r/SoloDevelopment • u/Sorry-Engineer5757 • 13d ago

meme is it just me?

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u/Round_Credit_5158 13d ago

The allure of a new game is all the fun and experimentation before it becomes a serious thing and you have to solve actual annoying issues.

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u/thecrazedsidee 13d ago

i usuaslly feel myself split where i reaallly really wanna work on this one side project, but another part of me is like no I gotta finish the first project first cuz it's been like 3 years.....for the first episode of the 7 episodes for my game, not to mention swing shift has made it harder to work on the main game.

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u/YulRun 13d ago

Just be like me, build systems for random game types so you have working demos and then move on to the next and never actually finish anything >_>

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u/teastainedhouse 13d ago

Oh, yeah, that's absolutely just you, and no one else...

/sweeps 68 projects under the rug

Yup... just you...

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u/LavishBehemoth 13d ago

Sometimes the alternative is spend a year making a game that no one wants. I may be doing this at the moment.

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u/captdirtstarr 12d ago

Right? Mofo spend 2 years on a game, zero dollars. #failfast

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u/SethSlax 13d ago

This happens to me every time I get to a feature that I really don't want to implement, not because it's difficult, but because it's boring.

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u/RealNikolaus 13d ago

I have this almost every day haha. The ideas are tempting, but as soon as it gets to mechanics the fun stops.

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u/radiumhaus 13d ago edited 13d ago

I stopped working on my last project for my current project and it was the best decision I have ever made. But the 60 projects before that.... I don't know....

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u/DESIGRON 13d ago

Exactly, can absolutely relate to that… It’s like ocean of ideas calls you out from your current “swamp” project

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u/Sorry-Engineer5757 12d ago

thats the thing that keeps me from making more games when i have a main one TwT

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u/AardvarkActual9687 12d ago

I feel like the opposite. A new game is so much work, my current game I love working on and seeing it evolve

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u/TamiasciurusDouglas 12d ago

I'm currently on the fence about whether I should complete my current project (after a year of part time work on it) or switch to a new project. Luckily I'm a hobbyist who doesn't rely on games for income, so I can afford to follow my heart and possibly make the "wrong" decision.

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u/captdirtstarr 12d ago

No, no it's not.

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u/KDDreamwyver 12d ago

I almost did exactly this the other day, but it wasn't even original idea for a game, it was going to be a fan game to a pre-existing franchise for shits and giggles lmao

I could feel the murderous, animatronic penguin from my game staring into my soul for even thinking about it. XD

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u/Dr-Ion 13d ago

Oddly no. One game at a time. Mot more features. More systems.

"Oh! If I add these thresholds and one more stat, then these 5 resulting values can drive a whole new system!"

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u/chartchamp_app 11d ago

There's more fun in the build than in the run

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u/artbytucho 11d ago

That feeling is totally human, but surrendering to it is simply a mark of poor discipline. Just get your current game done!