Comments on: Sometimes Programming Is Like Playing an Adventure Game

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:30:51 +0000

Heh, yeh!

By: Tuna

Tuna — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:34:17 +0000

Happens to me all the time. I get hope get to work on my game and I’ll be in the middle of a relatively complex scenario and be baffled by an error I’m getting. Go to sleep, go to work, come home, look at my code and its right there. Almost like having somebody else in the room to overlook your code – just have to wait a day for them to finish looking at it, lol.

By: overklokan

overklokan — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:37:44 +0000

its called fatigue and only way to remove it is to remove the
source that is creating it … sleep is one of the best methods

By: Sakura Games

Sakura Games — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:47:12 +0000

Very true what you say. I usually take a break every 2-3h even if I’m not stuck. It works better than coding 7h straight. And if I am really stuck, I go out to do a walking and usually when I get back I find the solution in less than 10 minutes…

By: Fran

Fran — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:40:15 +0000

Yes! This is why I prefer working shorter periods for 7 days a week rather than longer periods for 5 days a week. If I don’t find a solution quickly, I shelf the problem until the next day, and having 7 chances to do this works out better than 5.

By: GBGames

GBGames — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:07:25 +0000

Particle effects. I couldn’t think of the term when I was writing about game development yesterday. It was late at night and it took me a minute of trying to clear my head before I finally managed to think of the words. This morning, walking towards the train, it popped into my mind easily. It’s annoying when your mind is clouded, but especially when you’re working on something.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:11:05 +0000

Yeah it’s like pixel hunting ! :)
I remember once I struggled with a piece of code for the whole day. I went to sleep and when I woke up in the morning, more precisely – in the state when you’re not really awaken but you know you are awake (makes sense?), the code just visualized before my eyes. Every single detail was there. I immediately turned on the computer typed the thing and it worked 100% without any error.

By: mahlzeit

mahlzeit — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:18:27 +0000

That’s why crunch periods don’t really work. ;)

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:35:07 +0000

Yep. Very true. Fresh air… taking a break for couple of hours is fine too.

By: Twist

Twist — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:05:57 +0000

This is good advice unless you have an obsessive personality. I have hit the coding wall like this before and the problem has chased me into my sleep. Dreaming about code just isn’t much fun. Of course when you wake up the next morning and immediately see the problem it is worth it I guess.