-for-a-month\/\">four-week game jam<\/a> project the team was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/peak-devs-were-ready-to-go-into-vacation-mode-after-releasing-it-but-then-it-sold-1m-copies-in-the-first-week-that-quickly-became-a-pipe-dream\/\">hoping to push out and immediately move on from<\/a>. They decided to stick around and support it a bit more when the game started selling like hotcakes, but co-creator Nick Kaman told <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/peak-interview?utm_campaign=email-post&#038;r=25881h&#038;utm_source=substack&#038;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Game File<\/a> there&#8217;s still a lot of value in a short, sweet development cycle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Peak for me has kind of proved that there are definitely different, but maybe better ways to make games,&#8221; Kaman told Game File. &#8220;My prescription is: don\u2019t spend three years. Don\u2019t toil away on the things that don\u2019t really matter. Like, figure out what your game\u2019s about and focus on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that &#8220;people can forgive&#8221; a lack of polish if the game is fun enough, which certainly holds true for Peak&#8217;s &#8220;friendslop&#8221; contemporaries, such as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/steams-latest-mini-hit-is-mage-arena-a-voice-powered-spellcasting-game-that-costs-usd3\/\">Mage Arena<\/a>. If anything, a multiplayer game with a comedic slant might benefit from some rough edges (within reason, of course).<\/p>\n<p>Kaman explained in the interview that Peak proves demand is there for smaller-scale games, even if financial barriers stand in the way of the developers trying to make them. &#8220;Anyone can make that next hit game and find success. There\u2019s always gonna be the playerbase and people who want an amazing game, right? That\u2019s not going away. What is going away is opportunities: publishing, funding, mid-sized studios and small studios who can sustain that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"86186a2a-3432-454b-bf86-3d27bf5bf4eb\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dont-toil-away-on-the-things-that-dont-really-matter-peak-creator-says-its-rapid-development-cycle-has-proved-that-there-are-definitely-different-but-maybe-better-ways-to-make.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"86186a2a-3432-454b-bf86-3d27bf5bf4eb\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/adventure\/dont-toil-away-on-the-things-that-dont-really-matter-peak-creator-says-its-rapid-development-cycle-has-proved-that-there-are-definitely-different-but-maybe-better-ways-to-make-games\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Dead Redemption 2 has some of the most precisely represented horses in the videogame industry. They have multiple distinct gaits, a realistic sense of weight, and miraculously, their little Arthur Morgans shrink in the cold. It&#8217;s an admirably attentive but kind of stupid detail touted as much by the game&#8217;s fans as its detractors, and it says something about triple-A game development that real man hours were poured into horse testicle simulation in a game as massive as Red Dead. Peak is somewhere near the opposite end of the spectrum. It&#8217;s a small, focused idea, and originated as a four-week game jam project the team was hoping to push out and immediately move on from. They decided to stick around and support it a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dont-toil-away-on-the-things-that-dont-really-matter-peak-creator-says-its-rapid-development-cycle-has-proved-that-there-are-definitely-different-but-maybe-better-ways-to-mak\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1458245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[130,748],"class_list":["post-1458244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-adventure","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Don\u2019t toil away on the things that don\u2019t really matter&#039;: Peak creator says its rapid development cycle has &#039;proved that there are definitely different, but maybe better ways to make games&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Red Dead Redemption 2 has some of the most precisely represented horses in the videogame industry. 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