Making stuff

You would think after so many tutorials and classes it would be grounding in the learning process. Taking something simple and turning around to perform has definitely be an educating process. The job never panned out with Activision; but on the other hand, in was nice to have an offer that led to an interest.

As for the game design projects I have been focusing on getting newer concepts on paper and outline the specifics of BiT, Zombie Tower, and the latest workings with the family. A fun project that I will be posting here in a few once I get some of the graphics changed and more functionality to the game. The little bits and peaces seem to be fluid in development and fine tuning the game is more definitive to my strategy then just winging the process.

A new strategy I am spearheading is 4 days a week of straight programming for 8-10 hours a day. The family is quite complementary and the schedule moves toe to heels as needed for everyday stuff. A nice change and I am enjoying the rewards on a daily basis.

(Breather) The illusion an indie game designer may face is something that rings out across the internet; and with great humility I saw the trends I was making even on my part that would specify my learning curve as being "confident" and "knowledgeable".

Starting to believe I could build something or anything for that matter, and the slightest inclination of defeat would stick in my brain and lead to several days of wanting and thinking, "I know I can do this!". In most situations as this I would quickly search for some pattern of help and had come to some kind of clarity, a page relenting, impostor syndrome, tutorial purgatory, and the best article I found was "Why learning code is so hard", ending to the point where it was causal to stop for a while and decided to rethink the objectives.

Then deciding to code for 8 -10 hours a day seems to be the workaround to the monotony. I feel liberated and tell myself, there is no time limit. There is just dedication. After years in the military, giving it my all, and realizing the same thought process is needed to get my butt in gear and code, I've decided to slew the job seeking atmosphere and just code now! Rant over, self surmising over, Thanks for Reading, on with life right!