any game devs in the chat
any game devs in the chat
i took a break on my main project i've been working on cos of decision paralysis on the mechanics
i have now hit the same thing on my fun side project
how do i stop myself from starting a third project to procrastinate the first two, its too tempting to make yet another prototype lmao
rather than a third prototype, fork and start implementing the features you can't decide between so you can play with them?
tbh this is probably what I should be doing, but it feels overwhelming to double up on the work 😅
but i suppose there's no real other way forward, wish you could just know beforehand what works and what doesnt lmao
You don't have to implement the full feature. Try a prototype version that is intentionally smaller to see how "fun" the mechanic is. Then go fork of the other prototype mechanic and test it. Because both are prototypes that are deliberately small in scope, you won't feel bad tossing them when making the "real" implementation.
I've been having really good luck with using ChatGPT to push through my various walls. Oftentimes it will at least give me a rough idea of how to do things I'm too gun-shy on or, even if I don't like the answers it gives me, the act of writing out out my concerns/struggles/plans/etc helps me sort through my thoughts better and gets the ball rolling. I use it like a rubber ducky that answers back and gives some decent answers from time to time, basically.
hmmm not a bad idea, hadn't thought of using it as a sounding board :) thank you!
Welcome! Good luck! A thought: Because I do lewd stuff, I do tend to have to use metaphors and abstractions for my conversations, so I don't have to worry about sharing any private info. You may wish to do the same for privacy/security.