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« on: October 03, 2015, 01:06:45 PM » |
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I'm no mean professional or anything. I really have a doubt about people who get rich by only work with themselves.
I really want to know how hard is it to be a one man video game developer.
Thank for those who answer my question!!!
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s0
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2015, 01:22:46 PM » |
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the 2 main problem as i see em are
1. poverty
2. loneliness (and resulting depression)
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Superb Joe
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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2015, 02:55:12 PM » |
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jacking off
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Canned Turkey
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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2015, 03:03:08 PM » |
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No one keeps you accountable.
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Capntastic
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« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2015, 03:23:13 PM » |
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Not being a woman, basically
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Schoq
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« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2015, 03:28:55 PM » |
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personally, I'd say it's being a game developer
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♡ ♥ make games, not money ♥ ♡
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ProgramGamer
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« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2015, 05:06:43 PM » |
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Keeping your motivation and focus on one project at a time, but I think everything else mentioned here is appropriate as well.
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« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2015, 05:07:42 PM » |
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focus shame direction
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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2015, 05:36:55 PM » |
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The following is a re-enactment of a standard weekend as a one man game developer who's been working on a project for a few years now.
-Friday: After work "Finally, Friday night, tired from work but I think i can finish up the map generator improvements this weekend!" *beep* "oh, someone invited me to a game in league of legends? well...just one won't hurt"
-10 hours and at least 2 12 packs pass- "Aww shit, I'm getting too sleepy now, oh well, still got all weekend, I'll just get some done Saturday"
-Saturday: 11am "Crap, i slept pretty late, feelin pretty groggy, I'll just watch twitch for a bit and play some UT4 to wake up...oh, there's an update, guess i should update my server and re-compile my mutators too....." -12 hours pass "****"
-Sunday: 7am "****, I forgot I need to do laundry and take care of some bills, oh well, I'll just have to wait on the map upgrades."
Seriously, i swear, I get more work done on weekdays after work exhausted and sore than I do on weekends, lol.
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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2015, 08:35:08 PM » |
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Everything in this thread, but this No one keeps you accountable.
times one thousand. ):
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J. Kyle Pittman
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« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2015, 07:31:58 AM » |
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Accountability is a big one for sure, but I'd say the hardest part is the obvious one: You are the bottleneck for all features making it into the game. You are the single point of failure in the production pipeline. Every last little thing falls on you.
If you don't have a producer mentality and aren't able to kill your darlings in the interest of maintaining a reasonable scope, it's easy to get overwhelmed.
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« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2015, 07:34:39 AM » |
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If you don't have a producer mentality and aren't able to kill your darlings in the interest of maintaining a reasonable scope, it's easy to get overwhelmed.
my own laziness saves me from feature creep ever happening in the first place
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ProgramGamer
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« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2015, 07:38:45 AM » |
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If you don't have a producer mentality and aren't able to kill your darlings in the interest of maintaining a reasonable scope, it's easy to get overwhelmed.
my own laziness saves me from feature creep ever happening in the first place Survival mechanisms. Nature sure is beautiful!
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JWK5
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« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2015, 07:44:41 AM » |
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Long hours, short attention span.
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« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2015, 10:43:10 AM » |
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[...]my own laziness saves me from feature creep ever happening in the first place My ambition is handicapped by my laziness. Charles Bukowki
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Where's the Spelunky 2 DevLog, Derek?
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shellbot
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« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2015, 01:19:39 PM » |
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I've just gone full-time indie dev, and the biggest problems I can see are self-control and overworking. I can't stop myself from working. This is not a sustainable habit to work 15 hours every day, stay up all-night all-week, and consistently skip meals... At least I'm aware of the problem I need to fix also the loneliness... but that's uncomfortable to think about
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« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2015, 06:34:04 PM » |
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that awkward moment when when people rather play flappy bird than a game you spent 1,000 man hours on.
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Dragonmaw
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« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2015, 06:52:11 PM » |
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i hate to break it to you but flappy bird isn't a bad game
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itsyourpalmike
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« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2015, 10:55:02 AM » |
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going broke. having no social life. watching porn. being lazy. losing interest - quitting projects and starting new ones - never finishing said projects.
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Mittens
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« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2015, 03:55:41 AM » |
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trying to code while also weeping all the time
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