tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423678674802842720.post7327359815278963591..comments2023-11-02T14:32:01.517+02:00Comments on Cradle of Rabies - From role to games: My projects suck - your opinion on rules?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674233268949925440noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423678674802842720.post-31172624363681553082011-11-02T13:57:01.587+02:002011-11-02T13:57:01.587+02:00Thanks again for tips, ADD Grognard. I'll chec...Thanks again for tips, ADD Grognard. I'll check those link asap.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04674233268949925440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423678674802842720.post-29928395987929441222011-11-02T09:06:46.324+02:002011-11-02T09:06:46.324+02:00For the cost of some post-it notes (and a whiteboa...For the cost of some post-it notes (and a whiteboard if you want to pick one up) and this series of articles you can begin to organize like crazy. Toyota pioneered this method and it has been adopted by many types of developers.<br /><br />Links:<br />Getting On Track With Kanban<br />http://technitai.wordpress.com/tag/kanban/<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Kanban<br /><br />And for me this book is excellent for the type of development system I like to use:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Rapid-Problem-Solving-Post-Notes/dp/1555611427/ref=tmm_pap_title_0<br /><br />(I tend to use a Top-Down Modular Design - http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/topdown-plugin-game-design/ )xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423678674802842720.post-66720118789182537232011-11-02T07:37:17.900+02:002011-11-02T07:37:17.900+02:00Thank you a lot ADD Grognard. Your post gave me &q...Thank you a lot ADD Grognard. Your post gave me "hope" on what I am doing. I have to make myself clear what I want to do and focus on that. I'll most definately do a list for myself to make my thoughts clear.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04674233268949925440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6423678674802842720.post-46393591393270472542011-11-01T19:18:30.300+02:002011-11-01T19:18:30.300+02:00God, this sounds like the conversation that takes ...God, this sounds like the conversation that takes place in my head every day...right down to 'I'm tired of math(rules), I want to get to the fun stuff (adventures, creatures, etc)'.<br /><br />And this is where people have to ask this question...why am I doing this?<br /><br />Is it for fun? Then make it fun...if you like bouncing and working on new things that's great if you are having fun.<br /><br />Are you doing it for money? Then you have to study development, marketing distribution...you know...all the 'fun' parts of business.<br /><br />Every time I watch a cycle like this in the community it almost always ends up the same way...in frustration.<br /><br />First, free is free. Anything that can be thought of can be free. If you make a limited free in hopes of selling an unlimited later you lose because someone else will build in the parts you left out and give it away for...wait for it...free.<br /><br />Free is often viewed the same way you described it. I collect the same way and more. But I also just pick a day at random to go through the digital collection and marvel at things I had forgotten about. It is a 'game' unto itself to collect and read.<br /><br />I love to 'read' games like other people read books. You really have to present me with something unique to get me interested in a book these days but I will 'read' three adventures no problem.<br /><br />This community is like a Man o War...most people don't quite understand what this is. I shall quote:<br /><br /><i>"The Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis), also known as the Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, or bluebottle, is a jelly-like marine invertebrate of the family Physaliidae. The name "man-of-war" is taken from the man-of-war, a 16th century English armed sailing ship which was based on an earlier Portuguese vessel.<br /><br />Despite its outward appearance, the Man o' War is not a true jellyfish but a siphonophore, which differ from jellyfish in that they are not actually a single creature, but a colonial organism made up of many minute individuals called zooids.[1] Each of these zooids is highly-specialized and, although structurally similar to other solitary animals, are attached to each other and physiologically integrated to the extent that they are incapable of independent survival."</i><br /><br />Now I wouldn't say we couldn't survive without each other, but it would be a helluva lot less fun. This model is both our greatest strength and our worst weakness. When we understand how much we think alike and ask ourselves if someone else could finish the project the closer we come to finding our 'unique' voice, the one that lets you be happy while producing things that people like and appreciate. Then you start to see the fruits of your labor.<br /><br />There is a way to get organized and be productive that can be had for little to no cost (part comes from the internet part comes from an inexpensive book I ran across one day at Amazon). It has helped me already and I'm trying to juggle re-organizing my workspace in order to hire a new full-time employee because I made up my mind from the start I was back in for a reason. I have been a player, game master and shop owner. Now I'm ready to be a publisher.<br /><br />Take time and a pen and paper and make a 2 column list titled good and bad. List everything you feel about your situation and when you get to the bottom you will have your first clear idea of what place you want to occupy. If you don't like the results of the list then you weren't telling the truth. Do the list again. You will find one you may not completely agree with to start but you will be closer to the path.<br /><br />And always remember, we have to do a lot of crap in our lives that we don't want to do. This is supposed to be fun. Without that special sauce it's all pointless :)<br /><br />If any of this makes any sense to you I'm easy to find and can share what I have learned after 2 years of 20 hour days getting this right.<br /><br />I hope you find the path you wish to walk.xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.com