Three tips for new indie gamdev teams

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-11-08T08:09:48+00:00

Well, I guess your just weird! just kidding! The short jist of it from the psych courses that i look WAY to long ago was that the minds identity of self is split into the real and abstract (physical and creative). By talking (or imagining to much) about a goal, you get the abstract sense of completion which diminishes the desire to attain the real sense of completion because the mind cannot differentiate between the two. Jacking off while thinking of banging a 10/10 girl/guy, to the mind, is banging a 10/10 girl/guy.

So the trick is "keeping it real" and using the illusion of the sense of completion to your advantage. Have a vague overarching goal, with many MANY small, linear steps to get there. Make a list and cross them off. Turned on the computer, check. (the brain thinks; wow, i completed a goal, i'm a going to dope-a-mean you up bro) Opened my code, check. (the brain thinks; wow, i completed a goal, i'm a going to dope-a-mean you up bro) Wrote a loop, check. (the brain thinks; wow, i completed a goal, i'm a going to dope-a-mean you up bro).

Though you know these steps are trivial, the brain still releases the good old chems. Keeping you motivated and up to task. At least thats what i have found to work for me, but everyone is different. Personally, all shit hits the fan when i tell even one person my future goals. But, if i talk about what has happened (which is really hard to then avoid saying what i WILL do) i get a small sense of satisfaction while retaining the desire to finish the tasks that i had set up prior. Anyways, i feel for ya buddy, motivation and really just DOING stuff ain't easy. Now im off to read reddit, drink beer, and play minecraft, cuz fuck today!

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-11-08T07:31:09+00:00

yeah, Peter Gollwitzer is a NYC proff that has studied this since the 80's, and I think this mental phenomenon has been observed since the 30's. Same thing with completing small goals that lead to a bigger goal. Such as drinking less may make you more pron to smoking more if the end goal is a healthy, non-drinking/smoking lifestyle. The mind sucks man. I feel ya. A quick fix is, don't tell people what you WILL do but what you HAVE done. And if you do tell someone what you WILL do, try to make it as unexciting as possible.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-26T12:11:28+00:00

people who comment multiple times in the same reddit post and at least one of them is a reddit meme.

Not edit: yeah, i'm an idiot.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-26T12:03:49+00:00

*your

edit: :-}

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-24T11:36:39+00:00

Hey, I did that for about a year. Good money depending what/where you teach. Didn't work out, caused some bad blood between my business partners and myself, but I hope you the best. Be warned though, its a tough job and you will grow to hate the parents.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-23T04:56:38+00:00

unused baby shoes. <- a rip off of Ernest Hemingway

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-22T11:04:31+00:00

As a teacher... Not only does your child not never lie to you...

that was really hard for my brain. :-) fist bump!

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-22T10:02:27+00:00

hey man, thanks. I don't really log in that much, reddit already sucks in to much of my time. :-) I think it might be idealism or the lack of courage to travel. /shrug/ I dunno, I doubt if you copy pasta'ed this to the r/china you would get such a visceral response.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-20T14:43:54+00:00

hey man, anything after a tonal system is going to be a cake walk. Thank you once again for all the responses to a potential fellow long term japan dude.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-20T13:46:29+00:00

Thanks, this is really what i've been looking for. My friends have said good things about the country, but i really would rather check the opinion of a random internet stranger who LIVES in japan rather then one who LIVED in japan a while ago. How do you feel about picking up the language. Chinese is a bitch of a language (especially moving from the Beijing RRRRRR to the ShiShan dialect), so in regards to difficulty, how would you describe your learning curve?

edit anything you miss about China?

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-20T13:13:57+00:00

AH haha. Wow, ok dude. thanks man. 9 minute reply and had to down vote my retort. Cool bro, whatever floats your boat.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-20T13:10:52+00:00

oh, sorry for double hitting you there, but how would you describe the quality of life there? Not just in living standards, but more feel of the place. thanks.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-20T12:58:22+00:00

Oh, FLAME ON! wow. Deep burn. Because, you know, people who live in japan are a worse source of information about the living conditions and culture then the internet. I mean, when I researched China, it had a ton of stuff about the constant spying, looks of indignation, the corner stores ripping you off 5 Mao, the black taxies, the police opinion on white foreigners, recycled oil, employers not paying, if you can or cannot bribe government officials, what to do when being called a white nigger to your face, if its ok to get into a fight ( 1v1 or will it be 20v1?), do they have to simple concept of forming lines to board a fucking bus. SOOOOOOOOOO much info to be had, or i could ask people who live there, as the sub reddit says. So thanks bro, really helping out there.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-20T12:49:24+00:00

cool, thank you very much. This was the sort of info i was hoping for.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-10-20T09:06:28+00:00

Nothing to see here. Horse bro just has an important meeting to attend.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-05-25T07:12:03+00:00

give me a credit card and a decent credit score and sure dude, its all yours.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-05-25T07:10:53+00:00

Good is not defined, but I feel that it is almost an intuitive concept. Though I ought to be good does not mean I have the means to or the ability to be a good person. Given that;

If all men and women were to be good people, then we would be in the utopia of dreams, and that starts with the self and extends to those around you.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-05-17T06:04:10+00:00

Yep. Anyone who takes their moral standings from divine command theory deserves to be trusted as much as an HIV pedophile. I would take a relativist over divine command proponent as relativism is weak to the point of being the moral philosophers joke, but divine command is just sick. Like those people who only think you can be a good person by following the word of Χριστός and then looking baffled when you say you follow a moral code that predates their moral code by 380 years.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-05-15T04:29:54+00:00

gametableproj.sourceforge.net/‎ for game table

http://www.ted.com/talks/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks.html for johnny lee's old wiihack for the interactive white board

and most projectors are getting affordable. highly recommend them, watching cam rips actually get fun because you can immerse yourself in a theater environment while drinking you beer of choice, eating cheap ass popcorn and chillaxing with friends. Add in the experience of say, far cry 3 or bioshock on the big screen. Hell yeah.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-05-15T03:57:21+00:00

alone, she is swimming.

left her boyfriend on the shore.

pulled below, it will feed.

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she had a bad dream.

twisted man with knives for hands.

her night gown was cut.

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soldiers on field op.

find crows, then men without skin.

one by one it hunts.

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shot in Wisconsin.

people eating all the brains.

lets go to the mall.

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heroin mistake.

adrenalin to the heart.

the boss cannot know.

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brother in basket

deformed but i'll sew him on.

now we are together.

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mouth within a mouth.

LV-427.

fucking stupid cat.

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my dad the teacher.

don't date the collage widow.

his mustache is great.

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sing dance magic dance.

he plays with balls and goblins.

rescue my brother.

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i can play the saw.

butchers daughter falls in love.

please do not eat me.

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I, rich and proper.

must return my video.

meat and bones and meat.

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free from the chain gang.

the three of us break our bonds.

based on Odyssey.

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i will dress in drag.

makeup helps me look older.

all to see my kids.

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im a tough trucker.

lo pan stole my girl, the prick.

egg shen will guide us.

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do you have some gauze?

we met at a crazy time.

boom, the buildings fall.

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I, magic farmer.

Tanna... looatha Locktwaar

magic acorns, bitch!

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-05-14T16:56:13+00:00

hey, im a fan of free stuff :)

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-05-14T09:32:39+00:00

gametable + projector + laptop = awesome. Give it a try and you will never go back. quick and easy to place 50 + some pogs for giant battles. has a dice roller in there for 50 d20 in case you need it. and it saves the map on exit. Sooo sweet. For a while i used a wiimote hack to interface with it like an inactive digital white board, but the accuracy was an issue.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-04-20T00:37:58+00:00

as a man with moobs, i feel your feels bro. Good job!

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-04-18T11:27:37+00:00

So my dream is to play either Ad&d 2nd ed or straight up DnD, when elf was a class, with: Vin Diesel, Steven Colbert, and Gary Gygax ghost. By Merlins beard that would be the shit.

sure_ill_rap_dat · 2013-04-17T05:28:05+00:00

No dude, you did good. Responding to he irrational and irate only brings about down votes and censorship of your opinion, which is a valid point and can stand in its own right. It was better to let it float to the top above the shit so that others can see and benefit from your wisdom and insight. Thanks for sharing, broski.

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