789 progress
25/01/26 - 01:39
i'm eepy
i thought i was in the homestretch of my game but then my dumbass decided i wanted to innovate and so now i'm at kind of a cross roads with how i want to progress
if i'm being entirely honest, i feel like this game has taken way too long for what it's probably going to end up being.
i feel like i kinda have a sort of sunken cost in that 789 has been in the works for so long now that like i keep looking forward to what the final product will be and being kinda ashamed or like wanting to make it better?
i guess this also just comes from iterating as i develop. iterating on the design and core idea behind the game which causes a decent amount of resets and thrown out work.
which i'm sure is great for the game and for the final product, but it's kinda hard for me to stay consistently motivated when i keep losing track of the games identity and losing interest.
it doesn't help that i have a billion and one other ideas popping into my head and i almost start to wonder if the only reason i'm still making this game is because i'm stubborn.
on the one hand, i believe learning to finish (hehe) is a really important thing for artists to learn. on the other hand, why force myself to finsih something that i've lost passion for. instead of shoving my other ideas onto the sidelines whenever they come and waiting for 789 flavoured motivation to strike, why not work on whatever i feel motivated on and not worry about finishing things.
starting over with new projects again and again can get a bit demotivating since it's a lot harder to "look back" and "see how far i've come" without any finished projects under my belt. but i think bashing my head into a project just to "have a finished game" or because "it's nearly done" feels considerably worse.
i don't know when 789 will be done. could be next week. could be next month. could be next year.
i hope i do finish it eventually because i like my silly number game
- crow
P.S. - 22:42
we are so back.
i did some work on the game today and i'm feeling pretty good