[gameprogrammer] Re: This List has been quite... so (WoW, etc...)

I am using subversion for version control, same thing I use at work,
works great. I totally agree with backups as I have had a few mishaps
in the past and lost literally months of work out of pure laziness in
setting up any automated backups or running my version control on my
redundant server.

At work I do cross platform stuff on netware, windows, and linux and
find myself hopping around all day in different areas, so when I do
get home I get in that habit like you of concentrating heavily into
one area... So hard to pull ones self away from our favorite areas! I
love algorithm design, I sit for hours with pen and paper working out
stuff, love implementing them, then I get bored with the easier parts
of the project. I will try to break it up into smaller milestones, and
expand my todo list to be less general, and see if that helps. Thanks
for the tips guys! Easy to be motived at work by money and deadlines,
not so easy at home with 10 month old twin boys that are starting to
crawl (in opposite directions of course), as well as WoW to play and
keep up to my wife in levels :) She plays with other moms in the area,
I can't believe my wife is out leveling me :(


On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:55:32 -0800, Alan Wolfe <atrix2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> One thing that's helped me alot is making a todo list
> 
> this way as you do it, you can check off items on your list which shows that
> you're accomplishing something and if you take a break for days, months or
> years (hehe) you can come back and be like "oh yeah! this is what i need to
> do" (:
> 
> also helps you stay focused and use the time you have a lil better :P
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robbert de Groot" <zekaric@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:38 AM
> Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: This List has been quite... so (WoW, etc...)
> 
> > The main pit fall for me on long personal projects is that I spend
> > too much time in one location of the project and when starting some
> > other part of the project I feel exhausted or uninterested anymore.
> >
> > I'm currently working on a small SEGA Columns game and I started off
> > by just filling out some crappy images so I can get to the
> > programming.  Before I'd spend hours and days on images before coding
> > and when it came to coding I lost interest.  This time I'm mixing it
> > up.  If I'm bored with the coding I'll take a look at what I can do
> > on the graphics for a while and vice versa.  The problem is, if you
> > like being in a particular area too much you may need to consiously
> > pull yourself away and put that energy into the not so fun stuff.
> >
> > Shorter milestones.  Nothing kills momentum when you don't see any
> > improvements.   Break the task up so you can see improvements or
> > goals realised on a regular basis.  It'll help keep things going.
> >
> > Use a revision control system and I mean use it.  Plus automate a
> > backup even if it's just using pkzip.  Another thing that kills
> > momentum is going down one path and finding out it's the wrong path
> > to take, often needs to be done if you don't know any better, and
> > then not being able to back pedal to a previous state without too
> > much grief.  I've hit this once or twice.  Very frustrating.
> >
> > I feel I'm still not as pro as I'd like so I have to be content in
> > the fact that some things will not be as polished as I like.  However
> > you have to mentally sign off on a project and say it's done so you
> > can have the feeling of finishing something and be happy to move on.
> > I'm still working on this as I have too many projects languishing in
> > an unfinished, and primordial soup phase.
> >
> >  --- Ken Johnson <johnsk16@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > If
> > > anyone has some  tips to keep ones interest going on long projects,
> > > I
> > > wouldn't mind hearing them. Anything you have done in the past that
> > > kept you working on your game stuff.
> >
> >
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