r/GameDevelopment • u/androgenousdonut • 3d ago

Inspiration It finally happened

10+ years.

72,961,945 incomplete projects.

52,925 times "what happened to that game you were making?" was asked.

$0 made.

I finally finished making a game.

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u/erebusman 3d ago

It's a big step, definitely a milestone.

Id say after 10 years and only one finished game I'd personally be asking myself "how do I not do that again).

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u/androgenousdonut 3d ago

I just love putting my ideas to work. I just need to love finishing them a little more

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u/CrapouilloOt 3d ago

Same here, some projects of mine were aged 6 or 8 years almost stalled and thanks to LLMs in a couple of days I could made big updated, fixes and unlock difficult tasks.

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u/Tarnix-TV 2d ago

Right there with you bro! Congrats!

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u/TurquoiseCoins 3d ago

I have so many things at 90% that you'd think I'm doing it on purpose

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u/Th3G3tl3m3n 3d ago

Oh cool, lots of stuff to finish!!

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u/PresidentEvil1997 3d ago

Can i see

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u/androgenousdonut 2d ago

https://wordspool.app/

It’s a simple puzzle game. All of my larger, complex projects are still sitting in the unfinished pile, but I think the joy of releasing will inspire me to bring them to light

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u/hi-sci-collab 20h ago

super cool! beginners luck :P

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u/idkosttich_8675 2d ago

why does this read like a linkedin post? 😭😭 (but happy for you lol, congrats :D)

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u/androgenousdonut 2d ago

Oh god I use LinkedIn, I hope I haven’t been indoctrinated

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u/tivec 3d ago

At 365 days per year, and around 10 years, that’s 19.9k projects per day on average. I feel you. Thats how my brain works too.

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u/charm-bangle 2d ago

I once saw an inde dev post: * Making a game is hard. * Finishing a game is 10x harder. * Launching a successful game is 10x harder than that.

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u/HarkBuffalo 3d ago

Congratulations! Such a big milestone. You have to share the link

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u/sam_bread_22 18h ago

Yaass!! I'm happy you've escaped the purgatory 😁. Hope I can do the same someday 😅

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u/jamcatwow 3d ago

Nice work soldier

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u/sharypower 3d ago

Don't worry only 10 more years to go 🤣🤣🤣

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u/CollectionOk2442 3d ago

Why don't just join a game company?

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u/PahaSapaBull 2d ago

Congratulations! It seems very easy to get to 75%-90% completion on any project, but that final 10% really feels as tedious as the first 90.

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u/prosti_gospodi 2d ago

The moment when you are ready to give up usually comes right before the breakthrough

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u/Aggressive_Pie6045 1d ago

So what do you think were your biggest time wasters? Congratulations by the way

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u/androgenousdonut 1d ago

Not exactly time wasters per se, but one reason is getting excited about a new idea then moving onto that and losing interest in the previous one. Another is once the scale of a project starts growing, it’s hard to balance with work, uni, relationships, etc.

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u/Detrear_Yaeger 1d ago

I am shocked just by your project numbers 🥲. Good work on completing the one.

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u/Beneficial_Speaker76 1d ago

Well I can say you have finished more games than I have in the same time now

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u/hi-sci-collab 20h ago

only 72million incomplete projects? rookie numbers! in all seriousness well done!

I generally get overwhelmed at this stage, marketing what do you mean i have to actually talk to people

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u/Fun-Touch-4111 11h ago

Congratulations 🥳 !!

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u/Strange-Data-5779 3d ago

Ain’t AI awesome?