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Oolite
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Posted: 17th Jun 2007 22:50
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Not sure why I'm writing this here, guess i just need some advice to remedy my situation.

For about a month now I've been feeling really unfulfilled, i have no inspiration for any projects i have or any new projects i start, i find myself just spending all day looking forward to coming home and spending the night with my girlfriend.

Nothing gets me motivated, I've become incredibly bored with pretty much everything and i am completely unhappy most of the time, right now i do not have the spare money to go out on the weekend (as I'm saving every penny i earn for a holiday in a couple of weeks).
I have quite a boring day in my class, (i find myself having a really short temper with my students) get stuck in major traffic on the way home with nothing to do but have a cigarette and listen to the guy on the radio telling me that I'm stuck in traffic and then i come home to the only good part of my day.

Its not that I'm stuck in a dead end job, because most of the time i have fun teaching, maybe I'm stuck in a routine but i really don't have the time or money to change it at the moment. I'm not even excited about the holiday coming up and i don't know why.

I just feel like complete crap lately, i need something to really inspire me, to pull me back into doing an actual project.


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Zaibatsu
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Posted: 17th Jun 2007 23:38
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Quote: "For about a month now I've been feeling really unfulfilled, i have no inspiration for any projects i have or any new projects i start, i find myself just spending all day looking forward to coming home"


I've been feeling like that for about a year now, I just feel like I've wasted my time...

"I admire its purity, a survivor, unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality"

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tha_rami
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 03:32
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Try doing something you wouldn't do even if you wouldn't get a million bucks for it. Hell, just pay for it. Go bungee jump, visit some stupid museum. Whatever!

Every change brings inspiration.


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Suicidal Sledder
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 04:20 Edited at: 18th Jun 2007 04:45
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Mod Edit

--STAR RUNNER-- Full game, arcade clone, nice graphics and music, small download!!

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FredP
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 04:46
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Suicidal Sledder,
You have been around long enough to know that your post was a violation of the AUP.

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Suicidal Sledder
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 04:53
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heh yeah but I think its a reasonable solution for his problem... although I do suppose it could "start something" so I apologize

--STAR RUNNER-- Full game, arcade clone, nice graphics and music, small download!!

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Mike Inel
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 06:51
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Lol! At least you got a GF!
Why not play games? Watch movies? Chat with peeps?(Online/Actual)
(I usually get my inspiration on games...)


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Cash Curtis II
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 07:04 Edited at: 18th Jun 2007 07:05
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@Oolite -
I think I understand your problem and how to make it a little better.

It's hard to stick with a project. Most of the time the amount of work is simply daunting, and as a working adult it's hard to allot all of the time necessary.

I bet that you, like most here, plan huge epic projects. I bet that if you planned a small fun game with a theme that appealed to you, you'd be able to finish it. Not only that, but you could build up your code library and one day when you do make a big project you'd have most of the work done.

If you made several arcade and puzzle games, you'd have great credibility in the community. Completing a game is very fulfilling. And, it doesn't have to be big and epic. It's unfortunate that so few games are finished.

People always argue with me about the value of finishing games. I'll never understand or agree, because it seems like unfinished projects would be kind of depressing.


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Xarshi
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 07:31
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I've never finished any project I've started...which is kinda not cool. But recently,I've decided I'm not going to aim big anymore and just make a fun little game for my own amusement,and maybe post it here or something. I don't plan on anything too big right now,seeing as I'm not old enough for a job as a programmer.

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Mike Inel
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 07:56
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Quote: "unfinished projects would be kind of depressing."

That's true...
http://www.altiz-studio.com/Mike/?page_id=31
Maybe I should aim for something simple too...


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PAGAN_old
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 09:29
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try working on your project sometimes, even if i don't feel like working on my db game and still go and do it, i get addicted and then can't stop. What drives my inspirations are video games, movies,music history, I get inspirations from just about everywhere.

I do not have any good ideas of my own so i am trying to construct them from pieces of other things around me.

try working on a project that you know that it will not be finished for at least 5 years. Hell, i am making something in DB that i know i won't finish (in DB at least) but i do it anyway because i want to see my ideas come to life.

dont hate people who rip you off,cheat and get away with it, learn from them
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PowerSoft
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 09:42
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There's more to life than computers and projects. Don't forget that...

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Cash Curtis II
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 09:45
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Quote: "try working on a project that you know that it will not be finished for at least 5 years. Hell, i am making something in DB that i know i won't finish (in DB at least) but i do it anyway because i want to see my ideas come to life."

Isn't that the problem? If you finished it in 5 years it would be incredibly outdated by the time you finished, then 5 years worth of work wouldn't be worth that much. There's no value in working on something that you won't finish, more so if you already know you won't get finished. In the end you feel frustrated that you've spent so much time on something that never amounted to much.


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GatorHex
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 12:24 Edited at: 18th Jun 2007 12:30
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Hell I've felt like that for years, at least you got a job, I feel crappy not bringing in the pennies, at least teaching you get a long summer holiday

There are lots of reasons for feeling down, you might be low on iron or esential vitamins, getting the flue/cold or some other illnes (worth getitng a checkup),
or there may be a gas leak/carbon monoxide in your home/car (you can't always smell it), but sometime you just need to get exercise so go for a run (give up the ciggies) and get out in the sun and get some fresh air.

DinoHunter http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=98385&b=8
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Mike Inel
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 12:53
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Quote: "get some fresh air"

It's pretty rare these days... lol!


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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 13:38
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Quote: "Isn't that the problem? If you finished it in 5 years it would be incredibly outdated by the time you finished, then 5 years worth of work wouldn't be worth that much. There's no value in working on something that you won't finish, more so if you already know you won't get finished. In the end you feel frustrated that you've spent so much time on something that never amounted to much."


there is something else to keep yourself busy with. update it or rewrite it (could be considerably less time to do since you already have the design, you will need to change it a little to fit for the new interface/environment and just keep adding to it.

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Oolite
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Posted: 18th Jun 2007 19:21
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Cheers for the advice guys.

I'm not really feeling depressed because i do not have any projects to work on, its just nice to escape into some 3d and programming related things every now and again.

Maybe like cash curtis says i'll just start developing some ideas for some smaller projects, seems like the best bet to curing some of my boredom.

The art gallery round here is crap and i do not have the money at the moment to go to another place to see one, i would love to bungee jump and i would more than happily try something new but because i have had to the pay the cost of a villa, flights for two people and i will have to pay half of the living cost why we are on holiday and i'm trying to keep every penny i earn for those two weeks. After the holiday though i can be a little more free with my money, just hoping my attitude will change after that though.

I also don't want the added stress of giving up the ciggies just yet, i'm hoping to start giving up during the holiday though, where i can just relax in the sun/pool with no worries over my head.

I do try to stay away from the computer on the nights because i teach on computers in the day so its a welcome break, i won't be getting a nice long summer holiday because i teach classes at a private learning facility and they don't follow the same schedule as normal school, still 7 weeks of this course left.


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