Not making progress on your game? Watch this!
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- We start our gamedev journey with grand ambitions, however it doesn't always turn out how we hoped for. Things go wrong, and progress will slow down, but that shouldn't stop you from finishing your game!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Following the roadmap?
01:05 Personal experience
01:56 One step at a time
05:20 Identify the weakest link
06:34 Plan enough
07:49 Calendar and Timeblocking
09:00 Keep going at it!
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Sometimes I just sit in front of the computer and stare at the code or watch a tutorial that’s relevant to what I need to do. Then hopefully some spark of inspiration hits. Is this directly productive, no…but it allows the possibility of finding that “in” that lets me get back into full swing. Better than sitting on the coach watching TV where there is no chance of saying mid show, hey I am going to go work on this now.
Didn't have to pause the video;
I was halfway listening on 2nd screen while adding UI features.
Thanks for being supportive!
have you made a game?
@@ireneuszpyc6684yes, three of them are self published, others are in B2B contracts
@@ireneuszpyc6684 yes
4:26
I'm out walking my dog!
Great points. Don't be disappointed if the retention doesn't drop on that part of the video. Many people who watch this may not be in the not-making-progress stage, they are just curious to know what you have to offer, so they use it if, just in case, that scenario happens.
To me, I'm good now and I'm doing everything on plan. So I didn't pause the video and kept watching.
To take that small task even further, I always set the next task I plan to work on as In Progress at the end of the day. No need to decide what I should work on when I come back and lowers the effort required to start.
And remember guys, working on your game doesn't always have to be opening the editor.
Thank you for this advice. I'm currently painting an apartment, however, I'll be starting up unreal tonight. Lots more tutorials to get through. Y'all take care, stay safe.
With how life keeps "suddenly having stuff that involves me", I need to move to a mountain to start writing a method.
well what if i have 2 monitors on 1 im watching this video and on the other my engine is compiling shaders? Do I still have to leave?)
Only half of you
I was watching this while eating and cleaning. I was about to play some games but you convinced me to turn on my pc and open unity 😊
Planing is already done in the ideation phase, no hesitation about what to do, just write tasks in the notebook for each day to be easier to focus and keep track of what is done. There is a progress, but researching takes more than 50% of the time. Also a lot of testing and adjusting, the curse of perfectionists, you know... I don't want to use assets, because I do 2D and 3D by myself, and that slows the things a lot more, but can't sacrifice the uniqueness of my twisted and complex ideas and change them according to the assets, if I do it the result will be something else, not my ideas. Also it's less likely there will be assets suitable to them and even there is, fixing and adjusting the assets will take the same or more time. So no short cuts for me and things will go slower.
Even if you're not writing a formal game-design doc, having some kind of outline / task list is really helpful. If you can, include any internal/external dependencies, or things where X has to happen-before Y. That way, when your brain is getting gummed-up from one area, you can check your list to see what else needs to be done (and is ready to be worked on).
It's really a mini-version of project management, but it's also good as a tool for keeping yourself/your team motivated and making forward-progress.
small steps, one step at the time, no pressure but just keep going forward
thanks for this content and... I have noticed that I was not subscribed! Fixed :)
I always learn something new, or finally get something after banging my head on the wall for a while
I get a confidence boost, hit a wall again then fall back into the pit of despair until I crawl back up, get a boost again then repeat the cycle. Like climbing a mountain only to find an even bigger mountain.
Damn Dunning-Kruger effect!😢
Be productive and watch you❤ is the goal man😉
Thank you for this great advice. :)
Didn't watch that roadmap video yet, but I will do it now. However, I gotta say that despite not investing as well as possible my time (skipped some days, didn't work as many hours as I would like), I'm progressing quite well (and indeed I'm doing what you say on the video; everyday I open the engine and everyday I think of doing stuff and either wite it down or investigate the subject, and most days I do stuff, for example today I fixed 1 bug of the gameplay side and made the whole menu and submenus template system).
I kept watching the video till the end cuz this is like my lil break before going back to doing stuff in like 40 mins, however in my case the issue is myself; I'm an expert at procrastinating always, so it's hard to do stuff that require too much effort, except if I have to do it and there is no other way round (like when I worked). I'm enjoying the learning process, the building the game, etc. but I'm just too good at procrastinating. But we are fixing that.
I really hate how that one Shia LeBeouf clip went viral and basically became its own parody, cause... you really have to just do it! JUST DO IT! DOOOO IIIIIIT JUST OPEN YOUR GAME AND DO IT GO GO GO
Dammit, I hate it when videos call me out for procrastinating, lol.
Watching this video while chillin' on the couch ... I feel seen.
I am very aware I can't comprehend code (been trying for 8+ years) and struggle from task paralysis and forcing myself to do things (even things I love) tends to make me hate doing them.
I still have a massive need to do game dev, but the ability to fulfill that need is not very good.
How long do you estimate until we get to see some more of Guild Architect? How’s the main loop coming along?
We're planning a devlog by mid-may only, but are going to do a first playtest in the 2nd half of April for the people in our Discord! -M
@@bitemegames wow you guys are prodigious, im taking forever to get to a playtest stage for my game 😓
do u recommend benadryl? also, 🗾⛲👧 WEN??
Good video!
Can you comeback with the devlogs? I really like to see what other devs arrond the world are doing and how they are doing
We're planning one for our next game in May. -M
I smell Goggins
Not making progress on life 😢
You drive your car with earphones in?
No...? What makes you think so? -M
2:28 you put on your gym cloth, then you put in your earphones, and then you go in your car XD
Maybe just a misunderstanding 😂