Author Archives: Ray

On Off Weeks

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Ray

Even perfectly sane people — in whose gentle company I cannot include myself anyway — have a bad week from time to time. This week, thanks to Personal Stuff that I could simply not think about were my obsessive brain … Continue reading →

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On Stuckness, Cheerleaders, and Mentors

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ray

The last couple of weeks have been a bit rough on the Guys! Stop Pressing Buttons! front. Apart from the existential crisis regarding the name, I’ve hit this point where the more I hash out the concept in my design document … Continue reading →

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On Gender Neutral “Guys”

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Ray

Simple question that has been driving me crazy for a few weeks. I had a big pre-question discussion planned, but I just now changed my mind and decided to simply ask it and step back. Okay. The name of my … Continue reading →

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On Monsta Punch! — A Postmortem

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Ray

I just finished Monsta Punch! yesterday. My goal with this project was to simply gain enough familiarity with Unity and Blender to be able to work at full speed before it came time to begin 2012′s big project. Here! Play it! … Continue reading →

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On Suffering For Your Work

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Ray

It’s horseshit. This kind of plays back to the problem of cowboys in the game industry, but you see it in almost every creative discipline, the idea that it’s noble to suffer in the name of your creation. And let’s … Continue reading →

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On Downswings and a Quid Pro Quo cum Pro Bono Producership

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Ray

My bipolar rhythm has been in the trough stage for a few weeks, so work-getting-doneage has been on a deficiency kick. I finally pulled out of it yesterday, though, and probably in record time (thank you Lexapro and Abilify). It … Continue reading →

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On The Nuclear Option With Regards To Test Driven Development

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Ray

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’re aware of a little get-to-know-ya project I’ve been working on to learn Unity and Blender, called Monsta Punch!. You might have even played it (A/D: move; J: Quick punch; K: Heavy punch; … Continue reading →

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On a Quid Pro Quo Producership

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Ray

I’d like to put a call out to the community at large: Would you like to be my producer? This is a strange thing for me to ask for. Moving over to self-employment land had the wondrous effect of extricating myself … Continue reading →

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On Brain Pills

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Ray

In my last post, I asked how people experience and process worry, and I got some great responses with helpful advice. However, almost all of that advice was based on one unfortunate prerequisite: That worry is something that can usually … Continue reading →

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On Worry

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Ray

I have a question for my fellow iDevBlogADayers: How much worrying do you do? Yeah, I know, kind of out of left field there, but it’s been on my mind a lot ever since I went self-employed. I have a … Continue reading →

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