What I've Been Up To: Multiple Projects

Akake on 2010/07/06 01:08
— edited on 2010/07/06 01:08

I've been working on a few projects since I last posted. I've worked on Foxen here and there, and have also been picking at a dungeon crawler RPG.

I'm taking time off from both to work on a warmup for Pyweek.
My concept is similar to the one I had for my first warmup game: It's a scrolling shooter with procedural levels. This time, I've got a better, more flexible plan and have been making real progress.

Anyone who'd like to keep an eye on it can find it here on pygame.org.

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Cosmologicon on 2010/07/06 02:26:

I thought Foxen was your warmup for Pyweek. Did you finish it? Whatever happen to that "pick something and finish it" attitude you had a couple weeks ago?

I see what you've saying, Martin. It's got me thinking about what I'm doing, and I think that you're right about my needing to learn to finish things.

I'm thinking, then, that I'll try to come up with an idea that will take a while, and set myself to it. My problem isn't speed so much as commitment, and I think it took someone pointing that out for me to fully realize it.

Akake on 2010/07/15 01:42:

I'm still working on Foxen. I'm reworking parts of the design for it, though.

Also, having more than one project (Meaning one main project and a few on the side) has actually helped me to commit to an idea, as it gives me something to do when I need a break from my main project.

"Pick something and finish it" seems to lead me into getting sick of a project eventually, where having other things to work on keeps the major project reasonably fresh.