{"id":298,"date":"2017-04-20T18:24:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ekhart.pl\/?p=298"},"modified":"2017-04-20T18:24:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:24:58","slug":"polygonjam-5-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekhart.pl\/index.php\/2017\/04\/20\/polygonjam-5-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"PolygonJam #5 fail"},"content":{"rendered":"

I developed a game for week gamejam – PolygonJam #5<\/a>\u00a0hosted by KTNG Polygon<\/a>. The theme was\u00a0“April weather<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Actually it takes me about 2-3 hours to made it. It’s just a Fruit Ninja<\/a>\u00a0clone without a polish. So I was wondering if it worth showing at all. I performed it as a break from my current GameDevSchool<\/a>\u00a0game project.<\/p>\n

But still, it was next lesson for me. Main conclusion this time was for me to focus only on most important features<\/strong>. Because it was really tempting to run into a problem while developing next feature. And then something really bad hapens. My focus was moving from bringing most value<\/strong> to game, doesn’t matter how (it could be something cheap as some design), to killing that little bug. I could say that I’m challange oriented person, who loves to solve any kinds of problems. It instantly throw me in flow state<\/a>. But when you have not enough time, you definitely don’t have time to solve NOT THAT problem<\/strong>. Because there are more important issues and most time, they are not where you are focusing.<\/p>\n

Best solution<\/strong> that I can provide right now for this is pomodoro technique<\/a>\u00a0(I wrote about it here<\/a>). When I’m in flow, ringing of alarm wakes me up from dense focus. At break I have time to reflect<\/strong> about what I’ve done. Think about what’s important. If feature is harder than it seems before I could withdraw<\/strong> from it. And\u00a0take up more important one. The project is like organism – always changing depending on environment<\/strong>. I we also should adapt fast to it. If we stay in this fast feedback loop (in earlier post<\/a>) – we learn make things much faster.<\/p>\n

Sometimes bug become better feature<\/a><\/strong> than you design. Use it well. Don’t underestimate it. It could be this special thing, that make your game unique<\/strong> and interesting to others. So don’t attach to your ideas and stay open<\/strong> for what it comes to you in any form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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