Game Update
Spending more time this week struggling through doing capsule art with my mentor. I say struggle because just when I think I’m going in a good direction it ends up being something that’s lackluster or something that just doesn’t work at the tiny steam page scale that we need it to. The example I have is a logo that surrounds my text made the text to small and thus in order to make it more readable at that small size we had to make the text take up most of the frame. This meant the logo needed to be moved which messed up the whole composition of the piece.
I guess you could say that art takes a lot of revisions to really get it right. It’s important to remember to enjoy the journey instead of focusing on the end goal. That goal is important but the only pressure I have is the pressure I place on myself. On the flip side it’s also important to set deadlines to keep myself moving forward. I would like to have this done by the end of the month. There I said it and now I have an actual goal in mind to get this done.
I’m also still working on some additional menu items for turning on different force organization screens in the background. I think I may have been a bit distracted this week with Halloween and my transition from days to nights.
Personal Update
I think I’m going to take a break from doing a third section of my blog for the foreseeable future. I want that to be a section to be focused on freedom of expression and creativity, and lately it has felt like I was forcing it and not giving it the time it deserves. I think that focusing on the game and some of my personal stuff is more important to give context going forward.
I guess that I write these blog entries as a way to keep myself accountable to getting this game out the door, but also as a historical way to look back at everything I’ve done and been through to get there. I know they aren’t read by many people, but it’s still important for me to do them. That said I once heard a wise person say, “it’s important to do at least as much game development as we do talking about game development.” It’s easy to theorize and go down rabbit holes filling our time with a lot of talk. Taking action should be the focus though. Maybe I’ll make a new third section called promises to myself to try and force myself to get more done during each week.
Spending a fair amount of time socializing and meeting new people which has been good overall. Sometimes I’m surprised at how quickly things can go from 0 to 60 or be traveling at a stead 50 before hitting a wall. I’ve started to set more boundaries for my relationships which I think is a good thing. More timelines to reach certain levels in order to protect my kids from getting invested, and more time before I become exclusive. Overall it seems to be doing well for me, and my productivity.
I had a bit of drama with my oldest son this week. He wasn’t to keen on Halloween and dressing up. I suppose he’s getting older now and sees it as a kids holiday. He changes his mind at the end of the week which makes me happy. You try to do the best you can with your kids and I think it is very important for him to socialize with kids his age now.