Re:GTA V – The Wormy Fountain
by kabes on Sunday March 22, 2020 @06:54AM
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I sometimes just start rdr2 just to be amazed again on how far game development has come. It's a shame though that as an programmer, I can't really play games anymore without constantly thinking: "how is that made?" And before I know it I'm taken out of the game and imagining algorithms. Very annoying, but can't help myself.
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For me I can't play games anymore because there's something in the back of my head going "Why am I not learning or creating something? I should be improving my skills right now."
Very frustrating.
Re:GTA V – The Wormy Fountain
by jordanbeiber on Sunday March 22, 2020 @10:15AM
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Cut yourself some slack! :)
The brain needs it, and who knows, you might get inspired.
I know what you mean though, but I’ve been working hard to just let my brain rest at times. Games can be useful to turn off or tune down the machinery at times.
So agree here, I built a PC to play a few games last year and I haven't turned it on in months, feels like such a waste of time. But at the same time I waste countless hours doing other dumb stuff that and reading about things I will probably never actually implement. We need to play more is probably what it comes down to.
I set a little time aside each day, outside of working hours, to spend learning new things. As long as I do that time I’ve stopped feeling that I should be more productive when I play games. Took a while but I got there!
For me it is the opposite. I've dabbled in game dev as a hobby now and then and it's all code and bugs until the art arrives and transforms everything I've tried to do using ugly placeholders into something beautiful and amazing. That transformation is something truly special for me when it happens.
That's an integral part to me.
Akin Feynman's "Fun to imagine".
How marvelous the true nature of nature.
Re:GTA V – The Wormy Fountain
by dillonmckay on Sunday March 22, 2020 @09:33AM
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Same here.
I thought I was alone.