{"id":943,"date":"2010-12-01T17:49:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=943"},"modified":"2010-12-01T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:49:13","slug":"this-is-why-your-indie-game-isnt-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2010\/12\/01\/this-is-why-your-indie-game-isnt-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"This is why your indie game isn’t finished"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Because you are making a game that you don’t genuinely enjoy, and feel de-motivated<\/li>\n
  2. Because you keep quitting game dev projects, and that feeling is more natural to you than to keep on slogging<\/li>\n
  3. Because you have MSN, or another instant messenger \/ email active, and always distracting you<\/li>\n
  4. Because you have no way to force yourself to work for a set amount of time (buy a timer)<\/li>\n
  5. Because you keep jumping platforms\/ technology to keep up with whats trendy (d0n’t)<\/li>\n
  6. Because you hate the business \/marketing side and dread having to start on it when the game is done (deal with it)<\/li>\n
  7. Because you get out of bed late<\/li>\n
  8. Because you watch TV every night, even if it’s rubbish<\/li>\n
  9. Because you kid yourself that playing Call of Duty is research, and thus work<\/li>\n
  10. Because you never re-use code<\/li>\n
  11. Because your day job means you never really have to get your game on sale, so you don’t take it seriously.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    None of these apply to me. How many apply to you?<\/p>\n

    From what I see, it’s mostly2,3 and 5 that affect indies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Because you are making a game that you don’t genuinely enjoy, and feel de-motivated Because you keep quitting game dev projects, and that feeling is more natural to you than to keep on slogging Because you have MSN, or another instant messenger \/ email active, and always distracting you Because you have no way to<\/p>\n

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