Lack of Interest/Motivation
Hey, I'm a 16-Year-Old game Developer on the Platform; Roblox.
I've started the game way back, in 07 or so (pretty young, I know.), and I started developing around the 10s, so around 2010 or so, maybe even 9.
The past few year's, I've been lacking simple motivation and interest in creating or being associated with new game projects, example;
I'd start a game, with the intentions to create this awesome build, I have the motivation and the interest! And then all of a sudden, it just drops, as if I don't want to do it, or worse I CANT do it. I'm not sure if this is a common issue, but I really do miss creating projects that I enjoy too. sometimes it seems as if my work isn't good enough anymore, so I just quit completely.
The past (2 Years now) I've had this issue, I've tried multiple times to overcome it, or force myself to build, But I can't. If anyone has any solutions on how to overcome this hell whatever I'm going through, please help me?
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I've started the game way back, in 07 or so (pretty young, I know.), and I started developing around the 10s, so around 2010 or so, maybe even 9.
The past few year's, I've been lacking simple motivation and interest in creating or being associated with new game projects, example;
I'd start a game, with the intentions to create this awesome build, I have the motivation and the interest! And then all of a sudden, it just drops, as if I don't want to do it, or worse I CANT do it. I'm not sure if this is a common issue, but I really do miss creating projects that I enjoy too. sometimes it seems as if my work isn't good enough anymore, so I just quit completely.
The past (2 Years now) I've had this issue, I've tried multiple times to overcome it, or force myself to build, But I can't. If anyone has any solutions on how to overcome this hell whatever I'm going through, please help me?
EXAMPLES OF MY WORK:
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relying on passion alone can be really dangerous in the long run. you might find it hard to finish longer projects, and you also run a greater risk to burning yourself out.
Solo working is the hardest thing in the world, it takes a huge amount of discipline and process to see a project through
The secret is to break your project into small tasks that are achievable in eg. two weeks and give you a tangible result.
This works because you can see progress frequently, you can see the end of the tunnel and you have clear targets
Have a Google for agile/scrum development practices and read up a bit on the philosophy - it's been standard practice in all kinds of software development for decades and it definitely works