Comments on: Some Things One Gotta Do To Avoid Coding…

By: Clement @ thewayofmoney.com

Clement @ thewayofmoney.com — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:28:31 +0000

This is a quality post Juuso. Made me laugh out loud.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:24:43 +0000

Hah hah, fair enough :)

By: Hakushi

Hakushi — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:14:59 +0000

@Juuso : Wish i could, but my computer is my TV , gonna make things harder if i sell it.

By: DtD Software

DtD Software — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:08:31 +0000

I agree with Sargon. Programming generic engine stuff is as boring as hell. You get tired of numbers and stuff streaming out the debug window instead of towers and enemies moving around the screen.

~DtD

By: Sargon

Sargon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:40:45 +0000

Juuso,

I don’t think motivation can be high all the time, not even most of the time.
After working for severals month on your game, motivation can change(duh).
And thinking that “if you like so much making games, how come you are not excited about it every day” is not the right thought.
My problem is also that I work part time, and when I eventually do get allot of motivation, I need to start going to work again.

The thing is, the more you are getting closer to finishing your game, the more your game is part of reality and less of imagination.
Imagining how things will be in the future can motivate allot.
So I guess you need different kinds of motivations when you are advancing with your game.
If your gameplay is not what you imagined it will be, then it might be demotivating, and you should try to fix it.

Bottom line, I am quite motivated to work on my game. Though, I believe I am not as thrilled about it as I was some time ago.
I don’t know if its because I am working part time or not.

By: Cray

Cray — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:06:13 +0000

“Gotta check the forums again” too if you made any posts there the first time!

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:15:37 +0000

Hakushi: sell your TV.

DtD: ;)

By: DtD Software

DtD Software — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:37:06 +0000

I think you missed a few youtube runs in there =P

~DtD

By: psycho

psycho — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:44:25 +0000

So you get it out, and now go work!

By: Hakushi

Hakushi — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:54:47 +0000

Sometime when you can only work part time on your game, it’s hard to have motivation after a 10h day at work.
That’s why i’m thinking to get back to Freelance, more control of the time available and the motivation.

And my first excuse to not working on my game : watching TV Show, i usually think “gonna watch one episode of House MD, and after gonna finish “, most of the time i finally watch 4 or 5 T_T And end up to not work at all :x

I’m trying to find an issue to this problem of motivation, if anybody have tips, i’m open :p