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On Gender Neutral “Guys”
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
Posted in Guys! Stop Pressing Buttons!, iDevBlogADay, Opinion
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On Suffering For Your Work
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
Posted in iDevBlogADay, Mental Health, Opinion
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On Downswings and a Quid Pro Quo cum Pro Bono Producership
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
Posted in iDevBlogADay, Mental Health, Progress Reports
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On a Quid Pro Quo Producership
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
Posted in iDevBlogADay, Indie Game Development
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On Brain Pills
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
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
Posted in iDevBlogADay, Mental Health
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On Fortress — A Postmortem
Fortress was a failure. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it was a failure. Let us acknowledge at least that, and get to learning some lessons. First, in the interest of proper postmortem formatting: Fortress is a turn-based strategy card game … Continue reading
Posted in Fortress, Guys! Stop Pressing Buttons!, iDevBlogADay, Portmortem
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On Cowboys
Game developers are famous for working longer hours for less pay than software developers in other industries. We like to complain that this is because our industry is run by people who don’t understand the work we do, which makes … Continue reading
Posted in iDevBlogADay, Mental Health, Opinion, Work-Job Balance
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On Transitioning
I have a weird habit of holding off on big changes for way too long. I’ll find something in my life I’m not happy with, and then tell myself I’ll change it soon, once I’ve done this and this and … Continue reading
Posted in iDevBlogADay, Mental Health, Work-Job Balance
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On the “Why Not” Reflex
This is a gigantic pet peeve of mine: Any time someone in a meeting brings up a new idea, whether it’s good or not, everyone’s first reaction is to explain why it can’t be done. Let’s put wind turbines over … Continue reading
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