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What's the equivilant of writer's block for programing?

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8 comments, last by JwayneT 23 years, 10 months ago
The past week has been ''interesting'' for me,

Needless to say my 2D game engine has suffered from neglect. What I have left to do isn''t much. I have planed out my engine, I just need to code it. But I just can''t bring myself to do it. Does anybody else get like this? It seems that I distract myself on purpose. Should I ride it out, or should I buckle down?(or should I learn how to spell?) a.h{text-decoration:none;color:blue;};a.h:hover{text-decoration:underline;background:red;};

Ever notice how Evil spelled backward is Live?

-=CF=-
a.h{text-decoration:none;color:blue;};a.h:hover{text-decoration:underline;background:red;};

Why is it called a hot water heater? Isn't it cold when it goes in the tank?

[email=jtaylor@gtemail.net" class="h]-=CF=-[/email]
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I probably would suffer under the same symptoms, except for the fact that I HAVE to get a game out by Christmas (more likely early 2001), and if I don''t, I''m gonna be in a somewhat uncomfy situation.


That''s enough motivation for me, which is why I keep on going hunting for both Isometric and Landscape engines (my game will use either one).


If you''re a coder and you get writer''s block, it''s called code block :D

LOL

- DarkMage139
"Real game developers don't change the rules. Real game developers don't break the rules. Real game developers make the rules!"
"Originality (in games) is the spice of life!"
- DarkMage139
Dark: heh, I was supposed to finish my game by May 1, 2k. Oh crap! I wasn't supposed to release that information. Well, I'm gonna have to kill all that reads this post to keep confidentiality. j/k

That's not the point, the point is, the deadline kept me motivated. Now I really don't have a deadline. I'm still motivated though.

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Captured Reality.

Edited by - nes8bit on June 10, 2000 4:07:22 PM
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Well I suppose you could kill me, nes8bit, cos i''m going to be a martyr soon anyway which of course means i gotta be dead.
And was your point really that deadlines don''t make the slightest bit of difference to you? hehe

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"If a job's worth doing it's worth getting someone else to do it for you....."
------------------------------"If a job's worth doing it's worth getting someone else to do it for you....."
quote:Original post by David Herod

Well I suppose you could kill me, nes8bit, cos i''m going to be a martyr soon anyway which of course means i gotta be dead.
And was your point really that deadlines don''t make the slightest bit of difference to you? hehe

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"If a job''s worth doing it''s worth getting someone else to do it for you....."


Deadlines mean everything to *me*, but my team members didn''t give a damn. I of course, kicked all but one off.


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Captured Reality.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I’d say that would be a programmer’s block. And speaking of those: I have one the size of a small mountain, no wait a minute make it the size of a big mountain, or maybe a small moon…
I haven’t coded anything useful in days.
I’d need some antimatter or maybe a Zero-Energy laser to blow this programmer’s block.

Well just had to get that out of my system,
Pascalix
Pascalix;
I have one of those right now. I havent started coding my demo for the contest , so tommorrow I am gonna do the most honorable thing any programmer with a little shread of honor do .............I''m gonna lie to the people at work and take an emergency 1.5 week off , get 3 , 24 packs of Mountain dew and sweat it out . By god , I will have that demo ready even its just a spinning cube with the world map textured on it (water , earth right )

There are only four types of men , RichMan , PoorMan , BeggarMan , Thief........
I was influenced by the Ghetto you ruined.
Isn't that a burnout?

-Andreas

Edited by - Icarus on June 11, 2000 9:54:48 PM
-Andreas
quote:Original post by Icarus

Isn''t that a burnout?

-Andreas

Edited by - Icarus on June 11, 2000 9:54:48 PM


YES!!! That''s the word we''re all looking for!



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Captured Reality.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I call it lack of ambition... but i do believe the typical term is burnout..

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