OK, I've decided to take one last shot at game design, before giving it up… forever…
Also, somebody remind me not to post blogs if I haven't slept a single hour all night. I tend to say things I regret later.Unsurprisingly, my parents were kinda annoyed that I was giving up on the comp, because I've been telling them about it and how it's been gaining sponsors and growing in size for nearly two weeks. :SSo I still won't be in LD23, but I will aim what's left of the Mega Arsenal at RPG4D; but I'm focusing on the game this time. That means: No C++. I'llbe using Game Maker, or perhaps RPG Maker if I feel like going the traditional RPG route.Knowing me, this'll probably end up being a platformer hybrid. Original drivel - Disregard for now
Last night, as I was thinking miserably about LD, I came to a conclusion:I'm not really looking forward to the competition; not in a good way, anyway. I mentioned in my last two blogs that I was feeling depressed, and I figured out why. I suck at completing games, because I'm not a good game designer. I consider myself to be a good programmer (Pardons, sirXemic), a decent artist and a practicing musician, but being able to do these things does not allow one to create good games. It was thus that I made a decision today: To stop trying to make games, instead to focus on my favorite hobbies (Programming, Music, Art) and release anything that comes about as a by-product of those hobbies. Also, there is still so much left to learn, in all the languages I know, so… yeah.Game development as a career is not really an option; the game-dev industry is not very pleasant to work in as far as I can tell.Independant developers only occasionally make an instant hit (Notch). But that was the result of messing around on a pet project, not setting out to create an instant hit (Which always fails).My main focus now is going to be on Art, Music and fixing PC's IRL for people. Programming will once again become my beloved hobby that I enjoy, instead of this horrible monster that I've made it.SHORTENED STORYI'm not entering LD, I'm not participating as an entrant in RPG4D.In other words: Musician/Artist available for team.I feel much less stressed already <3
Yeah, obviously Toast doesn't actually make games, so he can't do that. All he does is host competitions…
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Amusing bit of trivia I just noticed. I've only been here since 2010, Toast has been here since 2007; Toast is hosting the largest competition on this site…
And he has barely a few hundred more blog-hits than I do. >_> Do that many people read the stuff I write?In my last blog, I explained that I don't blog at all. I'm mainly known here for leaving one-line comments, I think. So that's why. I don't have hits cos I don't have any blogs to read.
JuurianChi has been here shorter than either of us (well, by that pseudonym anyway), but he blogs every fuckin day. So he has twice as many hits.And for the past 2/3 years I haven't done anything creative except play bass guitar, so that's another reason.True that. I have to restrict myself from posting a new blog every day. Which is why I prefer writing somewhat longer blogs.
Speaking of guitar… I've got to practice today. Thanks for the reminder.Don't get me wrong, you blog the right amount of frequency I'd say. And even if you didn't, the amount of time you put into them makes up for it.
That was a refreshing ten-minutes of finger shredding. Steel strings are painfully fun <3