Comments on: Going Slow Is The Fastest Way to Go http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/ I bake games. Indie style. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Juuso - Game Producer http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-75515 Juuso - Game Producer Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:26:30 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/#comment-75515 @overklokan: splitting huge job in smaller tasks is also good way to motivate yourself - it's nice to see list of items getting done, instead of thinking the whole project. @overklokan: splitting huge job in smaller tasks is also good way to motivate yourself – it’s nice to see list of items getting done, instead of thinking the whole project.

]]> By: overklokan http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-75417 overklokan Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:09:32 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/#comment-75417 @Christian yeah, im more like that ... if i have to work on same thing for more than few days i became bored and lose motivation = so i found its better to do job which would normaly require few persons (drawing, coding, story, etc) only by myself ... it will take more time to finish the project but i wont die out of monotony in the process ;o= @Christian yeah, im more like that … if i have to work on same thing
for more than few days i became bored and lose motivation = so i found
its better to do job which would normaly require few persons (drawing,
coding, story, etc) only by myself … it will take more time to finish the
project but i wont die out of monotony in the process ;o=

]]> By: Juuso - Game Producer http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-74844 Juuso - Game Producer Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:21:01 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/#comment-74844 @Flox: Yeh, giving 'meaning' and 'reason' for the project is good way to justify it - and help you stay motivated. @Conquerirlemonde: Non... je ne pas parle Francais... ;) I really don't speak. Just know a few words and something about the pronounciation. @Christian: No need to apologise... it happens to everybody (I'm good example). It's only the scale that matters - we gotta be more and more persistent. @Tim & Raelifin: Don't go into that route... :) @Flox: Yeh, giving ‘meaning’ and ‘reason’ for the project is good way to justify it – and help you stay motivated.

@Conquerirlemonde: Non… je ne pas parle Francais… ;) I really don’t speak. Just know a few words and something about the pronounciation.

@Christian: No need to apologise… it happens to everybody (I’m good example). It’s only the scale that matters – we gotta be more and more persistent.

@Tim & Raelifin: Don’t go into that route… :)

]]> By: Flox http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-74821 Flox Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:35:11 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/#comment-74821 One way to conquer this 'starting everything but not finishing anything' syndrome is to have a larger goal, one in which the project is merely a means to an end. That way, the project is assessed through larger reasoning, and not subject to innuendo and inclination. (A project that is merely there for itself, and references itself, has no real reason to exist - whereas a project that is on a path to a more significant goal suddenly has function and a reason). When one realises this, the finishing or the starting is not what it's about, it's in fact about the mission. One way to conquer this ‘starting everything but not finishing anything’ syndrome is to have a larger goal, one in which the project is merely a means to an end. That way, the project is assessed through larger reasoning, and not subject to innuendo and inclination. (A project that is merely there for itself, and references itself, has no real reason to exist – whereas a project that is on a path to a more significant goal suddenly has function and a reason).

When one realises this, the finishing or the starting is not what it’s about, it’s in fact about the mission.

]]> By: Conquerirlemonde http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-74650 Conquerirlemonde Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:55:05 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/#comment-74650 Speaking france ? I speak England too... :) Speaking france ?
I speak England too… :)

]]> By: Christian Behrenberg http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-74549 Christian Behrenberg Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:00:12 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/#comment-74549 Well, I apologize that my behaviour is exactly like that sometimes. So, whenever I organize/refresh my todo-list, I try to mix very different things together. Like first writing that one section in the DD, than implementing that function/toolset in that DLL, than making dummy files for the next step of this and that, implementing a new section for my webpage, etc.pp. - all very different tasks. I catch myself too often being bored and slow when I do a series of similar tasks for quiet a while. When I do different things (coding/writing/research/drawing) I'll get more stuff done in the same amount of time, because I am motivated everytime a little more on another task because its a "new" thing (which is in fact not "new" but it requires another mental state, so to say). So if you are "sick" of this (it could turn in physical illness as well after a long time in this state), it all depends on how you manage yourself. Well, I apologize that my behaviour is exactly like that sometimes. So, whenever I organize/refresh my todo-list, I try to mix very different things together. Like first writing that one section in the DD, than implementing that function/toolset in that DLL, than making dummy files for the next step of this and that, implementing a new section for my webpage, etc.pp. – all very different tasks.

I catch myself too often being bored and slow when I do a series of similar tasks for quiet a while. When I do different things (coding/writing/research/drawing) I’ll get more stuff done in the same amount of time, because I am motivated everytime a little more on another task because its a “new” thing (which is in fact not “new” but it requires another mental state, so to say).

So if you are “sick” of this (it could turn in physical illness as well after a long time in this state), it all depends on how you manage yourself.

]]> By: Raelifin http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-74548 Raelifin Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:57:25 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/#comment-74548 Agreed. I have constant trouble knowing when to drop a project and start another. Once you pour in so much time and effort it becomes hart to let go instead of realising "one more patch." Heh, sounds like a drug adict. Agreed. I have constant trouble knowing when to drop a project and start another. Once you pour in so much time and effort it becomes hart to let go instead of realising “one more patch.” Heh, sounds like a drug adict.

]]> By: Tim Fisher http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-74547 Tim Fisher Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:52:42 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/04/10/going-slow-is-the-fastest-way-to-go/#comment-74547 *almost finished* - A project is never finished, it merely goes through stages of development and release. *almost finished* – A project is never finished, it merely goes through stages of development and release.

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