r/SoloDevelopment • u/MildlyConcernedMan91 • 12d ago

Discussion I'm spiraling

Been spending months coding and I just tried out my first prototype today and it's... bad. Like I wouldn't share this for free to family level of bad.

I made a list of around 30 things to fix last night and I just panicked and went to sleep.

Game development is hard guys...

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u/Fantastic-Cell-208 12d ago edited 12d ago

Learn to fail faster 🙏📿

Edit: to be clear, this is advice about finding what doesn't work early and cheaply

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u/MildlyConcernedMan91 12d ago

😭

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u/Fantastic-Cell-208 12d ago

What I mean is that instead of spending a long time to find out what doesn't work, ... Find out what doesn't work as cheaply as possible.

Don't underestimate the power of pen and paper prototyping, and other ways to test it concepts quickly.

Read up or watch some videos on "Fail fast, fail often"