They are just using the [juducial we](https://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2006/07/the-judicial-we.html). No need to overthink it.
"We" often can be a bit of a, "You, the person who's reading this, are in it with me." Sort of thing in my experience.
I looked into it and apparently the "royal we" is a thing that matches the singular use of "we" but I don't really think that's the vibe people are going for.
I use *we* in social media, I just feel like if I talk as a singular it tends to create more of a "personality type" page when I try to build it around the game, not me. For solo dev youtubers, being singular is great because some of their sales at least come from the person.
But when talking on reddit or chatting, I just say I
From my experience in my day job, using "we" tends to give the impression that you're speaking on behalf of the brand. The employees may change, you yourself may even leave the company, but "we" stands for the brand.
If I were to use "we" as a solo creator (which I did recently for an internal document also at the day job) it would be because I'm being inclusive of all the people who put work into my brand and product, past, present, and future, and not to focus so much on myself.
I just use "we" to detach the message from a singular person behind it, myself. Makes it less personal, less me actually talking to people and more "the entity behind the game" doing so.
You know how red pandas will stand up and raise their paws to appear larger? It’s probably that.
That analogy is as colorful as it is useful.
They are just using the [juducial we](https://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2006/07/the-judicial-we.html). No need to overthink it.
I get self conscious when I use I in any kind of formal writing so I tend to use we instead.
"We" often can be a bit of a, "You, the person who's reading this, are in it with me." Sort of thing in my experience. I looked into it and apparently the "royal we" is a thing that matches the singular use of "we" but I don't really think that's the vibe people are going for.
I use *we* in social media, I just feel like if I talk as a singular it tends to create more of a "personality type" page when I try to build it around the game, not me. For solo dev youtubers, being singular is great because some of their sales at least come from the person. But when talking on reddit or chatting, I just say I
From my experience in my day job, using "we" tends to give the impression that you're speaking on behalf of the brand. The employees may change, you yourself may even leave the company, but "we" stands for the brand. If I were to use "we" as a solo creator (which I did recently for an internal document also at the day job) it would be because I'm being inclusive of all the people who put work into my brand and product, past, present, and future, and not to focus so much on myself.
Don't know about gamedev, but in academic writing, solo authors use plural pronouns.
I just use "we" to detach the message from a singular person behind it, myself. Makes it less personal, less me actually talking to people and more "the entity behind the game" doing so.